THE
McCarthy weekly news
Entered as second olass matter. Septem
ber 17th, 1918. at the f ost Office, at
McCarthy, Alaska, under the Act of
Maroh 3.1879.
L. M. Lander Manager
R. E. Lander Editor
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Saturday Nov. 11th. 1922.
Towns have an expression of per
sonality! Woods, streams, and
even mountains have a certain
expression of individuality accor
ding to philosophers and poets.
So why not towns. That great
realist O. Henry has told us of
the voices of great cities that
fling their tenacles across the
country-side, but no writer of
note has ever put the personal.
ity of a town on recoad. Towns
like persons seem to confide in
you. Some speak in a dreamy
manner as tho they were old
men sitting on cracker barrels
and recalling the past. Others
remind you of a young and boist
erous kid,telling what he can do.
While others, extend you a hosp
itality unequalled by the tradit
ional Southern brand,
Such a town is McCarthy.
We are confident that a town
with such an atmosphere of hope
fulness and tenacity of purpose
can’t help developing into a cen
ter of activities and becoming a
a junction of commerce.
The potentalites for better bus
isness are centered in this spot
and in a short while progress
will no longer be deferred.
" We are soon to have better ro
ads, which mean better modes
of transportation: to one of the
richest undeveloped mining dis.
tricts in the world.
There will be many prospects
and mines fully developed which
continued on page 4
IN THE UNITED STATES LAND
OFFICE AT JUNEAU.ALASKA
Serial No. 05519.
In the Matter of the applic
ation of E. P, Moorhead, for a
United States patent for the Ed
ison (Association Claim) Placer,
being Mineral Survey No. 1456.
NOTICE Of APPLICATION For
A UNITED STATES PATENT
Notice is hereby given that in
pursuance of an Act of Congress,
approved May 10, 1872, E. P
Moorhead, a citizen of the United
States, whose Post Office ad
dress is Minneapolis, Minnesota,
has made application for a patent
for the Edison (Association
CJaim) Placer, situated in the
Nizina Mining District, McCarth
y Recording Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, and described by the
official plat and by the field
notes, on file in the office of the
Register of the Juneau Iiand
District, at Juneau, Alaska, as
follows, to wit: —
Edison(Association Claim)Placer
Beginning at Corner No. 1,
whence U. S. M. M. No. 27, bears
S. 39° 13’ W 9936.50 ft distant:
thence N. 26° 46’ W. 1320 ft. to
Cor. No. 2; thence N. 73° 36’ E.
5280 ft. to Cor No. 3; thence S.
0° 38’ W. 875.44 ft. to Cor. No 4;
thence S. 68° 06’ W. 4808.20 ft.
to Cor. No. 1 the place of begin
ning. Area 123.319 acres.
The location notice of this
claim is duly of record in the
office of the recorder at McCar
thy, Alaska, in Book P. at page
51, of the records of said office
This claim is bounded on the
north by unknown claimants: on
the south by unknown claimants;
on the east by unknown claim
ants: and cn the west by Min
eral Survey No. 1091.
Magnetic Variation at all corn
ers of this survey is 31 degrees.
This claim is located on the un
surveyed public domain on Rex
Creek, a tributary of Chititu
Creek, in Latitude 61° 19’ N.and
Longitude 142° 36’ W.
United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, August 22nd, 1922.
It is hereby ordered that the
foregoing notice be published
for a period of sixty days in
the McCarthy Weekly News, a
newspaper of general circulation
published at McCarthy, Alaska
in the vicinity of the land for
which patent is applied.
Frank A. Boyle.
Register.
IN THE PROBATE COURT
for McCarthy precinct
THIRD DIVISION
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
Before Hon. Wm. D, Copper
noil, United States Commission
er and ex-officio Probate Judge.
No. 51.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Matter of The Estate of
Carl Stattel, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned was duly and
regularly appointed Adminis
trator of the Estate of Carl Stat
tel, deceased, by the above-en
titled court on the 18th. day of
September, 1922, and has quali
fied as such Administrator.
That the creditors of and all
persons having claims against
the said decedent are required
to present the same, with the
necessary vouchers, within six
months after the first publicat
ion of this notice, to the under
signed Administrator at his res
idence in the townof Kennecott,
Alaska, which residence the un
dersigned selects as his place of
business in all matters connect
ed with the said estate of Carl
Stattel, deceased, or the claims
may be filed with the United
States Commissioner for Mc
Carthy Precinct aforesaid, at
his office in McCarthy, Alaska.
Dated this 18th. day of Sep
tember, 1922.
Aron Erickson.
Administrator of the estate of
Carl Stattel, deceased.
How is this for Harnessing
Nature
The other night we saw a state
ment in a paper that a crab co
uld lift 400 and some odd times
his own weight.
Now we’re figureing on training
a few of these crustaceans for
freighting purposes.
NOTICE
I am prepared to do all kinds
of shoe repairing at reasonable
prices. Michael Vagge, Kenne
cott, Opposite Recreation Hali.
CLIPPING LIVE ONES
[From our contemporaries]
Victoria B.C.
When the Arizona Maru com
pleted her recent voyage from
Victoria to Yokohama, Japan
she was eagerly welcomed by
epicurean Japanese for she car
as part of her cargoe, a ship
ment of fifteen tons of British
Columbia whale tails. This delic
acy, the first to be shipped to
Japan by the Consolidated Whal
ing in a long time, is held in
great favor there. In fact, the
Japanese believe that a “tail a
day,; keeps the doctor away.”
The whaling companies around
Victoria, did not operate last
Year, and the Japanese as a re
sult, it is said, were forced to
patronize the medical profesion
more then usual.
Light Wines And Beer Are
On The Tapis
Washington. Oct. 30, Forty
nine candidates for the Senate
& the House of Representatives
are claimed by the Association
Against Prohibition, as being in
favor of an amendment to the
Constitution modifying the Vol
stad Act so as to permit the
manufacture and sale of light
wines and beer.
The figures are claimed to be
the result of a canvas by the As
sociation.
ANOTHER ONE FROM ZION
According to a prophecy by a
Zionest leader we will soon be
plunged into another war
America and England versus
the Bolshies, China, Japan and
Germany
Trotzky is to lead the enemy
into the holy land as soon as. he
can get the horses to mount his
troops We will win thoaccor.
ding to the prophecy; as we are
to gain control of the air All of
our planes are to be handled by
countrymen of the derby hatted
merchants of *’ Baxter Street”
New York
We’d like to bet Ford won’t st.
and for those fellows manning
our planes.