Kodiak Diary
(continued from Daee 2)
,,s dreams. We might mention
tfay hit the jackpot when he got
George, for he also made a sale
p George’s vitamin assistant,
^Jrs. Marion Bb'nn.
Tbe next time Ray buys a
pagazine from the two victims,
fe suggest he count his change
*refully. We hear from two very
ood sources, that two people
'ge laying for him.
Lt. Curt Link, former mem
of the local Signal Corps
fbo left here in February this
ear is now somewhere in China,
ccording to word received by
iends. En route he visited the
lediterranean and Indian ocean
fter sailing from New York.
In the small town where he is
ationed there is a Chinese
,erchant who owns a fifth of
cotch, the only known bottle
Scotch in that part of the
untry. The asking price for it
$16,000 dollars, Chinese dol
rs, that is, about $80 in Ameri
,n money. Although not sold
t, Link said he had no doubt
meone will come along and
y tbe price and then the mer
ant can retire.
Link also said he was learning
linese which he expressed as
ing a difficult language. A
rng other things about it he
d it is neeessary to start at
> right top and read up and
wn.
[laving seen many a wire
m the Signftl Corps, especial
the garbled Rind from a new
■rator in Seattle, wre should
Dk Link wouldn’t find that at
difficult.
’he Kodiak Mirror carried an
icle on the 50th anniversary
he Kodiak Baptist Mission
eh was reprinted in the Alas
Sportsman magazine. The
cle contained the informa
i that among guests at the
bration was Mrs. Grace
t, who had been in the Mis
i 49 years ago. The article
seen by a Mrs. Della Mur
Banks, patient in Co'lege
pital, Glendale 5, Calif. (1100
idsor road) who wrote Mrs.
r the following letter:
bar Mrs. Grace Kerr:
recent item in the Ketchi
kan Alaska Sportsman tells of
the 50th anniversiry of the Bap
tist mission on Kadi <k and that
you had been there 49 years so
it might very possibly be that I
had met you. In the summer of
1896 my husband was working
for a company at Homer, Cook
Inlet, and we spent the month
of July cruising a'ong Kadiak
island and Afognak from Kadiak
on toward Karluk. Went as far
as Little River and a bit beyond
and the last week of July we
camped on Woody island. The
Baptist mission there then was
under Rev. Mr. Coe.
I remember be and his wife
with the baby coming over to
our tents and how glad I was to
see them (there were no other
women at Homer that summer)
and the next day my husband
and I with another member of
our crew went over to visit the
mission.
I had been cook on our trip
and had burned my hand so
severely that at this time I car
ried it in a sling . .. later had
two fingers amputated. Maybe
your first years there are more
vivid to you than the later ones
so you might remember that.
It seemed a little odd that af
ter so many years I should hap
pen to see the item. I am a
patient in this hospital, have
been here nearly a year and an
invalid at home for 20 years . ..
paralyzed by a fall from a horse
in the eastern Kentucky moun
tains. Didn’t I manage to get off
into the most unholy pieces of
country to get hurt?
While at Woody island I met
Sacha Resoff, a Russian girl who
had been educated and lived
over 10 years in California. Do
you know what became of her.
She had just come back to her
father’s home at Kadiak (Ed.
note: At the time Mrs. Banks
visited the argument between
Kadiak and Kodiak had not
been se tied ) and was about 20.
I spent 5 years in Alaska and
the Yukon and it is dear to me.
Very truly,
Della Murry Banks.
The U S. War Production
Board, arter consultation
through the usual military chan
nels, has set October 31 as the
tentative date for end of resist
ance from Germany, and as the
date for partial industrial re
m tuluii fiiui) ;
★
For Members Only
OPEN
from 2 pm to 2 am
conversion from war to civilian
production.
Only the U. S. War Produc
tion Board won’t get a free $25
War Bond if their guess is the
right one and there’s where you
have it over the board. Your
guess does give you a chance at
a bond, no strings attached, and
very little effort necessary.
All you have to do is consult
your favorite yogi, interpret your
favorite dream, take your birth
day, pick your favorite number,
or even examine the military
facts and come up with a guess
of the time the war will end with
Germany and put it on the cou
pon herewith and send to the
Mirror.
If it’s closest to the date de
termining this contest, the $25
War Bond is yours.
From the first guesses arriving
we can hint that you have a
wide choice of dates possible
but suggest you make that guess
now because in case any two
people pick the same winning
time the first one received will
be the winner.
There is one more potent rea
son for not procrastinating. The
Germans may not wait for you
to get your guess in. They have
their own ideas, even if we don’t
think much of them, as to when
the war will end.
The contest rules and coupon
are below. All you have to do is
do it, and do it now.
Contest Rules
Herewith is printed a coupon for
you to fill out and to the one
who guesses the nearest correct
time the Kodiak Mirror will a
ward a $25 War Bond. The cor
rect time will be decided thusly:
The Associated Press office in
Seattle, which handles the JP
press wires for the Mirror and
other papers in Alaska, will re
ceive a first flash on the end of
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Souvenirs & Curios
For The Folks At Home
TOTEM IGLOO CURIO
a*ut
GIFT SHOP
BBBBABBbM
The Cub
JOSEPHINE COULSEY & HELEN BUEKERS Owners
CONCY ISLAND HOT DOGS
Cooked in Specially Designed Coney Islands Electric Cookers
TRY ONE!
FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS and POPCORN
Candies * Bars of All Kinds - Soft Drinks
Kodiak Jewelry
GIFTS
JEWELRY &c WATCHES
tyatch and Jewelry repairing
Have a Coca-Cola = Hallo, Bracle
(HELLO, BROTHER)
...a way to say “Pardner” to a visiting Pole
When a Polish flyer says Hallo, Bracie, he greets you as a brother.
The American means the same thing when he says Have a “Coke”,
whether he offers it away from home or from his icebox at home.
Around the world, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes,—
the global high-sign of the kind-hearted.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
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It*s natural for popular name*
to acquire friendly aborevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke”.
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