The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: X
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, Mar. 5, i.ui.
No./O
ELIZABETH UNDERWOOD
WEDS EDGAR WATKINS
Anchorage Times
The home of Mr and M rs. P.
J Keeley was the scene of a pretty
wedding on Saturday evening)
when Mrs. Elizabeth Underwood;
and William Edgar Watkins we»*ej
joined in ma-riage by Rev. E
Youel, pastor of the first Pres
byterian church. The simple ring i
ceremony was used. Mr and Mrs
Grant Reed oldtime fiiemis. att*
ended the couple.
The wedding was followed by
an elaborate wedding supper, for
which ••overs were laid for fou r— I
teen, those present being; Mr and
Mrs Watkins, Mr and Mrs Reed
Mr an(j Mrs Keeley. Mr and Mrs I
Krueger, Mr and M rsCliinie, Rev !
•John E. Youel, Mrs Wills, Mr Cope
i
and Mrs Prank Wilso
Mrs. Watkins r«.•* < J many
years in tl>»* MeC' r'i.y district,
from which secio - -.he went to
tin* st.it^s, return ng to Alaska
about a tuonili mu>» Mr Watkins
is a (iioiM-^r of 11ni north, having
h \ idenip'ied with a number of
mining ci»mmiiaities of Alaska be
Jn e 1 tenting in the Anchorage
disr.rn i. K.,r some time past he
has ms n connected with the uiec
hanural department of the Alaska
railroad. The newlyweds have a
host of friends throughout the
beiritory. They will make their
home in Anchorage,
TWO HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
SWIM WRANGELL NARROWS
The weather was so warm in
Wrangell last Saturday that
Arina Grant, daughter of Mayor
.1. G Grant and 1 rene Tozier, both
Higi Schoolgirls, swam Wrangell j
Haronr. Many pictures were
taken <»; il #* girls during the
swim.
ATTEND THE
ST. PATRICKS DANCE
NORTHL\ND NOTES
Residents of Kodiak are con
fident that tin* coming summer
will witness some teal progress I
toward the establishment of cold (
storage plants there. The Erskine
Company is said to have been mic
I
cessTnI in its efforts to seen re I
financial ban sing for an indep—
eudent plant and it is said also
that the way has been paved to!
give title to the New England!
Kish Company to the site which,
it desires for the location of its
plant.There has been some <jues
tion about the remove! of old Ind-:
iau graves from the property, but j
tins obstacle has been removed i
and it is said the company is now
ready to eurr.v out its firigiual
plans.
The creating of a wild life
reserve at Curry, Alaska, and
beaver and muskrat preserves at
other points along the Alaska
railroad is authorized. Under the
berms of the authorization order (
it is made unlawful to hunt, trap
capture or kill any beaver or
muskrat in the reservation which ,
is placed under the jurisdiction of
the Department of Agriculture.
ALASKA HAS GOOD
landing fields I
Considering the admitted!
scarcity of aviation fields in the |
United States, uespite the fact
that commercial aviation has!
taken massive strides in the past
few years, it is more or less1
illustrating to find on the new j
map of Alaska, just issued as
part of the governor’s annual!
reix>rt, a total of 30 landing fields.
All of them are located, however,
in southwestern northwestern
and northeastern parts of thej
Territory, none in the south
eastern part.
FORD TO BUSY LIVING
TO MAKE WILL
New York.—Henr.\ Ford
is "too busy living" to make a
will, lie lias told p, represenlai ue !
of the New York Anifrimi, which
gives his vFws in a dispatch from j
Detroit.
He believes his ent^rpi is<*s j
are being guided so that they!
will continue without interruption J
after his death.
’And business,’ he said
"if it is built on proper lines, is
not dejiendent on any one mdmd
mil. “.Vloney is counterfeit wealth
it is not the real thing at all "
“The only use money is to
me is that I s in able fa experim
ent in different lines for ways
uni tneaps to make life more
livable. Mori1 agreeable physical
surroundings. Wetter children
ind school, those are the real
wealth of the nation.”
None of ids money will go
to any foundation or endowment
Ford ksseits "Endowment is an
ipiate to imagination, a drug to
nitiative," he maintains.
He believes in the theory
A reincarnation.
’It seems a most reason
ible philosophy and explains
many things,” he says. “No. I
have no desire to know what, or
who, 1 once was;
KEN N EOOTT AJ OVIES
Sunday March Oth
Florence Vidor — E- H. Horton
in
“MARRY ME”
Comedy News
Music
Wednesday March 9th
.letta Goudai — Robert Ames
in
“THREE FACES EAST”
News
UNUSUAL AKTiST WILL
VISIT UNITED ST 'TES
Bombay: \ X-upii, artist. is
alxuit to start a Worlds tour dur
inl-T which In* Im>1 »<-*s to ;mt> Ms
expenses by writing on grains of
ric«*. He expects tov sit r!>«-* United
States His entire stock in trade
will bo a farthing's worth of rice
find a pen.
He can write 4(X) letteison a
sinul,. ^rain of rice in one day,
working lour hours. He writes
with a fine Indian pen and ink.
After the first ](>i letters he uses
i magnify ins glass.
I )OM IN i C K HAG SIRTY
The Postmaster, McCarthy.
\laska. Sir;—Would you be so
'ind as to let iis know i' you
rave any knowledge of a nift-n
»y the name of Dominick Hager
j.v? We believe Hagerty is enti
led to quite a large sum of
money and would like to be put
n touch with him or if he is
lead to find his heirs at law.
We would appreciate it very
much if you would make this
letter and our enquiry known
generally with a view to locating
Hagert.v or his friends
Your kindness will be much
appreciated by us and we are
willing to reward any one giving
us information of value.
Yours faithfully,
Estates and Heirs, Incorporated.
M. S Brinie. President
PORTUGUESE GOVERMENT
HITS SECRET SOCIETIES
Lisbon —The Portuguese
joverment is adopting vigorous
measures to prevent a recurrence
3f disorders, abolishing secret
societies, closing political clubs,
making strikes illegal and seizing
arms and bomds. Many hundreds
of arrests have been made and
most of those seized will be dop
orted to Africa. The nation whole
heartedly supports the gover*
ment.