The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday August 27th 1921
NO 42
Labor Day
EXCURSION TO CORDOVA
The folks down in Cordova are
looking forward to having all
the Copper River people as their
guests on Labor Day, which is
September 5th next Monday
week.
They have arranged,, a won
derful monster program.
During the day there will be
a Ball Game, a Shooting Contest
and Athletic Events.
In the evening there will be
a dance and boxing contest.
Also there will be a number
of extra attractions in the way
of special movies and musical
treats, not to mention getting a
whiflof the sea air. and the glad
hand of welcome from the Cor
dova people.
An excursion will be run to
Cordova for $10. round trip, to
leave McCarthy on the Sunday
morning reaching the Coast city
the same afternoon, and start
back to the interior on the day
after Labor Day. That will
give the visitors two nights and
one full day and several extra
hours.
A guarantee of $500. has been
placed with the McCarthy agent
Mr. Sommer, by the residents.
As the committee which is in
charge of the Labor Day cele
bration at Cordova has guaran
teed the balance up to $750 re
quired by the C. R. and N. W.
railway to make the excursion
a certainty, it is to be hoped
that every camp will hustle for
passengers to show Cordova we
can make good.
It is hoped that everyone in
tending to make the trip to
celebrate Labor Day, will place
their names on the list so as to
be sure of a seat in the train.
TELEGRAPHIC
PEACE TREATY SIGNED
Washington; August 25th.
Secretary Hughes tonight has
announced that the peace treaty
between the United States and
Germany has been signed.
Under it Germany guarantees
the United States rights and
privileges and advantages stip
ulated tor the benefits of the
United States in the treaty
of Versailles and it is specified
in the provisions made that the
United States i» not to be bound
by the League of Nations
Washington, July 26th. The
Administraton will soon with
draw Amerrican troops from
Germauy.
FEAR VESSELWKECKED
Eureka, Calif. August 25th.
It is feared that the Canadian
steamship, Canadian Importer,
with a crew of 37 has gone down
otf the coast of Oregon, after
refusing aid fiom the Seattle
steamer Cordova three days ago
when the Importer was leaking
badly. Searching v< stels are
unable to find her.
Private information has been
received here that the Admiral
Watson will probably be in Cor
dova about September 5th.
A crowd will also be in Cor
dova for Labor Day from Val
dez and Fort Liscum, and so
there will lots of regular fell
ows from there to mingle with.
Victor Johson. Kennecott, J.
Davis, Mother Lode, Harry Dean
of Kennecot and Olaf Holtet
rancher, renewed their subscrip
tions to the News this week.
Louis Hendersen, with twelve
head of pack stock left for Chi
sana yesterday.
PERSONAL
Thos. S. Scott deputy clerk of
the court at Cordova, made a
trip to Kennecott this week and
took seventeen applications for
naturalization papers while there
Mr.Scott, who is also a vice-pres
ident of the Bank of Alaska at
the coast city, spent a couple of
days in McCarthy, and has now
gone to Strelna, where his fam
ily is enjoying a short vacation.
L. H. Oarvey, suffered an in
jury to his hand this week, thru
a boulder falling on it. He is at
present under Dr. Gillespie’s
care. The bones of one finger
are badly broken.
Tiie Pratt hunting party are
passengers on the Northwestern
reaching Cordova today and will
arrive on the next train, spend
ing one night at Kennecott,they
will proceed immediately to the
head of the Chitina, hunting big
liorn sheep.
The guides will be Pager berg
and SI import, packer, Harry Boy
den, chei, Jack Ericsson, and
Con Miller, photographer.
Mrs. Wells has three nephews
visiting her from Kodiak.
Sam Laurie, aformer business
man inour town, now located in
Cordova, spent a few days here
and at Kennecott this week.
All the farmers of this section
are working long hours harvest
ing their crops.
At Long Lake, Oscar Anderson
has had his new mowing mach
ine working on his ^0 acre field
of beardless barley. This grew
to a height of 5ft 9in.
Frank Iverson and Olaf Holt
«t are also cutting their crops
this w’eek,
A1 Doze is expecting his mow
ing machine to arrive on the
next train. He ordered it from
the states some time ago.
He will start cutting his seas
on’s crop of barley and oats.
i
OP LOCAL INTEREST
The Clerk of the {school Board
Mrs. J. B.O’ Neill, has received
a telegram from School Commis
sioner Henderson, stating that
Miss Beth Stewart has been en
gaged to teach at McCarthy
School next term. She will leave
Juneau on the next Alameda.
Miss Stewart taught at Douglas
last year.
Jas. Hussey is dismantling
his building next the school
house this week. The lumber
was purchased by L. H. Wood
man.
B. B. Green, representing the
Love, Warren, Monroe Co. of
Tacoma,called on McCarthy bus
iness people this week.
G. W. Truby, stock inspector
for the territory, who was here
a short tine ago inspecting the
cattle in this section, has left for
parts unknown before finishing
ud his work, having failed to in
spect a cow belonging to Mrs
Brenwick, who is ranching at
mile 183. This leaves Mrs.
Brenwick in bad shape being
unable to dispose of the milk &
no chance to sell the cow.
This matter has been taken
up with the Govemor in the
hope that tne inspector will be
recalled to this section or to
have enough of the toxin sent
to the owner to have a test
made.
Telegraphic advices from La
porte, Indiana to the Valdez
Miner under date of August 10.
states that one Walter Bunton.
of Laporte, has sold his patent
for tempering copper, to the li
nked States Steel Corporation
for one million dollars cash and
a royalty of two cents per pound
for every pound tempered.
For thousands of years, min.
ers, chemists and others have
working on a formula for tem
pering copper, knowing that a
fortune was in sight for the one
who was able to solve it.