Kodiak mirror. [volume], October 04, 1941, Image 1

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

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KEA Urges CPCo
Buy 2nd Generator
The Kodiak Electric Assoc.
Inc., local cooperative formed
through which the REA will
make a loan of $125,000 with
which to erect a municipal elec
tric generating plant, met last
Tuesday night and the board of
directors, headed by its president
Charles Hopp, completed most
of its preliminary work.
Tne firm of Hubbell & Waller
was appointed project engineers,
while the REA in Washington,
D. C. were directed to locate an
able and reliable supervisor to
conduct the plant operation in
Kodiak. This will make it poss
ible for the KEA to swing into
full and productive control with
in a day or two after the special
election on October 27th. They
also communicated with the
Community Power Co., urging
them to purchase a 140 KW gen
erator in addition to the 94 KW
plant now operating, which the
REA agrees to purchase when
it is enfranchised, according to
Norris Porter, secretary of the
KEA.
Charles Hopp, explained that
there is a question in the minds
of some people of Kodiak as to
the purpose of the $5 application
fee. He wishes to point out that
the money which is borrowed
from the U. S. government is to
be used 'strictly for purchasing,
installing, operating and main
taining the generating and dis
tributing equipment and not one
cent of it may be used for organ
izing the cooperative from which
every resident of Kodiak is to
benefit. Therefore, all the pre
liminary expenses must be borne
in some other way.
“This is the method used in all
other REA projects whether the
loan is made to a private cor
poration or to an already incor
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Hunting Party Gets
Four Kodiak Bears
Each of them with their bag
limit of two Kodiak bears apiece,
Ryal and Charles Miller of Sioux
City, Iowa, left Kodiak, with the
fondest of memories of a fine
hunting expedition, at Karluk
Lake, under the direction of
Charles Madsen, well known
guide and big game hunter.
Getting their first bear within
two days, the Miller brothers kill
ed their limits within ten days
and although their trophies are
not of record size, they measure
well over 9 feet in length and
the hides are in first class con
dition.
One camp was established on
Karluk Lake and the other
on the Kodiak Island main
continued on page 4)
Proposed Rotary Club
Sponsors Fire Truck Purchase
In order to promote a “Better
ment of the community; Thought
fullness of and helpfullness to
other; High ideals in business
and professions and The advance
ment of international amity,
good will and peace” a group of
local businessmen gathered at
luncheon in the Brown Bear Cafe
and signed and application for a
charter for the Kodiak Rotary
Club, and a membership in the
Rotary International Club.
Nineteen prospective members
signed the charter application
for this new civic club which will
afford local business men the op
portunity to gather at a combin
ation business and social session
once a week. The application has
been forwarded to the District
Gcvernor of Rotary, who this
year, is a resident of Vancouver,
British Columbia. A number of
men invited to attend the organ
ization were unable to do so,
owing to urgent business.
After the Kodiak Rotary Club
is formed, wives of Rotarians
will be able to form the ladies
branch of Rotary known as
Rotary Anns, and become the
nucleus of a progressive womens
organization that is non-sectarian
The prospective Rotarians
feeling an immediate and very
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Fire Warden States
Fire Equipment Necessary
Mr. and Mrs. “Vic” Longhead
returned to Kodiak, with their
son, who was born recently in
the Seward General Hospital.
“Vic” lacal contractor and fire
warden of Kodiak, made a flying
trip to Portage Bay, now called
Whitter, Anchorage and other
interior points and states that
business is booming everywhere,
particularly at the new Govern
ment terminal at Portage Bay.
New docks, which have 35
feet of water at low tide, can
easily accomodate the largest
transports and new buildings are
springing up everywhere. A 150
men are now employed in the
construction work at the long
tunnel, through which the rail
road will pass, from Anchorage,
which will shorten the trip be
tween the Defense Headquarters
city and the coast by about 45
miles.
“We must do something im
mediately to remedy the fire
squipment situation in Kodiak.
It was fortunate that no wind
was blowing the other day, when
I he Christofferson residence bur
nt down, otherwise we might
have had a city-wide fire, that
would have destroyed untold
thousands of dollars worth of
property and possible loss of
life.”
0. Andrews Killed
In Auto Accident
An accident of unknown origin
occurred early last Monday morn
ing, when a taxicab owned by
Bill Falconer and driven by
Orville Andrews, plunged to des
truction off the Shelikoff High
way to the rock-strewn beach
175 feet below and about 150
yards west of the first guard
house. The wreckage of the new
DeSota sedan was found by two
soldiers on the beach.
Andrews, whose body was lay
ing just a few feet away from
the car was found to be still a
live although unconscious and he
was rushed to the Base Hospi
tol. However he expired shortly
after his arrival at the institu
tion. The doctor’s report stated
that death came from internal
injuries, and 27 broken bones,
including his back. Only a
small amount of blood was on
the outside of the body.
The time of the accident was
closely ascertained as occuring
at 4:30 a. m. and Andrews in the
wrecked car was not discovered
until about 12:30 p m. the same
day. No other passengers were
in the car, which was returning
from a trip to the base.
