Eodiak Mirror
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Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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_ Lillian E. l^amme, Associate Editor_
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Town Topics
The Kodiak Garden Club at
its meeting at Mrs. Edna Kraft’s
decided to begin planning now
•for a flower show, to be held
sometime iii September.
The next meeting of the club
will be at the home of Mrs. W,
J. Wheel,don. on Spruce Lane,
June 5
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brophy, for
merly c f Kodiak, are operating a
cafe at Lake Gregory, in Ca’if,
*and have purchased a cabin
Lome at the summer resort,
which is a mile out of Crestline.
Mrs. Evelyn Tolliver, also a
former Kodiak resident, is work
ing for the Brophy’s,
Max Folsom left for Alitak
this week where he is going to do
some radio transmitter work. He
k
expects to be "one several days.
Because of the coal strike a
a general embargo has been is
sued on Railway Express ship
ments, the local agent, Lee Bet
tinger, has been informed.
A large lift of exceptions is
provided, and the embargo also
does not, apply to shipments that
are carried on the west coast by
; certain railroads not affected by
j the coal shortage.
Shippers should contact the
local agent for full information.
| William Anderson, surveyor,
! began work yesterday for the
city on establishing grades for
the city streets.
Sale was recorded this week of
Ix>t8 3 & 4 of Block 3 in the
Leite addition by Fred and Fre
I
I
WHO MAKES
INSURANCE RATES?
Does the Board of Fire Underwriters make fire insurance
rates by inspiration? Does a group of oomoanv executives or
underwriters sit around a conference table and decide arbi
trarily how much po'icyhnlders shall pay for their fire insur
ance? If not, who is responsible for the cost of insurance?
The answer is: Mr. John Q. Public makes his own rates.
In the pricing of merchandise the manufacturers establish
cost; in the pricing of fire insurance, the buyer establishes
cost. Fire rates reflect conditions and circumstances in which
‘the property owning public places itself. The Board’s respon
sibility to those property owners is to help minimize fire
hazards and thus aid in lowering both losses and insurance
rates. But the actual (or call it factual) determination of
rates—high or low—is the role-of'-the insuring public.
The Board devises and advocates fire safety standards Some
of these measures relate to specific classes of risks, involving
construction, occupancy and hazards. Others are of commun
ity-wide concern—water systems, fire fighting equipment,
zoning, congestion, building regulations. The degree of ad
herence to these proven safeguards is the yardstick for
measuring fire insurance rates.
The improvements in water supply and fire fightine equip
ment in Kodiak have resulted in a reduction in fire insurance
rates during the past year.
Improvements in Fire Prevention will result in further
reductions!
When the city in which we live maintains fire protection and
fire preven ion of high standards, it makes for favorable rates
When you and I decide to build our home or business build
nag so the fire hazard is greatly reduced, more favorable rates
will be ours
da Jordan to Riohar4 Stockwell.
Cannery official? were guests
at the Rotary luncheon Tuesday,
and a few words were heard from
Tom Johnson, FAF, Alitak;
Howard Wakefield, Apex Fish
Co., George King, San Juan Can
ning Co., Uganik;and Mark Jen
sen. of the Washington Fish &
Oyster Co.
Steel Culbertson, assistant
manager of the Alaska Canned
Salmon Industry, Inc. told of
the work of the industry in set
ting up a fund of $40,000 for the
Bristol bay area for a conserva
tion program to be worked joint
ly with the Fish & Wildlife ser
vice.
Other guests were Nick Miell,
John Gibbons and Morris Burn
ham.
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Norma Lee has opened a tail
or shop over Helen's Dress Shop
and offers tailoring, remodeling,
and relining.
Long distance telephone time
allotted to Kodiak has been in
creased an hour, and the hours
for calls to Seattle and points be
yond is now from 9 am to 12
noon each day. The previous
| hours of 8 to 9 and 1 to 2 are
•ancel'ed
Persons desiring to place calls
can be assured of better service
if they make their appointments
at least the day before.
With collections still incorn*
p ete, $242 has been collected in
the Penny Fund drive for the
I Seattle Orthopedic hospital, Mrs.
| Bea Nachtweih, chairman, an
; nounced today.
I Of this $b lb was donated by
school children at the Cub
Many of the enve'ooes are,still
out, <nd anyone who has not had
theirs icked up with their con
tributions may leave them at
Kraft’s or the Kodiak Variety
store.
Every person or company shall,
each season, prior to engaging in
the processing of fishery products
OP A News
“OPA wil1 recommend freight
increases amounting to but a
small fraction of those demand
ed by the steamship companies
when the hearings reopen in
Washington, D C.,” promises
Donald J O’Conn r. formerly
Price Executive for Alaska and
now Price Executive for all tei
ritoiies and possessions.
