Libraiy-Muaeujn
Juneau, Alaska
70L. 5 NO. 27
KODIAK, ALASKA — SEPTEMBER 1, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
School On
Tuesday
The school bell ringing at 9
,’clock next Tuesday morning
»ill slgnifiy the start of another
chool year and all students are
o be there at that time to regis
cr and get their books, Superin
lendent Harry Holt announced
oday.
After obtaining texts and reg
itering students will be dismis
ed for the remainder of the
aorning, and then will meet a
jun at 1 pm for their first class
Repairs made to the school
gilding during the summer un
er the direction of Superintend
it Holt include new floors in
,.ie halls, all floors scrubbed and
iled and all walls brightened
ith a vacuum cleaner. The 5th
ad 6th grade room, which had
ik-stained walls as the result of
andalism by an undiscovered
nlprit, was redecorated, as was
»e girls’ lavatory.
The Home Economics room,
a separate buildiog, was lined
^ th celotex and repainted in
?vle green for the walls, cream
fiamel for the woodwork and
‘one gray for the floors.
Of the 12 teachers, 8 return
am last year and 4 new ones
ipear on the staff.
Returning teachers and their
ades are as follows:
Mrs. Bertha Pratt—Kinder
jten
Mrs. Oneita Metzgar — 1st
rade
Miss Eunice von Scheele—2nd
Mrs. Esther Miell—4th
Mies Betty Carter—bth & 7th
Mrs. Marjorie Gunderson—j
iglish & History
Miss Georgya Wilbur—Home
onomics & Science
Harry L. Ho'it—Superintend
i <fc Mathematics.
The new teachers are:
Miss Iioene Kramer — 3rd
ade—Miss Kramer, who has a
A, degree from the University
Nevada, is from Nome and
ight in the Nome Public
iooi.
Miss Freda Erfle—5th & 6th—
ss Erfle is also from Nome,
ight there, and has a B. A. de
* from the University of
ontana.
Mrs. Gladys Burgess—8th &
•mrnercial—Mrs. Burgess is a
iduate of Oregon State College
d has had 9 years teaching ex
igence in western Oregon.
Max Folsom—Shop—Mr. Fol
ro, a former employe of the
Be and local Boy Scout leader,
is hired locally and will teach
lf-days. He is experienced in
up and crafts in Y. M. C. A.
>rk.
The school board Wednesday
,nounced the appointment of
Stores To Close
On Labor Day
Labor Day, on Monday, will
be observed in Kodiak with a
general dosing of local stores.
Kraft’s, Erskine’s and other
business places have signified
their intention of closing, and
the Bank of Kodiak and the post
office will follow the custom.
Barn Dance
On Sunday
A Barn Dance, sponsored by
the ladies of the Russian church,
will be given tomorrow evening,
Sunday Sept. 2, at Blinn’s hall.
A gala evening is promised
with a basket sale, cake raffle
and general good time on the
schedule.
The music will be furnished by
the combined orchestras of a
local group and the Woody Is
land Wood Choppers.
The proceeds go for a good
| cause—they will be added to the
decoration fund for the new
Russian church.
The dance will start at 8:30.
Be sure to attend, and bring
your friends.
Back in his old place in Kraft’s
meat market is C. J. Ruch, who
was released from the Navy 2
months ago, and after a two
months’ visit in California re
turned to make his home here.
Mr. Kucb enlisted in the Navy
3 years ago this October and
during bis stint saw 16 months
of oversea duty in both the Eur
ODean and Pacific theaters.
Tax Collection
Going Slowly
Collection of taxes so far this
year is way behind pievious
years, Mayor O. A. Torgerson
reported at the council meeting
Monday night.
Collections out of an anticipat
ed total of over $40,000 so far a
mnunt to approximately $13,000.
By August 31, in the years 19431
and 1944, approximately $24,000
had been paid into the city
coffers.
The tax intake is expected to
increase with the mailing of ad
justed tax statement the end of
this week. The adjustments,
made by the board of equaliza
tion, include many of the city’s
laiger tax payers.
The usual discounts will be al
lowed on the revised tax state
ments.
Mrs. Gunderson as high school
principal, replacing former prin
cipal Olaf Halverson, who is
teaching at Nome this year.
William Hughes, formerly of
Uyak, will be custodian of the
building.
Area Game
Laws Given
A number of changes in game
and wildfowl regulal ions for this
[area are included in the new
rules for the coming season re
ceived here this week.
The waterfowl season will run
from Sept. 20 to Dec. 9, inclusive
and this year the limit is a
straight 10 cucks and 2 geese a
day, with a 2 days’ bag limit al
lowed in possession at one time
The same regulations as to meth
od of taking (shotgun to be used,
3 shells only in the gun, etc )
still apply.
The ptarmigan season here
will include b'ept. 1 to Jan. 31,
and the limit is 10 a day.
The bear season runs from
Sept. 1 to June 20 and the limit
is 2 a season, except on Kodiak
and Afognak islands, where the
limit is 1 a season (not 1 a calen
dar year).
For the first time on Kodiak
and Afognak a closed season has
been placed on hare and rabbits.
The open season will run from
Sept. 1 to March 31 and there is
no limit.
