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Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered :n the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
C!*ss matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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' 1 James G. Bennett. Publisher
Patrick J. Bennett, Editor
Nita and Mike Bennett. Executive Editors
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local uews published herein.
Mans Best Friend
Volumes have been written: thousands S cartoons
drawn and newspaper items and editorials written by the
hundreds on this particular subject- But with all this liter
"arywealth, our status hare in Kodiak is just a li$e different
than it is any place else in the world. This diff^yence appar
ently lies in the fact that Kodiak has a transient population,
’ for the most part canine lovers, who are hene for a short
***tour of duty or work at seasonal jobs with theconfractors or
for the fishing industry, and on leaving Kodiak, ask John
Doe to care for Rover until “next spring”
Now John Doe probably has a Rover of his own, plus
the Rover that Tom, Dick or Harry left last week, under the
same circumstances. This situation doesn’t make John very
happy but he is a good friend so he says OK. In less than
a week the two Rovers through disinterest and inattention
ere left to run wild and forage for their food.
Now multiply the John Does in Kodiak by the number
of Rovers he has been asked to care for and we come up with
the astounding total of between forty or fifty Rovers. The
poor beasts are semi-homeless and must eat. And then among
the pack are four females. Thats about the average. Presto—
after a week of fighting, howling and trouble for everyone
twenty more added to the pack, etc. etc. etc.
And now to the climax of a bad situation. The KPD are
called to pick up some of these strays. They comply, put them
in the pound and wait for John Doe to claim them. John
doesn’t even miss them so after a length of time subscribed
■by City Council action, Rover is destroyed. The Patrolman’s
duty is at present to feed and care for all these friendly
degacies and then take them out to the city dump and shoot
them. After the disposal of the canine, the Patrolman must
<)tan up the pound which is most rebellous task to impose on
a City Servant.
In conclusion: If you are leaving Kodiak for a pro
longed stay why don’t you have the decenency to dispose of
your own Rover. That asking your friend to care for
’him is distinctly grounds for losing that best friend. If you
don't have the heart to do the shooting give your best friend
a couple of bucks to do the task and you will still have a good
friend.
' Also the. City of Kodiak has a number of Guests that
are eating and sleeping their young lives away in the local
faatille. Why can’t they earn part of room and board by
♦ rrirp for the homeless Rovers? In this way everyone will be
gefcting^-break and the boys with time on their hands will
} < ei that they are at least earning their keep. PS: Tuesday
?, arch 2nd is roundup time for Kodiak’s Doggies. Pen up
1 enetope or you will be pound pensive and poke poor.
TheWorld^ Day of Prayer,
•on the first Friday in Lent,
M arch 5, 1954, will be observed
in 118 countries beginning at
Is*tin the Tonga Islands,
erd the Day will continue to
fee observed as the earth ro
utes until the twenty-four
fccur vigil - is ended in the
northern most parts of Alaska.
Everyone in Kodiak and
vicinity is cordially invited to
je in this Fellowship of prayer
pr d praise at the Community
Iffi h Church, at 7:30 pm
pm I 5th.
A special Children’s Ser
vice is also planned, beginning
at 3 pm on this day. All pre
.school children, kindergarten,
f rst, second and third grade
rfccjs and girls are invited to
ttlei c. this service.
Sargeant Ames of the A
laska Highway Patrol accom
panied Bob Parker, Alaska
Department of Fisheries Biolo
gist to Kitoi Bay recently, to
investigate the theft and re
moval of some ADF property
there. To date no arrests, have
been made and the investiga
tion has not been closed.
Mr. and Mrs. Kim Clark
are now watchmen at the
ADF Kitoi Bay project.
Hospital News
BIRTHS;
To Mr. and Mrs Frederick
Anderson, a daughter, Feb.
25, weight 9 lbs. Name Mar
tha Ann.
Uttar to tha IditO'
Kodiak. Mask
Feb. 24, 1954
Dear Mr. Bennett:
I heard my Mom and Dai
talking about you and I think
you can help me.
L ist S iturday before noon
my pet Kitty disappeared. He
was my pal and I have been
pretty sad since. I have been a
cat lover for as long as I can
remember. . . I will be time
years old in May. “Kitsy” was
last seen around the Beach
combers but everytime we
went looking for him there
was no sign of him so maybe
someone picked him up. Please
put an ad in your paper and I
hope that will bring my kitty
back.
LOST: Part Angora Kitten
about half grown with long
black fur, white socks and
white under his chin and on
his nose. Child’s pet. Last
seen around Beachcombers.
