rOL. 5 NO. 20
KODIAK, ALASKA JULY 14, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
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rirnber Company
las Fire Loss
Reports b*ought to Kodiak
his week from persons stopping
t the Kodiak Timber company
jlant on Kupreanof strait con
irm that the maiu sawmill build
ng burned down last week, with
oss of the sawmill equipment,
(though the dock and outside
quipment were not destroyed.
Loss of the main building
rould run between $4000 and
>6000, and it is reported no in
•urance was carried by George
i. Bust, present owner, who
lurchased the plant from Harry
lowe. Mr. Bust lias indicated
kis intention to rebuild.
Casper Nelson, of Seattle, em
ploye of Parks Canning com
pany, was a patient at the local
toapital this week.
John Johansen, Mrs. Maurice
Gunderson and Robert Dawson
were dismissed from the GM
hospital this week.
Ball Infant
Has Operation
The 10-day-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. Daniel Ball was opei
ated on yesterday at the GM
hospital by Di. A. Holmes John
son, assisted by Dr. Lowry and
Dr. Batts, naval physicians. The
infant’s condition following the
operation was reported as good.
A Coast Guard boat with Po
ice Chief George Magnusen a
hoard was dispatched in the af
ternoon to Litnik to get the
ather, who is fishing. The boat
was expected back about 11 last
light.
Bank Elects
Same Officers
At a stockholders’ meeting of
the Bank of Kodiak Tuesday
directors of the past year were
re-elected, and the directors
chose the same officers for an
other year. Directors are W. J.
Brskine, Ben Kraft, Charles
Madsen, J. N. Steffgen and O. A.
Torgerson, and officers are O. A.
Torgerson, president and cashier;
Ben Kraft and W. J. Erskine.
yice presidents; and Lenore N.
Melin, assistant cashier and sec
retary.
The bank declared a regular
dividend of 5 per cent, as it has
each year since its organization
in 1940, and this year declared
an extra dividend of 3 per cent.
The bank’s surplus, $60,000,
now equals the capital of the in
stitution, it. was reported, and
all but $2240 of the surplus came
out of the earnings.
Individual and savings de
posits as of June 30, 1945 were
*1354,852.23.
Steamship Officials Survey Kodiak
Town Topics
The story of the bombing of
the U. S. carrier the Bunker Hill
by the Japanese, with severe
damage and loss of over 300
lives, was of special interestrto
Herbert Francis, refrigeration
civil service employe at the ba-'e,
whose brother, Wilbur Francis,
SK 1-c, is a member of the ves
sel’s crew.
Mr. Francis’ brother ieceived
slight burns during the attack
and is now visiting with his fam
ily in San Bernardino, Calif,
while the ship is being repaired
on the West coast.
In compliance with the Presid
ential order for a 44-hour week,
beginning in Ju'y, the local OPA
office will hereafter be open 8
hours Monday through Friday
and will close at noon on Satur
days.
A party consisting of Charles
Madsen, Art Larkin, lied Cross
director, James Martz, of the Is
land Fountain, and young Ray
mond Madsen, left on Madsen’s
boat the Kodiak Hear Wednes
day afternoon. They plan to go
to Uganik and other island spots
to get some movies of bear and
Madsen will look for some cubs
to fill zoo orders.
John Haaksen, of Seattle, 6sb
erman on a halibut boat from
Seattle, leectved treatment al
the CM ho pital this week foi
burns on his leg.
Mrs. Edythe Butler visited
over the weekend at Port Bailey
with Miss Christine Oslin, nurse,
who was bed-ndden due to a
back ailment. Mrs. Butler re
turned Wednesday after Miss
Oslin’s lecovery.
A building permit for A. J.
Collins, to construct a residence
behind his place of business, the
Casino, was approved at the
council Monday. The building,
of single-story frame construc
tion, was estimated to cost $3000.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Tyler and
son Victor left via Alaska Air
lines yesterday for Anchorage
where they will make their fu
ture home. Mr. Tyler, who has
amusement machines in that
city, recent'y sold his local mach
ines to Jack Hinckel.
An earthquake of several sec
onds duration was felt plainly in
Kodiak on Tuesday at 3:37 pm.
It was strong enough to be quite
noticeable.
A restaurant liquor permit,
for selling wine and beer, re
quested by Al Miller for the
Victory cafe, was approved by
the council Monday.
On a tour of the principal cit
ies of Alaska to make a study of
dock facilities and travel condi
tions, particularly as they relate
to post-war possibilities, W. G.
Skinner, president of the Alaska
Steamship company, and J.
Allen, New York representative
of the Skinner an I Eddy com
pany, which is interested in ship
building, fisheries and other un
dertakings, arrived in Kod ak on
Mr Skinner’s yacht, the MS
Janidore, Wednesday.
They were accompanied by J.
Burke, Standard Oil representa
tive in Los Angeles, who confer
red with Merrill Coon, local
agent. The men were accompan
ied by their wives. L. W. Baker,
general manager of Alaska
Steamship, made the trip with
them from Seattle but remained
in Anchorage on business and
will rejoin them at Ketchikan.
Any plans of the company lor
Alaska depend on post-war dev
elopment, Mr Skinner said when
intei viewed here, but he declared
his company is laying plans for a
great influx of tourists and that
he expects great strides in devel
opment of Alaska after the war.
