The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 2.
McCarthy, Alaska. Saturday, January 25th. 1919
NO. 12
MOVIE SHOW
At the Movie Show tomor
row evening, Hearst Pathe News
and full program, reels for
which arrive on todays train.
A. B’s
A well attended meeting of
the Arctic Brotherhood, Camp
33. took place at their hall last
Monday evening, when four new
members were initiated into the
mysteries of the order.
Sam Potts, A!. Jackson, Fred
Pace and Steve Borovac were
put through in fine shape - tho
they had no complaint to make
tlout tit tough trf is 11 c y en
countered, they certainly regis
tered a kick against the camp
cook‘s mulligan-that was the lim
it.
Fresh eastern oysters, Finan
haddie, kippered herring, salmon
and fresh Roquefort cheese at
Marshall's
Nels Tjosevig has gone to
Valdez on business.
T. J. McCarthy, who for the
past eighteen months has been
associated with the McCarthy
Co. left on todays train for Cor
dova.
Mrs. John Amber left for
Cordova today, to consult her
physician.
J, H, Murie, having secured
the contract for the hauling of
the Dan Creek Mining Co.
freight, is now haulng over the
hill.
He will also haul the Carvey
‘freight to Clarkins.
A rumor is round town that
one of the big mining operators
at Nizina is selling out to a syn
dic ite.
FLU NEWS
Chibina. Jan.25. Special to the
News.
Dr. Krauss and 2 nurses, the
Misses Nelson and Oaks from
Seattle, have been in Copper
Center for the past ten days,
treating the influenza patients,
of which there are 42 natives
and 2 whites.
The Roadhouse is quarantined. |
Doc. Billum, the old chief of the j
Tonsina Indians is dead and ten
ocher natives. Conditions are
much improved.
The doctor and his assist
ants leave f or Upper Tonsina on
Monday, where ihere are 30
cases and 2 natives died.
One case of influenza has de
veloped at Taslma. There are
none at Gulkana,
! In order to prevent any risk to
our* residents o,> any Indians
travelling through lrom Copper
Center, guards nave been station
j ed by the Local Boaiuoi Health
Jas. Hussey and J. YV. Nickell
are city guards.
The large i utside mail which
was distributed yesterday had
been treated to an extra strong
fumigation, so those who got the
most mail got the most sulphur.
Howard W. Du Hois died Nov
10 at Philadelphia, where he
was born in J b66. He graduated
from Lehigh University in lb92
and became partner witii Clias.
T. Miner three years later.
From lb96to 1904 lie was Pro-,
fessor of Applied Mathematics
n the Central High School, at
Philadelphia, but he spent his
vacations in mining work, chief
ly in Alaska and Uritish Colum
bia.—Mining Press.
Thru the courtesy of Mr. L
D. Brown we were privileged to
see copies of “The Flu Special”
a bright and witty paper publish
ed at Kennecott detention camp
edited und printed by L' D.
Brown and beautifully illustrat
ed by the Rev.E. P. Zeigler.
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NEWS ITEMS
Letters received this week
from some of our soldier boys
show them anxious to return to
Alaska.
Prom Fort Wingate, New
Mexico, 7000 feet above sea lev
el, Herman H. Orth writes he is
busy storing high explosives
which includes ten thousand tons
of T. N. T.
Had 1/xyovich, Battery B. 148
rd. P.A. A. E. P. Prance, sends
greetings.
Martin Nelson, 27th Engineers
France, says hello to the bo.vs.
Waiting lor demobilization
| at Camp Dodge, Iowa, Harry
; Hoyden: Pete Miller and Merle
H inge are eager to stait for the
North.
REDUCED FREIGHT RATES
URGED
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According to the St utile pa
! ^t rs our Alaskan reprtsenta
cives are right on t'13 job when
it comes to protesting against
an increase of freight r ites on
pickled and frozen fish from A
' Jaska.
From the evidence submitted
to the Northwest District freight
Traffic Commitiee, it showed
t iiat a decrease rather th i,n an
increase was warranted for this
product.
J. P. Dily, member Alaska
! Legislature and J. L. McPher
son, m .inager Alaska bureau of
the Chamber of Commerce
were two of the princapi 1
speakers, saying, “Competition
from the fisheries of Scotland
and Holland, if transportation
charges are advanced, threaten
to drive out the Alaskan indus
try.”
To prevent this contingency,
stabilizing of the northern fish
eries through buiiding up a
fishing populaion was urged.
RED CROSS
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The Annual Meeting of the
McCarthy Chapter of the Amer
ican Red Cross was held in
A. B.Hall on Tuesday evening
Jan. 14.
The reports of the various
officers were read and adopted
and the election of officers took
place.
The Officers elected for this
year are ; s follows:
Chairman, C. Pirker Smith.
W,o ” J. F. Barrett.
Secretary, J. VV. Nick ell.
Treasurer, O. W Brehmer.
Chairman Entertainment Com
mittee, Peter Boutin.
Chairman Civilian Relief, WarreE
Nelson.
Chapter Production, Mrs.Grant
Reed.
| Publicity Wm. Longley.
The Motion to amend the By
Laws making the Annual meet
ing the third Tuesday in Octob
er in place of January was
passed.
The Red Cross Magazine for
January includes a beautiful
calendar with three views of
the Holy Land, from paintings
specially made for the Red
Cross by Paul Meylan.
A Red Cross Dinner is being
planned by the Entertainment
Committee, the time and place
will be announced later.
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