Please call 258 ?. Reward.
Thank you
Mary Kay Cichoski
P. S. I can’t write yet so I
had my Mom write this letter
for me. If this money isn’t
enough for the ad. just call
my home and I will dig into
my piggy bank.
(Editor’s Note) A newspaper
staff is made up of many pro
fessional men and women
covering all the various de
partments to put the paper
out at a specified time For
Mary’s Kays’ contribution to
the Editorial Staff of the Ko
diak Mirror she is being mail
ed a check for $1.
DC4 Flight To Kodiak
PNA Bypasses Hcmer
The problem of PNA’s pre
sent flight schedule, which by
passes the city of Homer, was
one of the main topics dis
cussed at this week’s Chamber
of Commerce meeting. A letter
has been sent to PNA Vice
President Harold Olson ex
pressing the deep concern that
the members of the Chamber
have in regards to this present
schedule.
As the letter to Olson has
not as yet been -answered, the
Chamber members have de
cided not to pursue the prob
lem until their next meeting.
Guest James L. Houston of
Seattle, owner of the company
bearing his name, gave an
impromtu talk. Houston emp
hasized the fact that the war
buying days of quanity are
past, and that the present day
buyer has become quality con
scious. Houston, who is a
member of the Kodiak chain
I ber of commerce said that he
[ gets to Kodiak once a year.
City Wharfinger H. E.
Spencer was the guest of Bob
Hedloff.
Authorization was given to
City Magistrate Bob Hedloff
by City Council members to
“write off" several delinquent
tax debts on boats. These
taxes were issued at the time
when some of the boats had
either been meved, sold or
sunken.
3if»h Pilot
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sick and innoculated the rest
of the village
About the time the Kodiak
Airways plane landed at
Ouzinkie on Friday evening
the office received a radio
message that Henry Aga had
been shot in the left thigh
with a thirty five calibre rifle
at Larsen Bay. Due to the
weather and darkness he was<
not brought to Kodiak until
Saturday morning where he j
was operated on by Dr.< A.
Holmes Johnson. U. S. Mar-|
shall, Clarence Dizney flew to
Larsen Bay where he appre
hended Joe Mahoney who had
fired the rifle that inflicted the
'-’ound in Hehry Aga's leg.
Dr. Johnson had given first
aid instructions to persons at
Larsen Bay. via radio, which
probably saved Henry’s life.
Joe Mahoney is at the Ko- J
diakJail, pending further in-;
vestigation of the shooting. !
Library News
According to Librarian
Marion Lynch, recent addi
tions to the library include a
full set of the “Book House”
for children.
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Crawford
have donated a number of j
books, both fiction and non
fiction, from their library. Dr.
Johnson has contributed seve
ral brand new Whodunits.
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At last’s week’s Rotary
meeting Jim Martz showed
the films he had taken on his
recent trip to the far east. ^
Martz supplied the narration
and answered any and all
questions that his fellow Ro
tarians asked.
Attention KEA Voters
Leon (Ole) Johnson, man
ager of the Kodiak Electric
Association. Inc., submitted
the following list of persons
recently who have been nomi
nated to serve as directors of
the KEA for the years 1954
and 1955. Arranged in alpha
betical erder the persons
nominated are:
Dorothy Anderson. Morris
S. Burnham, Pat W. Cannon,
Basil Clark, Merrill Coon. Ar
nold Ewing, Tom Frost Jr,
Joe Gale, Jim Garoutte, Carl
Buer. P. J. Kerrigan, Max
LaLande, Eugene L. Lighb
foot, Jack Metzgar. L. J. Nor
man, William F. Smith, Harry
E. Spencer, Wilton J. White,
R. C. Wilson and Bill Worth.
Nine directors will be elect
ed from the above grouo at
the annual meeting to be held
Monday evening March 1, at
8 pm at the Elks Hall.
Johnson pointed out, that
attendance is of the utmost
importance. * UNLESS AT
LEAST 50 PEOPLE AKS.
PRESENT TO FORM A
QUORUM, THFRE WILL BK
NO MEETING,” Johnson
stated.
City councilmen recom
mended that a revision be
made in the parking meter
ordinance last Tuesday at
their regular Council meeting.
The revision is to reduce the
present fine of $3 to $1 for
parking meter violations. The
recommendation will be voted
on at some future meeting.
City council authorized City
Manager Bob Sharp to dispose
of all derelict autombiles. The
method of disposal was left to
Snarp’s discretion.
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