The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, .Tune 20,
No. -5
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Mrs, Harwood, of Cordova,
ret] re sen ting Shamek Bros, of
Seattle, is in McCarthy.,this, week
with a line of ladies goods of
great interest to local ladies.
The Green Butte Mine res
umed operations with the Friday
night* shift after a shut down of
about ten days.
V. J. Cwyer came up from
Strelna yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Selten
reicli and family are leaving to
day for the States where they
expect to make their home for
the future. The Seltenreich fam
ily have been residents of Me
Carthy for some ten years and
their leaving will be felt in the
community. The good wishes of
all go with them.
F. A. Hansen was in town
on Fiiday. .
Come out to the baseball frame
tonight at McCarthy between
the home boys and Kenneott.
Action promised!
Hai ry Bosch, who has been
at Nizina 1'or some time came inio
town today.
Adrian Carlson is in town
this week end.
NOTICE
Wm. Reeder wishes to anno
unce that he has taken over the
interest in the Owl Cafe former
ly owned by Jack Costello .and
that he will not. be responsible
lor any debts contracted by the
old management prior to May 110
1025.
FAREWELL HALL
• ", V TO RAILROADERS
A farewell ball was tendered
Monday evening in the Pioneer’s
Hall to the crew of the north end
.local which has been operating
between McCarthy and Chitina
since the• beginningof the winter
schedule and which has now
been removed for the summer to
the Cordova Division.
The dance was under, the
auspices of the local taxi drivers
land in spite of a rather disappoi
nting turn out it was a.decided
success. The music was (excellent
the refreshments very refresh
ing.
A special train handled the
attendance from Kennecott. •
NEW GOVERNOR
MAKES A TALK
Governor-designate Geo
A. Parks, who will assume off
ice June 15, while enroute from
Fairbanks to Juneau, was the
guest of the Anchorage Chamber
of Commerce, while stopping off
at that point for a couple of days.
Tup Chamber gave a big recep
| tion in his honor.
President Williams, before
callin'! on Governor Parks, stat
ed that when the telegram came
along last March that Mr. Parks
had been appointed governor of
the territory by President Cool
idge the news brought joy to us
| ail. “He is not known here as Mr.
Parks, but just as plain George,”
Mr. Williams said.
Governor Parks, in resp
onding to the speech of welcome,
said: “I once heard a banquet
c died a big feast spoiled with a
lot of long speeches. However,
I do not intend spoiling more
than one course of this dinner
tonight.”
, “To have a response come
continued on page II
WORK BEGINS ON
SOURDOUGH HILL
The llond Commission has
again commenced operations und
er Mr. Truitt ,the new fore in an.
They have, first., to move the
camp from the present site at
the Nizina Bridge closer to town
and then begin to repair the
worst mud holes in order to all
ow car traffic over the road.
They will begin at the four mile
post.
Most of the men who have
been with the bridge crew this
winter are again employed on
this work.
At a meeting held Friday
afternoon at the drug store it
was decided to prepare for a
big celebration of sports at Me
Carthy for July 4, and the foil
owing officers and committees
were elected:
Treasurer — Ben Jackson
Collection Committee —
Win. Lubbe, LeeYency, and
E. G. Graham
Sport Committee
C. Malehorn, Jno. Nickell
Jno. Barrett, C. F.Pugh.
Dance Committee
J. B. O’Neill, Henry Olsen and
Roy Snyder
The collection committee
is already on the job so "die;
down deep and do your share
toward making this the biggest
jFourth on record.
EARTH TREMOR
felt McCarthy
About twelve thirty P. M. on
I Thursday a slight earthquake
shock was felt in tovn lasting
for only three or four seconds.
The buildings were shaken but
only lightly and no damage was
done.
BRIDGE COMPLETED
OVEll YOUNG CPEEK
.Ins Murie lias completed his
bridge over Young Creek which
he tins been working on for the
last month or six week's in order
to connect his road house by road
with McCarthy. He has now only
to cut a. road along about tilree
.hundred yards of river bank to
have an excellent car road from
1 the end of the Nizina Bridge to
I his [dace.
Both the Dan Creek Hydra
ulic Mining Co. and the Chititu
Mines assisted financially in the
I
| bridging of the Creek and re
i ports are to the effect that it is
i
la good piece of work which will
i
j last for years.
KENNECOTT WINS
OPENING GAME
The baseball season open
! ed last Satu rday evening between
| McCarthy and Kennecott when
the local boys journeyed to the
! latter place and met defeat at the
I hands of the Kennecott team by
a score of 5 to o.
Both teams showed lack of
practice but the closeness of the
score throughout the game made
it very interesting to a large
crowd of spectators. Kennecott
got away in the opening stanza
for one run on a couple of in*
field errors by McCarthy and
added two more in the sixth
when a fly was lost in the out
field owing to the sun.
The pitching of Hedderley
for McCarthy was exceptionally
good and only poor backing lost
him the game as he allowed
only two hits during the fracas.
The “Twins, as a battery, played
a steady game for Kennecott
and had the situation well in
hand at all times.
A return game will be
played in McCarthy tonight.