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Oct 30, 1.L6.
No.44
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BRIEF LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. Marwood left
on Wednesday’s train for Cord —
°va where they will visit for a
few days before going Outside.
Harry Boyden left last Sat
urday for the Outside. He plans
on returning in the Spring.
Mrs. J. P. Hubrick spent a
few days this week with Mi’s. N
Tjosvig.
Joe Sommers of Dan Creek
is spending a few days in town.
Miss. Georgie Lockwood
left for Cordova on Wednesday’s
train.
1 tie McCarthy news mov
ed Wednesday to it’s new home 1
on Barrett-Way.
Dud McKinney lias sold
his interest in The Golden Hotel
to his pardner Henry Olson. He
plans on leaving in the near fui
ure for his old home in Sliusha
nna.
M r. and M rs. Shepard of
Cl li tin a, spent a few days in Me
Carthy this week.
Dr. and Mrs. Scruby are
again established at Kennecott,
having arrived on Wednesday’s
train
Fred Pena< heck arrived
on Wednesday’s train from La
Touche, to work at Kennecott.
E. Valentine says lie did not make
Affidavit attacking Marquam’s
Chai acter
Juneau, When a vicious and vile
attack is being made upon a man
t hat I know, and my rfcime is c» nn
ecteel with a false state m >nt, and
I know it is false, and it is circ.
ulated in public. Tom Mai qumn
I want to say th it I deny any kno
wledge of that paper.
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION,
ETC., REQUIRED BY THE ACT
OF CONGRESS OF AUGUST 24,
1912,
of the McCarthy Weekly News
published weekly at McCarthy,
Alaska for October 1, 192(>.
Territory of Alaska.
Before me, a notary, in and
for the State ami country afore
said, personally appeared C. O.
M:u wood, who having been duly
sworn according to law deposes
and says that he is the putdishor
of tlie McCai thy Weekly News
and that the following is, to the
best of his knowledge and belief,
by true statement ol the owner
aforesaid publication lor tin* date ]
shown in the above caption, re j
(juired by the Act of August -4,
1912.
1. That the name and add-]
ress of the ])iiblivher, editor and
business manager is:
C. O. Mar wood, McCarthy,
A laska.
2. That the owner is:
C. O. Mar wood, McCarthy,
3. That the known bond hol
ders, mortgagees and other sec
urity holders are:
Nil
(Signed) C. (). Mar wood
Sworn to and sudscribed
before me this 1st day of Oct
ober 1926.
Ben Jackson
RAILWAY HUN BY DOGS
The only railway operated entire
ly by dog-power runs northward
from Nome, Alaska, for 90 miles.
It is known as the Doginobile ro
ad. Eight dogs can haul a quart
er of a ton of freight from 40 to
50 miles a day.
NOTICE OF ALASKA GAME
COMMISSION SALE OF FHKS
TKOPHIKS, GUNS AND TRAPS
Public Notice is hereby <£iv
en, that by virtue of forfeitu ro,
the Alaska Game Commission, on
the 21st. day of October, A. D.
192(‘>, at 12 o'clock noon, in the
Commission Offices, IOC Goldst
ein Pudding, Juneau, Alaska,
will offer for sale, at Public Ven
due to the highest and best bidd
er for cash, the articles listed
below.
Articles may be examined
it the Commission’s offices from
9 a. m. to !2 noon of the day of
sale.
47 muskrat skins, U muskrat
skins. {) beaver skins, 19 beaver
sums, o oeavci sums, i Denver
skins, ii beaver skins, 1 marten
skin, 1 bine fox ski:., 1 marten
skin, '.) mink skins, 8 marten sk
ins, 1 mink' skin, 5 ermine skins.
2 neck pieces, blue fox, 1 blue
fox muff, 1 blue fox skin, '2 mar
ten skins, 2 black* bear skins, -1
muskrat skins, 15 beaver skins,
K) muskrat skins, 1 blue fox skin,
12 beaver skins, 33 traps. 1 jump
trap. 102 traps, 24 traps. 1 22
hi^h power Savage ril'le, 1 Krag
rifle 30- 03, 1 Iver Johnson shot
gun, 12 gauge, 1 Colt 41 caliber
revolver, 1 Venceder Spanish re
volver. 25 cal., 1 Winchester 25 —
20 cal. rifle, 1 Remington double
barrel shotgun, 1 Winchester 3S
—55 rifle, 1 ilunter double-bar
rell shotgun, 1 Winchester 22
cal. repeater, 1 Stevens shotgun,
1 blue fox srfin, 1 beaver skin
and 1 Dali or white mountain
sheep, head unmounted.
ELECTION DAY
Tuesday is election day, it is
the duty of every true citizen to
vote.
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VOTE VOTE VOTE
ALASKA RO.\D COMMISSION
A i to r Co in plot i r.g Hit* se i
sun on the “McCarthy—Ntzina”
road, then over tiie p**<»i>-*
(oed route for a road To the Wh
i e River, to report on it’s leasab
ility, and then another branch
road from the Nizina to the Chi
tin a River These are some of
tiie activities in road building in
this seed ion.
Mr. Sheppard ,who is in
charge of this work, believes tlr
at the White River and Chitina
Riv jr snould he opened up for
settlement and mine developmen
t, it being a well known fact
i hat doth of these districts are
rich m minerals, but owing to
it’- inacessabiiities without trails
development can not be carried
j on by the individuol prospector.
The cry for roads and tra
ds goes out from all parts of
j Alaska, but where is there a
place where there are so many
opportunities in mining, as in
the McCarthy Recording precin
ct? And where is there another
place in "Uncle Sams’’ posession
with a population of about one
thousand souls and only fourteen
miles of wagon road? Yet in the
past seascn. under Sheppard,
Taylor, and Cameron, wonderful
worn was accomplished on the
Nizina Road.
Cap. Hubrick, recieved a
letter from Gov. Parks, in the
i last mail saying that he had seen
; Col. Sceese, in regard to cutting
|a Double—ender trail from the
Nizina to the Chitina this fall,and
I that he believed it would be done,
now we are informed by Mr. Sh
eppard, that work will begin wit
hin twenty four hours, this sure
sounds good to everyone in this
lon£ neglected--out—of—the—
; way place.
Give us a wagon road to
i the White River, and one to the
Chitina, and you will see hundre*
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