rhe McCarthy
Weekly News
McCarthy, Alaska. Saturday,' August loth 1919
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PERSONAr
Mr-Goodwin left for the plac
{> camps on Monday on a well
• :mod summer vacation
Mrs. James Murie and Eliza
■ > ■ h left on Thursd i.v morning
: ir Chititu where they will
s : ' i 1 week.
Gra-rnt Reed returned from
ins trip to Chisana on Monday
j st.
Mr. Frank Metcalf completed
t e survey of the Green Group
i is week, and returned on yes
t rday’s train to Ins home in
, leean.
Miss Inn Maule Pole left on
; -sterday\% train to eatc.li the
. : iska to return to Vancouver
C. after spending three
\. -eks holiday here.
Carl Whitham has been very
1 isy since his arrival receiving
: ,e congratulations of friends,
lorn he surprised by bringing
a wife with him on his return.
Mrs Whitham is a sister of
I >rcy Thornton, who is an oper
a or in Chisana.
.John Nelson, having fully re,
•vered from his accident, is
>\v back in harness at the be
at.
T. J. McCarthy a one time ro
v blent of this town, and now
ith the steam shovel, visited
i is friends this week.
Several fine exhibitions of
h ick-jumping were given at
Uackburn this week by A1 Fag
berg: Micky Gallagher, Bill
Araham and Cowboy Bill.
Nick Pyckles spent yesterday
afternoon visiting friends here,
Sam Means and Dan Pearson
are putting up hay at the Murie
ranch. 34 tons are now cut
md stacked, and double that am
ount will be ready soon.
I
OE PUBLIC INTEREST
i The camp ofHyder is attract
ing a great deal oi‘ attention this
season, and a number of ])oople
are making for that point.
Hyder is sit.iated in South east
ern Alaska, and just one mile
from Stewart B.C. At present
I all freight is being shipped from
Prince Rupert to Stewart at the
rate of Si4. per ton. ITyder’s
great need at present is for a
| dock, which will soon have to be
built, as the only way to hand
le supplies at present is by
i means of scows at high tide &
this is very expensive.' There
| is no reason why it could not
: be h mdied from Ketchikan.
Silvar. gold and valuable' pros
| pects in quartz are found near. 1
The cam;) is buzzing with activ
ity, prospectors are working in
the hills and a tremendous boom
is expected next spring.
j
Buildings are going up rapidly !
j and many new businesses are
I starting
During last week Governor
i Riggs made a trip to Hyder, to
! look jnto conditions, he is great
ly impressed with the outlook
j and is recommending that mail j
land freight services be establish j
jed.
j A. W. Balsimer, better known j
as the ‘'Russian Kid” and Put]
McBride just returned from a
I trip across the Salmon river gla 1
cier with samples from four rich
J silver quartz veins.
These boys intend going- across
into Ketchikan water shed on
their next trip.They are old time
Alaskan prospectors. The Kid
has been prospecting in Alaska
for sixteen years and he knows
a good specimen when he finds
it.
(Hyder News from the Ketch
ikan Alaska Chronicle)
Mr. V. J. Dwyer of Strelna,
who was operated upon for app
endicitis at Kennecott hospital
this week, is progressing favor
i ably.
ANOTHER ALASKAN
RETURNS
l
That we may expect a gener
al influx to Alaska is the opin
ion of Carl Whitham, who re
turned on yesterdays train, en
route to Chisana. “ in the army
trainging camps and every city
I visited, everyone is most inter
ested to learn of Alaska, and
there is no doubt but that a
great number of people are pre
paring ta visit these parts,
many also °re expecting to set
tle in the North. ” he says.
During the year Mr. Whitham
has been away he spent several
months in the service of Uncle
Sam in New York state. He al
so visited many other parts of
fne states but is more than glad
to return. He and Mrs. Whit
ham leave for Chisana tomorrow
and intend to remain in the in
terior camp next winter to devel
op his properties.
They start from McCarthy
with every ones good wishes.
A COMPLETE LINE of!
ladies suits, dresses, waists Ot i
summer coats. Also child-'
ren's goods in great variety.
Mail orders given immediate !
attention.
Dougherty’s, Cordova. !
Mantles for the Aladdin Lamp
atfhe Post Office Store.
Two Skagway young ladies
have embarked in the business
of guiding tourists to places of
interest round Skagway. The i
girls have spent practically all
their lives in the town. They
recently acted as guides to a
party of fifteen tourists who vi
sited Denver glacier.
HUNTING PARTY STARTS
' |
En route for the White river
Donjak and Generk, the Mitton
brothers of Boston Mass, left
on an extensive hunting trip
this morning. The outfit is in
charge of Gap. Hubrick, who is
guide. They are rigged up
for a big hunt, they will be out
about seven weeks and will re
turn home by way of White
Horse.
Andy Taylor and Jimmy Brown
are packers in charge of 1G head
of pack and saddle horses.
Con Miller is in charge of the
cooki n g depart m ent.
MRS. GARRITY DIES
Ye h^ye received a letter from
M r. Tom. Garrity this week,
from Vancouver containing' the
sad news that Mrs Garrity had
died and was buried at that
place on the 15th of July.
Mrs Garrity spent last winter
in McCarthy, where she made
many friends who learn the sad
news with deep regret and ex
tend their symdathy to her hus
band. Mr Garrity was in the
employ of the Copper River Ry
until a few weeks ago. He is now
on his way back to Ireland.
The dance held in the A. B.
Hall last evening, was another
social success.
Visitors from Kennecott and
elsewhere taking advantage of
the free transportation offered
by the residents of our town,
arrived on schedule time.
Alter the dance several sup
per parties were served by our
local restaurants and it was the
wee sma’ hours before the last
car left with its load of enthus
iastic fox trotters for home.