The McCarthy
Weekly Mews
VOL: IX
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, Ja uu, y 2,191:6
No. 1
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I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
The News wishes all its
readers a Happy and Prosper
ous Year in 192(1.
Well, how are your New
Year resolutions standing the
test of time?
John E. Barrett left by !
Tuesday’s train on route to
Seattle to consult a specialists
in regard to to injuries receiv j
ed to his nose in his accident
at the Green Butte. He will be
out about two months and ex
pects to v^sit Los Angeles.
BORN-Ac Kennecott hospit
al Sunday, December 27 to Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Marwood, a son.
J. C. Anderson will leave to
morrow morning with Fairbanks
as his destination, and does not
expect to return until next Su
mmer.
Jimmie Moore of the Moth
er Lode looted the town over
New Year’s Eve.
Word received from Frank
Carroll indicates that he i> gett.
ing a great “kick” out of Oak
land’s sunny climate.
WE WISH YOU
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
&
A HAPPY SMEW YEAR
R. L. H. Marshall
NEW YEAR’S EVE
MASQUERADE IS
USUAL SUCCESS
* ANNUAL CLASSIC AT
KENNECOTT IS WELL
ATTENDED
The annu;il masquerade ball
held New Year’s Eve at, Ken nee
oit rivalled all previous affairs of!
the kind for attendance and orig!
inality of costumes. This social
function has come to be te^ar |
dv-*d as a classic at Kennecott!
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and tiie support accorded and
the appraent enjoyment of the
large crowd shows how increas i
inely popular tliese dances are!
becoming.
There was only a small mini
her of non-costumed dancers on
the floor and many new and;
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striking costumes were in eviu j
ence. Many surprises were furl
nisbed when the un-masking
took place and many ‘sheepish’ i
looks could be observed as some
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of the male adherents of Terpsi J
clio e found that the shapely
waist which their arm had enc
ircled belong to their old frien
ds Henry Miller and Mr. Brady
While toe McCarthy attend
ance was not up to its usuaj
mark quite a number took ad
vantage of warm weather and
good roads to drive up for the
fun fest.
WOOD
As soon as sleighing is good
I am prepared to deliver any am
ount of wood sawed ready for
use. Leave your order now.
Jus. Peterson
advt. McCarthy
McCarthy Baths
Hot water day and night
Barber shop in connection
next to Louie’e Cafe on main
street.
C. E. ULRICH
ALASKA GAME COMMISSION
Juneau, A1 .ska. I
PRESS RELEASE.
Juneau. Alaska, Dec. 28, 1025.
The Executive Office of the
Alaska Game Commission lias
received reports cf recent cases
in the Fairbanks and Anchorage
region.
George Mellich, an alien com
monly known around Fairbanks
as “Bolshevia George”, was app
rehended by Warden Frank Dul
resne of Fairbanks, accompanied
oy Deputy U. S. Marshall James
Hagen of Nenana. Mellich was
engaged m trapping without an
Alien Special License. It seems
that Mellich had full knowledge
oJ the license being required and
had indicated that he would not!
Lane out such a license. Alter
being found with a fox in one ol
his traps and two rifles in his
possession, lie was still given an
opportunity to escape prosecu
tion by taking out the Alien Spe
cial License. He refused to do
this, a case was filea against
him at Nenana for illegal trapp
ing and he demanded a jury
trial. He was convicted, fined
6150. and sentenced to 60 days
in jail.
The other case is reported
by Warden A. M. Hardy, of
| Anchorage, who states that S. R
tvhodes, a fur dealer of Anch
orage was found to have purch
ased on or before December
14th, 47 muskrat and 16 mink
skins recently caught, all of
which were unprime and taken
before the season opene 1 In
addition he had failed to keep
records of this transaction. A
complaint containing three co
unts was filed against him at
Anchorage. The first count
charged possession of en prime
1 muskrat pelts, second unprime
| mink pelts, and third for failure
I to keep records of the purchase.
SUTHERLAND BILL
PROVIDES FOR
USE OFTIMBER
WASHINGTON, D. C,--Del
agate S:ii her I and introduced a
i)ill in the House tod ly toper
mit the exportation oi' timber
cut lawfully from any National
forest. Before such timber can
be cut the Secretary of the Dep
artment a Iministering the Natio
nal forest will be authorized to
decide whether the local supply
will be endangered by such ship
meat.
STATUE ERECTED
FOR FAMOUS BALTO
New York,—A statue to Bal
to, the famous leader of the mal
amute dog team that hauled the
serhum to Nome last winter sav
ing many in that mining town
from diphtheira during the epi
demic was formally unveiled yes
terday afternoon in Central Park,
lialto, Gunnar Kasson, his own
er, and other Alaskans sojourn
ing in the metropolis for the
winter, attended the exercises.
continued from column 3
A plea of not guilty was enter
ed and the trial set for Decern
ber 21st. No report has yet been
received of the termination of
the case.
MY LINE OF SILK LINGERIE
will be handled in future in
McCarthy by
MRS. C. O. MARWOOD
Watch for announcement of big
SALE
MRS. WALTER MORRIS