7 NO. 9
"News oj oAmerica’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 26, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Epidemic Hits Old Harbor Village; 6 Dead
Ship Plan
Approved
faehiogton (JP)—Charles
Alaska transportation
ny counsel said the Mari
• commission has approved
Itncts for 3 companies to in*
prate a temporary Alaska,
Ipying service, to replace the
nrnment operated service
|iA started during the war.
lie new temporary plan is
meted to continue about 18
laths and will start in early
he or sooner.
lUtes are expected to be 35
scent higher under the ap
med
contracts.
Dens Formed
Mounting enthusiasm and int
t in the new Cub Scout
was shown Monday ev
; when 51 persons gathered
nulate plans for the moth
I share of work in the activi
lodiak is divided into 5 areas,
_Jfan W. Stone, cubmaster,
bounced, and these 5 dens are
Eagmented by 2 at the base.
Assoon as handbooks, inanu
kand materials arrive from An
fcorage the organization of the
tewillbe accomplished. Del
Hanks, official scout repre
Hjtfative, complimented the
Joitipnf mothers for their splen
w response to this project.
Den mothers
i as follows :
and meetings
No. 1—Town—to be anr.oiiD-!
rj||ian Fitzgerald, Thursdays 7
No 2—Brooklyn ave. & bill— !
3—Beals home to Chas
Ann Anderson, Mondays 7
4— Lower Mi'snn road—
l Bolden, Mondays 7 pm
5— Baptist Mission—Zel
fStone, Mondays 6:30
6 & 7—Base area—to be
“meed
ks. Dell Sells
<e Property
'Piece of property in U. S.
tf^ey No. 1396, bca'ed on
tay road past the Club
•ttnartre, was sold this week
Edith Dell, of Fair-.
^ ®i to Tony Valtman, of i
^*k, for approximately
0.
5 ** property includes an un
^l»'ge building designed
Ptoadhouse, and an urfinish
> cabin. Following the
. g®<rthe new owner sold a
rarest to Frank Kozak.
Bear Hunter
Has Close Shave
Paul L. Short, undertaker of I
Mt. VernoD, Ind., came to Kodi
ak to get a bear—and did—but
the bear got within 15 feet of
him firet, so Mr. Short says
“Never again!”
Short and Leland Dennis, pres
ident of the Cotton Concentra
tion Corporation of Galveston,
Texas, left last week with Alf
Madsen and Eli Metrokin for
TJganik bay.
On the second day of the hunt
Dennis got his bear with one
shot. It was getting late and the
hunters couldn’t see the bear
when suddenly it stood up 250
yards away and Dennis shot, the
bullet hitting just below one of
the bear’s eyes. It measured 10
feet 4 inches.
On the 3rd day Madsen and
Short spotted a bear, and rowed
over on the spot on the bay to
try for it. When they got ashore
the bear was out of sight and
they could not locate it again.
Both men started up a small rise
to get. a better view when they
neard a noise and looking around
there was a large male bear, that
had aopareuily been in a draw,
coming up the rise at the same
time Neither man had time to
raise his rifle in ihe brush and
alders. Short said Madsen step
ped aside quickly and both shot
from the hip. He said Madsen’s
bu iet went i»to the neck and his
hit tl'e bear behind the ear and
the bear dropped. Shoi t fired 2
moie shots into the neck ‘ just
to be sure.” Looking back, Short
Baked Food Sale
Opens Today
As an added feature of the
bake and needlework sale to be
held today, a luncheon will be
served beginning at noon, it has
been announced.
The sale is being sponsored by
the Russian Women’s clnb. and
will be held at the Dinner Nook,
across from the Belmont, begin*
ning at 10 this morning.
The public will be offered an
opportunity to purehase home
made pies and cakes and other
pastries, as well as needlework
items which will be contributed.
Money raised from the project
will go to the Russian church
fund sponsored by the group.
said it was a good thing Madsen
stepped aside because Madsen
was in front of him.
Pacing off the distance to the
bear, they discovered it was ft
steps, or about 15 feet. Madsen
went to get the other men and
told Short not to move, so they
could show how close they were.
After Madsen left Short took
another look at the bear and the
closeness of it and promptly g t
sick. “I was as sick as a mule.”
Short said indicating that was
very sick indeed.
His bear measured 10 feet 5
inches, and he admits he is glad
he got it but he jur*t isn’t inter
ested in any more bears.
The party returned to Kodiak
yesterday and expects to leave
Monday.
Mayor
Testifies
Washington (AP)—Lee Betting
er, mayor of Kodiak testified in
Washington D. C, Monday that
“Alaskans are individuals and
want to shape their own destin
es. We can manage our own af
fairs and regardless of whether
the additional cost is 5 million or
15 million dollars to run the
state it is a mere pittanoe.”
Speaking before the House
public lands subcommittee, he
added: "The opposition to state
hood has come from men who
have bad their day in Alaska It
is a young man’s country and
the more we invest in our state
government the more wealth will
be created by the new state."
