The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday,
March Gth,192o
NO. lrt
CHITINA NEWS
Special ,o News.
Mr. Paul Schwartz, teacher
of tlie native school here is on
a dog team tnp to the interim-,
to take the census. Ed. Young
is accompanying him.
Mr Schwartz is writing a
book on the Alaska Indians, and
thinks this trip is a good oppor
tunity to study them He has in
vited his brother, who is a mus
ician. to see if native chants!
could not be written down in i
notes, and possibly used as
“motifs'’ for musical compo
sitions.
The McKinley Placers, sue i
eessors to the Valdez Creek
Mining Co. are taking in a big
outfit on sleds, on account of
the trail being bare in many
places, poles had to be cut to
pull the sleds over.
Mr ahd Mrs. H. N. Wilson re
cently returned from a winter
spent at Arkansas Hot Springs,
are occupying the Feaster resi-j
t enct during Mrs. Feasters ab
sence.
John Wilson, who has spent
several years at the various
placer camps in this vicinity, re
turned from a winter spent at
Tenakee Hot Springs, and has
gone to spend the season at'
Valdez ere d\.
The Arctic Brotherhood held
a business meeting last Monday
eveneing whpn the following
business was transacted.
Buildirg ctitilicate No.47, in
favor of R L.H. Marshall, was
ordered paid. Cortificato No.
209, the original of which is lost,
was ordered to be advertized for
sixty days C. F. M. ('ole was
appointed secretary, vice L. Wi
dmg, resigned.
Dog Feedar ;\1A RSHA.LTAS
TELEGRAPHIC
Washington, The House by o
verw helming vote r< fused to re
peal the Prohibition enforcement
act.
The State of New Jersey, to
day filed in the U. S. Supreme
Court a suit seeking to Imvj pro
hibition amendment dec-lured un
constitutional and to prevent
enJorcement of tie Volstad act.
Portland, Oregon. Poindex
ter has closed his presidential
headquarters in Oregon and will
relinquish Western States to
Wood.
New York There a» t* indic
ations that not enough states
will ratify the National women
suffrage amend men l s to give
all women votes this president
ial election.
An important business deal
took place this week, when 0
W. Brehmer oJ the McCarthy
Drug Store, sold an interest in
the business to Jack Conway.
Mr Conway will have charge
of this store’ &. Mr. Brehmer
will leave for Cordova, where
he will open another drug store.
Mr. Conway has been assoc
iated with ihe Kenreeotl Cop
per ( orporation lor a number
of years and is well acquainted
witn every one in this section.
We all wish In in the best of
luck in Ins new venture.
^ r. V\. L’Aicy Chase, who is
taking i>r, Gillespie’s place at
Kennecott lor some weeks, paid
a visit to our city la.^t vVednes
day.
Mis. R. W. Williams has
moved into the New York build
ing which will hereafter be
known as the home Restaurant
Special lunches, short orders
and catering will be leatured.
I
tr. A.\j. Powell is in McCarthy
this mOn i ,g anxiously aw til
ing the arrival of todat\ ‘s train
which will bring his bride elect
from California. They w II be
married today.
LOCAL NEWS
M. B, Vaughn and Martin Nel
son lefu this n < ■] nin^ on an ex
tensive prospecting trip to that
country betwi en the head of
the Chitina and the Breinner.
They have purchased two sled
dogs from J. Pitcher and will
haul theii outfit of about 1500
pounus in relays, t xpect to land
jl their destiration before the
break-up.
The country they will traverse ,
is most alluring for prospectors
there being indications of placer
gold, quartz, copper, oil and coal,
and since the oil and coal-leasing
hill Is passed there is nothing
they may not stake.
Yakatagu i each is only 100
miles disoint as the crow flies
in the same direction, and James
Barclay, who was one of our
duel prospectors before he lost
nis life in a snowslide near here
a few years ago, used do speak
of a lake ol oil he once found
between Yakalaga and the Chit
in a.
Having heard a rumor that
G. C. Gw in intended to build
bridges and culverts on Sour
dough trail, with salvaged lumS
er Irom Nizin bridge, the News
wrote asking him if this was so.
The following is his reply : —
“In regard to my hauling
lumber from the Nizina bridge
to build culverts on the trail
over Sourdough Hill, — this is
quite true. Mr. James Wilson
reported to the Road Commiss
ion that Johnson had salvaged
what is intact to build all bridges
necessary over the hill. As
nothing was done last year, 1
intend to use the lumber before
it rots or goes down the river.
You-rs truly,
G. C. Gwin”
Mantles, chimneys etc for
Alladin Lamps at Post Of in e
store.
TOWN TOPICS
R L. French, instructor of
I the Kennecott mine schools paid
us a visit last Monday. The pu
pils have attained a high grade
of efficiency during the term, &
Mr French is in receipt of grat
ifying letters from the Commis
sioner of Education and the lm
igration Department at Wash
ington D.C.‘Forty per cent of
the pupils have 100 per cent at
tendance and all have corres
pondingly high marks in the
various subjects they have
studied.
Mr. French deplores the fact
that there.is no way for appli
cants for citizenship to secure
their papers without taking the
journey to Valdez, and several
of his puplis have found it im
possible to seen re their final
papers on that account.
The “honest prospector”
Chick Nelson visited our city
this week.
Chris Karlovich is now busy
putting up ice for the hotel he
Golden, for next summer.
Gap. Hubrick has received the
ood news that Mrs. Rubrick
leo. New York on the first on
return trip North.
Mr Geo. Walker, census man,
has finished the task of enum
erating the residents of Ke.nne
cott and the mines, also Nizina,
ted is now waiting to leave l«»r
Chisana as soon as Jce McLel
len returns.
W. H. McKay, was a McCarthy
visitor on Monday.
Ladies suits, dresses ,waists
winter eo&us. Also cliildrcn’s
goods in great variety
Mail orders given immediate
attention.
Doughert.x’s, Cordova.
LObT
A h Building Certificate, No.
*2d9. Finder please notify R.L.H
Mi rshall