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THE AVALANCH
VOL. I
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, October 28,1916.
NO. 12.
Patrick Bonner and associ
ates of Spokane and Wallace
have purchased the Erickson
copper property located on Glv
cier Creek for a considerat ion of
one hundred thousand dollars.
Mr. Bonner arrived in town Tu- j
esday with an outfit of sever 1
tons of supplies and after em
ploying a number of miners left
J'or the property" Thursday. It
is the intention of the new own
ers of the property to ship sev
oral car loads of high grade this j
winter and to place the mine on ■
apaying bisis as soon as possi-j
hie. A few more men such as
Bonner and his people will put!
the upper Copper River in the j
position it should have been
years ago.
The Erickson property has j
been one of the show proper !
ties of this section for years. A
large body of ore running fi om
twenty five per cent up is in
sight and the only reason that it
has not been proved a mine is
the lack of transportation facili
ties.
Hi-Yu Good
Tlie time to make a noise on
exhorbitant freight rates has
arrived. Space does not permit
an extended discussion in this
issue but from now on we are
going to pay particular attention
to this matter, and while we are
not conceited enough to believe
that this small sheet will have
any particular influence with
the Guggenheims or the Inter
stote Commerce Commission
yet‘ a cat may look at a King”
and the small pebble that we
may drop in the puddle may
make a ring big enough to call
these matters to the attention
of someone who can and will
help us. The meeting of the in
vestigating committee at Cor
dova will be attended by a rep
resentative business man from
McCarthy, may his efforts be
crowned with success. The
Guggies can pay big rates be
cause they are taking their mon
ey out of their mine pocket and
putting it into their railroad oi
steamship pocket while those
wTho are doing their best to di
velope this country as individu
als see the last of their doll irs
when they hand them over to
pay a three and a quarter to
s *ven cent freight rate.
Our A, B.’s
I greet brother A B’s of C m ■> 30,
With welcome hearty, rnci hearth
stone free,
To cur brothers trril weary, sick and
foot-sore
The latchstrings’ outside Camp Mc
Carthys door.
Be tender and true to cl! woman
kind,
Be strength to'the weak, be eyes tr
the blind:
Ease the peak on your ho se, p; t
your dog on the head,
Then no A B need blush of th:
Irail that you tread.
Don’t try to go “flaw’ when alroth
er pulls “Gee,’,
But gather the strays into csm;> C3.
Mush on till the roll call for our
birthday shall be
Instead of 33 members it will l e 3-33
If a brothers foot slips on the trail
og life,
And his pack seems to be the whole
of earths strife,
If he is stuck in the mud of despond
ence as well
I Dont knock boys but boost like hell.
i Mrs. L. A. Damon has rent
! ed the A, E. Todd building and
| will have it remedeled and will
< soon display a nice line of up
to-date ladies furnishings and
will rlso carry a line of select
gents notions and will also car
ry a line of dry goods.
E, L. H. Marshall has moved
to his new quarters and is now
fully installed in a modern meat
market.
Billy Godfrey was in Friday
from the Mother Lode Mine, he
expects to soon take a trip out
side and renew acquaintances.
Kennecott News
1 hanks
The turnout from McCarthy
on opening night of the moving
p'eture show was to such an ex
tent that we wish to express our
ippreciation through these col
umns and we solicit your future
patronage.
Signed, Committee.
There will be a grand sheet
ind pillowcase ball given at the
Auditorium Hallow m nigh4,
Tuesday Oct. His'. A grand
time is assured and e e yoin
should attend. Ad mitt: nor
gentlemen $t.oU.
Henry Alheit who has beer,
doing some extensive prospect
ing on upper Calamity Gulch,
reached town Monday, bringing
vvitn him a quantity of coarse
gold t ixen out during the las.
summer. Mr. rvLieic is on liis
way to me states lor the pur
pose of securing a plant .l or lire
operation or ins properties next
year.
Get your hot> Printing done
I new at tile m laml fed.op.
Uoia.on X iti’ and tdotii Caps
at Laurie Bros.
Lena Mor
row Lewis
Lena Morrow Lewis, Social
ist Candidate for Delegate to
Congress addressed a good siz
ed audience at the Auditorium
on Sunday afternoon at four o
clock. Mrs. Lewis is a speaker
of pleasing address, weil versed
in the doctrines of the party
which she represents and creat
ed a very favorable impression.
She paid her respects to Mr.
Grigsby, aspirant for Attorney
General, on the ground of his re
fusal to meet her in joint debate
at Juneau.
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.
Commercial Club
Organized
On Thursday es e ling the bus
ines i mer of McCarthy met at
the A. B. Hall for t he purpose of
org anizing a (’em mercial Club.
Nearly every business mm h>
town was present. E. J. I avis
was elected temporary Chirnson.
After discussion by those pres
ent a, permanent org nizdiou
was effected with the following
officers elected. President: Jno
Barrett. Vine President: E. ,1.
')• vis. Sec-reta ry-Treasurer:
L R Hurd.
The matter of securing repr-1
sent'fion before the investigd
i :y e m mittee of the Inters* 1-*
’onameroe O'mi iss;on nt the
he-’rin^ to be had at cordova on
-November 10, vis taken up.
Mr. I. B. Hurd, of W. \Y. Hur
vey d f'o, stated that. he expeet
ed to go to Cordova on Ins' way
to the stites on or about the
late of the li e tiny of t e <• wn
mitt re and he was unanimously
elected to represent the Club.
A eominitte was appointed to
draw a constitution and by-laws
for the organization and to re
port on the same at the next
meeting to be held Saturday ev
jeningat 1);00 o’clock.
Wickersham and
Party Leave
Hon. Jas. Wi.skerslnim and
party left for the coist on Mon
days train. Mr. Wickersham
renewed many old friendships
while in town as well as making
many new ones. He expressed
himself as being very much sur
prised at the growth of McCai -
thy since his last visit two years
ago and carried with him the
good wishes of most of our citi
zens.