The McCarthy
Weekly News
VOL. 4.
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday April Kith 1921
NO 24
McCarthy Athletic
Club
A well attended meeting of the
Athletic Club wns held on the
JOth. Various bills were ordered
paid ai d tl e treasurer's r» port
read. The financial affairs
of the club being in a very flour
ishinjjt condition, amotion was
made and carried that tin dues
be reduced, so that beggining
May 1st the monthly dues will
be S 1.0*> for men and fifty cents
tor ladies.
Vernon Anderson was appoint
ed to the house committee in
place of W. H Slim pert, and in
place of W. M. Goodwin two
year trustee, H- H. Mitchell was
appointed.
Old Fa.shioned Party
All members and non-members |
of the Athletic (’lull are invited ]
to attend an old-fashioned party
taffy pulling, corn-popping and j
the old square dances.
At the Hall next Saturday evej
April *2-1. Correct attire will be;
Aprons and Overalls.
Basket ball
KENNECOT
vs
McCarthy
3rd of Series
Tonight
Two new arrivals o mu' i v\n,
Messrs Nuckolsand Campbell;
have rented a cottage on Nob
Hill
F. Peter Miller leturned on
today’s train from a trip to the
States, and will spend a few da/s
here, before leaving for Nizina.
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TELEGRAPHIC
ALASKA GOVERNORSHIP
Washington. April 14th. It is
: beleived that the appointment of
the next Governor lor Alashr
will be made next week.
PEACH CROP KILLED
San Francisco. April 14th.
Heavy frosts this week have Kil
led nearly all the California
peach crop.
STEPHEN BIRCH COMING
WEST
Seattle. April 14th It is tx
sec ted that Stephen Bitch will
arrive in Seattle very shortly
1 rom New \ ork The reason of
his visit is said to he to make
certain changes in the person
nel of the of.icialsal Kennecott,
Alasica.
BRITAIN and JAPAN
MAKE PAt'T
Paris, April 14th. Great Brit
ain and Japan have tniered in
to a secret- agreement to streng
then the former’s rule in Egypt
U>\ TREASURE NOMINATED
Washington. April loth. Frank
White of North Dakota is
nominated as United States Tre
asui er.
SYMPATHY STRIKE OFF
London. April 15th. The gen
eral strike of workers which had
been scheduled for tonight at
„en o’clock in sympathy with
til*' mine-s 11 is bje.i called off.
The railway men and transport
workers refused to participate
as they had agreed to do.
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NEWEST CANDIDATE
FOR GOVERNORSHIP
Washington, April 16th. Jack
Underwood of Seattle, is the la*
I test candidate lor the Governor
1 ship of Alaska
HEAVY SNOW STORM
April 16th. A heavy snowstorm
has been rajrirg through (Ylora
do New Mexico, V' yoming Aeb
braska and West* rn Kansas.
TARIFF BILL
Washington. April 16th. The
house this after)oon parsed an
emergency ta ni l bdl imposing
a duty on twenty five important
farm product.
sECOND GA\IE < >F SKR1ES
OF BASKETBALL
i
The second game of the Me
Carth.v-Kennecot t series was
played at Kennecot Inst Satur
day in front of a la rge and en
thusiastic audience.
• he McCarthy te..tu was full of
pep and made a splenoid show-1
inj_c lor the first half, in the 3rd j
quarter they played in a, haze.;
coininjx to hie again in the list!
qua rter.
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Consider!* g the cracker jacks,
our team was up against, they i
played in s[)lendid combination, 1
Kennecott winning by 33 goals |
to o
Williams and Luhbe botli sus- j
rained minor accidents, other-1
wise the game was very free;
from rough play.
Alter the game, a most enjoy-1
able dance was held, the Kenne-1
oi chresta furnishing swell inus-i
ic and the party adjourned with)
general regret.
Mr. Goodwin has left lor Chit i
ina. where he will spend the '
su miner.
FOE SALE
i
j Fresh Milk at 40c a quart,
j New -laid Eggs at 75c a dozen.
I at the McCarthy Meat Market.
LOCAL NEWS
Din Campbell and Ed. Me*
Million who have been connect
ed with the Kennecot Co. dur
ing the past year left for .the
interior last Sunday Both these
men are experienced prospect
ors and are thoroughly equip
ped to do consid erable work on
Notch creek in the Chisana dis
trict Manley Clark will be as
sociated with them in this ven
i u re.
James Brown lias left for the
Chisana to round up his horses
snd will amb e back when the
greet grass shows up.
Andy Taylor left with mail &
freight on Sunday for the inter’
ior.
Owinn and Bachman return
ed Thursday fiom the Nizina
glacier where they had delivei
ed several ions oi lieight ar.d
from which place it wil he re
layed into Chisana by dog teams.
H. H. Mitchell, who his been
in Alaska h r twenty seven con
secutive years has leased the
Sel ten rich farm on the Nizma
lor the summer.
Tho Mr. Mitchell owns valuable
property in Florida, lie prefers
the climate of this country and
expects to be a bona fide ranch
er by the end of the se ison.
Some day we hope tint tie
Government will offer induce
ments to farmers to settle r*
tins country, such as a loan suf
ficient to purchase farm imple
ments and s’oek, when genuine
applicants require them, as it
is now it costs so much money
to get started that a man ctn
not earn enough working for
wages in the winter, to equip
himself to make his f irm pay in
less than five years, and no-one
with capital has ever been
known to take up farming here.
Just Received at the Post Of
fice Store — Black sateen for
gymnasium wear, also Kitty
Glover middies in all sizes.