Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, June 27, 1.^.
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Billie Meyers returned to
to ,vn Tuesday having been work
mg at Mile 55 for some weeks.
Mrs. J. B. O’Neill’ Beanie
and Molly’o are spending a few
days at Dan Creek, going out
Sunday last.
Howard Foster eaine in
from the Westover Mine yester
day and reports business boom
ing.
Jimmie Brown arrived
with pacK train from Snushanua
last evening.
Jos. Murray came home
on Tuesday from Cordova where
lie has been spending some
weeks since the closing of the
session of the legislature. He
went out to Young Creek the
same day.
Nil) YVyers accompanied
Jimmie* hi row n in from' Sli ush
finna yesterday.
Jack Schultz arrived on
todays train from Mile no.
(eio. Anderson is bade in
town after an extended visit in
Seattle and down the coast.
lad. Bassett says a new re
cord has been set up at Chititu
Camp. Last week seventeen men
devoured 12b hot cakes for break
last and burned disappointed
when Kd. ran out of batter.
Nellie Larson is back in
town after a visit of several mon
ths in Seattle.
AIRSHIP FOR ALASK?
Mr. Campbell, representing
; the Alaska Dirigible Airship Co.
has been in town the past week
in connection with a plan to give
Alaskans an airship service of
their own. Briefly his -plan is to
sell enough stock to private per
sons to build ait airship of any
desired size for the purpose of
the faster transportation of frei
ght and passengers to any desir
ed point with the idea of solving
Alaska's problem of transporta
(ion to interior points.
It is the intention to later |
put on a regular service t . ie i
ttle ana points er th« Pacific
Coast. Mr. Campbell claims that,
it \ydl cheapen transportation,
costs as well as speed up scrv
ice.
Think- it over carefully. Just
imagine going to Fairbanks in
six hours! Or better still, closing |
up the business Saturday noon,!
being in Vancouver before the
government stores close, in Sea
ttle for breakfast and back on j
the job Monday morning!
IN K(.) UM ATiON SOTGHT
information is being sought
through the Governor’s Office,!
by Mrs. Annie Farrow, of ].'6
Lippitt St, Providence, Lv. I.,
concerning her brother, George
L. Wilson, (colored), last heard j
iroiii three years ago at Hot
| Springs, Alaska. N^ws of his j
| whereabouts should be forward-!
i ed to the Governor's Office for'
transmission to Mrs. Harrow.
Information is sought throu
gh the Governor’s Office cone,
erning oneSime Deschenes, aged
oU, 5 ft. 10 in., 1(5 lbs, black hair.
It is stated that there is some.
evidence that Deschenes came
to Alaska within the last year
or two. Any knowledge of this
person should be forwarded to'
the Governor’s Office for tians
mission to the inquirer.
NOTICE TO PA V SCHO( )L T \X
To All Whom Tiiis M.iy Concern:
In accord with Chapter ^9,
Session Laws of Alaska, 1919,
and amendments thereto, all ma
lt* persons between toe ages of
twenty one am! filly years, who
ate not “sailors in the United
Slates Navy or Revenue Cutter
Set vice, volunteer fireman, pa up
ers or insane persons,” are re
(piired to pay an annual School
Tax of FIVE DOLLARS (*5.C(k
All persons, firms and corp
orations employing labor in Alas
ka shall furnish to collectors a
list of all employees subject to
rax, and employers of labor as
above set out are authorized by
jvovis’ojis of said Act to deduct
.mount of the tax from the wag
es of eacn employee who is sub
ject thereto. If any of such emp
loyers shall fail to report and
deduct as herein specified with
m the period designated for pay
merit of said tax, the said emp
loyers of labor shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and subject
to it fine of from $50.00 to $500.
00.
All persons subject to, and
refusing or neglecting to pay,
said tax, are subject to a line
of S25.00, or imprisonment in
jail for period of one month; and
all such employers of labor as
herein set out, who neglect or
refuse to collect saul tax from
employees may be proceeded
against and shall pay the amou
nt of each individual tax, and a
further penalty of $25.00 for
each such tax.
Tax receipts will be furnish
ed by the tax collectors.
Dated at McCarthy, Alaska,
this 27th. day of dune, 1925.
J. W. Nickell
Duly authorized and qualified
Aalska Territorial School.
Tax Collector For McCarthy.
KENNECOT7
WINS SLUGFEST
The Kennecott ball team
visited McCarthy last Monday
eveir.no and puded out with the
long end of a 17-14 score.
As suggested by the score
the game was a slngfest but air
tight ball was played in spots
and the spectators were treated
. to plenty of excitement.
Anderson started on the
mound lor McCarthy and for
! four innings had ihe Kennecott
boys railing out of ids hand and
the scoieat this point was 5 1
for McCarthy, but he weakened
m the fifth and was touched up
freely for extra base hits and
aided by a hall d< zen decisions
by Umpire Conway tlie Kemiec
ott boys started on a rampage
and when the smoke cleared up
at the end of the fifth the score
I stood 12 5 for Kennecott. The
i local boys fought hard all the
way and all but tied the score in
the sixth when eleven batters
stepped iij> to the plate.
Snyder caught a sterling
game tor McCarthy and slugged
the ball hard while the Kennec
ott outfield was on the job all
the time.
Build Now
While lumber is cheap and
plentiful
The best of FIR in assorted
dimensions
J. P. Hubrick
Allen Parlor Furnace
Gives twice the heat for half
the cost. Can be had in any enam
el finish to match your furnit
ure. Burns coal or wood.
Appearance, Economy,
Comfort
R. L. H. Marshall