VOL: VII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday n,v>
Kif, 1.’), l iJL
No XXXXIX
OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
Oscar Bachman, the famous
King Oscar’, arrived in town this
week and is thoroughly enjoying!
the sights.
John Walls, employed at Groan
Butte, narrowly avoided a very ,
s.-rious accident when a hugero1
ok fell on hi n, givmg'his foot a
»ad twist.
Oscar Anderson of Long Luue
is in McCarthy for a few days on
Business.
Mi*and Mrs A. L. Powell moved 1
to Kenneeoft on Thursday whore
Mr. Powell has been employe.!.
Mr Marshall, twin brother
' IW 1 .*kul ol i * vt‘U in i Vll* ;
< hirthy last Saturday to visit lor'
Mime time witli his brother.
Victor Lend well has just been
discharged from Kenneeott hos
utal where he has been siiifering
from blood poisoning in his hand.
C iff Cayouette tore himself
loose from his diggings and she
wed up in McCarthy along with
the snow storm.
Harry Boyden leaves on Sun
day with the Government mails
for Sushanna. this time with dogj
team. Mrs Boyd, n will accom-h
any him as far as the homestead, i
There is no telling how hu
man nature will act under any
given circumstances. Paddy Bree
dman came down from Kennec
ott Wednesday evening and ret
urned tiie same night.
Chick Nelson of Blackburn
who has been visiting outside for
some time returned to McCarj
thy on todays train. ,
REPUBLICAN
LANDSLIDE
Later returns jjpve Calvin
Coolidtfe even greater majorities
than were at first claimed. The
victory Has taken on the aspect
of a landslide. Republicans will
have a substantial working majo
rity in both Houses and will he
able ft) organize the House of he
prosenta‘ ivrs even if Democrats
an It he L iFollette ijrou > join for
ces.
Additional Alaska Fishery
Regu la t ion s
The regulations I'm tho p»-ot
ection of the fisheries of Alaska
published in Department of (’om
merce Circular No. 251 under da
to of huu* 21. 1924. together with
subsequent regulations, are here
by supplemented by the follow
ing regulations:
Aleut an Isl mds A re i
The orders issued by the Act
ing S' crofary of Commerce und
er date of August 26. 1924, creat
ing the Aleutian Islands area
and prohibiting all commercial
fishing (or salmon therein dur
ing the remainder of the yea raft
or August 26, 1924,is hereby’ mod
Tied so as to permit the taking
of coho salmon in 1924 after Oct
ober 11
Prince William Sound Area
C mimmrcial fishing for horr
ing in the waters of tlie Prince
William Sound Area will be per
mitted with gill nets or mesh not
smaller than three inches slr«*tch
ed measure from November 1 st
to November 30th 1924, inclusivt*
S. B. Da vis
Acting Secretary
of Commerce:
Tom Mahar says he won’t
starve as long as the rabbit suppj
ly holds out. He massacred ten
this morning
PUBLIC
STENOGRAPHY
It lias been brought to our
attention that there are a numbt r
ei persons m McCarthy and dis
trict who have considerable busi
n»‘ss correspondence and many
have no opport unity and no i'acil
ities for handling such. Therefore
ti»e NLWS is instituting a Public
Stenography I department to help
anyone wishing to avail theinselv
es oi this opportunity.
At a smuil charge we will
handle all your business corres
pondence coni'identially and in a
thoroughly satisfactory manner.
Also we are prepared to do any
amount of typing etc.
Come in and hand your tro
ubles over to us; no job too small
and none too large.
ANOTHER BUSINESS
ODENJNG McCarthy
1 in.si ness si lows signs of boom
in McCnitiiy these days. A conf
ectionery and cigar store is to be
opened shortly in the old News
building. Mr. Graham, the prop
rietor, is busy now putting in fur
nit ii re
A Texas farmer employed an
Italian t o work in the AToods doing
some clearing. He had explained
to the fellow about rattle snakes
and that they were very danger
oils, but that the:*' always gave
wa rning before striking.
The next day the Dago sitting
on a log eating his lunch when a
big rattler crawled up within a
few feet of him and began to cu
rl ip) ready to strike. Tony wat
ched him intently during these I
manoeuvres when suddenly the
rattler mad? a dart and Tony fell
off the log backwards, the snake
barely missing him. As he sera
mbled to his feet he glared bale
fully at ihe reptile and shook his i
i
fist. ‘‘Son of a guna, said he, why i
the hella you no ringa da bell”?
SUCCESSFULCANCE
AT KENNECOTT
On Saturday, November isth
the hall at Kenneoott was the set*
IK* of one of the most successfi ]
lunet ions ever held in the district
in tiie form .of a Hallowe’en mas
ij uerade.
Die costumes were exception
ally good and of great variety
w th some real originality shown
in some cases Nearly everyone
was masked which added to the
success of the evening.
Good music was furnished
by the Kennecotl orchestra and
the dancing continued into the
wee sma hours'. There was a
large attendance from McCarthy
who all voted it a wonderful even
mg.
The judges showed a keen
eye in picking the winners for
the various prizes offered. They
were awarded as follows—
Best matched costumes
Mrs. lvoy Snyder and Sig Wold
in Chinese costumes.
Best comic costumes
Miss Leiper and George Birch
as Maggie and Jiggs. And they
surely were comical.
Best dressed lady
Mrs. Holmes
Booby prize
Louis Wick
Great praise is due the man
agement of this function who,
greatly encouraged by the supp
ort received, have decided to hold
anotner dance about Thanksgiv
ing.
If you have anything to sell
or wish to purchase anything,
why not put an adulet in the
News. Prices fifty cents per ins
ertion up to five lines, over five
lines ten cents per line per inser
tion.
“You really shouldn’t do such
heavy work, dearest,” said Mr.
Newlywed as he tried to bite into
the buiscuit she had made.