The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, May 2,1^5.
No. is
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Mrs. V. J. Dwyer ofStrelna
was a McCarthy visitor on Thur
sday.
Scotty Atkinson left for Dan
Creek on a fishing trip this week
to rest up from his jaunt with
the Mount Logan supplies.
Charlie Range and Joe Som
mers returned this week from
their prospecting trip up Young
Creek, Charlie going to Dan Cre
ek and Joe coming into town.
Oscar Anderson came down
from the Jumbo Wednesday and
will spend a lew days in town
be fore going to his ranch at Long
Lake
J. A. Fagerberg who who has
been with the A. K. C. at Nizina
lor some time ruin rued to Long
Lake this week.
Dave Boyce, who went to
Chitma about two months ago
has returned to take a position
with the Green Butte Copper
Co.
A. H. McCarthy went to Cor
dova on Friday's train to await
the arrival there oi the main par
ly of the Mount Logan Expedit
ion wuieh leaves Seattle today.
Mr. Martin of Seattle arriv
ed in town Thursday to take a
position at Kennecott.
Chris Miteff went to Dan
Creek last week.
Fred Anderson whohasbjen
in charge ol the c,,iv>ent« r work
on the Xiziua i>ridge was c alled
to Valdez to lake charge of the
same work on a bridge near
there.
NIZINA BRIDGE
NEAR COMPLETION
'Pin* long heralded Nizina
ilridgc is now in its last stains
of construction, and Engineer
Anderson reports that it will he
thrown open for traffic within
the following week* and that the
j final spine will have been driven
in three weeks time. This is over
thirty days sooner than had
been estimated at first and great
credit is due those in charge of
construction foi the manner in
which this has been pushed and
| to ail those connected with it.
Those who have inspected
the structure claim that it is
now there to stay and that it is
I a piece of work of which any
| community might well feel proud
and McCarthy is proud amfgreat
ful to the Alasaa Road Commiss*
ion and the local management
for pushing this thing to a con
clusion.
Why not a meeting of the
Commercial Club to fitly celeb
rate the* opening of the bridge
and to express a vote of thanks
to those responsible?
Frank Burns, depot agent
at Kennecott, came down to look
McCarthy over Thursday of this
week.
A school childrens benefit
dance is being held at Kennec
ott tonight. The pioceeds will
go loward buying a piano for
the school.
Jack O’Hara came in from
Moose Lake today and will ret
urn on tomorrow morning’s train.
Harry Boyden started on
the return mail trip to Shu sha
ll na- yesterday.
Chick Nelson has been a Me
Carthy visitor for the last few
days.
ADVANCE PARTY MOUNT LOGAN
EXPEDITION RETURNS McCARTHY
calt. McCarthy, Taylor, atk hyson
AND OLSEN BACK PROM FIRST LAP
“Hore they come!”, someone
shouted, and in a few minutes
the whole town of McCarthy flock
ed out to see three dog teams
winding down Sourdough Hill.
“There’s Scotty, and Andy, and
Henry, “they babbled, and in a
few minutes the advance guard
of the big expedition to scale
America's last big peak turned
into the main street and were
home again after seventy days
of ceaseless foil, battling the
snow, wind and extreme cold,
to put the necessary supplies on
the route which will make poss
ible tlie dash fjr the summit by
the main party this Summer.
Capt. A. H. McCarthy, And
rew Taylor, Miles Atkinson and
Henry Olsen left McCarthy on
February 17t.h. with three dog
teams of seven dogs each while
A. E. Trim and Win. Wyers went
along with six horses and two
bob sleds. They had in all 17000
pounds of supplies and dunnage
mostly for distribution at points
along the trail which will be
travelled by the main party star
ting next month. Just after the
start they encountered extreme
coid weather and deep snow whi
ch necessitated relaying all the
supplies. The teamsters went a
distance of 490 miles and then
were forced to return and leave
the remaining distance to be
covered by the four men and
three dog teams.
Working over broken and
unbelievably difficult ground
these four men relayed the supp
lies for 950 miles to the advadce
j base camp four miles below the
i head of the Ogilvie Glacier from
which point the final' dash for
the towering peak of Mount
Logan will be made.
To the uninitiated the herc
ulean task undertaken by these
men cannot be even guessed at
but these men, burned to the
color of leather by the wind and
worked down to muscle and bone
by ceaseless work, accomplished
a task which might make the
hardiest quail. Each day they
faced the dangers of unknown
glaciers, treacherous ice over
the most dangerous of rivers
and travelling over bad mount
ain trails; and came back with
the old smile still working and
ready to face it again.
Six main caches were made
en route. The most advanced
contains 4700 pounds and is near
the head of Ogilvie Glacier; 1000
pounds were left at the base of
this glacier and 000 pounds at
four points along the way.
The main party will leave
Seattle May 2nd. and will consist
of ten men, all tried mountain
eers. They will leave McCarthy
some time about the middle of
May with pack train under the
guidance of Andy Taylor and
when they return they hope to
have conquered the last of the
North American giants. Both
the Canadian and United States
governments are interested in
the expedition as well as num
erous Alpine and geological
clubs and institutions of both
countries.
The success of the initial
undertaking augurs well for
the main event.