Kodiak mirror. [volume], June 28, 1940, Page 4, Image 4

About Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976

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WATCH-DOGS VISIT j
The greyhounds of the sea, symbolic of
• Uncle Sara’s watchfulness of his northern and i
v;o3terly isolated possession, Alaska, arc very i
I much in e-Vi donee in the vicinity of the town I
i of Kocliak.
. J Last' Sunday, the Coa3t Guard Cutters “Haicji
Y and Cyan’c appeared in North channel. Aboard j
] the Haicla was an inspection party who only
] remained a very short tine in this vicinity
j cn a routine survey, leaving on the Haida the
I following day.
The slock-looking Cyanc with Lieut .Conn. |
i F.K, Johnson, remained in port for a fow days ,
| on official business, and left for her homo i 1
; berth, Ketchikan, with Mr, Art McKinnon as a i
j passenger for Juneau. !
On her second trip to Kodiak within a C
I very short tine, cane the racy patrol-boat
j Perseus, with Lieut. Coma. C.M. Anderson. She j
j brought Inspectors ITorshoy and Coops of the j
] Dept, of Commerce back from their inspection |
trip made on the Fern, but which vessel had
net with an accident last Saturday, in the
form of a broken tail-shaft. The Perseus left j
Thursday for None and the Boring Straits, with)
nail off the “Cordova". j
All these vessels are kept in an immaculate
j condition at all tines and their busy-like
: one and three-pounders roar their barrels like'
; the head of a striking snake - giving silent j
! warning to hostile craft to immediately heave ]
i to, when ordered to do 30.
An unfathomable mystery hov/ver, shrouds !
„j the crow of the Perseus... .what strange custom]
) Is being observed?..,what occult ritual is
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i Samsons who fear Alaskan Dolilahs?
i In other word3, wo pause to wonder
1 in astonishment, at the remarkable
! hirsute growths on the faces of those
i brave menl Their dexterity with a
• pair of 3cis3ors (or maybe razor)
. with which they shaped the syne tried
1 hairy growths as moustaches, but
i mostly stately Van Dyke boards which
i wore reminiscent of the days of '
i Columbus, Balboa and Lizianski..,
n adc your inquiring reporter gaze in
admiration of facial adornmcnts,so
grandiosely dv/arfing his meagre and
pitiful attempt at upper-lip adorn
ment. It gave thorn the appearance of
' hardv vovageurs of the sailing
! 3hip-days cf centuries gone
byj Brave men and true*
They reported that thcro
had not been any unusual
activity in the vicinity of
the B ig Dionodc Island, at
which point Soviet Russia is
roper ted constructing a radio
station and airport. Probably
just more propaganda.
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