His company is planning on 3
fast passenger steamships after
the war, he said, which will prob
ably ply a 4-day route from
Seattle to Whittier. Other vessels
will give so. vice to ports missed
by these bo .is, including Coi
idova, Va! I. Scwurd and
Kodiak.
Speaking of Kodiak, Mr. Skin
ner said service in this and the
Aleutian area will depend od the
amount of military installations
maintained in peaeet me, and on
whether his company is the car
rier for military freight and pas
sengers. Military traffic on the
Alaska Steamship line would
mean much more frequent ser
vice here, he pointed out. He
expressed himself strongly as
hoping traffic will warrant more
thau the former shuttle service
to Kodiak.
While here the members of the
party were entertained at lunch
eon in the Victory cafe banquet
room by Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Sipprell, agents for the company
here, on Thursday noon, and
Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Mernll Coon entertained in their
honor at dinner at the Club
Montmartre.
Guests at the dinner were Mr.
and Mrs. W. G. Skinner, Mr.
and Mrs. J. Allen, Mr. and Mrs. i
J. Burke, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Christopberson, Dr. and Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson, Mr. and Mrs.
Wal er Sipprell, Mr. aud Mrs
Marshall Crutcher, Charlotte
Cru cher, Mure.a Faulkner, and
Mr. O. A. Torgerson.
On their trip the party first
Town Topics
Construction of a temporary
small-boat harbor in St. Paul
harbor will bring no objections
from local military authorities
James Marts reported at the
council meeting Monday, and
arrangements are being made
for piling to be driven this fall.
C. J. Moen, banker, from
Mount Vernon, Wash., was a
visitor in- Kodiak this week eu
route to Mosher bay on a com
bined vacation and busines"
trip.
Mrs. Pauline Hunt, sister of
Mrs. Frieda Blinn and Ben
Kraft, of this city, and of Mrs.
Al Bogen, who came here from
Seattle recently on a visit, ar
rived by plane Friday on her
first trip to Kodiak in several
years.
She is accompanied by her
daughter, Lila, a university stud
ent. They expect to return to
their home in Phoenix, Arizona,
in late summer.
Tax bills will be mailed the
first of next week, it was report
ed at the council Monday, and
forms have been sent out to bus
iness houses for filing of invent
ory and personal property fig
ures.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson was
his own patient this week with a
hand infection that followed a
cut received while chopping
wood on the 4th of July.
A Chamlier of Commerce
meeting, cancelled this week,
will be held next Thursday, July
19, at the Victory cafe. Every
one interested is invited to at
tend.
went to Anchorage and then flew
as far north as Nome. Before
coming to Kodiak they jour
neyed as far west as Sand Point.
The party left Friday noon for
Seattle, and will stop en route at!
Valdez, Cordova, Juneau and!
Ketchikan.
The yacht, which was moored
during its stay here off the south
end of the channel in St. Paul
harbor, was just recently pur
chased by Mr, Skinner after its
release from the Army. Formerly
belonging to Isadore Zellerbach,
it was requisitioned by the Army
and was the one which carried
the late Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckne , Jr. through the Japan
ese infested waters of the Aleu
tians durine the early phases of
the Pacific war. It is to be re
named the MS Lenore, after
Mis. Skinner.
Its luxurious appointments
range from tile bathrooms to a
Jiwng room with a fireplace.
2 Sell Interest
In Company
Purchase of the interests of
Herman "John” Felder and
John Steffgen in the Kodiak Re
alty & Investment company by
the remaining 3 stockholders,
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson and O.
A. Toigerson, both of Kodiak,
and Marshall Crutcher, of
Ketchikan, was announced to
day. Consideration was $20,000.
The Kodiak Realty & Invest
ment company, incorporated in
1941 at $50,000, owns Kodiak’s
largest apartment house, the
Felder building, which also has
store space occupied by the
Kodiak Variety Store, and its
property also includes the ad
jacent residence of the deputy
U. 8. Marshal, and the jail.
A committee consisting of
members and non-members of
the city council is to be ap
pointed soon by Mayor O. A.
Torge.rson to draw up a zoning
ordinance.
11. G. Lloyd was fined $1.'50
land costs by City Magistrate
George Hlawson Tuesday for il
legal parking.
Joanne, age 2, daughter ol
Mrs. Mary Gregoroff, suffered
slight burns on the face and one
hand when she fell on a stove
Wednesday morning while watch
ing her mother cook.
Kodiak Comes
Close To Quota
Revised final figures for the
7th War Loan, including sale*
reports reaching Juneau after
June 30, show that Kodiak lack
ed less than $0000 to make its
drive quota of $60,000.
For the period of the drive
sales in Kodiak were $54,824.76.
For the Territory, with a quota
of 4 million, sales went over the
top at $1,740,546.50.
Must Register
All Vehicles
A new Territorial law, design
ed to deter traffic in stolen ve
hicles, requires that every vehiete
in the Territory must be regis
tered.
Blanks for the registration
have been received nt the office
of the U. S. Commissioner, local
registration agent, and all vehicle
owners must comply with the
law at once.
Applicants must furnish make
of vehicle, style of body, year
model, car number, engine num
ber and date of purchate.
The law also provides that
hereafter license plates will net
be issued until the registration is
made.