Eodiak Mirror *
"Stp™* °f America's Last frontier '
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska by the
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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for the people shall not perish from the earth■ Lincoln
The Primaries Next W eek
The vote in the territorial primaries is usually not large, mainly
because it is necessary for the voters to declare themselves and
vote either Republican or Democrat. However, voters locally
should not lose sight of the fact that it is just as important to vote
in the primaries next Tuesday as it was in the recent city election.
The men elected to guide the destinies of the territory are in a
positio 1 to.affect the individual’s welfare to a great deg'ee—so it
is up to the individual to vote and have his say in what that wel
fare will be.
Hunting Story
(continued from page l)
it; after waving the burning cloth
a few minutes the bear wandered
off.
After the bear had gone he
climbed down and after some
time revived his chewed partner
enough to get him home. Tichon
shuddered as he finished the
story, and said that he guessed
he was lucky in his encounter.
It was about that time that a
bear killed Pete Kewan. a great
native hunter. Tichon related
enough of the tragedy that I was
interested, and decided to get the
true story of it from the dead
hunter’s son, a bear hunter of
the present.
One evening after school I
strode to his cabin. As I ap
iWoached his lodge, skulls of
•bear and a few old bear rugs
hung in the air—all indications
of a successful hunter. After
knocking on the door a native
woman answered mv inquiry as
to Kewan's whereabouts. She
'-^jointed to a very small cabin,
stated that Mr. Kewan was
■tbuildiag a banya. The banya is
a bath house. Rocks are heated
by a small fire in the banya and
as the fire goes out the bather
throws water over the rocks to
make steam. Sometimes during
the steam bath the bathers spank
themselves with switches, and
cans of water are used for rin {
sing.
At the banya I met Kewan a
medium-sized native. His greet
ing was casual, but he seemed
friendly. He invited me to the
house, where I had seen the
family of four children, born in
as many years. We settled down
to my mission as soon as the
word hunting was mentioned.
He pointed to his gun rack,
which conlained several rifles
all of small caliber not exceeding
a 30-30. He began to relate the
experiences of his father and the
methods used in killing 41 bears.
He said his father used the
small gun because he always got
within close range. He would
«neak within a few yards of the
big bear and as the bear would
raise to his hind feet to get a
better view before charging, he
would fire a fatal shot, hardly
ever shooting more than twice.
The conversation soon got a
round to the last hunt of the
famous Kewan.
(“hardly ever shooting more
American Fundamentals
Grover Cleveland said,
"A Government for the people
must depend for its success on the
intelligence, the morality, the
justice, and the interest of the
people themselves.”
Alaskans Praised
From the far reaches of
Alaska word of the success
of the campaign to buy U.
S Saving Bonds for a bomb
er has come to the Treas
ury Department. This ex
pression of Alaska patriot
ism is received with gratifi
cation. I extend my good
wishes to our citizens of
Alaska and note with pride
their widespread activity
in helping to win the war.
All ace doing their part.
Henry Morgenthau
Secretary of the Treasury
First Aid Classes
The first in a series of first aid
classes for adults will be conduct
ed by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson at
the city hall Wednesday, April
29, at S p. m. Textbooks are
available, and men and women
including members of the Civil
Defense Corps, are urged to at
tend.
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than twice”, the son said. But
Kewan shot 11 times into the
l ear that killed him. Read about
it in next wreek’s installment.)
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