The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
APRIL 28, 1923
No. 25.
LOCALS
Laundry Fire at Kennecott
Sunday morning the Kennecott
Laundry was destroyed by a
blaze started by cigrette com
in contact w ith gas.
The Japs who run the estab
lishment had a tank of gasoline
setting near some heat pipes, in
the building. One of the Japs
wishing to draw some gasoline
to use on a suit he was pressing
opened the valve and fumes of
the gasoline ignited from a cig
arette that he was smoking. The
tank then blew out and in another
moment the entire room was in
liames.
The fire was out in about fif
teen minutes but all the laundry
was destroyed and practcally all
the machinery. The loss is pla
ced at about $1,600, exclusive of
the bundles.
New' equipment has been or*
dered and the proprietors expect
to have things' in shape to do
business in about 15 days.
Oscar Backman left for the
Green Butte this week where he
will be employed during the
summer.
Dr. and Mrs. Mohr were pas
sengers on Wensday’s train, en
route for Cordova where the
Doctor will take charge of the
hospital during the absence of
Dr. Council. Both the Doctor
and Mrs Mohr leave a host of
warm friends at McCarthy and
Kennecott.
Fred Carlson formerly em
ployed by the Mother Lode was
a few days visitor in McCarthy
this week. He left for the G reen
Butte Friday where he will be
employed during the summer.
Heath of Local Boy at Cordova
Shocks Entire Community
News of the demise of Victor
son of R, L. H. Marshall and
wife, was received from Cordova
by hi^ parents Friday morning.
The details were brief, merely
stating that Victor had been on
a bicycle on the dock and had
fallen into the bay. Before help
could arrive the boy was d rown
ed. His body was recovered and
taken to the place where iiehad
been boarding while attending
high school during the past year
Upon receipt of the sad news
the grief stricken parents imme
idately left for Ccrcova on a,
speeder.
The demise of young Victor is
a severe shock to his many
friends in McCarthy and Cor
dova and this entire community
extends its condolencs to the
bereaved parents.
Nils Tjsoevig will attend Mar
shall’s stoie during the absence
of Mr. and Mrs. Mai shall.
Mrs. Brown, proprietor of the
Nizina Roadhouse was a few days
visitor in our little city this week
making arrangements for han
dling the summer.trade.
John .Amber who has been
decorating the interior of the
Chitina Hotel, located in that
tov;n, for the past couple of
weeks, returned to McCarthy on
Wednesday’s train.
G. H. Birch was a special pas
senger on the train Thursday.
Friday morning he left for Dan
creek where he will resume op
erations on his property, th®
Dan Creek placer mine.
S. H. Palmer, manager of the
John Andrus property aocom
pnied by Mrs. Palmer arrived on
Thursday’s train from Cordova
I
and left for Chittu, where the
property is located.
George Madden the general
foreman also arrived on the
same train and accompanied the
Palmers to Chittu.
Attention Homesteaders
A letter received from Mr.
Hunch by Prank Iverson states
that a new commodity tariff’ ef
fective May 20 allows all farm
implements, other than motor, to
be shipped from Seattle to any
station on the C.R.&N.W. Ry for
.75 per hundred pounds We also
understand that the rate on fer
tilizer and seed grain has been
cut in this same tariff.
By making this cut in rates
the road is paving the way for
a greater volume of business, a
better spirit.between itself and
its patrons and incidently is giv
ing help in developing the coun
try.
LEAVE your order for wood -
sawing at
—The McCarthy Drug Score.
Mike Knowles arrived with a
load of Ghisanemail Wednesday
accompnied by Dan Campbell
The Green Butte freighters
are hauling out a hoist and cable
recently purchased from Kenne
cott.
About fifty men arrived at Ken
necott Thursday, and fifteen or
twenty got off here to go out to
the creeks for the coming sea
son.
Get that Job Printing done
at the News plant and you’ll be
1 satisfied.
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I Harbin Martchuria April s7
( American counsel Tuck stati
oned at Vladivostok announced
that ho and staff are leaving the
Siberian capitol M ay first and is
advising all Americans toTollow
his example.
Washington April 27
Secretary Hughes today inst
ructed Fredrick M. Ryder, con
sul'general at Vancouver to in
stitute a rigid inquiry into the
killingof York, a member of the
crew of the American fishing
schooner Silonia. The boat was
fired upon aDd later scuttled by
a Canadian fisheries-patrol cutter
The patrol alleges the schooner
was poaching.
’Frisco April 27
Charles Stelson Wheeler who
placed Johnson for nomination
of presidency in 1920 is dead.
New York April 27.
Dolores Dixon withdrew* her
$50,000,000 damage suit against
Babe Ruth.
New York April 27
Lord Cecil ending: his tour to
night said that he wished some
powerful nation would ask the
League of Nations to intervene
in the Ruhr.
Washington April 27
Secretary Hughes in a speech
tonihgt declared that America’s
entrance into membership of the
worlds court did not mean the
U S. entry into the League of
Nations.
Seattle, April 28 <
The differences of the various
Alaska salmon packing compan
ies and the Seamens Union were
settled yesterday and five ves
! sels sailed today for the gulf of
Alaska and Bristol Bay. Sunday
four other boats sail. The boats
arejsailing several weeks behind
schedule.