The McCA
Weekly
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VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, October 31. i,*^.
No. 44
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT
Jno. Walls and Vmnio And
erson worn picked ns jurors foi
the term of court at Valdez nnr
left this week to renort. The for
mer is for the Petit Jury anf
the lat-ter fo»* the Grand Jury.
Mrs Roy Snyder is nhln t<
he no and about atm’n after hei
recent severe attack of pnoumor
ia.
Mavtm Radovan mushed in
from Dan Creek Monday redirn
injr Tuesday morning.
The ‘One nml Only’ Tom Hey
drift^rl ha^k to town Tuesday
from bis trip to tlie Hot So ring's
looking much imi-)roved in health.
Ed. Bassett mine in from
Chi tit u Thursday.
Mrs. Win. Mansfield took
Wednesdays train southbound
fora trip to her home at Auburn
Washington. She expects to ret
urn in a couple of months.
Mrs Chas. O’Neill was <
McCarthy arrival on today’s trait
having come from San Diego, Ca
to join her husband here.
McCarthy
rooms
Clean, warm furnished room
for transient*. Over McCarthy
Club,
Betty Morrissey
MAKING RINK
AT KENNECOTT
The baseball diamond at
Kennecott is in process c»f bei
ng transformed into an ice ska
ting rink and from present in
dications will be a fine siieet of
i.-e for tiie udhe> ents of the thin
blade.
WOl LD CENTRALIZE
ALASK AN A I'r AIR
I he recommendation foi the
creation of a board of eonserva
ti\>n, with a policy covering the
nation s resources, was made by
(Secretary Worn, in a survey ol
; the year’s work of the Interior
I Department. Tins policy, lie said,
shouia not be based upon the
i idea ol her sources to preserve
! them for future generations, but
i upon the common sense plan of
j using what is needed and elimin
ating waste.
The secretary further rec
ommended the coordination of
all federal Alaskan administrat
ive activities in one bureau,
i under one cabinet member, in
' the interest of economy.
CASSIAR MINERS
ARE OUT FOR WINTER
Wrangell, Alaska. —The last
11 steamers of 1 he season io come
H down the Stikine from the Cas
siar have arrived here with full
passenger lists, including min
ers, engineers and prospectors
going south for the winter. Min
ers exhibited coarse gold nugg
ets valued at $7,500.
William Grady, discoverer,
^ brought out 242 ounces after
t 51 days’ work on his claim. He
stated that he did much dead
work and did not undertake to
j make a real showing this seas
on.
GREEN BUTTE WILL
CLOSE r OR WINTER
ABOUT NOV. 15
Word has boon received by
I he local managers, J. P. a'ul
H. I.Gaskid. that the Greer. Butte
Mine will close down on oper
ations lor the winter months
commencing about November lb.
This is caused by the fact
that tile air c >mp essor and
pumps have reached the limit of
tiieir pow *• r at tl o seven hundred
foot level and new machinery
will nave to be installed to hand
le the lower lewis. It is expect
ed that this machinery will he
insU lled in time 10 recommence
operations about April first.
The new telephone conneet
ions between Keunecott hospit
al and McCarthy have occasion
ed a re-allotment of rings as
follows:
J. P». O'Neill’s store
1 long 1 short
It. L. tl Marshall
2 long
Jack Bishop
1 long and 2 snorts
at least that’s what Doc.
Gillespie say s
NOTICE
T<> whom it may concern—
Having disposed of my inter
est in the ‘Silver Dollar' 1 will
not be responsible for any debts
contracted by that place on and
after October 2‘.), 1925.
Wm. Lubbe
EX GOV. BONE
IS PUBLISHER
Scott C. Bone, former gover
nor of Alaska, has allied himself
: with the Western Publishers,
I Inc., at Atascadero, California.
The concern publishes several
magazines.
NEWS OFFICE
SHIFTS QUARTERS
The old and much abused
printing press took' another trip
this week wlitn the News staff
moved from their old location to
Jno E. Barrett’s house on the
Mother Lode Road.
Si<r. says its a poor year
t hat ho doesn’t got a job moving
that press.
DR. SCRU3Y RETURNS
Dr. R. N. Seruby was a Kenn
eeott passepeer Tuesday, return
mg sooner than he had anticipat
|ed after his trip to Kansas City
to undergo an operation.
Mr. Seruby will have Ids
dental equipment set up and be
open for appointments beginn
ing Monday morning.
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HALLOWE’EN
We have been at a loss to
account for the appearance of
subdued excitement which has
i prevailed amongst the younger
[generation of the town for sever
al days past until someone drew
our attention to the fact that
Hallowe'en was fast approaching
in fact it has arrived tonight.
All movable articles are be
ng given the ‘once over along
with certain small buildings
that would tip without much
persuasion.
Oh! well, Hallowe’en comes
only once s year.
' EXCLUSIVE, HANDMADE
SILK LINGERIE
Night robes, etc.—$ 5.95 and up
at
KENNECOTT STORE