The McCARTH
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Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, Nov-mber 14, i&r».
No. 4£
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Dog mashers are grinning
broadly at the recent four inch
snow fall. We were wondei'ng if
we can include Jack Bishop in
this category.
Dr. Caswell, district game
warden paid a hurried visit to
McCarthy this week.
Andy Taylor returned to
town this week from the West
over Mine where he has been
helping Howard Foster for about
six weeks.
H. D. Foster is in town this
week. He intends making a trip
Outside in the near future.
At that it is good to see the
old familiar faces of the Green
Butte Boys in town.
Hal and James Gaskill were
Cordova, passengers on today’s
train. They will take the first
boat South to consult with the
Green Butte owners.
E,. L. Johnson of the Green
Butte, left for his home in Tex
as on todays train.
Axel Backlund left for the
Outside today.
McCarthy
rooms
Clean, warm furnished rooms
for transients. Over McCarthy
Club.
Betty Morrissey
J. E. BARRET IN
SEVERE ACCIDENT
John E. Barrett sufferred
severe injuries to his face and
mouth at the Green Butte Mine
Wednesday night while descend
ing into the mine.
Lt seems that he had pushed
off the car and was going down '
the incline when it reached the
end of the slack on the cable
and stopped with a jerk throw |
mg Mr. Barrett forward and
striking his face on the rock
wail with such a force as to
cause him to bite his tongue
nearly off ami cut a gash in his
upper lip which required twenty
seven stitches.
i)rs. Gillespie ami Bark well
worked on him for marly two
| hours sewing on the severed
(tongue and patching up various
cuts. It is feared that he may
have a permanent impediment >n
his speech.
A NEW BRAND OF
HAIR TONIC?
Is it possible that a new
j and really effective brand of hair
restorer is on tlie marker,? For '
years tonsorial artists have exp
ounded the merits of various
concoctions guaranteed to grow
| hair on a billiard ball but the j
| public remains skeptical. Be that
: !
I as it may Bob Mooney has disc;
joverfed something effective and
; if you don’t believe it just take
i along a microscope and examine
i T ,
his upper lip. Its a peach!
INFORMATION SOUGHT
Inquiries have come to the
Governor’s office for informrtion
in regard to the supposed drowi
ning in 191A of MELVIN DEM’
PSEY, in the Gulkana Rivar.
Any information in regard to
r him should be sent to the Gov
ernor’s office, Juneau, Alaska.
ARMISTICE DANCE
The Armistic Day dance
which was sponsored by the ex- i
service men of McCarthy and
Kennecott was held Wednesday
in the A. 3. Hall. McCarthy, and
all things considered, was a pleas ,
ant and successful opening of the i
social season
A snowfall the previous
Highland the resulting cold snap
deterred many from attending i
and the turnout, was somewhat
disappointing but those who did j
brave the elements were amply
rewarded for their trouble
Dancing was kept up until one
thirty A. M.
The school childrens’ Junior j
tied Cioss showed initiative by I
puUiug up a booth and selling
home made candy from which
they realized a considerable prof-J
it which will go to the Lied Cross.;
Large boxes of delicious home I
made fudge and candy, daintly 1
packed and set off with pressed ■
leaves were disposed of by the,
children.
CAP 1\ AGNEW
TAKES BRIDE j
(ALASKA WEEKLY)
The marriage of Captain Pie!
rre A. Agnew, U. S. army, a for
mer disbursing officer of tlie
Alaska Hoad Commission, and
Miss Kate Kessler, daughter of
Col. Kessler, in command at Fort i
Worden, was solemnized at Port
Townsend, Washington, <. ne day
iast week.
The romance, which culminat
ed in the happy wedding, began
in Juneau some time ago, when
the bride was a guest of Miss
Margaret Bone, at the executive
mansion in Juneau. Captain Agn
ew, when witli the Alaska Road
Commission, had his headquart
ers in the capital city.
DRY SQUAD
PAYS VISIT
Messrs. Hi'-dinir and Allen
of the Alaska Third Division pro
hibition force paid a visit to
McCarthy Sunday last, coining
up from Cordova, by speeder. Up
to tod y noon they wei'e still in
town but the casualties are light
Wm. hemry arrested
Monday they repaired to the
to the homestead of Wm. Henry
on Sourdough HilJ and found
enough evidence to swear out a
warrant for his arrest for violat
mg the Fourteenth Amendment.
Mr. Henry was absent from the
premises at the time of the raid
and was not located for several
days being on a hunting trip to
the Ghitistone.
The preliminary hearing
was held Thursday afternoon
before Commissioner Harwood
where Mr. Henry plead ‘Not guil
ty’ and conducted his own defen
se and produced witnesses who
testified that certain apparatus,
which the officers claimed to be
a ‘still’ used in the manufacture
of illicit liquor, was nothing
more or less than a shower bath
arrangement made by Mr. Henry.
Mr. Harwood found the evi
deuce sufficient to bind over the
defendant to the Grand Jury
with bail fixed at $1000. The bail
was secured.
EXCLUSIVE, HANDMADE
SILK LINGERIE
Vight robes, etc.—$ 5.95 and up
at
KENNECOTT STORE