Copper River
and Northwestern Railway
THROUGH SERVICE TO CORDOVA TWICE WEEKLY
CALEB CORSER Supt. C. F. PUGH. Agent
Kennecott Laundry
lakes Oare of tlie i(H arnaly VV ask
F. H. FOSTER
ATTORNEY
Notary Fi;blie Etal 1- stau
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Alaska
ASA C. BALDWIN
U. S. Mineral Surveyur
SEATTLE, WASH
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McCurthy
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“The McCarthy Club”
CARD TABLES
CIG ARETTF.S, CIGARS
TOBACCO and SOFT DRINKS
Neat—Clean—Newly Furnished —Rooms
For All Guests. Charley Chong Pro
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PUPS FROM THE LARGEST RANCH OF ITS KIND IN ALASKA
WRITE FOR PARTICULARS 1924 PUPS FOR 1925 DELI VERY |
Attention l
P.O. BOX 424 McCarthy, ALASKA!
McCarthy Stage
WINTER SCHEDULE
Leaves McCarthy For Kennecott
Daily at 4 P.M.
Returns From Kennecott to j
McCarthy at 6. oO P.M.
Leaves McCarthy for Kennecott
11 P.M.
Returns from Kennecott to Me
Carthy at 12 midnight.
Sunday & Wednesday even
ings stage leaves McCarthy for
Kennecott at 7 and ret urns a
10:30 P: M.
Bill Berry Props Henry Olsen
Money Spent On
Nizina Road and Bridge
Prom the annual report of the
Board of Road Commissions for
Alaska, for 192)1, we quote the
following:
’McCarthy-Nizina Road [8 mi
les road, 8 miles trail] General
repairs to the completed section
of the road were performed. Ad
ditiona! work done on the river
end enabled supplies to be freigh
ted to the bridge site. Expendi
tures: $4,639.55.
’’Nizina River Bridge. This im
If we Don’t Suit
Tell US
The Silver Dollar”
Cigars & Tobacco Sof Drinks
Card Tables
Messenger and Annunciator Service
Here and There
North of Fifty-four
The Independent Steamship
Company of Alaska was organiz
ed February fl, with Juneau as
its home port. The company has
purchased the motorshipOregon
which is now being overhauled
and refitted with new engines.
Tne ship will have a capacity of
2.500 to 3.000 tons, it will he in
commission by March 15. on
which date she will sail lor south
eastern Alaska ports with can
nery supplies and such other
freight as limp be offered,
H-ilibut Cove, Alaska, is one of
the greatest herring grounds in
the world, according to C. 13. Me
yers, a Seldovia cannery man.
He is tjnoted as saying that oil'
of a lagoon a mile long and half
a mile wide, 22,000 barrels of her
ring were taken last season. The
tisli rush into the lagoon in bil
lions early in the winter to es
cape from the whales and seals
The lagoon is about forty fathoms
in depth and is probably the
crater of a more or less extinct
volcano. Occasionally gill netters
bring up herring from the bot
tom cooked so thoroughly that
the flesh drops from the bones.
portant project "to bridge the
dangerous Nizina Tiver and make
accessible the mineralized sec
tion of the upper Chitirfa Valley
progressed satisfactorily during
the past year. Reconnaisance
was completed and the crossing
located. Expenditures: Alaska
Road Commission $86,076.94.
Territory of Alaska $20,000,00.
Total $56,076.94”
Harry Taggert, who shot him
self in a fit of remorse caused by
misdeeds committed while unde
under the influence of moonshine {
and who was sent to McNeill’s
in a blinded condition; was rec
ently operated on and strong
hopes are entertained for the re
covery of his eyesight.
The relay station which has
been located at Sitka since the
cable was first laid, is to be
moved to Ketchikan,according to
advices received by the Sitka
Chamber of Commerce. A protes
has been sent to Washington.
it has been many years since
snow has been drifted so bad as
at the present time. As there is
very little travel, mail carrirrs
break lots of trail, into Dawson
Two extremely promising quar
tz properties in tiie Yraldez sec
tion will be operated during the
coming season. They are \7al dez
Gold Co. and Little Giant grou p
located on Mineral Creek.
The Democratic candidates aie as fel
lows: F.A. Doyle, Delegate Congress
T. J. Do*iohoe N ational Committeman
M.J. Conroy of Anchorage and W.YV.
Council for Senator. C. H. Wilcox of
Valdez, A.E. Rucker of Seward, W.A*
Sherman of Anchorage and W. J. Bo
gard of Matanuska for representatives.
YYTilcox states that should he be el
elected he will endeavor to have a lot
the present laws repealed. If we had
more candidates like him, Alaska’s stat
ute would not be cluttered up with a
dozen conflicting laws on as many sub
jects. Regardless of political affiliations
we re hoping to see him elected.