An autopsy revealed the en
tire absence of any alcohol and
testimony of his many friends
locally confirmed the sobriety
and integrity of the 28-year old
former employee of the naval air
station, who had quit his job of
jack-hammer man there, to drive
taxicab.
He is survived by ms motner
who resides at Plant, Montana.
A generous offering of financial
aid by his friends and those who
knew him the embalming of the
remains by Frank Wally, licens
ed mortician and the body, seal
ed in a steel casket was sent to a
crematorium in Napa, California
Apparent cause of the accident
was assumed to be that he was
blinded by the lights of a passing
car in the opposite direction, at
the moment he tried to guide
his car around a rather sharp
bend in the highway. Being on
the outside of the road, his temp
orary confusion caused by the
glare, resulted in driving off the
edge of the precipitous highway.
To assist the local tax-payers
with their delinquent returns to
the U. S. Treasury Dept., C. W.
Minaker, deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue will be in
Kodiak for about one week, aftt'r
his arrival here on approximately
October 8th.
Any person desiring his assis
tance in connection with the new
revenue taxes, should see him at
the Marshall’s office in town, at
that time.
Dr. Gabrielson Conducts
Hearing Fishery Regulations
A public meeting was held last
Tuesday morning in the Legion
Hall, for the purpose of gather
ing information and data pertin
ent to fishing conditions locally
and for the purpose of suggest
ions for the 1942 fishing regul
ations.
Dr. Ira Gabrielson, chief of the
Bureau of Wildlife and Fishery
Conservation arrived on the ste
amer to conduct this meeting,
accompanied by Seth Thompson,
director of Alaskan Fisheries and
Dale Tripp, secretary for Dr.
Gabrielson. In addition to these
officials, both Ralph Ferrandini,
local fishery warden and Jack
Benson, wildlife agent were pre
sent.
Although there were not many
spectators or other persons vit
a'ly interested in the fishing in
dustry, a member of local per
sons spoke on various phases of
the salmon fishing activities of
the Kodiak area and included D.
“Buck” Hoylman secretary of
the United Fishermen of Alaska,
Carl Brunstad, Jack Petaja and
Chris Helgason.
One of the most important
subjects discussed was the turn
ing of the Cape Uyak and Cape
Karluk areas into gill-netting a
reas, which had formerly been
used for purse-seining and beach
seining.
Yanks-Dodgers
Each Win Game
First Game
In the opening game of the
1941 World Series played Wed
nesday, the New York Yankees
defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers
by a score of 3 to 2.
Behind Red Ruffings brilliant
six-hit pitching and Joe Gordon’s
slugging, the Yankees took the
measure of the Dodgers, in the
first game of the possible seven
game series, played in the Yankee
stadium before a record crowd of
68,540 paid admissions.
Gordon’s Homer in the sec
ond inning gave the 1940 cham
pions a lead the “Flatbush
Bums” never were able to over
come. A double play in the nin
th by the Yankees finished the
game with two men on bases
and the possible winning run.
Each team made six hits, but
only one error was made in the
entire game, by Brooklyn.
Batteries were Davis, Allen
and Owens for Brooklyn, with
Ruffing and Dickey for the
Yankees.
Second Game
New York — The beloved
Dodgers of Brooklyn came roar -
ing back today behind the great
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KUJJIAJV
A Year Ago This Week
Governor Gruening visited to
wn for a day, inspecting the base,
and addressing the Kodiak cit
izenry on an armory, .city man
agership.:. National Guard unit
and subscription to a cold stor
age plant partially financed ktf
few!*. -He and h's °Tf c,;f
, .. . ehr? cutter Han IA
party sailed o<. -
the following day.
Death came to Mrs. Ed Oph
eim, 28 years of age while in
child-birth. She was survived by
her husband, daughter Edwina
and son Edwin.
Jack McCord, local cattle ran
cher returned from taking two
trappers to Cherikof Island. He
brought back a dozen carcasses
of freshly killed beef, for local
consumption.
Uncle Sam warned all aliens to
register on certain forms ob
tainable at the Kodiak Post Office
Engineers Start
Municipal Work
Harold H. Waller, member of
the engineering firm of Hubbel
& Waller, who have been appoint
ed project engineers for all mu
nicipal work to be done in this
town under PWA and REA fin
ances. ar ived on the Cordova
for a lengthy visit He was ac
companied by two engineer as
sistants, H. F. Haines, who was
formerly with the Highway Dept,
of the State of Washington, and
Wm. F. Jennings, a graduate of
West Point military academy,
who has been a naval engineer
for the last 6 years.
Waller’s first engineering prob
lem will be the investigation and
location of an adequate source of
supply of water for the town.
The prevailing fine weather will
greatly assist the survey work.
He stated “We find that Kod
iak has been set up in No. 1 po
sition in Alaska for financial as
sistance and we will have the
first crack at the WPA $150,000,
000 fund for such communities
as yours here.
Although we will do everything
in our power to rush both the
water and sewer projects through,
local residents should be patient
and realize that this is a large job.
“We will be faced with certain
engineering problems, which will
require time to solve. However,
1 want to assure everyone that
we will push the projects through
with every available effort”.
All the improvement projects,
planned by the city, which will
include extensive street improve
ment work, will probably take
the major part of the next twelve
months, before their completion.