The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy. Alaska. Saturday March im,n 1921
NO 20
AMUSEMENTS
The mambers or the McCar
thy Basket Ball lean) are work
ihg hard every night at ibe hail
to be in shape to meet
their opponents from Ken
necott on t'13 evening of the 2(>
•n fact when Olsen and Doze
land on one in a nractice gained
it is hard to realize that they are
not wild moos*—and the rest of j
the hunch are not tar behind j
them.
It is to be hoped the Doctor i
will accompany the Kenneoott I
team down here lor the first i
gun 3
Basket Ball
Kennecott
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McCarthy
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1st of Series
Saturday Evening;
MARCH 26th 8.30, j
A D .MISSION 50 CENTS
CHILDREN HALF PRICE
Dance to follow
TELEGRAPHIC
CLARA HaMON ACQUITTED
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Ardmore. March 1bth. Clara!
Smith Hamon, wlolrs been on
trial lor lie mmd«r ol Ja,kt*
L Hiiraoti, republican national;
committeeman lor Oklahoma. I
whose misire s she h id been.was!
acquitted this evening. !
Hamon made mdhons in oil.
JAMA LLNj LI LLG
jM CAL
P icciivi. Match 11*' 1.11 The arrest
<>! Jalet 1 11,1.el it}.. N. mi min
i11 j-i’ ope ‘atof’ i, iid. i' • • Mia I in
dictment in i oi riction w.th the
i,' (vnt tail me o, i iaeoma
Scmdinavian American Hank is
lionrly expected.
I h o ijjJi his p *-ir >in a.v director
()l 1 l*e oail K, L i d ■ l> ol o a nil his !
com p i les < t j i \ i (i a million
i i oin tile r stu 1,1 ot .
Lmdei erif is now i . Cal ornia.
BA I .LA INE 1X VV A s hj > (/: OX |
Washington. March lsth .John i
E. Bail'd ne is hero seeking to I
overthrow the present Alaska;
Gove ruin *nt Rulvvay admimst i
ration, and seen re his own ap
pointment as lie id.
COMMISSIONER of GENERAL
L/ N ) OE1K K A l P IX' E )
v\ asinn^ton- Mai ci p ,1 . Yu.
S. Spry, j < in < i j.» \» 11 t i » 4 ,
Lt h, has L» 11 ;.] ] ojm» u ( om
li issione r el tit Oioial Land
Office. |
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Stirling on March 1st, tie
ferry ntjs from Seattle to Tic-j
oma were, reduced to fchcenls for
the round tripand 50 cents ere
way. a led i ct i n i 1 4t pi i nit.
U. S. PLRCHASES AIRSHIP
Washington. The army will
have an airship capable of car-;
rying 100 passengers in addit- i
ion to t!ie crew when the great i
1 tain an semi rigid Roma, recent
ly purchased, arrives.
An air serv ce detachment is
en route to Italy to deflate the
big hag and bring it home on
ship board.
The Roma, driven by six
twelve cylinder engines develop !
ing an aggregate of 2,400-horse |
power, has a lifting capacity of j
00,000 pounds. SIh can carry
nearly ten tons through the air j
in addition to herself and her
crew ar an estimated maximum j
speed of eighty miles an hour.
The big g is big. holding 1 20<>i
()00 cubic feet of g s, is longer
than all bur the most modern
war craft. 410 feel., old is s2 ft.
wide, w• • 11e big mb r.r tower
in a heigh.r oi o'> f*et li inches.
With filled g isolin.- tanks the
s'u[) his a fill speed radius of
350 miles, and at cruising speed
could gosdO miles without land
ing.
The Roma was eons true ted tin
dec i *-*» s< md supervision of Sig
nor Usuelli, whose name has
been applied to air craft of
tint p irucular type.
Tn.s ship was designed for
commercial uses originally, but
was sold to tiie United States for
$1100,000.
it would cost $1,2o(>,0C0 to
duplicate her, ex[)erts figure.
KENNEOOT MAKES
TR.AL TRIP
Seattle, March 18th. The new
ship Kennecott. lecentl.v built1
for traffic in Alaskan waters, '
made a trial trip yesterday on !
Puget Sound,
LOCAL INTEREST
* Shorty Gwin left last Sunday
for the gl icier with a big lo id
of freight consigned to Chisana
operators Slimnert and Lubbe
so have taken their teimsto
the gl icier with freight
A. L. Wright of Ghisana re
turned list week f»o n Seattle,
and loft for the interior on Non
day aceo'np tnied bv his nephew,
A. fa. Lirsn'i.
Call Whitburn, Toney Orisko,
Huns Running and Peie Eiklund
left town I ist S'p-dav for the
Chi sans digging.
Archie P inline is celebrating
the coming of s >riug by serving
ice ere im it crea n so 1 is
Three car lo-ids of freight con
signed tn u H. (’nrvey. repre
senting the Andrus interests,
arrived on yesterday's train &
will be hauled to Nizina by the
M u rie Tr insfer t ’o
Ed Priggen returned on yes
terday’s train from a trip of six
months to Switz »rlind & France
Ole Pi)rsvedt, connected with
the Mother Mode Coaljrion
Mines Co., wis a visito*’ to Mc
Carthy this week. He wi’l tie
associated with Art P.>w<jll it
the head of Rex crrek this *1011
me-i. helping Art to to toce out
the coin’s^ stuff.
I)i the Alaskan Pool Tourn
111 ent hDials Snyder beat Grri'k
m and Llrlas beat Snyder, leav
ing Yancy and Urlaris to pity
die liiial y;aine.
O.iTuesd ly ni^rho 1 istRwyer s
warehouse at Strelna was des
troyed by lire. The cause of .j
is not known, but it was discov
ered and halted beiore other
buildings were affected. Details
are not forthcoming, but we
understan J. two automobiles
were destroyed.