THE AVALANCH
VOL. I
McCarthy. Alaska, Saturday, October 7, 1916.
NO. 9.
Smoker
Tonight
A smoker will be given by the
proprietors of the Hotel Golden
this evening at 8:00 o’clock in
honor of Joe Murray, the Cop
per River Candidate for Repre
sentative. The reception will
take place in the lobby of the
hotel and is open to the public.
Copper Demand
Demand for copper has in
creased to such an extent that
it practically overshadows all
markets. Britain and France
have placed orders with compan
ii s in the United States to the
amount of 400,001),000 pounds at
Iron 27 to 28 cents per pound.
r! he copper demand is in excess
< f supply and to till present or
ders will consume the output
for the next year.
Eight Hour Law Defied
On the recommendation of
President Wilson Congress pas
se an eight-hot r law to apply to
railway engineers, conductors
; nd other trainmen engaged in
nterstate comm roe. A nation
wide railro id strike was thus
avoid >d. Such a strike would
h;\e been i nisi rs 1 ai
us a, e vil wir, O was b -
lie\ e d. T1 e At chi son T< >peka &
Santa Fe announces that it will
pay no attention to the act of
congress until ordered by the
Supreme Court to obey. This
may mean a long case in the
courts.
School Fund
The treasurer of the local
school board has been notified
by the Governor’s oftice that the
Alaska school fund is exhaust
ed and that it has become neces
sary to draw upon the Territor
ial funds for the wherewithal to
keep many schools outside of in
corporated towns, running. It
costs near two thousand dollars
a year to operete the McCarthy
school. The tow n of McCarthy
pays in the neighborhood of $6,
IKK) into the treasury for license
money which is turned over tc
the Federal Government and
constitutes a part of what is
known as the Alaska Fund. The
Alaska Fund is so apportion el
that 25 per cent goes to the sup
port of schools. The Governor
states that a bill will be intro
duced in Congress at the conve
rsing of the next session, pro
viding for an increased propor
tion of the Alaska Fund to be
s jent for schools. In the mean
while the schools will be kept
going someway.
The remedy for this condition
in McCarthy and other tow ns of
sufficient size is incorporation.
Let us spend our own money
and not be at the mercy of the
fluctuating thymces of the rest
o' the Territory.
U. S. Retaliates.
Greaf Britain, no loss than
G 'vma^y, is to find tllat it must
respect American rights. This
w,s inudo plain by the action oi
t ie h\ 8. Senate, Sept. 0, in pas
sing the revenue bill "with tie
Thom a s a men d men t.
This amendment was adopted
without any opposition. f t gi vo>
the President p >wer to refuse
clearance papers to any merch
ant ship of a country at war, if
the ship has refused to take Am
erican goods as freight for any
other reason than lack of cargo
space.
No ship can leave our ports
without clearance papers. If it
tries to do so jt s subject to hea
vy fine, and its oncers to im
prisonment for two years.
More than that this amend
ment gives tue president the
right to ‘employ such part of the
land and naval iorees of the Uni
ted States as shall be necessary
to carry out the purpose of this
act.”
Get your Job Printing done
now at the Avalanch Shop.
Don’t fail to read the new ad
of the First Bank of Cordova, it
will be to your interest.
If you appreciate good home
made bread try that made by
Mrs. Marshal, you will like it.
Sold at Miners Market.
The best line of flannel over
shirts, John B. Stetson and Mal
lory Cravenetted Hats at Lau
rie Bros.
Norman Erickson is in town
from the Chititu country.
Kcnnecott News
Mr. Chas. Dustin, our port
ely Master Mechanic has arran
g *d to start an improved sys
tem of Motion Picture to be held
in the new Kennecott Recrea
tion Hall.
Mr. Dustin who has just re
turned from his vacation spent
on the coast has increased in his
waist measurment several feet
due to the extensive use of Cor
dova mineral water.
Mr. A. S. Erickson, our pop
ular Store-Keeper, lias returhed
10 us from his six weeks vaci
raon spent with Jr en s in t te
states. He reports things craw
Inig in the states.
Oar distinguished engineer,
D. 0. Hoyt, who at present is
baking his vacation at the head
waters of the Chitma, is report
ed to have killed three large
brown bear on the fourth, v,
hope this report is true.
Mr. id nek Will offers’-a large
reward lor a satisfactory haii
restorer, we hope he may liud
this.
Pat Sweeney our assayer has
yet to learn that he cant pour
nitric acid on his hand without
getting burned.
Jimmie Dennis our tram ex
pert is at present slaughtering
ducks on tu_* coast, and the Ken
necott i e ipic are contemplating
having a special train bring in
his game.
Captain Hu brick an t garty
three others, Jack Shultz, Ben
Jackson and James Barclay re
turned irom a hunting trip to
the Chi Una River country and
report a line trip, they have on
display, some line ore samples
from prospects located on tnis
trip which is expected to show
big in the assay now' being made
at Eennecott.
Frank Townsend, traveling en
gineer and trainmaster for the
Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad is in town on an ins
pection trip to this end of the
road. • Frank is one of the old
timers on this road and is one of
the most liked men ever em
ployed by this company.
Chas. Iverson, whn has been
employed at Esterly’s camp on
Chititu this summer, has return
*ed to town.
Chas. Olson, a member of the
miliionairs mining company has
returned from a delightful trip
to Kansas City where he visited
relatives and friends for several
weeksJ! Charley reports things
booming in the ‘show me’ state.
Look at us, the millions of us
men-folks, a bunch of common
olace forked radishes as you’d
C're to see. Yet somewhere.for
nine out of ten of us, I’ll bet
there’s a woman waiting, a wo
man who thinks her man is the
o 'P perfect, glorious knight. A
woman who believes in him, and
boasts of him, and cherishes him
through all his blunders and his
failures and his sneaky litte
sins.
Lansing Next President
The next president of the
United States will be Robert
Lansing of New York, the pres
ent secretary of state.
Mar. 4. .1917. will fall upon a
S inday, and ft is contrary to all
precedent- .Itho not in oppsit
ion to any law—to held an inau
guration on Sunt a \ Therefore
tie incoming chie.i exec itive will
take the o 11 h of office and dom
inance his term shortly f fter
loo.i on March 5. President
Wdson’s term commenced at
noon on March 4. 1919; then'fore
ccording to the constitution,
which deft us the term of a pres
ident as “lour years,”* his ten
ure of office wdi bo over at noon
on March 4, and, even if ho is
.elected to succeed himself, h*
cannot take the oath of office un
til noon on the following day.
Vice President Marshall, of cour
se, is under the same disability
as the president. Therefore the
secretory of state, Mr. Lansing,
will be president of the United
States for the twenty-four hours
and some minutes elapsing be
tween noon on Sunday, March 4,
and the time that the new pres
ident takes the oath of office on
the following day.
This is the first time in the
history of the nation that a sec
retary of state has had this hon
or bestowed upon him and only
the second time in the 140 years
of the existence of the United
States that the office has been
held by anyone other than the
president and vice president.