)L. 6 NO 45
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 11, 1947
PRICE 10 CENT8
’rizes Set i
■or Ball
The big Russian New Year’s
ill will be held next Tuesday,
in. 14, at Blinu’s hall, where,
e drawing will be conducted in
e big raffle in which a refriger
or, bicycle, washing machine
id silverware are to be donated
me lucky winner. Because an
>ner could not be obtained a
t of silverware has been substi
ited for the 4th prize.
In addition over a dozen other
■fixes will be given at the dance,
•eluding a case of beer, pen and
tncil sets, cakes, baskets of food
id other items to be offered for
»t and most comical costumes,
id for a prize waltz.
A case of Scotch whiskey will
5 given as door prize.
The 4 Hits and a Miss will
irnish the music and dance tick
a will be on sale at the box «f
ee.
Money raised by the dance
ill be used for the decoration
f the Russian church and the
ance is sponsored by the Rus
an Women's club.
Raffle tiekets will be on sale
ntil the time of the drawing.
fail Boat Calls
Stopping for mail at Kodiak,
BSie Clannda departed Wednes
Ii ay morning on its first run of
®ie new mail service fr >m Seward
• i the Westward and return. '1 he
® N»rvice had been discontinued
. uring the war,
I ™ P. M. Peterson, of Anchorage,
istiict superintendent of Rail
■ay Mall Service, flew to Kodiak
j leave with the vessel. He will
o as far as Cold Bay and return
y Army plant.
The Christinas Seal sale spon
ored by the local Rotary club
ntted $748, it was reported this
cesk.
BPW To Help On
Statehood Edition
At th“ luncheon meeting Mon
day noon of the Kodiak Busin
ess and Ptofessioual women’s
ehib a 1etter was read from a
BPW club in Rotterdam Hol
land thanking the local club for
• package they sent last summer,
eontaini g foods aud clothing
! In amther letter read to the
members of the Kodiak Central |
jLabor Council approved and en-1
pursed a special issue of the:
Ketchikan Chronicle which will;
I ,>eormted about February 15,
Stressing Statehood for the terri
tory To sell advertising for this i
Issue to Kodiak merchants, Pres
} dent Lillian Morris appointed
1 Gertiude Blankenburg, chair
man, assisted by Margaiet Cook (
and Jeanne Crawford.
Helen King was elected i»to
the club membership.
Girl First Baby
Of The New Year
, The honor of being the first
child born in Kodiak in 1947
goes to Carol Ann Mott, who ar
rived at the GM hospital on Jan.
3, weighing 8 pounds and 5 oun
ces. Her arrival was too late to
make the edition of last week’s
Mirror.
The parents are Lieutenant
and Mrs. Tom Mott.
Lakina Saved
By Pumping
Officers of the Alaska Steam
ship Co. credited fast work at
pumps with saving the Lakina
from sinking Wednesday after a
below-waterline plug in the fire
protection system gave way and
flooded the engine room 20 miles
out of Kodiak. The vessel had
left Kndiuk at, 8 am.
Capt. Hans Ryning wired Ko
diak saying the pumps were
barely keeping up with the wat
er and headed hack to port. A
Navy vessel was dispatched from
the base to escort the vessel.
' "Arriving safely at the city
dock pumping was continued to
enable discovery of the cause of
the flooding. The engineer said a
' “3-inch plug had carried away”.
The plug was restored and the
ve.-sel resailed for Seattle via
Ketchikan around 3 pm
Suit Filed
A civil suit was filed in the
justice court yesterday by J W.
Patterson, doing business as Pat
terson’s Service Station, versus
Hollis W. Mulford.
The complaint alleges the def
endant owes for repairs to a
Ford car amounting to $56.31.
Ttie plaintiff seeks judgment in
that amount plus eosts and at
torney feej. Trial has been set
by Commissioner G. W. BubeD
dorf for n *xt Friday at 2 pm
A. O. Torvanget left by plane
this week to return to Seward,
after taki .g care of the local
Standard Oil plant until the re
turn of Merrill Coon, local ag
ent. Mrs. Coon is visiting awhile
longer with re'atives in Kimball,
Neb.
Mail Boat
Due Today |
Over 6(H) sacks of mail plus
additional parcel post was due to
arrive at Kodiak at 9 am today
(Saturday) on an Army boat
from the Westward
The mail is u most 2 months
old, the shi,> having left feattle
m what was thought to be time j
to arri\e here by Christmas It
was routed to the Westward and I
lias !**»n delayed en rou e
Dog Case Causes
Busy Day In Court
The killing of a dog belonging
to Francis A. Healey, of Mill
Bay road, by Acting Police Chief
Henry Gonzales, that resulted in
a charge of “wanton and mali
cious killing of an animal” being
filed by the dog’s owner, result
ed in a busy day at the court of
the U. S. Commissioner G. W.
Bubendorf yesterday.
The trial started at 10:30,
with Attorney Talmage L Smith
acting for the plaintiff and James
Martz, councilman, representing
the defendant.
Mr. Healey had only testified
to his dog being shot near his
home when a question of law
arose over testimony and court
adjourned until 11.
Before it reconvened Mr.
Martz asked for a continuation
of the case for a week, to obtain
a lawyer from Anchorage. The
request was granted.
Next Mr. Smith and Mr.
Martz and several councilmen
conferred and agreed to try to
settle the case out of court. But
a settlement could not be reach
ed, so both parties agreed to go
ahead with the trial at 1 pm.
