The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, January
No. 1
OF INTEREST
TO TOWN AND DISTRICT
H. D. Foster returned on
Saturday from Seattle where he
has been since last August. Mr.
Foster will soon go out to prep
are for the summer’s work at
the W.istover Mine.
Mrs. Dr. Gillespie came
home from Cordova on Monday’s
t rain.
dos Carlstrom formerly of
McCarthy came in from Anchor
age this week.
I
Harry Hoyden left Sunday
on another mail trip to Sush
anna.
Harry Bosch and Herman
Hill caine in from their trap linej
on Tuesday with a nice catch of i
furs and returned Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tim Eckstrom
cl Cordova have been visiting
.Mr. and Mrs. Frank Iverson
and Mr. and Mrs. Nils Tjosevik
daring the holidays.
Lou Anderton went to Kenn i
ccott today where he will take a
contract.
O.irl Anderson, formerly oi
Green Butte leit for Young Creek
t >;lay.
Mrs. Lommel and Mrs Eric
kson Inked down from Kennecott
on Satu rday to look the town over j
Ktvd Schranz mushed down j
from Kennecott with dog team
today.
For Sale
THREE DOGS and HARNESS
and complete outfit for one .year j
ALL FOK *:J75
Apply P W. Holmes, McCarthy
HUGE QUARTZ
MILL MAYO MINE'
!
A one hundred ton capac j
ity quartz mill, for the farthest ,
north’ quartz mine in North Am 1
erica, will start operations in two’
Weeks on Keno Hill, on the prop j
erty of the Treadwell Yukon!
company, at Mayo it was a*.noun
ced by officials yesterday.
Sufficient ore has already
been mined to keep the mill wor
king at capacity.
Tue Treadwell Yukon compi
any’s big caterpillars hsul«-d the
machinery over from Whitehorse
last week. This company is now
employing about ninety men anu .
all its work is progressing nice;
ly.
The first ore landed in j
Mayo this winter by the big j
“catrs” was that belonging to
J. E. Pickering and Frank lirilt
on, laymen ou the Keno Hill
Limited’s property on top of'
Keno Hid. They are doing splend
idly, getting out much high gra
de ore. They aro increasing the
ir force.
Some high-grade ore was
landed from the Settlomier &
Bermingham company’s proper
ty on Galena Hill. This was
the first ore ever shipped from
that hill. This property and
Galena Hill generally hold great
promise for the future.
There are other miners deve
loping and taking out ore on this
1)111. The laymen on the Seltlemi
er property are preparing to t*ke
out considerable ore this winter
as are many others in different
localities. Hector Moriison is tak
ing out considerable high grade
shipping ore on Keno Hill. There
are more individual operators in
camp than ever before.
School commences on Mond
ay after the Christmas vacation
and both Mrs. Harrais and the
kids are overjoyed.
BIG NEW YEAR MASQUE
WONDERFUL SUCCESS
Large attendance At Kennecott Ball On
New Year’s Eve
The annual New Years liail
at Kenneeott was held as usual
on New Year’s Eve and the large
attendance started the New Year
by ’Tripping the light fantastic”
until ;].;](> A. M.
The Elks were responsible
for the staging of the affair and
as usual when they stai t any
thing they did it properly. A
shipment of costumes was sent
in so that everyone might avail
themselves of the opportunity to
mask and a gorgeous and varied
array of characters appeared on
the floor.
The prizes were awarded as
follows —
Best dressed lady.
Miss Helen McDermott repres
enting a powder puff.
Best dressed man.
R. Mooney as an old fashioned
‘Tonsorial Aitist”. The judges
couldn’t decide what he was
meant to be but his moustache
deserved the prize so he got it.
Most Original Costumes.
Miss Leper as a gypsy, and Geo.
Ricuert as a cow puncher with
six gun and everything.
Must Comical Costumes
Mr. and Mrs. Weitzel as negros
It was a difficult operai
ion for ttie judges to pick the
winners among the exceptional
range of good costumes but those
selected certainly Were deserv
ing.
Myles Jones caused a hall
in the proceedings when they
were in full swing in order to
introduce Mr. Andre Neoda to
the disciples of Terpischore. It
was Mr. Neoda’s debut to the
social life of KennecoU and
entrance to the four hundred
was hailed with great joy.
Ail are agreed that Hilly
Williams and Myles Jones m ik«.»
an excellent refreshment comm
ittee when it comes to hunting
out refreshment but not so good
win n it conies to passing itarou
nd. It has been decided to muzz
le all refreshment committees
at future functions.
The committee in charge
who were mainly responsible for
the success of the evening were
Myles Jones (chairman), BPJy
Williams, Walter Lommei and
Billy Weitzel.
McCarthy attended en masse and
while they failed this time to lift
any of the prizes they are all agre
ed that the dance was worth the
long cold ride and that it was
bigger and better than ever this
year.
The children of Kennecott
were given a great treat on Wed
nesday in the form of a sleigh
ride to McCarthy. The two sch
ool teachers were hostesses to
the kiddies and they were more
than repaid by the appreciation
and delight shown by the child
ren. The weather was perfect
for such an outing and after
tli y had visited the Owl Cafe
and been filled to repletion with
Lee Mitchell’s finest turkey
they drove back home the happ
iest youngsters in Alaska.
We wonder if Deanie and
Marion figured out a way to get
in on the “eats”.
A new arrival is expected
shortly at Kennecott, by name
Shamrock Mooney, which surely
is a good ‘Scotch’ name. Now wa
M* a minute please—this is only
a prize Irish dog which R. Moon
ey is imputing from outside.