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The McCarthy
VOL: 6.
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday
APRIL 14, 1923
No. 23.
Head of Senate Committee on Commerce to Investigate Fisheries Cliarges
LOCALS
Jimmey Dolan who has been
located on the Snag in Chisane
for the past year arrived in the
city last Saturday and after pur
chasing supplies left for his
claims Sunday morning. It is re
ported that Jimmey’s ground is
showing up in good shape.
After spending most of the
winter in Nizina, Sam Means -ar
rived in the city for a short stay*
He returned to his home Thurs
day morning, Sam states that
things are looking mighty pros
perous for him.
Charles White who has been
employed by the Mother Lode
for the past two years has accep
ted a position at the Green Butte
mine for the coming summer.
Colonel Stevenson the all a
round dog-musher and horse
trainer arrived in town the early
part of the week on personal
business. While in the city he
called on his friends and renew
ed, ”auld acquaintance.” The Col
onel returned to his home on the
Nizina Friday morning.
Part of the summer crew of
the Green Butte left for the
mine the middle of the week.
It is reported that the past win
ter’s work developed some very
rich high grade that will be ta
ken out this coming summer.
Jim Murie who arrived last Mon
day, and MelGollife are engaged
in hauling what freight the mine
has in town out to the property*
The trail is going fast but the
teamsters expect to be able to
do their heaviest freighting be
fore the snow melts.
Mr.T. H» Huddleston, Supt. of
Construction at the Nizina bridge
spent several days in town, this
past week attending to personal
business. He states that nearly
all the work preliminary to pour
ing the concrete for the piers is
practically finished. The con
Crete is to be poured this fall.
Since beginning work on the
Nizina bridge three months ago
the Commission has hauled ap
proximately 250 tons of freight
to the bridge site, constructed a
long approach on piles, driven
steel casing for five piers, each
pier requiring two sets of casing
built a camp and otherwise ad
vanced the construction of the
bridge.
In all, the record they have es
tablished is second to none.
Mr. Huddleston returned to
the bridge Friday morning with
the Comission teamsters. It is
stated that the freight will all be
| at the bridge by the end of next
week.
We now have Dunbar’s cane
and maple sugar syrup, a super
fine article in two pound three
ounce containers. Ask for that
’’Pitcher S yrup”.
Adv. J. B. O’Neill
Jack O’Brien an employee * of
the Kennecott Corporotion was
a McCarthy visitor for a couple
of days this week.
’’Happy Home”, Fruit Salad
provides you with a combination
of five delicious fruits, so blend
ed that the flavor of no one vari,
ety is emphasized; but in each
particle of fruit you have the fla
vor of all five, so that for twelve
I months out of the year you have
at your command the material
for a perfect fruit salad.
Adv. J. B. O’Neill
Stanley Huffman who is located
at the Bonanza spent a couple of
days in town this week.
The motor sled that lias occu
pied the center of the stage for
the past couple of weeks, was
put into commission last Thurs
day. After cutting the breeze for
about an hour the machine turn
ed turtle. No one was hurt but
one of the blades of the propel
lor was broken. Bill Berry will
have machine running again in
a short time,however.
Word received from the Hu
bricks indicate that they will
probaly arrive in Cordova on the
next Northwestern.
Attempts Made To Assassinate
Premier of Italy
Rome—April 13
Benito Mussolini, present pre
mier of Italy, and leader of the
Fascisti, has been designated
for assassination by the anti
Fascisti. Two attempts were
made to kill him here recently;
one shot being fired while the
Premier was seated at a meeting
of the cabinet*
Washington Blames Wall Street
For Sugar Prices
Washington April 13
At an afternoon session of the
Cabinet, the President and De.
partment heads discussed the
sugar situation from every angle
and from the evidence placed be
fore them concluded that Wall
Street gamblers were responsi,
ble for the skyrocketing trend
of the Cuban product.
Just Arrived— #
Fresh shipment of Fresh Meats
Fruits, Vegetables,and Onion Sets.
Your Patronage Solicited.—
1 Adv. R. L. H. Marshal^
i
Saaitor Jones of Washington,
Chairman of the Senate Commit
tee of Commerce, and committee
man on the Senate Appropriat
ions and Reclamation Commit
tees is on his way west from the
nation's Capitol. After spending
a short time in Washington the
Senator will leave for Alaska, and
in his Senatorial capacity will in.
Delegate Sutherland’s charges
against the fisheries "and the re
cent reservation lavrs
Jones will spend the entire^
summer in the Territory study
ing matters having to do with
development, in view of introdu.
cing measures benifical to Alaska
[With all official Washington visit
ing us, Alaska, may have one or-*'
two of her forlorn hopes real
ized.]
LATE TELEGRAMS
San Farnciseo April 14
W.C. Morrow noted California
author and scenario writer died
in this city today.
Paris April 14
French and Belgium ministers
meeting this afternoon decided
to bring greater pressure to bear
upon Germany if she remains
unyielding in her attitude on the
reparations question.
Washington April 14
Secretary Denby of the Navy,
after his return from visiting the
fleet and naval outposts on the
Pacific coast is ordering sweep
ing changes made in the high
command of the Navy.
Washington April 14
Hines, the new director of the
Veterans’ Bureau, reports that
he has thus far found no eviden
ce of graft in the workings of
the Bureau.
Chicago April 14
Another indication of the wave
of prosperity sweeping the coun
try is the ten percent increase
in wages granted by Armour Co
to thirty thousand employees.