The McCarthy
VOLe 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday . march 24,1923
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Local News
Gus Carlson who is employed
at the Green Butte, spent a, fen?*;
days iD town the first of the
week. He reports that the tun
nels that were being driven this
last winter have gone ahea d in
fine shape.
Earnie Lottsfeldt arrived in
McCarthy yesterday from the
States. Mr. Lottsfeldt will re
assume his position as engineer
for the Green Butte Mine.
Nils Tjosevig who is at prsseiit
employed by the Road Com miss
ion was seriously ill from an a
ttaek of the ’flu most of the last
week, but is now able to be on
his feet.
After along siege of the 'flu
John Nickels managed to open
up the barber shop the first of
this week.
Murray Speaks Highly of His
Collegues
Word received* from our rep
resentative now attending leglis
lature at Juneau indicates that
votes were not cast for the
wrong men. He speaks very
highly of the representative
from Anchorage and also of
his colleague from Nome.
The senators also come in for
their ehare of praise in Mr. Mur
ray’s letter.
Fresh Vegetables From the
Alameda — Cauliflower, Lettuce
and Tomatoes; Sweet/Potatoes,
Celery, Bananas and Grape
fruit. — At O’Neill’s.
Fire Seriously Damages Store
Friday morning a fire broke
out in Mars hairs store causing
a loss ot some hundreds Of dol
lars^ The blaze is thot to have
started from a cigarette.
The sound of crackling wood
awakened Mrs. Marshall, who
immediately awakened Mr. Mar
shall. By the time he got into
the store from their apartment
there was a large area of shelves
in flame. The fire extinguishers
got in their work and by the
time they were empty there was
plenty of help on the scone.
Mr. Marshall states that the
damages Will amount to nearly
half a thousand by the time re
pairs are made.
Chitina News
One of the finest social events
ever held in Chitina was a house
warming given by the new pro
prietess of the Chitina Hotel,Mrs
Oils.
The ladies rest room was
opened to the public. Its floors
are covered with soft carpets
and it it is furnished with ere
tonne upholstered furniture.
Dancing was held all eve
ning ih the large lobby and late
er in the evening an elaborate
lunch was served in the dining
room, which was prettily decora
ted with streamers and festoons
Each lady received a favor typ.
ical of the North, the mementos
ranging from ivory pen holders
from Nome to vanity bags from
Seattle.
Horse Creek Mary the only
person in this part of the coun
try who remembers the Russian
i
occupation in Alaska die^ here
last Wednesday and was laid to
rest near her little sabin.
Her father was a Russian but
her mother is said to have been
a native. Her age is not known
but she was undoubtedly a cen
tenarian. Like the daughter of
Chief Seattle she was a pictur
esque character who lived in the
same manner as her forebearers
CARD OP THANKS
I wish to extend my Sincere
thanks to all those who gave me
their much needed assistance
during the fire.
—R. L. H. Marshall
Sugar Trust Gamblers to be
Investigated
Washington March 24
Government experts have ad *
vised the authorities that un
less they break the stranglehold
of stock gamblers on the sugar
market the population of the U.
S. will be mulc:ed out of three
hundred million dollars during
this year. *
Acting on the advises of the
experts. Attorney Genera 1 Dou
gherty has started an investi
gation of the sugar combine in
view of,prosecuting the gambler
fraternity.
Seattle March 23 Agents today
seized $30,000 worth of booze in
the basement of the Canadian
Bank of Commerce. The bank de
clared it was own ed by Taxi Co.
Swift’s Premium Chiekens,
Roasters and Fryers.
- At O’Neill’s
WILD WEST DAYS IN UTAH
Salt Lake March 23
After man.y years of reservation
life the Piute Indians went on
the warpath, and are spreading
terror to the inhabitants of the
southern part of the State of
Utah. The condition has become
so serious that the Governor of
Utah today asked the Federal
government to send airplanes to
chase our harmless little red
brothers back to their wickey*
ups.
Cuno Issues Ultimatum inSpeech
at Munich
Munich March 24
Speaking before a vast assem
bly of people yesterday, Chance]
-or of Germany Cuno stated that
as long as France continued her
oppucation of the Ruhr' valley,
the German government would
would enter no negotiations for
the settlement of the reparat'
ions problem. Economists and
politicians are of the opinion that
France will soon withdraw her
troops, as the amount of coal now
mined is far below the output
of the workings under German
administration.
Airplanes Find New Use For
Their Bombs
Sioux City March 24
Owing to the water backing
up the Missouri river, the low
banks of the stream threaten to
overflow any hour. The ice in
the river has gorged and is the
cause of the threatened inuduna*
tion. Airplanes have been sum
moned, and are today dropping
bombs on the various ice gorges
in an attempt to clear the stream
of jammed ice.