The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: IX
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, March 13,1m
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No. 11
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
J. H. Reynolds returned
from Cordova Sunday.
Mr. Kerrigan, represent j
ing Armour and Co., was a Mo.I
Carthy visitor Tuesday.
Jack O’Hara returned to
town Tuesday after serving on
the Petit Jury at Cordova.
W. E James was a Cord
ova arrival by recent boat bring
ing with him an outfit for the j
season in the Shushanna. While
Outside this winter Mr. James
again joined the ranks of the
Benedicts and brought his wife
with him this trip
Pete S. Erickson returned
on Thursday from his trip Out
side.
Oscar Anderson was down
from the Erie Wednesday and
Thursday.
Joe Border is seen around
his old haunts again.
One day this week a coyote
wandered into the yard ot A1
Doze in broad day light.
Mrs. C. Malehorn underwent
an operation for appendicitis at
Kennecott hospital Wednesday.
The operation was entirely succ
essful ani she will be around in
due course.
Ed. Bassett is in town on a
short visit this w. ek.
Mr. Chadwick, of the United
States Dub her Co., visited town
Tuesday.
KENNECOTT COURT
TERM FOSTPONED
Owing to Judge E. E. Ritchie
being called to Washington, 1). C
in connection with the Sulher.
land and Frame charges, the
term of court called for March
Kith at Kennecott will be indef
initely postponed. It is expected
that it will be held some time in
May.
ALASKA TO GET j
APPROPRIATION
WASHINGTON, March 1—The'
Department of Commerce approp
i iation bill for $2$,735,b47 was
reported in the House late Sat
u rday.
The items pertaining to Alaska
were as fellows:
Alaska Fishery Service $53,070. i
Protecting seal fisheries $350,000
out of which 8100.000 is immed
lately available.
Mining investigations $10,860
Forsey A. Lyon, assistant dir
ector of the Bureau oi' Mines, at
a hearing on the bill said: “There
aiesome very large mining prop
erties blit on a whole mining is
not up to expectations or hopes ;
of people who are looking ahead i
from 10 to 20 years ago. It is not
yet the mining territory we hop.
ed it to be but opportunities may
prove wonderful yet.
Mrs Peter Brenwiek was
|
taken to Kennecott hospital this
week suffering from ptomaine!
| poisoning. She is progressing!
! favorably.
According to the Anchorage,
| Times. Walter McDonell, who has !
! been in the hospital for several
^ months is slowly improving.
Sam Shucklin, representing
Louis Garfinkle and the B. F.
Goodrich Co., was in town this
week.
ST. PATRICK'S
DAY DANCE!
I
It has been decided to hold j
a dance in tile Pioneer Hal!, McC !
arthy, on Wednesday, March 17.
Those who were present at!
the very successful ball held last
year on this occasion will be
able to look forward to .u.other
{/rand evening for the Seven
teentli of Ireland this year. Arrj
angements are in capable hands.
Everyone is Irish on the
sivinteenth — so come on out
with your green shirt.
CAEI) MILLE FAILTE
WHITE K1VER REG ION
IS VAST COPPER VAULT
SAYS “NINETY-EIGHTER”
(Seward Gateway)
The world need not fear of
shortage of copper for there is
sulficient copper ore in the Wh
ile River countiy for a million i
years, stated A. Bloomer, shush
anna mining man, who was a
visitor m Seward this week. Mr.
Bloomer is pioneer from the1
vintage of 18'.»8 and has made
all camps from Ketchikan to
XT I
Nome since that time, and is i
still going strong regardless of
“old man age” slowly creeping
upon him.
And speaking of fox, Mr. i
Bloomer said the people of this,
district, ‘‘haven’t seen anything)
i
yet.” Fox of all kinds, silvers,
black, cross and some red, but
mostly silvers, fairly overrun
the White river country and the
few trappers who have trap
lines out, are “knockin’ ‘em
dead.”
Mr. Bloomer and his partner
are carrying on a little digging
in the district but expect to
clean up by July and move their
outfit towards Valdez, where
they previously prospected on a
creek and discovered good pay
ing placer ground.
HOLMES AND N El Mil
RECEIVE SENTENCE
Walter Holmes and Joe
Noimi who were arrested last
Saturday morning with a still
and liquor in their possession
were tried before Commissioner
Harwood Monday and pleaded
guilty. Walter was sentenced to
s'xty days in jail and Joe to a
fine of fifty dollars.
CHAS. KRAEMER RETURNS
C. H. Kraemer arrived Thurs
day for another season with the
Ciiititu Placer Mines. His early
arrival is for the purpose of do
ing considerable ‘dead work’
winch was all in shape last Fall
but was washed out in the heavy
water at the very end of the
season.
In spite of this set back Mr.
Kraemer expects to have the
ground in shape to commence
work as soon as weather and
water conditions permit.
JIMMIE MORRIS MARRIED
Mrs. Underwood of Cordova
wishes to announce the wedding
of her son, James Edward Morris
to Miss Zelie Garrissere on
March 3 at San Francisco. They
will make their home at Palo
Alto, California.
SPRING IS THE TIME
to replenish your lingerie
MADE-TO-MEASURE
and
READY MADE
Mrs. C. O. Marwood has samp
les and takes orders.
Mrs. Jack Morris