The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, Much 7,
No. 10
OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
McCarthy seems to bo enjoying
an unprecedented quiet spell
this week. Opinion is divided as
to whether this is just the usual
lull before a storm or caused by
t he departure of the book agents.
Bill Berry departed these
regions Monday for a business
trip to Seattle.
Milton Kunklo left for Moose
Lake this week where he is mak
ing preparations to start a
muskrat farm. This is a new
industry for the district and its!
progress is being watched Abtli J
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Ctus Gelles salesman for the
N itional Grocery and other lines
visited town this week.
Mr. Runert, representing
the United States Rubber Co.
and Oscar Hart, of Neustadter
Bros; paid a flying visit to
McCarthy Thursday, leaving by
Friday, morning’s train.
Bill Baxter of Kenneeott was
a McCarthy visitor on Thursday.
Hans Dittman came in from
Copper Creek this week on
business.
Don’t forget the big dance
March 17. Tickets on sale now by
A. Poulin, Lem Hey and ye
editor.
Whats this? Mr. Pugh setting
up housekeepings Careful now
Claude, Careful!
Tom Mahar says that being
night guaru at hoosegow beats
fixing ski hills fifty ways.
SPRING ? YES ? NO ?
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Can it be possible that spring
is hereor have the gentle zephyrs
and warm sunshine lured Ren
Jackson into cleaning off his side
walk prematurely, intending
later to sweep down in a playful
mood and bury it again neath an
av ilenohe of downy snow?
Be that as it m ty McCarthy
was treated to the spectacle of
Ben in shirt sleeves on Wednes
day wielding a wicked shovel and
his example inspired others to
sally forth and manicure their I
strip of walk. Lem Hey was right
on his heels with J is Hussey and
Vannie tied for third place.
Such industry is to be com
mended but we feel that it is
tempting fate a bit too much to
start this early.
RADIO SET FOR MCCARTHY
Ben Jackson this week pur
chased a new radio set from Gus
Gelles agent tor the lirunswiek
Radiophone. Mr. Gelies claims that
this is the same set used by the
Anchorage and Seward papers
in picking up tlie daily Associated
Press News and lien expects
great results from it.
Frank Farnam and Jack
O'Hara left for Moose Lake tins I
week to do some advance work!
on transporting supplies to their
mining property in preparation
for the Summer’s work.
Those who have been comp
laining at the lack of snow this
winter should be satisfied after
the twenty four hour snow fall
of Thursday and Friday.
Jas P. Gaskill and Dan.
Campbell mushed down from j
Green Butte on Wednesday.
EG. Lindig came up on Satur
day to take a position as cook at
Green finite.
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CATS DO PHENOMENAL
WORK FOR A. K. C.
A wonderful piece of work was
brought to a close here on Fri j
day, February 27 when the three ;
caterpillars transporting freight!
from McCarthy to the Nizinat
Bridge hauled their last load.!
From February 12 to 27 inclusive
the three machines handled four
hundred Ions of freight hauling
over a distance of nearly fifteen
miles for the greater part of the
time having taken the river route
rather than the road.
It had been stated that this
freight could not be handled un
der sixty days but the “Cat”
drivers set to show the fallacy of
this and they are to he praised
for the efficient manne^n which
they handled their machines and
wept their load moving. The round
trip was made every day.
TWENTY THOUSAND MINERS ;
ARE RUSHING INTO NEW j
GOLD DISCOVERIES IN
SIBERIA
Twenty thousand miners
have rushed to the gold discovery
in Southeastern Siberia, two hund
i,pd and fifty miles to the North
east of FJlagovyeschensk, on the
headwaters of Aldon river, trib
utary of the Lena river, Olaf
Swenson, president of the whole
sale fur company of Seattle,
declared on his return from
Vladivostok.
Owing to the great excitement
throughout Russia, on account
of the striae, the Soviet gover
ment has closed the camp. No
additional prospectors are per
mitted to enter the district and
no person is allowed to take out
over nine thousand rubles in gold,
and no one can remain in the
district over four months. Pood
and instruments are packed in
on the back and most of the pros
pectors are ready to go out at
the end of the four months’ period,
nine thousand rubles bmng con
sidered a fortune in the country.
A number of Russians are taking
advantage of the stampede; all
the miners using the old fashioned
rocker to wash out their gold.
No cleanups on the claims are
allowed unless under government
supervision, and exact records
are kept by government officials.”
Swenhon said that he reached
Vladivostok a few days after the
death of Wells, leader of the
Wrangell party, and said Wells
died in a hospital there while
awaiting a permit to leave Russia.
Swenson also declared that the
furs and other posessions of
Wells were stored in Vladivostok
waiting proof of ownership.
GOOD DEMAND FOR COPPER
FOR MANY YEARS TO COME
C. P. Browning, manager of
the Brittannia mine, addressing
the British Columbia division of
the Canadian Institute of Mining
and Metallurgy yesterday, said
there was every prospect that
there would be a good demand
for copper for a long time to come.
He cited the discovery of new
need for copper in electrical
industries,and declared the pros
perity of the mining industry in
the province depended largely
on copper.
McCarthy is all excited. It is
rumored that wedding bells will
chime in harmony with St. Pat*
rick’s day dance music.
THE LAST LAP
Work has commenced in
earnest on the Nizina Bridge this
week. A full carpenter crew be
gan work this week on the upper
structure and decking.
Mike Knowles went out last
week to the Knowles and Back*
man mining property at Leikel.