Bettinger, who said he reached
Kodiak several years ago with a
dime, said government with
drawal of land from the public
domain, pre\enting its being
homesteaded, was one cause for
irritation with the government.
He said so much land on Kodiak
island is witborawn that the
city can’t get land to extend its
limits
Death Reported
John R. Holler, former Kodi
ak resident and past commander
of the local American Leg on
Post, died in Sen tie last week,
according to information receiv
ed by local Ltgion off ciais.
Mr. Holler had reman led af
ter leaving Kodiak, and is stir
vived bv the widow and and a
17-months old child.
Why You Should Help The Red Cross
During the war we have heard
and read more about ihe activi
ties in which the Red C ross takes
pait. We have noticed posters
and other information as to the
many things in which the Red
Cross participates.
The Red Cios* is an Interna
tional non-profit relief agency
financed through Ihe contribu
tions of you and your commun
ity chapter.
The Duties of the organizition
are so many that it is impossible
to discuss them all. We in Kodi
ak have observed during the last
war, when the army and navy
were stationed here, what the
Red Cross workers were doing to
help our boys in uniform. The
Red Cross center supplied div
eiti-sement dances.movies, ping
pong games and a snack bar
also the facilities of the Ski Cha
let. At the base the American
Red Cross had a field Director
whose sole responsib lity was to
furnish us entertainment I can
say that while in service I enjoy
ed the wonderful activities which
were sponsored by the Red Cross.
The Red Cross helped, in the
last war, especially our boys who
were prisoneis of the axis powers.
It can be said that many of our
boys would have died of malnu
trition if it had not been for the
relief packages of food and do h
ing and lecreational material.
Morale was high whenever mail
arrived from home which was
sent thicugh the International
Red Cross agency in Switzerland.
Thev are still on the job in the
veterans’ lehabilitation hospitals
by showing the boys movies giv
ing them magazines and writing
letters for the'unfortunates and
helping them to readjust them
selves to fit into civilian life once
again.
In war or peace the Red Cross
stands by us; in national disaster
they are ready to assist the
homeless and wounded supply
them with food, clothing, shelter
and medicines. Just a few days
ago, al of us read the pipers and
heard the news concerning the
fate of Texas City in which over
700 persons were killed and an
estimated 3000 weie injured
The Red Cross went immediate
ly into actiou by supplying
12000 units of blood plasma and
rent trained disaster woikeis in
to the area
We can clearly see how iinpor
tant the job is ot financing the
cost of the Red Cro-s It is our
duty to see ihat they can carry
on their piograin of Imeruation
a rel ef.
I The above essay, by Herbert,
tipiegel, h gh school student and
ex-serviceman, was chosen as the
beet of several submitted in a
contest to publicize the current
Red Cross fund campaign, Mr-.
Merril Co.n, in chaige o the
drive, announced today7.)
Six persons arc dead, five of
them directly attributed to a flu
and pneumonia epidemic which
ran through the village of Old
Harbor on Kodiak island, accord
ing to the report brought back
this week by Marion Curtis,
public health nurse, who went to
the stricken village.
Old H arbor, of about 130 pop
ulation, is located on the east
side of Kodiak island, being the
next large village south of Kodi
ak,
As reported by Nurse Curtis
the dead are:
Polly Capjohn, April 6, 1 day
old, born prematurely due to
mother’s illness in epidemic.
Abraham Capjohn, April 8, 1
year old, brother to above,
Alexander Inga, April 14, 67
years old
J seph Alexandroff, April 16.
14 months old.
Feoaocia Alvedof, April 16, age
63
Influenza and pneumonia were
given as the cause ;d all the a
bove, and in addition a I-year
old child, Larry Inga, grandson
of the Alexander Inga above,
died from tubercular meningitis.
Word of the epidemic was late
in getting here, but aftei 2 weeks
one of the villages gat the radio
to operating and his cell for help
was heard at Ouzinkie and relay
ed to Kodiak.
The Navy immediately order
ed a plane sent down and Navy
Doctor Chnpman and Nurse
Curtis left on it last Wednesday.
One woman had just died
(continued on page 4)
Calls Available
Although I h« te ephone strike
is still on, long distance calls
made from points in Alaska, in
cluding Kodiak, are now being
accepted to Seattle and all
points beyond.
Club Montmartre
Changes Hands
The former Club Montwaite
night c ub on Mill Bay Road
was sold this week for an unann
ounced sum by Veiaand Dorian
^Coogan to Lynn Maikham Mr.
j and Mis (Jo< gan are planning a
tup to the States and will then
return to a home they own near
M ose Pass
The lo mer ni^ht club is new
leased io the Veterans of the
Foieign Wars, who operate the
VFW Club in the location. Mr.
Markham fo metly of Seattle,
opeia'ed the civilian cafetena
and restaurant at the base be
fore coming to 'own as etewaid
for the VKW Club a position be
still holds
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