The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday March 5th 1921
NO 18
K. K. K. Minstrels
From the rise of the curtain
promptly at 8.15 disclosing a
monster slice of water melon
with a bevy of black faces for
seeds, to the Grai d Finale at
11.30, the K K K Minstrels
performance was a winner.
With Mr Sadlier as interloc
utor and Messrs Bruneile and
Saari as endmen, the first part
was devoted to song and comedy
and it is very apparent that many
of the bo;y s ha\e misstd their
vocations, instead of b«ing in the
employ of the Guggenheims they
should be on the stage. The part
sinning was of a high order, &
allot the soloists scoreo gieat
successes, .As for the comedy
patter, the endmen played no
favorites, but included everyone
in cam pas targets for their joaes
The second half was a musical
treat chiefly irstn.n « i t< I. Mr.
S J meibjrger’s violin, -.olo w is
faultless. The sax iplione &
trombone duets \ver° well receiv
eu, and for his masterl.v violin
playir g. M). Kudolph was many
tm.es ; ecalka ; a Hawaiian dance
in costume (not too much) was
realistically jtilointuly Mr
Brunelie- to thestrainsof ukulele
players adorned with lets: Mr
M t naglia’s c< nu dy act was dis
tinctly clever and .1 r, Schultz as j
an impel s! nator “some girl”
George Wilson’s rope act wras
a “whirl”
The orchestra with Mr Heal.y
at il e piai o, added greatly to
the success of the show
The whole affair owed its sue
cess to MissCatherine E Schultz
who had worked untiringly for
several months — this young lady
characteristically remained in
the tackpienrd, but everyone
knew and appreciated her work*
The 1 all was filled to overflow
irg inducing a large number
from McCarthy
President Harding
Takes Oath of office
TELEGRAPHIC
With Simple Ceremony
Washington March 4th. Harding
was inaugurated today with a
simple ceremony which took
place on the East Portico of
the Capital, where*he took the
oath of office.
Bright Weather
The weather for the Inaugural
Day was bright with a driving
noi thwest wind
Japanese Situation Grave
Washington. March 4th It is
admitted that Harding is taking:
office when the Jap nese situat
ion is very grave
Washington, March 2nd, Mr.
and Mrs. Harding: arrived from
Marion this afternoon and were
mot at the station by Mr. and
Mrs- Coolidge
Marion, Feb 28th Mr ana Mrs
Harding have returned fora
short farewell visit before hav
ing for the White House. Mr
Maiding is very much better
physically since his vacation
The only people who are not
tickled to death by tho near ap
proach of spring, are the mail
men and freighters who have
hai a considerable amount of
inconvience through overflows
this week, Jim, Murie took acorn
pulsory bath last Sunday which
will last him till the Fourth of
July.
Bob Johnson is in town from
Dan creek.
Watch out for the 19th.
Wilson Will Practice L aw
Washington, March 3rd- Presi
dent Wilson announced this af
ternoon that he will enter the
practice of law in partnership
with Colby with offices in New
York and Washington — lie
| once practiced law in Atlanta.
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War Laws Repealed
, March 4th, Last night Wilson
signed congressional resolutions
resolutions repealing all war
laws
One hundred and twenty nine
Politicians Retire
Washington, March 4t,h One
hundred and twenty nine mem-j
hers of the House and Senate
retired into private life today.
Washington Feb 2sth Pres
entation speeches and gifts were
made to Vice President Marsh
all by the Senate today He is
sailing for Europe on an extend
ed trip on May 14th.
ATHLETIC CLUB
i
The Grand Opening of the Me ;
Cat tily Athletic club was a big
success, and augurs well for fu
ture successes, A large 1
number were present who thor- {1
oughly e ijoyed the many stunts j!
done by the performers, who are
greatly to be complimented, es- ;
pecially as most of them were ■
impromptu,one calamity did oc- ]
cur wnen a trapeze performer j
lost some of his apparel, but
he was rescued, After !'
the showT the rest of the evening
was devoted to dancing.
The club now boasts 45 members 1
NEW PUT LIGATIONS
The new proprietors of the
Seward Gateway, Messrs. Sel
by, Steele and G/eenlee, have
changed that publicition to a
weekly, realising that a good
weekly is better than a poor
daily, and business conditions
do not justify a good daily at the
present time.
Their first issue in the weekly
field which is dated February
26th is a newsy eight page
paper, full of news of all Alaska
and the States.
TVe are indebted to the Dynes
Alaska Directory Co. Jupeau, A.
laska, for a copy of their new
public ition ’‘Dytes Tours of A
laska and Directory of South
eastern Alaska” which is greib
ly appreciated.
This valuable 150 page book de
scribes tours in Southeastern A
lasua and also trips to Fairbanks,
Nenana and out to Valdez, pro
fusely illustrated with views of
the country travelled.
A full directory of all South
eastern Aliskan towns etc, is
found, and much information a
ijout our Territory which is not
generally known.
>1 r. Dynes intends to cover
Jur section of tii« country this
season, when we shall look for
ward to seeing this region well
ind faithfully advertised.
Nels Tjosevig has been hatti
ng machinery etc- from the old
tridge this week with Fred’s as
dstance,
Andy Taylor and Joe McLell
in returned this week from a
ough trip to Chisana brining
nail. They spent some time
?oing in staking the trail over
iohn Glacier.
Word has been received of the
narriage of Martin Harris of
Dan creek, to Miss Margaret
veenan, formerly of Fair bulks
Vlaska. The wedding took place
it La Mesa. California.