The McCART,
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Weekly News
VOL: X
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday,
Mar. 12, l.i-7.
No. 11
TRAIN SCHEDULE CHANGED
There will be no train to-day
The South end train was unable
to make Chitina yesterday on
account of heavy wind and snow.
NEW HUM CAPITAL
Vancouver. H. C. — Papeete. '
Tahiti, in the South Seas, is the!
new rum “capital” of the Pacific, j
succeeding Vancouver, and stores
of liquor here are being trails
ferred to that port, the Province
says.
Liquor of all descriptions.'
from the choicest Kreneli winos j
to Oriental intoxicants, are being !
loaded aboard the Swedish stea-!
mer Flaterbo, which will Hear:
for the South Seas. In transit
I quor from bonded " i '•‘■houses j
!
ad over the city is leu moved.
Pile customs o ’w ni >sion is
banned by iiu* !iq • *r exporters
lor kilbng Van -ii'M' : as a liquor!
por:. ih<‘ Fro\ nice says. A yearly
expondit ii ro i»i $1,<)(K) 000 for
sup dins j«»» tit.* fleet of liquor
ex > * i''* ' Wih be lost to the city,
it, I *» .*X :><-!*» I.
■ a.'t’t was chosen because
rharyr**' I•»r bonding liquor there!
are not excessive and government!
regulations an* satisfactory. The
liquor **an he earned to Tahiti I
aboard tramp vessels and the j
exporters have their own vessels I
tor linal disposition of the drink-j
able I
McCarthy has fire
Last evening the Seltenreich ,
boc s discovered a tire in Rill i
Gra i: t'i’s cabin. They sounded
tne al'' ui mn» 1 due to Um* eff
icient i-'f •* the McCarthy l)uck
et ijt■;use lie* biaxe was e\i mg
uisheu before much damage had
been done. Tie* fire was started
from lighting too stove with oil.
GOVERNOR PARK'S SAYS
ALASKA IS WONDERFUL
COUNTRY TO LIVE IN
“If any one in Alaska li.i.s
the idea.of goingoutside to l um to,
let !iim ju<t hold his fooling and
go out and ti‘V it for three
I
months, and he will then ktnuv
how lucky he is to live in Alaska,”
said Gov. George A Parks, in the'
course of a talk made bei'ore the
I
•luueaii Chamhei of (’oirnnerce i
following his return to Alaska
i
recently from a visit of several
months in the states.
Gov. Parks said that he had
rereived a letter from a Chinese;
l>usiness frini indicating interest ,
m the establishment of a line of;
steamers between Alaska and I
the Orient, and saying that a‘
J
representative of the company !
would soon visit Alaska. He said
that the company believed that |
an outlet for Alaska lumber and j
fish could be found in the Orient.;
A committee of the United'
States Chamber of Commerce!
called on the Governor, while he!
was in Washington, and said that
it wanted to publish an authentic
summary of Alaswa’s conditions,
in Nation’s Business ami asked
that it be directed so that reliable
information might be secured
He siid tin* committee had be
come interested in Alaska throu
gh communications received from !
the Juneau Chamber of Comm
eree The com mil tee also assured
the governor that the facilities
of the United States (’hamber o!
Commerce were available for the
use of Alaska at any time they
might be of service to the territ
ory.
Jt is reported tiiat some
! members of the Legislature took
! along golf clubs to Juneau.
Nothing like preparedness for a
I heated debate.
I
CHILD SEEKS FATHER
is Missak Hamutinian some
wherein Alaska? In a Near East
Rv 1 i**1* vn fhan.»go in^Leninai an,
Armenia, is his daughter, A rpmiik
Haroutiniaii him her sister. At p
enik thinks her fathei may be in
Aiasua and slit* has sent word to
Hamisaker, Regional Director
of Near East Ueli*T. <>1 — Stock
Exchange Building, Portlan J, Oi e
to locale her father. "Daddy
always sent us money Iron) \me
rica as long as he knew whete we
wo re, I tliinlc,” she writes. "The
last we hoard of him he was some
where on the Coast but we have
lost his address and we were
driven lrom our old home so lie
cannot find us.”
Anyone knowing the where
a bouts of Missak Haroutiniaii is
asked to communicate with the
Noar East belief at 509 Burke
building. Seattle, or bl‘2 Stock
Exchange building, Portland.
ANNUAL
ST. PATRICK’S BALL
AT
MCCARTHY
Kennecott Jazz Orchestra
Special train will leave
Kennecott at b:00 Y\ M and return
alter the dance.
ADMISSION $ 1.00
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SALVaTK >N !;MV Ti)
VISIT M«d\\R PHY
\V »**■*; bus I;. «• ? i it ■< • i ved licit
;i !»t. .1. Clim Ik. of 1 no S s! v:11 .on
Arnt\. vvsil vik;i vlcCarthy next
\\ ffk eit her Wed lies day or Fi id a v
■vcniiio. The ' Xiict date will be
ousted later
1 be visit ’hi- tune vviil be in
the form of a le-mre entitled,
' She S dvation A rmy in t he United
o« v.!' {riven by Major W. .).
C iri others, who lias charge of
\ i my operations in Alaska and
tin* 'i i.kon. 'Hus lecture will be
nlusta a,ted with, one hundred
stereopti -on views.
No admission will be charged
out a thank oi ferine will be taken
MALONEY IN LINE TO TAKE
CRACK AT GENE TUNNEY
New York; Following the de -
feat of .lurk Delaney, light heavy
weight champion, by Jimmy Mai
onej . Boston heavy weight giant,
a bout i>. now being promoted to
bring Maloney and Jack Demp
sey into the final* of the elimina
tion tournament to choose an
opponent for Gene Twnney.
‘ ‘ AIM E E" SEEKS M ADI SON
SQUARE GARDEN PULPIT
New York. —Aimee McPher
son, most successful woman
evangelist, who has made a mill
ion and a half dollars in four
years, gave her final sermon to
the throng who crowded into the
Glad Tidings Tabernacle. She
told the press that she would
return to New York and would
seek Madison Square Garden as
her new pulpit.
On Friday Capt. Hu brick
made his first appearance over
town in almost three months.
Capt’s many friends rejoice to
see him around again.