The McGARTH Y
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday SpptPinix?rjMihj92i
NO. 46
PERSONAL
Mr. Robert Rockwell returned
last Sunday from his thirty day
hunt to the White River and the
Snag, which was remarkably
successful, as he secured all the
specimens lie was in search of,
including two of the largest
moose heads ever seen in this
country One is of over sixty inch
spread, the other but slightly
Jess. Mr. Rockwell is de
lighted with the success of his
hunt, and also considers that the
scenery in that section is the
finest he ever saw. He left on'
Wednesday's train, en route for;
his h'uneat Brooklyn X. V.
Chas. Fogelberg returned on
the last train i rum atrip to Kochi
ester, Minn where lie underwent!
an operation for stomach trouble
at Mayo Bros. He is not yet
strong, but ;i pes to i e strength!
rapiuly now I » js b; ok Noi tli.
Mr. and Mrs Koy F. Burns!
and family arrived in town yes-1
terd-iy after spt uding a couple
of seasons with the Andrus Co.
at Nizina hr. Burns is taking
over the Alaska Hotel and Cafe
and will be a great acquisition to,
our town, Francis and Kobert|
will attend school this winter.
Martin Harris is in town j
today from Ban i 'reek, en route |
for California.
Notice is hereby given that the
co--partnership here to-fore exist
ing between J. B. O'Neill and
Elizabeth M. M urie under the
firm name and style ol Murie
Transfer lias this day been dis
solved by mutual consent.
Dated at McCarthy, Alaska. Sept. |
24 th. 1921.
J. B. O'Neill.
Elizabeth H. Murie
by J, H. Murie
Her Attorney in fact.
TELEGRAPHIC
FIRST AID FOR MINERS
Seattle, Wash. Sept 24. Director
Bain of the Federal Bureau of
Mines today assigned C. G. Scho
ning to inaugurate first aid and
mine rescue work in Alaska.
Schoning will leave lor Alaska
next ween.
SEPARATE PEACE TREATY
Washington, Sept. 24th. Favor
able reports on the peace treaty
with Germany, Austria and Hun
gary were ordered today by the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee. Senator Bor ill cast the
only dissenting vote.
NO CHANCE TARIFF BILL
Washington. Sept 22nd. There
is no cnance possiole for the
tariii bill inis session and. prob
abiy not before early spring, so
says Senator Penrose.
iKisB QUESTION
Dublin, Sej)t. 23rd. The Com
mander of the Irish Republican
Army has warned troops to be
ready to resume rations any
day.
NEW BILL ON HIGHWAYS
Washington. Sept. 23. Delegate
Sutherland has introduced a bill
providing representation of the
30 foot strip along all section
lines in surveyed townships in
Alaska for highways. If high
ways are abandoned the land is
to revert to the owner of land
adjoining the highway.
LOCAL and GENERAL
Bill B2rry, nccompauied by
five passengers is leaving today
for- the mouth of the Stewart
River by pack horses and then
to Mayo, the new silver camp by
boat.
Big travel is noticed in Me
Cart by this week and every
hotel room is filled.
Roy Snyder is hav;n2 his
residence on Front Stieet thor
oughly renovated and installing
a furnace in the basement
The defunct cabin of John
Funk at Blackburn is not as
dead as it looks, for we hear
that a law suit will come up ov
er it.vet.
John Funk himself, left for
the Fairbanks country several
years ago, leaving a buildinu at
Blackburn, not totally finished.
Incidentally lie also left a debt
of several hundred dollars to a
local boarding house keeper.
Now, it seems, that another
resident is said to have purch
ased the building, and last
week was supposed to have
rented it to a McCarthy resi
dent, who proceeded to have it
papered and made habitable,
here, there must be a lost con
nection in the grape vine tele
graph, for it appears that one
evening this week, the supposed
tenant and pipe Hungers were
all arrested for burglary. How
ever the case will come up for
hearing next Wednesday when
we’ll know more.
The boarding house keeper is
just as much interested as the
parties involved, as she is won
dering if she will ever collect
her bill.
For violation of the Bone Dry
Law, one Johnson was fined
one hundred dollars and the
costs by U. S, Commissioner
Chas. Spongberg.
S. J. Til den, who has been as
sociated with Art PowTell at
the head of Rex ereek; return
ed to town last evening on his
way to Juneau to spend the win
ter.
Mr. and Mrs. Powell will re
main until the middle of next
month doing assessment work
on their bench claims on Chititu.
Frank Carroll, who was fore
man for L. H. Carvey on Rex
creek this season, returned to
McCarthy yesterday. Mr. Carroll
who has been in Alaska for 23
years had his first trip to the
| States last winter with the in
I tention of settling down on a
j farm but the Spirit of the North
j called him back.
Jimmy Brown Leaves today
Chisana and the Nebesna dig
gings where he will pasture his
horses for the winter. John
Nickell will accompany him, they
will probably return here by
j dog team during December, by
way of Gulkana.
Jimmy reports that on his w \y
out over the Scolai Pass with
Mr, Rockwell he found four
I sheep which had recently been
| killed, only the heads and hind
| quarters being taken, the bal
| ance of the meat being left to
j rot, one of the animals killed
i being lamb.
This kind of work does not ap
I peal to the Chisana boys and
| Jim hopes that this matter will
j be looked into by the proper
I authorities
I
Norman A Erickson has return
ed to McCarthy and has leased
I the barber shop at the Golden
i Hotel.
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