The McCARTH Y
Weekly News
VOL. 4,
McCarthy,
ALASKA. SATURDAY October 8. b
NO 48.
COURT NEWS
(Valdez Miner)
District Judge F. F. Ritchie
announces that a regular term
of Court has been cal cd and
will beheld at Valdez at te n a.
m. on October 19th.
H he followinit appointments
effective Oct. 1st. were jnade
today by Clerk of the Court, W.
N. Cuddy, who assumed his
duties this morning:
C. H. Wilcox, chief deputy
clerk,
Aron E. Rucker, deputy cleric.
Robert S. Bragaw, Sr, deputy
clerk at Anchoiage, vice Ceo
pill D u'i 1.
Dan. J. Corcoran, deputy
clerk at Seward, vice Wm, H.
Whittlesey,
Thomas S. Scott, deputy clerk,
at Cordova.
The Admiral Line will start
the publication of >„ i employes
magazine in toe near future.
Tiie magazine will bed 1-b
inches by \) 1-4 inches nnd will
be illustrated. ' it is to be an
employes’ paper and news will
be sent in to it from each slop
in the fleet and from every a
gent.
KEW FALL GOODS now
showing at the Post Office Store
Underwear and hosiery lor la
thes and chidlren.
heavy outings in light and dark
colors. Pii>se and crepe de
cmne for dainty lingerie. Aii
manner of notions and embror
aery tnreads.
The News received a unique
package this week from C. A;
billions of Uhisana. Tliis parcel
contained a tiny moosebide poke
full of gold dust worth SR), a
two years subscription to the
Mews*
PIIATT PARTY HAS
SUCCESSFUL TRIP
j
George D. Pratt and Son of
New York, returned last Sun
day morning from their hunt
ing trip to the head of the Chit
ina River n l were wall pleised
with the results, securing five
slmepand three grizziles
In addition to this the mov- ,
ing picture machine recorded!
eight hundred feet of film devot :
j ed to sheep, two hundred feet of
this reel showing two bears and
their exploits through a canyon
The hunters were able to t ike
Tunday’s train to Cordova and
make connection with the Ala
meda which sailed Monday even
PE.lvSON a r
Jack Erieksen,of Kennecott,
who went with the Pratt pirt.v
as chef, left air on this tfeek tor
a vacation, part of whica he will
«[tend shee.i hunting*' on the
Chittistone. Carl Stoettell is his
[til rtnor.
Jim McGavrelc, ot Kennecott
and Peter M.lier, left on a hunt-i
ing trip yesterday morning.
li.oy Snydei’ and Scotty At
ifinson left last week on a hunt- ,
ing trip, visiting Chisana before
rein ruing here.
!
C. IP Saxman, who has been
cook at tin! Alaska Road Cain
mission comp mis summer; has
accepted a position at the Alask
a V^afe.
Jack O’Hara arrived from
Chisana a few days ago, and is
now getting ready o> take atrip
to the states, lor ti e first time
in twenty years.
El Briggen has secured a posit!
ion at Kennecott for the winter.
TELEGRAPHIC
BASEBALL WORLD SERIES
Seattle Oct 7. Special to the
Weekly News. Polo Grounds,
New York. The j'irst two games
of the World Series were won
by the New York Americans
from the New York Nationals
by a score of four to nothing
This afternoon the Nationals
took tne third g line, defeating
the Americans by a score of
thirteen to five. They tied the
score of the Americans in the
third innings, got eight runs in
the seventh and one in the bth,
Tin.1 daily pud attendance was
about thirty thousand,
W] h’ELESS* EXPERIMENTS
PET WEEN* ALASKA N IA PAN
Wushimrton, 1).<\ October 7th.
D>'met com mimical ions hy wire
less. botv\ ecu -ii Oii i and J ij);,n
me bemg' aLtempieU. tins lnoi'n
ingirom Pain’s island Sta
lion. li the signals are picked
up, Japan v\ 111 Hash back
i ne two Governments are co op
in luese experiments.
There was an exceptionally j
finedispliy of the Aurora Bcr-j
ealis or Northern Lights last;
night from about ten thirty p in, ;
to loOa.m. Pnese weird shafts
of ligno of every color covered*
the whole of the skv, and shot!
down until it seemed at times 1
they were only a few feet from
the ea rlh.
Ole Farstvedt returned from :
his trip to the States this week
and has now gone to the Bon- j
anzi where he will be employed
for winter.
Joe McLellan and Pete Bren
wick returned from Ciiisana lastj
week with mail.
ALASKA ROAD COMMISSION
The crew of the Alaska Road
Commission on the Sourdough
Road, which has been doing such
splendid work, has been cut
down to ten, acting on instruct
ions from headquarters, and we
understand that this small crew
will be employed on the road
as long as themoney lasts which
has been set aside for the pur
pose.
It. turns out that ibis allowance
is much ltjss than was expected
hiving been reduced from fif
teen thousand to ton thousand
doll irs for the entii e m ; m n.
Superintendent Daniel Jones
anu blacksmith A1 Moore arriv
i u in A cCartny on tm> las &
tram and pioceeded immediately
to tlieA.K.C Campon Sourdough
riili wuere tney will spend a lew
days.
The suspension of activities
t)y the Alaska Ro id Com mission
elirew ha men out of work oil
the Ivichardson road, about 20
men on the Chatamka-Circle
project and laid up the steam
sh.ovel and eight or ten auto
t rucks.
Pr j'libiti) 1 C vn nissio 1 u*
Haynes issued a statement today
saving the provisions allowing
families lo make 200 gallons of
wine was misunderstood by the
press. He said families are not
allowed to make intoxicants of
any sort but merely 200 gallons
of non intoxicating fruit juices
free. Home brew artists will
be vigorously prosecuted.
Harry Hoyden left for Chisana
with mail and freight on W ed
nesday morning.