rhe McCAR YriY
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
NO 6
"McCarthy, alaska. Saturday De^moHr 1 it, 1920
ANOTHEIi PETITION
A Petition for a, large approp
iation for road work in this vicin
ity and a bridge ov.sr the treach
erous Nizina river, was forward*
hv this mail to the Hon. James G
Steese chairman of the Alaska
Road Commission. It was signed
by practically everybody in
to A’n and by the mineis mi the
creeks.
Through the efforts of Con.
Mille , all the old timers signed
it at Konnecott. A personal let
ter from the president of the
Commercial Club, drwing the at
tention of the department to the
urgent need of this matter goes
with the petition.
We do not ask for very much
but we would like to see the
road completed to the creeks,
not only to enable the mine own
e rs to work their ground on a
larger scale but to give the
prospectors iie/ii ore it.
A. B
5th Annual Masque
Ball
NEW YEAR’S EVE
TURKEYS
Presii i in-Keys, Geese, Young
Roasters ana fowl.
Veal, r'oi-k, Mutton & Beef
White lish urn trout.
R- L- H- Marshall
TELEGRAPHIC
Special to the News
Seattle Dec, £th. Dr legate
Sutherland leaves for Washing
ton tomorrow.
Bremerton. The Navy Radio
has picked up reports indicat
ing that Japanese warships
have been mapping the Cook In
let waters. This information was
immediately forwarded te the
department at Washington.
Geneva. Bulgaria has been ad
; mitted to membership in the
League of Nations.
Washington, Dec 9th. Represent
ing Governor Harding, Senator
! Kslt had a long conference with
Ehhu Root regarding plans for
the in coming ministration.
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Santa Rosa. Cal. Dec. 11. One
hundred armed masked men
j raided the jail today, disarmed
'sheriff and depute* and d ug
| ged Terrance Fitts, George Boyd
'and Chas, Valente, who were
| under mdictmt nt for the killing
I of Sheriff Jus. Pet fay Sonoma
Co. and Detective Jackson, Dor
! man, San Erancisco, fp'm cells
&nd lynched them on same limb.
Peter Buhl, i late employee
of the Kenueeott Co, has secur
ed hts final citizenship papers.
Being unabk to secure a lone,
partner to help him cut a large
quantity of wood, A1 Doze has se
cured the services of Chris Pa
terson till Spring.
Beautiful assortment of new
| Christmas Greeting Cards now
i on display at the t'oai Ulfice
Store.
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Something: unusally good
il e School exercises.
William Godfrey left for Ken
necott last Wednesday. Bill be-1
lieves in boosting your home!
town, intending: to buy four
eorern lots in the near future.
A letter was received by John
Nickell from the Kenneeott or
|chestra requesting arrange
j ments be made for a sleuth to
be at Kenneeott, on the 15th , to
brim? a 1 irge party down to the
dance w’hich is to be beld that
evening in the A. B. Hall.
Willing and Nelson, who own
valuable piojert.x on Dan creek
are in lor ttieX m is holidays.
Cap. Hubrick won a Pan game
last Monday evening
Hill Maher. who has been suf
ferirg from rheumitisim was
taken to the hospital early this
! week for treatment
Charley Anderson and Bill
Unji left Thursday for the hd.
of the Chitina river to do the
assesment work on some prop
erty belonging to Hubrick et -il.
Jimmy Brown will accompany
them and no the hunting for
ti.e outfit.
P. Parker Smith attended toe
nnoie show Wednesday.
Whilst attemping to separate
a couple of fighting dogs last
Mondav night’ Mrs 1 o; Sny
uer got nipped in the arm. In
a few minutes Henry Olsen h id
his car ready and was up to the
hospital with the patient where
such prompt treatment W’as ad
ministered that Mrs Snyder
was able to return the same
evening.
Roy Burns, who has charge
of the Andrus propeity, came
j into town Wednesday and re
| turned Thursday. Ed Bassett ac
companied him.
NEW STAGE SERVICE
Rill.v Slimpert has started a
’tage on the Kennecott run, his
schedule being practically the
same as Henry Olsen’s car ser
vice. A single horse aua sleigh
will ilso be at thi disposal of
«*t anyone who wishes to cake a
special trip, either bv the day
| or by the week-*the horse is
gentle enough for a lady to
drive.
Al rs. B. V. Erickson Wt for
White creek V\ ednesday to do
the a nual assesmcnt worn on
her property.
Bill> V'oouiu has accepted a
position at Kennecott for the
wnne r.
Tlieiv is a rumor in town that
the employees of the Kennecott
mill are going to give a uance in
the near future. ueav.j it to the.
Lae u t.
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Twenty below zero is the cold
est registered here so tar.
Tom Lyncli md F»l Sjiw
areuoing the anuu i assiss ent
work on toe L)illmti m\> >irty
on ban creek.
Shorty Gwinn had the inisfor
to lose one of his viluable teun
horses last Wednesday night.
From the^ appearance of the
animal it had evidently got it’s
head down under the poles of
the adjoining stall and was un
able to extricate himself. As
soou as the • oys aronnd town
heard about Shorty's bad luck
| tney immediately raised a purse
of over two hundred dollars
wiiicn was more than appreciat
tu.
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Dad Wakefield, who has
icharge of the transportation
of supplies fiom ktnnecott to
the Erie mine,was a visitor to
town on Friday evening.