For those who may go to the
Kenai area for Moose, the latter
I
can be hunted during a split sea
son that runs from Sept. 1 to 15
and from Dec. 1 to 15, inclusive,
i Limit—1 a year,
j For other mainland hunters,
the following rules apply:
j Caiibou (except calves)—Split
Iseason, Aug. 20 to Sept. 30 and
Dec. 1 to 15. Limit—non-resid
ent, 1 a year; resident, 2 a year.
Mountain goat (except kids)—
j Sept. 1 to Oct. 31. Limit—2 a
I season.
Mountain Sheep (rams only)—
Aug. 20 to Sept. 5. Limit—1 ram
a season.
Afognak island group trappers
will be able this year, along with
Kodiak trappers, to take mink,
land otter, weasel (ermine), fox
and lynx The season is from
Dec 1 to Feb. 28, with no limit.
The muskrat season in fur dis
trict 3 will be from March 10 to
May 10, but there is no open
season on Kodiak island and Af
ognak island group. In the area
where it is open there is no limit.
There is also no open season
for trapping beaver on Kodiak
island or the Afognak group.
Hunting and trapping licenses
are sold by Robert von Scheele,
and starting today in Kodiak
will be obtainable from Emil
Knudsen, at the Kodiak Foun
tain.
Mrs. Della Kinports, owner of
the Log Cabin Beauty shop, re
turned from Anchorage Monday
after a weekend spent in that
city, where she reported it rain
ed all the time she was there.
Soldier Here 4 Years—
Back As Civilian
Maybe it takes time to learn
to like Alaska. If so, Francis
Cassidy, who arrived here this
week to work for A. J. Fenner,
local taxi operator, is a prime
example.
Cassidy, who just visited rela
tives in Minnesota after hi* dis
charge from the Army, had been
stationed at Fort Greely for 4
years.
At the time of his discharge
he was the oldest man in point
of service at the post.
Water Plan
Evolved
As the result of the visit to
Kodiak this week of E. M. Drew,
administrative officer for the
Federal Works Agency, a tenta
tive plan for the city to lease the
Federal Works Agency water
system has been drawn up.
Under the terms of the pro
posed lease, to run for 1 year,
the city will rent the system at a
flat rental of $1500 for the year.
Mr. Drew, who left later in
the week, said he felt sure the
proposal will meet with FWA
approval and if so the lease will
be drawn and mailed here for
signatures.
At the end of the year negoti
ations will be undertaken on ar
rangements to follow, based on
experience gained by the city in
the year’s operation of the sys
tem.
Mr. Drew was accompanied
here by J. B. Sledge, FWA aud
itor, who remained t<» complete
audits of the water and Sewer
systems.
“juke” Box
License Lifted
Juke boxes in Kodiak will no
longer be a source of revenue for
the city as the result of unani
mous council action which voted
the section of the ordinance off
the city books. The ordinance
provided that music machines
pay a license of $20 yearly per
machine.
Before the amendment takes
effect the city clerk was instruct
ed to make every effort to col
lect the delinquent licenses on
the machines in Kodiak. It was
reported that for “several years”
an average of 20 machines year
ly have been operated in local
business places without the re
quired license fee being paid.
The Police Department has
be;n instructed by the council to
place warning notices in vehicles
parked in front of buildings lo
the detriment of fire protection.
AttuWoman
Heard From
Lifting the fog of mystery that
hid the fate of the elderly Amer
ican couple who were the only
white persons on Attu at the
time of the Japanese invasion,
definite word was received here
this week that Mrs. Charles
Foster Jones, teacher, is alive,
although no information is yet
available on Mr. Jones, radio op
erator.
Mrs. Jack McCord,of Kodiak,
a friend of the couple who form
erly taught on Kodiak island at
Old Harbor, near the McCord
ranch on Sitkalidak island, re
ceived the news from her mother
in Illinois. The latter has been
corresponding with Mrs. Jones
sister in Michigan, and the mes
sage from Mrs. McCord’s mother
said briefly: “The good new is
that Mrs. Fosler Jones sent a
cablegram to her sister in Michi
gan.”
| The cablegram came via Gen
eva, Switzerland, presumably
through the Red Cross. No other
details were given, but the mes
sage said a letter was on the1
way.
On July 7, 1942, Mr. Jones
was talking by radio to an oper
ator on a neighboring island, and
told him he had a "hunch” the
Japs would come and that he
had armed the handful of natives
on the island. The radio went
dead in the middle of his broad
case and no direct word was re-_^
ceived from him again.
In June, 1943, after leeaptu.e
of the island, the War Depart,
ment announced that investiga
tion indicated that ‘Charles
Jones and his wife slashed their
wrists when the enemy landed.
Jones died but his wife lived and
is now in a concentration camp
in Japan proper.”
The Department of Interior,
in August, 1944, announced that
definite* ■ information on the
couple’s fate wa.s still lacking
and that it was not known
whether either was alive
On the way to teach at Attu
for their first year the couple
stopped and visited with many
friends in Kodiak. Because they
could not transport their dog o«
a government boat tney iei& »
(it has since been killed) in the
keeping of Mr. and Mrs, Pete
Magnuseu ol this city. They had
volunteered for the teaching post
on lonely Attu, where the only
other inhabitants were a score of
native residents.
Tom Jones, of the Mecca Bar
at Fairbanks, (the bar, owned by
Roy Snyder, was named after his
establishment of the same nan*
in Kodiak) was ill for a week re
cently.