the McCarthy
WEEKLY NEWS.
NO. 1.
VOL. !.
MCCARTHY, ALASKA. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd. 1917.
Announcement
WE HAVE PURCHASED THE
PRINTING PRESS RECENTLY
OWNED BY M. V. LATTIN.AND
WILL PUBLISH A WEEKLY
PAPER: ” THE MCCARTHY
WEEKLY NEWS” EVERY SAT
URDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOT
ICE.
In placing this, our first
edition be]ore .you,we ask for
,\o;ir indulgence in making al
lowances for"hurried v e) 1: we
I live b. on greatly rushed in or
•tier to publish to-day; but felt
tliere was no time like, the pres
ent.
Through the kindness of
Mr. Jack Schuhz from v hom
we purchased the press e c. w •
h ive been able to use his i;ouso
on Riverside Drive as p lblishing
•off ce pro tem
During* the next few days we
will move to our perm ;nert lo
<a ion ai d will be prepared for
business— md lots of ih
It .s our intention to print a!
live piper every Saturday- and j
we are negot at ng for a weekly!
telegram of news from tin1 States j
i Iso ail tire doings of the camps ,
a djacent and all Alaska
Tire prospector can rest as
siued we will publish the news
far and wide when he makes the
big strike.
Our ambition is to have
a clean.non-partizan but distinct- j
ly patriotic sheet and we hope!
for support from the townspeo- \
pie whom we will always endeav
or to please.
Any suggestion of improve
ments or additions will be great
!y appreciated — at the same
time, dont - knock!
We wish to thank Mr. Jr.ck
fSchultz very sincerely for his
substantial help this week.
Hoping for your support,
Wo are,
Your Obedient Servants,
(T. F. M. & M. M.COLE.
Great Patriotic
Rally.
Th ■ P iblic Meit’ng held in
McCarthy, on Sunday evening
Oct. 28th. in obedience to the
President's Proclamation of a
day of intercession, give ample
e idonoo of the patriotic spirit of
he resid nts, v. ho attend d on
miss * After a few introductory
remarks'by the Chairm .n W. P.
Barnes, a mart-i il roll of drums
be '-n the exercises, a soul star
ring rendering of the c ill to arms
doin' gi-ven by Cha ley O*Con
nor, Then followed the singing
of tie ’’Star Spangled Banner”
b t le congregation led by the
kch>>l children who had been
trained by Mrs. Ftddis & Miss
McCarthy,-an able add re - s
by our Representative J. H, M ur
a ay 01 the object of the gather
• ng and the national question, —
Patriotic songs by the school
children, a talk by J udge O’Con
nor on what we c m do to help
to fight here at home,-The
”Mirsellai.se” sung by Mrs.
Underwood in Welsh and English
a f*w words by Mrs. Cole on
what we can do to help the Sol
diers.
Mrs. Faddis accompanied the
musical portion of the pro
gramme.
These items were all given
most enthusiastic attention and
an intense patriotic feeling was
evident.
After reading a poem which
was specially composed by Mrs.
Rust, the Chairman offered up a
prayer for our success on the
battle field, then introduced Mr.
Gottchalk of Cordova, who ex
plained the necessary procedure
in the organization of a Red
! Cross Chapter,—The temporary
' Order was then organized and
; the election of officers took place
as follows:—
Chairman F. R' Barnes.
Secretary Mrs. S. Laurie.
Treasurer W. R. Faddis.
Chairman Entertainment
Committee Mrs. W. R. Faddis
Chairman Membership
Committee Mrs. C. F. M. Cole
The Committees which had
been appointed at the Liberty
Day gathering for the purpose
of collecting Rod Cross funds
then reported the amount of
heir collections and it was de
j coded that all contributors le
j ceorled n emteiahips in the
| Ked Cross Organization to the
l amount of their respective sub
scriptions,
Up t o date $600.
is reported in the treasury with
every prospect of it being dou
bled, T.ie Membership Com
mittee intend tv) personally visit
t te Mother Lode Mine and out
1/ing districts.
Rumors are rife that the En
tertainment Committee is study
ing hard and Iras great plans for
iifierent doings-it is sure
they will be great money gett
ing ones— for we who are safely
it home in this far off Alaska
must see to it that our boys who
tiave given up everything for us,
are well taken care of; — we
must all either fish or cut bait.
A full list of subscribers
appears on another page of
this issue.
-M9CARTHY- : JUNCTION
The BUCKLE of
OUR COPPER BELT
WATCH US
, for nizina, oijisana
DAN CREEK, YOUNG CREEK
& CH1TTISTONE
GROW
Personal News
THE POST OFFICE Depart
ment has advanced the postal
rates, first class postage is now
3 three cents instead of two
cents as here-to-fore.
The Second,third and fourth
class rates will, also be advanced
BACK YOUR COUNTRY
FOR ALL YOU’RE WORTH.
BUY A LIBERTY BOND!
FRANK H. FOSTER, and
other prominent citizens are in
Valdez attending the fall term
of Court.
TEN LIFE MEMBERSHIPS
reported in the American Reel
Cross at McCarthy.
Can we get this for an average
all winter? Come and join.
MR. & MRS. CARL ANDERSON
of the Tjosevig property were
m town last week-end, visiting
their friends.
TWENTY PUPILS are enroll
e 1 at our Public School this term
and we have a new school marm
all the way from the East to
teach the young idea,
MR. R. GOTTCHALK was in Me.
Carthy this week on business
and returned to Cordova Thurs
day
Nick Pyckles arrived from
ChitinaTuesday’s train,on bus
mess connect with The Chitina
Hotel,he tells us that the new
addition to the house has been
completed and Mr. Breedman
is well prepared for the winter
travel.
DR. C. L HAWES returned
from the States on Friday’train
and will commence practice at
once, so that those who lost a
tooth in his absence can get
attention.
Mrs. Sam Laurie entertained
a number of the ladies at her
home, to talk over organizing «
Red Cross at McCarthy,—There
were fifteen present all anxious
to work for the cause,-Mrs.
Laurie made an earnest speech
and everyone was much impres
sed. — Candies were served by
Leo and William Laurie and
refreshments dispensed.