The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 3.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday October 9th 1920
XO.50.
DANCE
A Dance is announced on next
Friday evening the 15th at the
A. B Hall. Dancing will be
gin promptly at nine and a gen
eral good time is expected.
Everyone is invited.
The Road Commission broke
camp this week for the winter
they have completed several
miles of the splendid new road,
and will be back in good time
next season to complete it.
In the meantime the equipment
etc. has been shipped to the A.
R. C. warehouse at Cnitina.
Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Birch paid
a short visit to town this week,
on their way to Kennecott from
Dan Creek, where they had a
most successful mining season.
They left on Fnuay for N. Y.
The Nizina operators left on
Monday’s train
Bob Johnson will be in charge
at the Dan Creek camp tins
winter.
Fred Ahrens has hid remark*
CIUIC OUtV;C^O Y> UU llio ^ U uv,li
this season, as lie dug six sacks
o1 potatoes from a comparative
ls small piece ol ground.
Mr. C, Graber arrived this
week from Alameda where he
now makes his home. He will
remain here a lew w* eks bind
ing up his affairs and then go
south permanently.
Joe McLellan is busily engag
ed won a number ol helpers in
moving a building 20 i»u sev
eral blocks up to his lot on Sec
ond Street.
Fred Erickson bagged four
teen mallards on ms hunting
trip to JSizina this week
Th° Patn finder boosts for A1
a ska and Alaskans. If you sub
scribe to it, you are boosting Ujo
ARMISTICE SIGNED
BETWEEN POLES & RUSSIAN
BOLSHEVIK!
Warsaw. Oct 7th. An armistice between the Poles and
the Russian Bolsheviki was signed today at Riga.
Activities are to cease on Friday.
telegraphic;
(Special to the News)
BASEBALL
Ebbets Field, Brooklyn Oct 5.
Cleveland won the first game in
I the World Series today, the
! score being 3 to 1. The weather
was fair and large crowds wit
nessed the game.
Brooklyn. Oct.Gth. Brooklyn 3—
Cleveland 0. was the score today
Grimes, Brooklyn’s star pitcher |
putting up an unbattable ball (
won for the Dodgers, pushing
the high team into an early lead.
Frooklyn Oct 7th. Brooklyn
2 Cleveland 1. Sherry Smith’s
sensational pitching won for
Brooklyn.
The teams leave tonight for
Cleveland to play four games
there.
EANK OFFICIAL BEAD
Seattle. Cct. Cth. Mr.W. S.
Peachy, vice president of tin*
Seattle National Bank, died to
day in Boston.
JUST ARRIVED - Fresh
killed broilers, Fryers and Fowl
Sausage, Tongue, Lamb, Veal,
Pork and Mutton.
I R. L. H. Marshall.
U. S POPiJ -ATI ON
Washington, < ct. 9th. The
authorities am.ounce that the
population of ine Unit* d States
one hundred ami five million,
six hundred ami eighty three
thousand, one hundred and for*
ty two. 105,683,108, An increase
of 18,700,042.
KENNECOTT NEWS
The new general manager,Mr
R. B. Neiding arrived in Kennec
ott on Thursday, accompanied
by his wife and family.
Mr. Rrunelle and party, who
have been out on a hunting trip
to the head of the Chitina, re
turned last week well pleased
with their outing. They secured
their mil allowance oi sneep.
Mrs. Ole Berg and her new
baby daughter Sarah Tane, left
on Thursday’s train for their
home at Strelna.
Mrs. Angus McLeod is visit
ing her husband, who. is now
convalescing nicely at the ho«- j
pital from his burning accident |
A big time is looked forward)
to at the “Hard Times Dance’
tonight.
Mrs. Luis Wolfe, the bride of
Dr. Wolfe, dentist, arrived this;
week from Portland. I
Henry Hoffman has fully re
covered since his operation and
is back at work on the railroad
PERSONAL
Cap. Hu brick, who went on to
Whitehorse and Skagway with
his hunting party, has wired to
Mrs Hu brick that he will be
in McCarthy in a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. O’Neill
and Deanie returned home on
Monday’s train after a vacation
spent in Seattle and other places
Miss Jean Underwood arrived
this week from Los. Ang les on
a visit to her father Mr. John
Underwood.
M rs. L. D Brown entertained
Mr. and Mrs. Palmer, and
Messrs. Hotchkiss and Madden
Mr. and Mrs. Snyder Mr Murie
and others st a chicken uinner
at tht: roadJiouse last Sunday.
COMMISSIONER’S NEW
LOCATION
Mr. C. Parker Smith, U. S.
Commissioner, has been moving
his week to m ore convenient
and commodious quarters.
From now on his office and re"
siuence will be in the Widing
land Nelson building.
MR. JOHN. BARRETT HAS
ACCIDENT
While travelling to theTjosevig
property on Thursday morning,
Mi. John Barrett had his foot
hurt quite badly through his
horse falling on it He was
taken to Kennecott hospital at
once and Dr. Gillespie, who ex
amined the injury under the
X Ray and pronounced the
ankle broken. Mr. Barrett
will be at the hospital several
weeks.
This is the third of our town
people to suffer the same brean
within a year. Mr. O’Neill &
Mr. Longley were the others.