The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: IX
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, February 27,1^6.
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I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Oscar Hart, of Neustadter
Bros., Portland, was in town
last week end.
Jack O’Hara left Kennecott
Wednesday for Cordova having
been drawn for jury duty.
Mr. Sheppard, of the Alaska!
Road Commission, was in town 1
Wednesday to look over the grou
nd for Spring operations.
Chititu feed and summer
supplies arrived Saturday via
the C. R. N. W. and is now being
freighted to the Creek by A1 Doze
and Jim Murie. Chas, Kraemer
is sxpected about March 1st.
Jack Hayes was down from
Kennecott ihursday.
Starting on their return trip
to the Shushanna Harry Boyden
and Pete Eiklund encountered a
severe storm on the NizinaGlac
ier and were force 1 to lay over.
They returned to town Friday.
Monsieur Clifford Cayouette
is in town again this week.
M s. Jack Schultz was host
ess at a dinner party last Sunday j
evening with lien Jackson and
E. P. Harwood as guests.
Walter Krebs was in town
from Kennecott Friday.
The beaming countenance of
Joe Neirni is observed about town
again.
The train schedule of the
C. R. N. W. was changed slighily
this week when the t ain due
Friday was held over until Sat.
urday.
ANTLERED CREW
MAKE MERRY;
The local lodge of the B. P.
O. E. staged a big initiation and
dance in the Pioneer Hall here j
last Saturday evening when
some thirteen little '‘Brother
Bills” were added to the fold..
Ceremonies were conducted bv
;
Kelly Robinson who accompanied 1
by seven other Cordova Eh s
came up on Saturdays train.
Following the lodge business
which was conducted behind;
locked doors and drawn blinds, |
a dance was held in the had and
a lunch of cold chicken and!
salad served. Dancing lasted to
the early hours.
Cordova visitors were - K. G. j
Robitfson, Thos. Donohue Jr,
Jack Brabazon, Mr. Burnell, Mr. j
Morgan and Ed. Sorey.
An initiation was held |
Friday night at Chitina for four!
ne,v members.
FISH MONOPOLY IN ALASKAj
Washington.— Delegate Suth
erland, before the House, protes
tod the alleged fishing monopoly !
in Alaska and said:
“All departments in Wash j
ington seem to believe their fun.
ction is to build monopolies.This
is what the Department of Com
rnerce has done with Alaska fish
eries, ” said the Delegate.
Sutherland declared the lar
ge interests, aided by the Dep
artment of Commerce, are reg
ulating the keeping of traps a
mile and one half apart in cont.
rolled fishing areas. The Deleg
ate continued:
“Every man has a right to
fish on a fair basis.”
Sutherland said he would
regulate the size of large traps
and abolish the rules which leave
the small fisherman without wat
er in which to operate.
CARL ENGSTROM
SERIOUSLY HURT
I
Carl Engstrom, head mech-l
i
anic of the Kennecott shops, had 1
his arm broken in two places, i
!iis hip fractured and head cut j
while working on some machin
ery in'the power plant Thursj
da-v
According to repo’ds of eye
witnesses, Carl had gone to the
upper part of the plant to re !
place a belt which haJ come off
a pulley and was caught by a
turning shaft, whirled through
the air and dashed to the floor
twenty feet b< low.
The full extent of the injur
ies are not yet known but are
very serious at the best. Carl
had returned from a trip Out-,
side only three weeks ago.
DAN CREEK MINES
CHANGE NAME CO’Y
The Dan Creek Hydraulic
Mining Company have recently
changed the old company name,
the new name being “The Nicol
ai Placer Mines.”
DRIVES WOLF IN DOG TEAM
Mike Knowles came in from
Teikhel over the Highway Thurs
day driving his dog team, in
which is included a fine black j
wolf. Mike says he caught the
animal last spring when a pup,
and since that time he has been
training it to usefulness. The
animal works as well in harness
as the dogs, and to his master
yields the same obedience and
affection as the other animals of
the team. To strangers, however
he still displays some of his nat
ive savagery. While in town Mr.
Knowles has the animal tied in
Ed. Wood’s barn where he has
been viewed by a number of the
townspeople.
—Valdez Miner
SUTHERLAND
TO RUN AGA5N
ALASK\ WEEKLY
JUNEAU, Setting at rest
any remaining doubt as to his
political intentions for the imm
ediate future, Delegate Dan Suth
t idand’s declaration of candid
aey for Republican nomination
for that posit on was received
today for filing in the office of
Territorial Secretary. It was
received by special delivery mail
from Washington, D. C , by Sec
retary Thiele and filed at once.
It was made out in the
usual form, declaring the Dele
gate’s adherence to the National
and Territorial Republican org
anizations and platforms and
his intention of supporting and
voting for Republican candidates
in the general election next fall.
The Delegate’s filing is the
second to be made in this divis
ion and the first in the Secret
ary’s office. The first tiling made
locally was that of W. L. Paul,
who is seeking nomination on
the Republican ticket to make
the race for membership in the
Territorial House of Representa
tives for the 1927 session.
Practically 20 days remain
in which filings may be made,
the law providing that none
can be made later than the
first Tuesday in February.
There are still many overdue
subscriptions.
SPRING IS THE TIME
to replenish your lingerie
MADE-TO-MEASURE
and
READY MADE
Mrs. C. O. Mar wood has samp
les and takes orders.
Mrs. Jack Morris