°PA, he said, will recommend
certain rate increases wh'ch “in
OPA’s judgment will be least
disturbing to the cost of living
and r,n private enterprise in Al
a-ka, but none of which will have
any serious effect on Alaska's
economy ”
He also stated that the 10 mil
lion deficit anticipated by the
steamship company “isso absuid
that UPA is unable to give it any
serious consideration ”
He said the OPA would call to
the Maritime Commission’s par
ticular attention “the remarkab
ly expensive operation resulting
from the purchase of ancient
ships, pirated out of the Sargas
so Sea ” when the consumer—
traveller and importer—has to
pay for service on the basis of
the most expensively-maintained
?hips in the wo: Id.
furnish to the local repre enta
tive of the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice a statement in writing of
intention to operate, together
with information as to the na
ture, extent, and plaoe of opera
tion and at the close of the sea
son furnish an accurate report
on forms provided for that pur
pose.
Each season, prior to com
mencement of commercial fish
ing, the name or number of each
boat shall be furnished in writing
to the local representative »f the
Fish and Wildlife Service.
Five local men were the suc
cessful bidders Wednesday after
noon at the Louis Dumas prop
erty sale ordered to settle the
estate.
New owners are John Gib
bons, Harry Christopherson,
Kimball DeYoung, Loran Whit
tington and Lee Bettinger, who
made the top bid of 84500 for
the 3-acre plot and 2 buildings,
located in the cove on Mission
road next to the Leite addition.
The waterfront property was
bought with a view to making it
av ilable for futuie industrial
use, it is reported.
If (here is any weakness re
maining in (be ea'th’s cru t as
shown by recent earthquakes, it
may show up again on May 30
It may be two days before the
30th or two days after but it
centers about that date.
This general statement re
minds one of the Delphian Oracle
in ancient hi tory time which
could state au answer and (t
would be eorrecr which ever way
it turned out. However, them is
scientific basis for making the
predictions
The earthquake that caused
the tidal wave and the one re
ported on May 3'd both occured
under conditions similar to what
we meet, with on the 30th or
thereabouts. The moon and sun
will both be attracting or exert
ing a strain on the earth in ac
cordance with Newton’s law of
universal gravitation. The moon
will be at perigee which means it
is considerably closer to the earth
than most days
Three planets are moving into
position to add gravitational at
traction, also, namely, Uranus,
Venus and Saturn
Olaf Halverson
Mrs W. J. Wheeldon and Wil
liam Andrews, ex-serviceman,
are now employed at the postof
fice as temporary substitute
cle ks.
* harles Madsen left Tuesday
morning for Uganik with two
Outside bear hunteis, J. Freder
ick Palmer and A1 1 ove
John Holland, Sr., who has
been receiving medical treatment
at Providence hospital, in An
ehorage, returned to Kodiak by
plane this week.
Sorue of the freight,, including
a portion for Ben Kraft, Loran
Whittington of the City Meat
market, and Christy’s bakery,
was unloaded from the Lakina
at Ouzinkie and brought to Kod
iak via the government dock.
After a brief closure Christy’s
opened on receipt of their yeast,
but are now facing a severe
shortage in shortening, as there
is none on the boat.
lee Teague, special agent in
charge of the FBI, at Anchorage,
arrived here yesterday by plane
to spend a few days. He will be
guest speaker at the Rotary
luncheon Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dell, for
merly of Kodiak, are now located
again in Anchorage, after driv
ing up the Alaska Highway to
Fairbanks. They have been in
California and other southern
points the past year.
Kay Martin, owner of the
Club Liquor store, returned to
Kodiak yesterday after a busi
ness trip to the Slates and an
Easter visit to his family in Los
Angeles.
Mrs. Edna Kraft left by plane
yesterday for Seattle, oa a buy
ing trip for Kraft’s store and the
women’s wear department which
she manages. She expects to be
gone only 2 weeks.
Lt. (jg) and Mrs Arthur C.
Beard who have resided on Mis
sion road, are planning to return
to their home in Santa Ana Cal
ifornia early next month
A 9 pound 9 ounce boy waa
born Wednesday at Spokane,
Wash, to Mr and Mrs. Kenneth
E. Briggs. The grandparents are
Mr and Mrs. Maurice Briggs of
the local postoffice. It is their
first grandchild.
Marcus Meyer and James
Martz have been named by O.
A. Torgerson to assist in the sale
of raffle tickets for the 1946 Ford
Sedan to be given away to raise
money for the community play
ground.
[ The tickets will be sold at only
j$l each and the drawing to de
I termii.e the winner will be held
July 4.
Calendar of Events
Benefit Dance,
Russian Women’s Club,
Sunday, Blmn’s Hall, 8:30 pm
Business & Professional Club
Dinner Meeting Victory cafe,
Monday, 6:30
Rotary Club
Tues. noon, Victory cafe
Chamber of Commerce
Thurs. noon, Victoiy cafe.
NORMA LEE
NOW OPEN
* TAILORING
¥ REMODELING
iRELINING
ALL WORK GUARANTEED TO SATISFY
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OVER HELEN’S DRESS SHOP
Entrance Between Polar Bear k. Helen’s