Weekly New
VOL: X
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, Am
IK
No. 14
ROAD APPROPRIATION
Captain .1, 1’. U nbrick,
president of the McCarthy Com
merical Clud, has received the
following letter from Col. S tense.
Mr. -f. P. Hubrick
Pres. Me Cart-hy Com. Clip)
McCarthy. Alaska.
My dear Mr Hu brick:
Keceipt is acknowie
dged of your n‘cent letter
advising of resolution of 1 lie
McCarthy Commerieal club urg
ing increased allotment to various
road and trail projects in the
Copper Kiver Valley.
While our program fot nexi
anason can not he completed
until alter the dost' of tin* curr
ent session of the Legist u re. *
can assure you that the Alaskaj
Load Commission will continue
Hs policy <>f allotting to projects
in \ on r dist riot t he maximum
possible. in fairness to the many
demands made upon us 1'iom
all parts of the Territory.
We have over S7,0w0,(K)0
worth of approved work ahead
of us. Naturally, in any one
season, we can do only small
pari of the work we should line
to do.
Very truly yours.
Jas. (Jr. Steese,
1 0 esident.
HOLDS CHAHi Or LLLTLUS
Tim* first woman to hold a I
chair ol letters in a French univ
ersity is Mile. Leonic Villard,
prolessoi of American literature
at the University of 1 .yens. She
has never visited the United
Slates, but is considered an auth
orit.v on America! literature and
has published many articles in
French literary magazines on
modern American works. The
position, to which Mile. Villard
was appointed in 1‘.'22. carries;
with it, the rijjfht to wear the oran '
^e and black ^own of professors j
ol letters. It is a much coveted |
honor.
THE AMERICAN REGION’S
PARIS CONVENTION
Hie Amonc.au Rodion and
its Auxiliary will hold its Nat
ional Annual Convention in Pans
in September from the I9tli to
tlio 2 1111. riic prime purpose of
this Pa ris convent ion is to make
in impressive international ml
grimace to the graves of their
'comrades and to the scenes of the
stru^yle whicli j*ave birth to the,
organization in order that the'
saerifice.s which brought peacej
may he recalled to public memory
anu luereb^ the ties of eoou will
lor the maintenance of internal
ional fiiendslnp and undei stand- j
i• -i-t' may be strengthened.
linsis a stupendous und.
mtaKin.it. but the details have
been veay completely woraed on t !
' by Hie National Officers of I'm*
j American Legion ul Indianapolis.
| I lie magnitude t»i such an under
taking may be realized, as not only
the Legion members are eligible,
blit also membersol the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary, the Forty
and Eight, the Ked Cross, K. of C
\ . M. C. A., 'i - W. C. A, American
Library Association, Salvation
Army, and the .Jewish Welfare
Hoard war workers, the final
dale for maaing convention re—
servations is day 15. llJ27.
Each State and Territory is
being managed by a Department
of France Convention Officer,
who handles aii details for hm
respective district. Lie D. K C.C,
lor Alaska is 11. .). Thompson at
•J ii neau.
STILL “TO PAY TUITION” i
Bayonne, N. .1 : A liU year old I
boy arrested here, charged with !
possessing stills for making moon j
shine, insists he intended no1
wrong. He says he was merely
paying his way through college.
His college courses are likely to,
remain uncompleted.
MOKUISSKY HOLTON
A pretty wedding’ was sol
omnized Finn shay Mai eh ;,1. at
tli«* limin' of M r. find M i >. La
Swindon. h hen Miss Llizm>eih
J» nit* Morrissey b c me the*
bruit* of .\ii-. Jama* W. Id,bon.
Iii'- service vviis read by
Jmieo L. ]«;, t ham m-rlm. \|l»t
i bo ceremony supper was served.!
Mr alld Mrs. Bolton, lell o,i!
I’Ymay Y tiain lor ihe Stales j
'a bore they expect to remain lor*
•some time.
I lie News joins their many J
I Heims m wishing I belli ;i happy
pi os;>er<>us 11 le.
.NOME,
Tilt
talking ajutlanes
n* i.s confident Lie a^-iia
nun m Nome for the organization
ol ,i local airplane company lo
fcdve .service to districts adjacent
h) Nome and to connect with
Anchorage aim Fairbanks [dimes
at some convenient point on the
Million Kiver, preferably Kuby
EASTEU SERVICE
1 he l'iev. H. L. Kent will
hold Easier Service’s Sunday
evening at 7A10 at the School
House,
NEW BEIL DING FOR
FA IFRANKS
Word wie received in Fair
banks II'oiii Cap. A. E. Hathrop
that the building ot‘ a 4 story con
crete structure in the heart of the
Fairbanks business district is
now assured. Excavation work
will probably start early in May
and construction rushed to have
the building ready for occupancy
by fall. The Lathrop building,
Fairbanks’ first modern struct
ure, will house a hotel, apartment,
a moving picture theatre and sev
eral stores.
SNOW ( ATHEDii \L IN
ARCTIC BUILT BY ESKIMOS
',<>n« JiLout Ch ristmas time
! many Eskimos congregate at
: e Amad jua ip on Baffin land,
t"(i one of I lie features of their
,M)li‘l».V season was an igloo
'•I'lircli a real Arctic cathedral
l)U|l' (>l ice and snow, says Pop
nltir Mechanics magazine. William
I homas Lapp, former superint
(‘n< <>n! ol native education in
Alaska and also supervisor of
the native reindeer industry, who
1 * *1 * the Eskimos in eommunitv
singing, reports they enjoyed it
>! 1 touch that they were unwilling
to break up their gatherings
iven for meals.
SUNNY POINT CANNERY
DESTROYED ItY EIRE
Ketchiean: A fire completely
destroyed the cannery and ware
house of the Sunny Point Pack
ing company, resulting in a loss
oi $250.COO. The machinery, equi
pment and I.),()()()oases of salmon
wers destroyed. The origin of the
fire is unknown. The plant be—
longed to the Skinner & Eddy
Company of Seattle and was fitJy
covered by insurance. It is ann
ounced that the plant will be re
built at once.
KENNECOTT MOVIES
Sunday April 3rd
Lue Cody Gertruds 01 instead
in
“Monte Carlo”
Music
Comedy News
It seems odd to read one
of the present day divorce scan
| dais and reflect that only a few
' short years ago people thought
the dime novels degrading.