The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
JULY 21, 1923
No.9T. 3y
PRESIDENT VISITS
FAMOUS GLACIERS
Word came up yesterday that
the president party had arrived
in Cordova and was taking the
trip ro Miles and Chi ds glaciers
at mile 49 on the C R. & NW. R
R in the afternoon. Friday’s train
was postponed ’till Saturday for
chat reason.
The residents of Chitina are
very much disappointed at not
having the opportunity to enter
tain the president as they had
hoped to until definite news was
received last Monday that the
majority of the party would re
turn over the railroad to Seward
only the chief executive’s secre
tary and a few others taking the
trail to Valdez.
A reduction of $20 00 on the
rounci trip from McCarthy to
Cordova was effective from July
17 to 22 on the C. R. & NW RR.
to accommodate those desiring
to go down.
EXPERT TO
EXAMINE westover
Archie Hancock, mining engi,n
eer, and former employee of the
Kennecott Corporation, arrived
in McCarthy last Tuesday from
Cordova, and leaves Monday for
Dan Creek, where he will make
a thorough examination of the
Westover mine, which is located
in that valley. Whiie in this sec
tion, Mr. Hancock will make an
examination of sevearl other prop
erties located in the district.
During the past several days
the forest fires heve been worse.
One fire that started on the
South side of Young Creek, made
such rapid strides toward the
Nizina Roadhouse that fear was
expressed for the safety of that I
establish‘ment,but the wind shift-1
ed and all’s safe.
NEWS BUDGET
PROM CHISANE
Everybody’s doing fine in Chis
ane this season, is the gist of the
reports brought in by Jimmey
Brown and Dan Campbell,yes ter
day.
The boys stace that Jack Car
rol, has struck the pay on the
Taylor claim, that he purchased
while in town last spring. The
claim lies on a bench; but the old
channel cuts into it. and is cover
ed with from twelve to eighteen
feet of overburden. Jack manag
ed to do some ground slucing
before the water got low, and
thus uncovered part o! the pay
streak. Pans taken from the an
tediluvial gravel, average from
four to eight dollars.
Carl Whitham has finished his
season at Chisane, and is now at
Nabesna. It is said that Carl has
a quartz prospect that is looking
better all the time, over in the
Nabesna country, and that the
chances of a mill being installed
at some future date are good.
Captain Shaw and Jim Moore,
who were passengers from Me
Carthy to the White River arriv
ed O.K. Jimmey Brown states
that the water was very high at
every stream along the trail.
Jack Hayes, who started for
Chisane recently, lost his way
and wandered out on the clear
ice of the glacier, at which point
he was found and set aright.
SATURDAY SMOKER
ajtkennecott
’Midst the slog of gloves a
gainst human ribs and frenzied
shouts of the tight fans, gladiat
ors of the roped square will try
their prowess at the Kennecott
smoker, next Saturday evening.
According to the present sche
dule there will be four prelim
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PERSONALS
Miss Smith, who has been tem
porarily employed at the Kenne
cott hospital, Vannie Anderson
and Andy Taylor left Wednesday
fora three weeks’ trip to the
head ot the White river in the
Chisane country.
Jack Bishop who is in town
giving advice to erring ball play
ers has also decided to teach the
boys to play ’’pan”.
Jack Erickson, well known here
and in Kennecott writes that he
is enjoying ’’sunny California” at
Long Beach.
Mrs. Hubrick entertained a
number of ladies at dinner Sun
day.
It is reported that Charley
Chong has purchased the Lubbe
budging and will move itt<* his
old location on Front street.
Mrs. John E. Barrett was hos
tess at a dinner Thursday eve
ning. Home grown new potatoes
and freshly picked strawberries
were included in the menu.
OUR ALIBI
Last Tuesday’s ball game was
as close a an exhibition of Amer
ica’s favorite pastime as any play
ed this season on the local field.
It ended 6 to 5 in Kennecott’s fa
' vor. It was another lucky day for
the copper camp’s team, as the
McCarthy boys outplayed them.
Roy Snider’s one handed catch
and Kennecott’s bum base peg
ging. The opinion is general that
the game was lost by the umpi
re’s decision on an error made
by the visiting team’s rightfielder
holding Bill Reed to a two base
when it should have-been a Babe
Ruth. However, the boys are not
discouraged, and will meet again
the twins with their smiles.
BROOKLYN EAGLE
PARTY LOOKS THE
TOWN OVER
Like Finnegan’s engine, the
Brooklyn Eagle party’s excur
sion to Kennecott was ’’off again,
on again.” After being informed
late Saturday afternoon that the
party had called off the excur
sion, we were informed on Sun
day that they would arrive on
Monday.
Last Monday, therefore, vat J.2;
30 p. m. there arrived in McCar
thy the largest and most distin
guished party of tourists that
has yet visited this end of the
Copper River valley. Most of the
visitors took advantage of the
thirty minutes’ stop to get their’
first view of a vaot strech of gla
cial moraine and roaring glacial
streams. The day was ideal, and
and the snow-capped mountains
and glaciers were easily seen.
The artist members of the party
were particularly delighted with
the study in color, which the
hillsides present at this season
of the year when immense pat
ches of fireweed are in bloom a
midst the contrasting green of
the hills.
While no formal reception com
mittee received the guests va
rious townspeople, including a
representative of the News, in
troduced themselves to mem
bers of the party .and were in
terested in hearing incidents of
the trip. Almost everyone ex
pressed surprise at the grand
eur of the scenery in this unhe
raided part of Alaska.
They report a beautiful, tho
somewhat hard trip along the
Richardson Highway. The gene
ral opinion was that the trip
should be made in shorter stages’
as the average tourist does not
care to make such early starts,
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