VOL: VIII
McCarthy, alaska, Saturday, October 10,
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No. 41
I SEE BY THE
PAPER THAT:
Jack Meloy returned from
the Sluishanna trip this week
having gone in with the mail. He
was also with the Con Miller
hunting party and says they all
got the limit on game.
Pete Eiklund came out from
Sluishanna Sunday going back
in Wednesday.
H. J. Gilbert accompanied
Jack Meloy out from Shush nun
and left Wednesday for a trip to
his home in San Francisco.
J. ,1. Price and Mrs. Price of |
Dan Creek arrived in loan Tluirj
sday evening. Mr. Price leaves
Saturday to make connections
for Seattle and M rs. Price will
remain in town until his return.}
An operation was perform
ed on Walter Quong Eng Tues
day last with every success and
he is reported as doing fine.
Two Territorial tax men
were in town this week looking
up delinquents.
Frank Fannin loll on todays
train for Tanake Hot Springs
for treatment.
Mb ton Kunkel left for Sea
ttie today.
McCarthy
♦
ROOMS
Clean, warm furnished rooms
for transients. Over McCarthy
Clu b.
Betty Morrissey
SAD DEATH
STANLEY CLSCTy
Kennecott is mourning this
week at the death ol.' Stanley
Olson of the engineer, eg staif?
who was injured in a fall from
the tram some two weeks ago
! 1.0 was coming along as well as
could be expected and was eon
! s dot ed out of danger when pne
iinonia set in and he passed
away Wednesday morning.
Just out oi' College he was
gelling practical experience in
engineering and had onlj been a
short lime here but was already
a general favorite.
tiis body is being shipp d to
his home in the Eastern S ales
for burial.
MOKE BUNK FROM
KENNECOTT
Crossword Puzzle No. 2
Why does Siim Lancaster wear
slippers?
Doc. Gillespie suspects his feet
got blistered pushing l)id Will
iams’ Ford back to Kennecott.
$10 Reward
leading to information as to who
used Rills car the other night
after i.e retired.
M. Jones says the most fool
ish thing-about a Ford is the nut
i
that holds the steering wheel.
They say Walter Eggert is
going in the real estate busin
ess.
Myler Jor.es is busy these
days arranging details for the
smoker. He promised to do his
best, and as he boyishly confess
ed, this will be the last time in
the limelight. After that using
his own words it’s ‘'good bye
i gi. ls, I’m done.”
FINAL ARRANGEMENTS
ARMISTICE DANCE
!
At, a meeting of ex service
mon held in McCaithy Tuesday
last filled arrangements wa re
made for t!\e big Aiimstice D y
dance which will open the local
winter season’s social functions.
it was decided (hat tin-dan
ce Would be made a HARD
'IIMfclS DANCE radar than a
masquerade as announced form
erly, and this in view' of the fact
that the New Year’s Eve ball at
Kennecott is a masquerade v hi
ch will bring the two too close
together, bo pul oil your old clo
thes ami come bown prepared
for a good time — the older the
clothes the better.
Arrangements for pitting
tin h I! in shape h ive been made
with thc.Pioneers and the furn
ishing of electric light. The best
musical t iTent obtainable will be
furnished aad no expense is be
ing spared to make this a slice
ess. In order to do this properly
we wood the support of every I
one.
Admission will be $1.00,
and tickets will be on sale short
ly at Kennecott, Green Butte, 1
and McCarthy.
This will be no ordinary
dance but one huge evening of!
enjoyment. The ‘boys’ have not
forgotten how to go ‘over the1
top’
J. C. Leen of Cordova
was an arrival on today’s train.
J. C. Leen
has just arrived from Cordova
and will be pleased to show his
line of—
FINE FUR COATS and LADIES’
READY TO WEAR
coats, dresses, sweaters and silk
u nderwear
On display at
Mrs. Kate Kennedy's
CHANGE BOAT
SCHEDULE
The Winter schedule ot' the
Alaska Steamship Line went in
to effect this WvCi: with the Yuk
oil’s ti ip Southbound.* All boats
leave Seattle as before but make
a sho ter stay at the Westward
end of the run and return to Car
uova I'Yiday night instead of
Sunday or Monday as formerly.
JNO. BE ACE ILL
AT HOSPITAL
Jo!in Bence, who has been
at Chi Lina the last few weeks,
was rushed to Kennecott hospit
al Thin .-day by speeder in a ser
)ous condition with goitre. His
condition has deen seriour tor
some time and when Dr, Gdlesp
ie was called he feared there
would not be time to get him to
Seattle for an operation, the goi
tre being in a very advanced ,
stage. An operation will be perf
ormed immediately.
THE LAST RELAY
‘‘Help, or we perish!" The cry
went forth,
From the heart of Nome in the
silent North,
As a black scourge smote the
land.
Terror shadowed each stricken
home,
And hope grew wan in the
streets of Nome,
Till the long relay was planned.
Relief! From a snow-girt
city, far,
Where shone the light of the
Mercy Star,
And the brave were quick
to heed,
The cry of their kindred,
leagues away.
As the taut wire told of the
first relay,
To answer a peoples’ need,
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