KODIAK .
DIARY ...
A lady who does laundry for
others recently neglected to take
her washing in until late one
evening, and when she did she
found her clothes line had been
visited by a culprit.
Said culprit had gone along
the line tearing, either by hand
or with a knife, about 9 of the
feminine garments into shreds.
He picked out only those gar
ments pink in shape.
The lady was too bashful to
tell us about it, so sent the
evidence to us by an unbashful
emissary. We weren’t told who
the garments belonged to We
were told it would cost about
512 to replace them.
Later, by accident, we did
find out who the owner of the
garments is. We won't mention
it here though, as we may meet
»*aid owner and it would em
barrass us. We’re bashful, too.
Kodiak’s fame as a stock rais
ing country rich in undeveloped
possibilities is getting around, as |
•evidenced this week by a query
about it received from far-off
Ofunpus Illinois.
According to the letterhead
the inquirer is the Hamilton
Ranch, producers of Hereford
Cattle, Shropshire Sheep, Spot
ted Poland Hogs and Giains,
established in 1904.
The letter says: ‘ The writer
is interested in the agricultural
possibilities as well as live stocK
raising in and around Kodiak
and islands. Would be pleased if
you would send me a copy of
your paper with subscription
rates
This is the copy, and in it we
euggest Mr. B. E. Hamilton
might learn much by corre
sponding with Jack McCord, E
E. Bell. Carl Killian and Mau
rice Briggs, all of Kpdiak.
If Mr. Hamilton decides to
subscribe, he will be very much
interested in an article to ap
pear soon, describing m detail
the results of two years' work
on the Exper mental Farm near ;
here at Fort Greely.
We hasten with a sad hand to
record the demise of the Kemp
too- Cichoski Dairy Enterprises,
Unincorporated.
Frank Kempton and Tiny
Cichoski have been engaged the
past weeks in nurturing a female
heifer to maturity with all the
unscientific knowledge at their
comiuaud. When it, we mean
she, became a cow, the part
ners in cream hoped to make
tier the basis of a dairy.
Hope springs eternal in the
human breast, but, alas, this
time colic sprang internal in the
bovine abdomen. The animal
got sick one day, and despite
what the partners did to help it
managed to live until that night
when it sank into a period of
coma and silently kicked the
bucket. Figuratively speaking,
that is.
A reliable informant tells us
the two men were moved almost
to tears by their sar1 loss.
Cheer up, fellows. With the
world what it is, maybe the cow
is better off.
We wish we could settle once
and for all the confusion about
the correct, official abbreviation
for Alaska. We get letters which
at first glance look like they
were meant for the American
Automobile Association, with A
laska abbreviated Aaa, or AAA.
Then we get letters of Als. And
Ala.
Ala. is absolutely wrong, be
ing the designation of Alabama.
Three “a's” of any kind have I
no foundation in any kind of I
authority, are confusing, and
signify too many other things.
For our own use we decided
to let the post office Postal
Laws and Regulations settle it.
Which means that for our own
use we will have to always write
Alaska out, just as postal em
ployees do on all money orders,
etc., because the P. L. and R.
do not recognize an abbreviation
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