Water Report
consist of a diversion ditch from
stream R-25 to Erskine creek
with a new intake dam on Er
skiae creek to supply the town.
:ta addition, Miell said, the ori
ginal amount of the pipe layout
had been cut considerably.
After consultation Miell said
a final plan was promised to con
sist of: a diversion ditch on R-25
•into a reservoir 500 by 500 ft.,
the reservoir to be bull-dozed
ran a natural declivity, to contain
30,000,000 gallons; the water to
be brought down a line parallel
with the present Erskine creek;
the pipe system not to be cut
leas than first planned. The new
system,. Miell said, would not
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Bear Story
(continued from page 1)
started for it. The bear fol
lowed Boyd and he said that he
reached the tree all right and
got up about 12 feet but that
the bear raised up on her hind
legs and made a lunge at him
and caught his foot and violent
ly jerked him down about 4 feet.
Whilmey, who had reached his
tree safely, saw the bear jerk
Boyd down and decided to jump
down on the ground and see if
he could attract the bear’s at
tention. The bear lost its hold
on Boyd and he scrambled back
up As the bear made another
lunge that jarred the 8-inch tree,
(and Boyd), but he was now out
of the bear’s reach.
The bear then turned and saw
Whilmey on the ground and
started for him and Whilmey
again started for the tree. Whil
-mey won the race but it was so
dose that as he gained safety
the bear was able to cuff at him
and scaatched his leg.
Although they didn’t see the
cubs again the men said the
mother stayed around for 15 or
20 minutes and then left and
that they “stayed in the trees
quite awhile longer.” When they
decided it was safe they came
down and walked into Kodiak
and proceded to the base in a
taxi, arriving there late last Fri
day,
Whilmey said he estimated
the cubs would weigh about 300
pounds apiece and that the
mother was about a 1200-pound
er.
affeot, iu»r include, the present
Erakine system.
Miell reported that Snyder
gave him definite assurance that
the new system would be in by
the end of summer and that the
entire Kodiak project would be
handled through Snyder’s office.
News Highlights
(continued from page 1)
planes failed to return. A Reut
ers dispatch said a riot took
place before the German army’s
information office in Berlin when
thousands of women & elderly
men demanded news about their
relatives in the African corps. In
a radio address Hitler asked the
home front to be more courag*
eous for still more
sacrifices He failed to mention
the promised Russian victory.
Stockholm sources quoted an
Essen newspaper as revealing
social strangulation in that citv,
home of the Krupp works & the
most bombed city in the wo-ld.
Capt. Clark Gable went on his
first raid as an observer in a
Flying Fortress that blasted An
twerp 2 weeks ago His plane
suffered flak holes.
African Front
African campaign became an
Allied victory as only torn rem
nants of the Afrika Korps futile
!y sought escape from the Cape
Bon peninsula An estimated
175.000 Axis prisoners have been
corraled, including Gen. Von Ar
nim & 6 other generals. Axis air
activity became non existent.
Allied strategy lured the bulk of
Axis armor to the south before
what the enemy believed were
heavy concentrations of British
8th army forces Iustead. power
ful 8th army uni's secretly de
tached to join the 1st army in
the drive on Tunisia. 400 Amer
ican planes pounded the Sicilian
port of Palermo.
Russian Front
Moscow dispatches said Soviet
mass air raids in 2 nights des
troyed 540 grounded enemy
planes & blasted many trains
with troops & supplies. Attacks
ranged from Leningrad. Heaviest
fighting continued at Kuban &
Donets river sectors. Nazis de
livered the first large attack of
the season in the Leningrad sect
tor but were repulsed with an
estimated loss of 700 men.
Buying more bonds
Before ammunition can be passed it must be manu
factured which includes buying and paying for raw
materials, paying wages, and transportation oosts.
Many men are now at the Front and responsive to
the order “Pass the Ammunition'’.
Let us therefore be responsive by providing the
means for ammunition by ... .
The eouacil also: r
A committee of Ben Shell,
ffm Smith and Wm Lewis was|
appointed to confer with the j
school board after Councilman
Sholl reported Territorial school
funds had not been received to
meet current payrolls.
Health Officer Jones reported
flagrant disregard of the law re
quiring health cards for food
handlers and asked for publica
tion of the law. (See page 8.)
Held a brief discussion on
freight. Mr. Watkinson said the
wharfage rate at Erskine’s dock
was $1.60 a ton, as it has been
for 35 years, and that the aver
age handling cost per ton last
year was $1.48. Miell reported
that he was told in Seattle that
Kodiak shipping would be jeop
ardized unless the “freight situ
ation here was straightened
out.” Miell sa d the number and
amount of claims made here was
deemed excessive
Granted payment of current
bills, including the monthly pay
roll of $2084.61.
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