The McCarthy
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, ALASKA, SATURDAY December 23rd 1922.
No. 7.
Wishing you a full XMAS stocking
doings here and
THERE
Thru the efforts of the enter
tainment committee New Year’s
Eve will be one swell affair so
obey the impulse to make ano
ther fellow lau^h and clown it
with the rest of us.
IF people oberved the spirit of
( iristmas the year round what
a wondrous world t’would be!
Charles White hoistman at. the
N other Lode underwent an ope
ra ion for appendecitis Thursday
at the Kennecott Hosptial. The
patient is reported to be doing
well.
Mrs. Brown, well known thru
out the district for the excel
lence of her Niznia roadhouse
was in town a few days this
week visiting her many friends
and laying in a large supply of
food.
NEW CITIZEN FOR McCARTHY
between eleven and twelve o’
deck Monday McCarthy had a
lie w toothless citizen added to
her roster. The young man came
i i over the well known stork rou
1 * and was promply nick named
* Jaruso’ by an inmate of his pre
.sent domocile on account of his
well 'developed- tenor howl.
Both mother and the 7V£lb.son
are reported O, K. while the old
man won’t report more than a
head-ache.
ALASKA’S BUDGET FOR
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Washington Dec 22nd
The annual cupply bill for var
various branches of government
under the Department of the In
terior was reported to the House
today and calls for three hun
dred million dollars
-Alaska’s cut is as follows: the
prohib.enforcemen t f if tee thous
and. the railroad, one million
for maintainance and operation
plu^$879,140 for the completion
of outstanding work, and $50,000
for steamers on the Yukon.
There is $385;U00 Tor education
and $90,000 for medical attention
for the insane, $142,500 for the
reindeer, and $10,000 for gama
protection and $20,000 for the
foresty,
The bill will carry some other
measures but these are the chief
measures affecting Alaska.
NOTICE
The law requires, that in exe
cuting homestead applications
Vfeth ot the land must be cultivat
ed before patent is issued.
If the applicant has not this
much —he should ask that the
area be reduced to the amount
cultivated.
Proper blanks for this purpose
will be found in the Commission
er’s office.
Get your JOB PRINTING done
at the McCarthy News, plant.
Exact work done Exactly as you
want it.
Christmas Turkeys: Geese. &
Fowl: friers, roasters & broilers
At Marshall’s
TELEGRAPHIC
VOLSTAD AGAIN
Washington Dec.22nd
According to the dopesters
who reside at the center of nat
sonal aridity, the dry squad is
due for ’ze shake’ .
It seems that when Yolstad an
nounced that he would resign
his position as the moral senator
and leave ’John Barleycorn’ in
his grave, the President got to
wondering if, given a chance Vol
stad could get any work out of
his brain child, since he*is the
instigater of the measure.
MELLON BROUGHT TO
TRIAL
Pittsburg Dec. 22nd
It seems that the bigger they
are the harder they fall.
Yesterday suit was instuted
against Sect’ry of the Treasury
Mellon for the sum of $ 231,666
which.is alleged to be due the
government for income tax.
Warren Stankirk, specialassis
tant U. S. Attorney General
will head persecution.
If Mellonjis proven guilty we
will have a new secretary
NEW MEMBER FOR HIGH
TRIBUNAL
Pierce Butler will take his
seat as member of the Supreme
Court on January second 1923
GO TO HUBRICK’S for you r
Glass and Picture Moulding.
All Sizes. Frames to Order.
New Orleans Dec 22nd
Machine gun company D. of
theLouisana National Guard was
ordered out tonight to run down
the murderers of Major Watt
Daniels and Thomas Richard
who disappeared August 24tn of
this year.
Officials have been on a still
hunt ever since the fatal night,
in August, at which time it al:
leged; hooded Klansmen carried
the murdered men away from
their homes. *
The bodies of the murdered
men vvoro found afe the bottom OT
Lake La Fourche, a small body
of water near the city. They had
been weighted down and having
been immersed so long the only
means of identification were the
clothing and ornaments.
The Klan is to be wiped out
entirely by the state troops, and
in case any members can be con
nected with the murder they
will be compelled to face the cha
rge of murder in the first degree
Xmas exercises tonight at the
school 8’30 sharp. A good time
gaurnteed to all.
Starving People Given $10,000
Seattle Wash. Dec.22nb
The situation at Astoria has
reached suchi stage that the
destitute people are very much
in need of financial assistance
so the city council has voted a
Xmas gift of ten thousand dol
lars to the starving city.
You want Xmas, candy: ties,
and other suitable presents for
the Merry Yule-Tide, so look over
the NEW stock at Marshall’s
FIRST,