he McCarthy
Weekly News
MCCARTHY,
ALASKA.^ SATURDAY, »nlyl2th 1V>19
NO 36.
MOVIE >KOW
The M* 'irthy Mines an
m> inee t.h it t>» •'«»; * in me es will
h • suspended until new’arrange
ments can be mule for lighting,
, e»’otia inns ire under way for
;i new system winch may be in
stalled sl.or.ty.
A POMPEETE TANK of
ladies suits, dresses, waists &
s pnina'1 e nts. Also ohild
)*ea’s go > Is in great variety.
?4 til orders given immediate
; it t nth v.
Enr { 1 ( 1 \s, Coi (Iova.
DUO? OF 5c PEB POJND
().\ 1 FEE & MITTGN
•Just arrive i A fresh ship
ment of Beef, Pork, Mutton, <fc
Veal. Eres i fruit an l veg^oi »
les. A drop of ueei js i p> i id
o i beef and muttjn.
B. L. H M irs-h d!
\Y. H. 8nmt)eit and pirtner
lii.’e stsrted far C.i.sm oi i
prospecting nip.
Uecenfc iotters from Seattle
st te th it Jo m Amb*r U is pir
e i used tin* lleney ranch at Kent
Was I ington.
News has hern received Bint
our pop .l ir townsman, J ick E
Luirie, wts ipbetly married in
Se ifctle o June 23rd. He and
his bride are expected to arrive
in McCarthy next week.
Another of those pleasant lit
he dances w is held on Wednes
day evening at the Merchant's
O if a After the pirty. some of
t ie guests were entertained by
Jimmy H iss »y ou an automobile
r,de. Jimmy is some chaffuer.
tie in ale the Mother Lode Boul
evard a speedway
CON f IT NEWS
In the Commissions Court on
Wednesday last, lure Lind
strom was charged with ln
lrengement of the Bone Dry
Law, and was fined £100. and
c > s ts.
■ BIG GAME HUNTERS TO
ARRIVE
i
Dr. Evans, a big game hunter
! from Eagle L'ass, Texas, has left
I
White Horse with Charles Bax
ter, the well known guide, sad
dle and pack horses for White
River.
In addition to Dr. Ev ms and
Baxter there will be George
Armstrong, Armstrong does not
really belong to the Bixter par
ty, but will keep with them un
til the heid of the White River
is reached. He is going on an
eibiilvl vi-itioi nil will
g ither material fora series of
migazines articles ho intends to
write.
I
Dr Bans is in quest of
i boar liophies and after spend
i it;' • few wee‘«s at the held ol
White River will leave for Me
Carthy, reaching hereabout Au
gust iOth to meet his friend Mr
J. C. Snyder, of Metainora, III
At McCarthy. the party will sep
irate Dr. Kvans am' Mr. Snyder
going with Motley Hones ;is
afmde into the wilds of Al isk t
while the Baxter party, afrei
bem jrr joined by C H. H mason
and H. L*. Lyon of San Francis
oo, Ben Cron tell of Chico, (Jal..
and Roy l»zier, a guide from
Me ran, Wyoming, who was in
j the Yukon witii Baxter in 1914,
| will return to the he id waters
|of the White river.
1
j A moving picture photograph
er is being broug 1 t in by Mi
| Crouch, w o will accompany the
; party in its wanderings.
|
M»\ C 0. Young, of Buckhan
nan, West Virginia, will also ar
j rive in McCarthy about August
19th, on tiis way to th« hunting
grounds.
We gratefully acknowledge re
ceipt of a line mess of rhubarb,
grown at Long Lake and sent to
this office by Mr. Oscar Ander
1
son.
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PERSONAL
Mr. F. A. Hotchkiss arrived
on Wednesday’s min on his
| way to Nizina. after an absence
I of a year ami nine months.
Most of that time has been
spent in Uncle Sun’s service,
he has recently returned from
' London where he was attached
j to the Marine Guard at Admiral
I Sims’ headquarters.
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i
I The owners of No Id Rex Ck.
I The Rex Aliska Gold mining Uo
] ire expected to arrive here dur
I i ng the month
I
i
Labbo Rros. have purchased
j the g isoline saw from George
1 Anderson. It is now ins: died in
I their yard, cutting wood to its
fullest c ip icity.
Pete Erickson, Frank, Iver son
and Olai'Hiltet left Tours « iy o r
i pro-ip ? ruing trip to the head
of • u mg cree.v.
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I
Martin Nelson, for many
j years a pro-j >je o • and mmer in
j the Nizin i an l Yo mg cue : dis
tricts, hi-; bean in town this
' week.
I
, Ho h is roc mt’y retnr t*d front
i Europe where he was with the
j 2i til Engineers, having enliste.l
wish thom in Oordo/a euly list
year. He returned a few di.vs a
go and will spend the summer
at Nizina
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Ous Johnson returned from a
i;ap u» Ntrelna t\ t Sun day.
Norm m Er.Cif.-jo.i left for
OorJo/ ioa Mood i.y’s tram on
business c incoming a mining
: de il
Mr. Alvah Eames, chief clerk,
| was in McCarthy tliiv week, on
ja Post Office Inspection visit.
i NT w Books at the Post Office
j Store: "White Man”, Jungle
! Tales of Tarzan”, "Wild Youth
I and Another ’, Too Pat to fight,
; White Ladies of Worcester”.
l^EWS ITEMS
Harry Poyden, with Louie
Henderson and 12 head of pack
stock, returned from Chisanaon
Wednesday. He left this morn
ing for the camp, loaded with
perishables and supplies.
.T. Murie left Thursday for
Chisana with Pete Bren wick &
14 pack-horses carrying mail and
supplies.
Oimpbcll and Gwin left for
xShnslianna list Sunday with 8
head.
Georjre Mnrhoffei is in town
from Dan Greek.
Kuir.or has it that one of our
lot* * 1 11 sidents has mad* a sale
or some quartz cliims at A1 aga
nik Tlie purchase pi ice *obo
i something be* we *n six thousand
md one hundred and sixty thou
sud dollars It is also said
t!i it the purchasers are Oordo
vi business people who re[)res
ent large money interests
Mike Tierney spent the 4tli
in M -X ■ar .hy and had such a
i good time tint he missed the
trai 1 returning in the evening so
spent the wee.i end visiting his
I friends and return d to mile 17J
M >nday.
Mike is one of the oldest em
ployees on the C o] per Diver Ka
ilrotd, having been with the Ka
ta J la (’o. from the beginning of
the contraction of the road.
i
Fred Cope and his nieces Dora
|-oid Molly M icDonnell left yes
! ter Jay on a visit to Dan Creek
| for a week or so.
They will 1x3 the guests of Mr
C lifford Cayouette, who will
j show ihe young ladies all the
latest methods of extracting
| gold from the gravels and fish
j from the cictk, Cliif btirg an
! expert at both games.