The McCarthy
t
Weekly News
VOL: IX
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, March 20.1^6.
No. 12
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Mr. and Mrs. Jorgenson arid
Mrs. Victor Johnson, of Kennec
otr, went to Green Butt Mon
day by bog team returning
Tuesday.
Jack Carroll mushed in from
the Shushanna this week arriv
ing in town Tuesday evening.
Harry Boyden returned
from Chisana Tuesday.
Mrs. Sam Selrenreich with
Teddy and Buddy arrived in
McCarthy Monday after an ab
sence of nearly a year in Seattle.
Sam and Freddie will follow them
in a short time.
Joe Neimi is laid up with
a broken hand received while
working in the mines.
Mrs. J. P. Hubriek and Mrs.
A. V. Doze visited Mrs. Tjos-wig
at the Green Butte last week.
Roy Snyder and Carl \nder
son left Tuesday on a trapping
expedition to the White River,
Nub -zna and Shush inna country.
They may go to Heuly River and
Fairbanks before returning.
J. T. Price while assisting
with some tunneling work at his
Dm Creek property had his knee
severely wrenched l ist week and
ir> still unable to use it.
Don L. Green left for the
Shushanna this morning after
spending the winter here. He
took in a season’s outfit.
Harry Hoyden left on his
return trip to Chisana this morn
ing.
ST. PATRICK S DANCE
A very pretty and successful
dance was held Wednesday even
mg in the A. B. Hall when all
good Irishmen (regardless of
nationality) celebrated the anni
versary of their patron saint.
A good attendance from
Kennecott, who tool: advantage
| of the spring weather and special
train, helped fill the hall to cap
icily and the usually good Ivenn
ceott orchestra dispensed such
sweet strains as to fill all impre
ssionable irisli hearts (and feet)
! with joy overflowing. Green ties
| have now been stored in moth
calls for another year.
LEM HEY OPENS
RESTAURANT
Lem Hey, who has been busy
for some Weeks putting restaur
ant fixtures in the old Panhandle l
building next to the McCarthy
Club, threw open the doors for]
business Wednesday. Lem has
been associated with the restaur I
ant business here for a number
of years and the quality of his
meals is well known.
BUDGET GOOD TO
ALASKA RAILROAD
WASHINGTON. Mar. 4.- Gen
oral Manager Noe: W. Smith, of
the Alaska Railroad, leaves today
for the Pacific Coast and is ex
pected to arrive in Seward Mar.
-0. He expressed himself as com
pletely satisfied with the treat
ment Congress and the budget
bureau gave the Alaska Railroad.
Mr. Smith said the approp
riation would be about the same
as last year. He reported an inc
rease of 30 per cent in freight
tonnage for the first six months
of the current fiscal year and
said the operating deficit would
be $200,000 less chan last year.
BILL MABEL? CAUGHT
with moonshine
Bill Maher was arrested
Monday evening by Marsh til .J.
H I?eynolds when the latter
found a live gallon key of moon
shine on a sled which Bull was
driving into town. He was held
on $250 bail.
At the hearing bol'o o C<> n
missioner 11 i r \ * o<i Wednesdaty
morjiing Bill pleaded guilty and
was assess* d $200. Jot* Murray
acted for defend mt.
JOHN BENCE
DIES SEATTLE
Word has been received here
of the death of John Bence, well
known in McCarthy and Kenn
* cott. in a hospital in Seattle.
No further detaile have been
rccei ved.
RICH GOLD FIND
IN ONTARIO CAMP
[ \ laska Weekly !
TORONTO, Feb. 25.- Enthous
mstic reports oi‘ gold discover
les in the Red Lake district of
Ontario is attracting a record
number of prospectors. Prepar
ations at various points indicate
that when water routes open up
m tlie sin ing there will be a gold
rush of proportions comparable
to the Klondike. Some claims
unsurveyed and untested have
sold for as high as $30,000.
Statistics of merchandise
shipped from the United States
to Alaska towns during the year
1925 show that McCarthy receiv
ed £175,944 worth in that time.
H. *B. Selby, part owner and
publisher of the Seward Gate
way has disposed of his interest
to E F. Jensen and Wm. A. Wolf
gram.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT
Ir.ieni.il Revenue Service
Tacoma
According1 to Burns Poe,
Collector of internal Revenue,
the Revenue Act Of 1926 pro
vides for a refund of automobile
tax where prior to midnight
March 2d, 1DM6 any passenger
automobile chassis or body or
motorcycle lias been sold by the
manufacturer, producer, or im
porter, and is on March 29th
heid by a DEALER and intended
for sale. The refund is to be 2
| per centum of the price for
which* the automobile or motor
i cycle was sold by the manufact
; urer, producer, or importer, or,
if the tax has not been paid, an
, amount equal to such 2 per cent
um shall be credited against the
tax in respect of such article.
This refund, provision does
i not extend to automobile trucks
i
i and truck bodies.
A DEALER includes a
wholesaler, jobber, or distribu
o r.
Manufacturers and dealers
should make application to the
Collector of Internal Revenue,
'Tacoma, Washington, for blanks
and complete instructions. In no
other way can the refund be
obtained.
| Walter Quon Eng and Charlie
I O’Neill took a jaunt up Young
i Creek with dog team Wednesday.
SPRING IS THE TIME
to replenish your lingerie
MADE-TO-MEASURE
and
READY MADE
Mrs. C. O. Marwood has samp
les and takes orders.
Mrs. Jack Morris