The next session started late.
Mr. Healey testified he did
not believe his dog had been
downtown creating a nuisance
and that lie had heard 2 shots
near his home and found evi
dence lattr that his dog had
been killed. Gonzalas did not
tsstifiy. Mrs. Beth Wheeldon,
one witness, said Gonzales had
told her he killed a dog and had
instructions to do so. Testimony
did not further indicate it, but it
is reported Gonzales was told by
a councilman to take care of a
dog that was causing a disturb
ance on the school grounds. A
city ordinance provides for
shooting, without impounding,
of dogs that are nuisances. The
ordinance is in conflict with the
federal statute.
Other testimony was given a?
to Mr. Healey’s habit of keep
ing the dog cha ned at home and
a defense witness testified he
might have seen the dog around
since the shooting.
Both sides rested at 2:12 and
Commissioner Bubendorf reserv
ed judgment until 3 pm. He
found the defendant not guilty
by reason of evidence insuffi
cient to prove the charge as
brought.
Mr. Healey has alsr filed a
civil suit nam ng G nzales, seeK
mg $8^0 for lo s of his dog. plus
attorney’s fees ard costs Trial
has been set lor Thursday at 2
pm.
The dog »a | art. H !g hii shep
herd and, pat* Husky, Mr. Hea
ley said
A regular meeting of the city
council will beT next Monday. |
Emergency water
Still Being Used
Numerous cars have been re
ported in the ditch and the base
road was closed one evening
iftcr several inches of snow fell
beginning early Tuesday mom
mg.
Clear weather prevailed dur
ing the week but snow flurries
and some wind were recorded
yesterday.
Water is slowly entering the
city reservoir but the water now
being used is still being pumped
from Big Lake.
By arrangement with the W.
J. Erskine Co., owners of the
lake, the city is using the water
and is in turn furnishing water
for the Erskine water system.
Many homes are still without
water due to mains being frozen
underground.
Essay Contest
Offers Prizes
Kodiak school students who
have used the Community cent
er in large numbers during the
last 7 months, have an oppor
tunity to cash in on their exper
iences at the center by writing s
500 wory essay on the subject
“Why Kodiak should support
Its Community center”, accord
ing to announcement by Dr. A
Holmes Johrson. chairman o
the Center board of directors
First prizes of $10 each wil
be awarded f >r the best essay or
that subject from a high schoo
student and a grade school stud
ent. Second prizes of $5 will t<
awarded in each class. Th<
prizes are being d mated by Dr
Johnson and the Bank of Kodiak
The best essay will be pub
lished in the Minor Deadlim
for entries is Satuiday Jan. 25
Students desiring inforioatioi
may obtain it from S. A Navi
at the school or Ken Wade ai
the Community Center.
Makes Call
Ed Coester, Sailors’ Unior
representative, who had been ir
Seward in connection with th<
ship tie-up there, arrived in Ko
disk this week and conrerrec
with the United Fishermen’!
Umon. He left yesterday.
Volcano
Erupts
Seattle (iP)—A volcanic dis
til'bance in the Aleutian islands
was reported by the Navy which
Slid Mount Shishaldme on Uni
mak island was eiupting with
such violei ce it had showered
ashes 2 inches dpep on the vil
lage of False P«ss, 20 miles a
way. Residents of the island we «
no' einfangere 1.
PAA Plane
Crashes
Seattle (iP)—Thirteen passen
gers and a crew of 4 escaped in
jury when a southbound Pan
American World Airways plane
overshot the Bow Lake runway
and crashed. The plane touched
the ground, bounced through the
rough, knocked down a tele
phone pole, tore a gap in a fence>
slid across a concrete highway
and came to rest nestling a huge
stump.
It had left Fairbanks Tuesday
morning. Among the passengers
was Warren A. Taylor, former
Kodiak attorney.
Vessels Routed
The long-delayed “relief" sh*p
Reef Knot, out of Portland, was
to begin unloading at Seward
last night, according to word
received by the local Alaska
Steamship office. Its discharge of
: cargo there was to follow the
Denali, the latter then scheduled
to return to Seattle. The Reef
Knot will cell at Seldovia before
Kodiak.
The Denali is now set to sail
from Seattle od Jan. 28, for Ket
chikan, Juneau, Seldovia and
Kodiak, which will bring it here
about Feb. 5.
It will return to Seattle yia
Ketchikan.
Center Drive
Dates Set
O. A. Torgerson of the Bank
of Kodiak was named chairman
of the finance committee of the
Community Center in an an
, nouncement th s week by Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, chairman of
, tl e beard,
i Mrs Marjorie Gunderson,
■ principal of Kodiak High School,
was te-appoiuted chairman of
the library committee.
A. A. Owen, city councilman,
and Walter Sipprell, Alaska
1 steamship representative, were
' named as co-cli airmen of the
1 hou^e commit tee and will have
' charge of maintenance and im
provement of the Community
, Center building.
The annual Community Out
er campaign for funds for the
j)947 budget will be held from
! Feb. 3 to 8, it was announced by
. Mr. Torgerson and it is hoped
that business firms and individu
als will give geneiou-ly to make
poss ble the completion of tbe
Cen er s program for the benefit
lot the entire community. Fume
and individuals desiring to make
i In n c ninbiitions or pledges in
advance of llie campaign may do
so by ca'bng at the Bank of Ho
ld ak or mailing their checks t»>
! the Co irnnnity r>nt r