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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
We have learned something
this year about Christmas tree
gathering.
A year ago, a week ahead of
Christmas, we went out to the
flats at the end of Brooklyn to
get our own tree, as is the cus
tom. It was a beautiful clear
day, with snow on the ground.
We started at this end of the
flats, searching for a proper speci
men. Exactly 3 hours later, after
sizing up every shrub and growth
in the neighborhood over an area
of 13 acres we went back to the
\ first one, cut it down, and took
it home. We still thought we
could have done better if it had
n’t got dark so soon.
This year, on Sunday, the day
scheduled for tree getting, the
rain was coming down in torrents
all day. And torrents is putting
it mildly. But having to stick to
our schedule, we sallied forth
with our keyhole saw.
We hastened straight out
Brooklyn, walked 8 feet off the
road, asked how about this one
of the first tree we came to, got
approval, sawed it down, and
hurried home with it. We were
soaking wet and so was the tree,
but the round trip took exactly
23 minutes.
The tree is just, the right
height, the branches are bounti
ful and there are no bare spaces
in it.
As we Bay, we have ©aine
something about Christmas-tree
gathering.
Walter Wylder, with the 32nd
Section of t h e Special Naval
Construction Battalion, arrived
recently in Tangku, China, and
from there wrote to his old Kod
iak boss, Harvey Edwards, the
painter, as follows:
”Taku Garrison, our Dew
camp was built by the Japanese.
Permanent brick buildings had
been erected with coolie labor.
Now the Japanese have moved
out and we have taken advant
i age of their conveniences. A
brick wall with an electric guard
fence surrounds the compound.
Although Japanese living stand
ards and methods of construction
do not compare with the Ameri
can, yet it was good to move in
to substantial buildings after
what we had in the Philippines.
’’Since coolie labor is so cheap
we use many Chinese in our
camp. A large.number of our men
are busy unloading ships in the
harbor.
’’Tangku is interesting but un
attractive. Tientsin, 30 miles a
way, has large modern buildings,
industry, paved streets, crowded
multitudes, interesting shops and
is a progressive city. The Ameri
can dollar is worth about 15000
in Chinese dollars.
”We have had very little rain
arriving and winter promiets to
be cold. We will have some kind
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