"News of oAmencds Last Frontier}
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 9, 1945
VOL. 6 NO. 15
PRICE 10 CENTf
Negotiate
For Cannery
G. P. Halferty, co-owner with
Praok McConaghy of the local
cannery, arrived here this week
by plane from Seattle on his first
trip to Kodiak since 1926.
Described as a business trip in
connection with the local plant,
Mr. Halferty also met with a
negotiating committee represent
ing a group organized with a
view to purchasing the Halferty
cannery interest.
The committee, consisting of
Ben Kraft, Lee Bettinger and
. Lawrence Wodlinger, discussed
price and arrangements for a
possible purchase about Nov. 1.
It was reported Mr. Halferty
agreed to a price, and the com
mittee was to report last night
to the interested members of the
group who have pledged about
$112,000 toward a stockholder’s
> organization interested in acquir
ing the cannery.
Trustees for the group are 0.
1 A. Torgerson and Ben Kraft,
■ with P. J. Watkinson as chair
man and Lee Bettinger as secre
tary.
Mr. Halferty left via Alaska
Airlines yesterday to return to
Beattie. On the way he will stop
at Cordova, he said, where he
has other cannery interests.
R. F. Snyder Buys
Fairbanks Bar
Roy F. Snyder, owner of the
Mecca bar here, has purchased
the Reception bar In Fairbanks,
according to word received this
week. The bar is located on
. Cushman avenue directly across
from the Model cafe.
A request for the transfer of
the bar license from Steve Boin
ich, former owner, to Mr, Sny
der, was approved by the Fair
banks city councd Tuesday,
June 5.
Mr. Snyder, who was recently
in Kodiak, returned to his home
• in Seattle via Alaska Steamship,
then flew to Fairbanks by Pan
American, arriving there last
Sunday.
Nels Sandvik, of Petersburg,
was admitted to the GM hospital
this week. Other patients include
Emil Olson, fisherman; Fred lu
kim, Afognak, Washington Fish
A Oyster Co. employe; Mrs. Lil
lian Erickson, from Chignik, who
nnderwent a major operation;
and Felip Tingas, Filipino crew
foreman at the McConaghy can
nery.
Helen Deitmeier, from Seattle,
is employed at Erskine’s store as
•tenographer.
Champ Joe Louis
Coming To Kodiak
T-Sgt. Joe Louis, world heavy
weight champion, making a tour
of Alaska army bases, is expect
ed at Fort Greely for 2 days on
June 22, according to the post
Special Service office.
Plans are being formulated for
a boxing eard the night, ne ar
rives and a section for civilians
I in Kodiak is contemplated. De
tails of the arrangements will be
announced later.
A softball game, with Louis
pitching for the Army, is also
being arranged for the afternoon
of June 23.
To Fly Produce Here
Kodiak people will soon be in
dulging in fresh fruits and vege
tables and other products from
famed Matanuska valley as the
result of plans laid here this week
by Ralph Terranova, Anchorage
wholesaler, who returned to that
city yesterday via Alaska Air
lines.
Mr. Terranova hopes to sup
ply both civilian and military
markets locally and will ship the
produce via Alaska Airlines. His
first shipment, to consist of
broilers for a local market, is
scheduled for next week.
Dog License Rush
Depletes Tag Supply
Tne rush for dog licenses de
pleted the supply yesterday, but
more are to be made by C. Diz
ney, keysmith.
From April 1, 68 dog licenses
have been issued, making a total
of 109 licenses so far this year.
7th War Loan Sales
Have $46,000 To Go
The first 3 weeks of the 7th
War Loan resulted in bond sales
of $13,950 for KodiaK, according
to the report issued today by O.
A. Torgerson, local chairman.
With the drive ending June 30
local canvassers plan to get going
in full swine this month as Kod
iak makes its effort to attain its
quota of $60,000.
Kodiak’s standing and sales of
other Alaska towns to June 2
foiiows:
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Ketchikan
Juneau
Seward
Wrangell
Petersburg
Nome
KODIAK
Sitka
Palmer
Cordova
$248,428.75
170,127.50
88.605.25
62,104.75
24.731.25
22.050.00
19.575.00
16.756.25
13.950.00
10.556.25
9.825.00
8.250.00
Kodiak To Get
New P. 0. Head
Appointment of Maurice L.
Briggs as acting postmaster of
the Kodiak post office by the
Postmaster General, Washington
D. C., was announced here this
week, following the resignation
of Mrs. Kathryn Francis, who
has been in charge of the post
office as acting postmaster for
the past year.
Actual transfer of the office
will take place on the arrival of
a post office inspector, who is
reported due here this week.
Mr. Briggs, formerly a civilian
carpenter employed by the Army
at Fort Greely, has been employ
ed as clerk at the post office for
the past two months.
The Mighty 7th
A message of vital importance
to every citizen of Kodiak ap
pears on page 5. Turn to it now
and read every word.
Probate Judge C. C. Naught
on approved the sale of pool
room equipment belonging t«
the Oscar Breedman estate to
Henry Valli and Rudolph Carl
son, for $1700. The equipment is
being packed for shipment to
Cbignik.
V-Gardeners Should Start ‘Plotting’
by Mrs Forest G. Ayers,
_ Garden Chairman
The people of America are
urged to continue with increased
patriotic enthusiasm the Victory
Garden Program in 1945. Gar
dens are especially important in
Alaska where transportation
space is a problem for both bulky
and perishable fruits and veget
ables. The supply of many such
foods does not equal the demand
and some fresh foods are entirely
unavailable between boats. Ev
ery vegetable, fruit or berry serv
ed where it is raised, releases its
space and the labor of handling
and transportation, its risk of
loss by spoilage and gives its
equivalent of much needed food
to our military forces. Victory
Gardens mean better living at
lower cost, freedom from worry
between ships and insures more
food to those who are fighting to
protect our freedom.
In 1944 there were approxim
ately nineteen million Victory
gardens registered with the goal
increased to twenty million in
1945. Our government is asking
for 363,000,000 acres of crops in
the United States in 1945, an
area of three times the total
acreage of Germany, France and
the British Isles.
Nutrition experts advise that
from 4 to 7 servings of fruits and
vegetables are needed daily to
keep bodily health and vigor at
top efficiency. The best and only
sure guarantee of a full supply of
fresh fods this year is the home
or community garden plan.
General Eisenhower recently
warned millions of Germans now
conquered, that they must plant
all the vegetables and food pos
sible, as there is not enough food
in the world to go around.
The slogan for 1945 is “A gar
den at every home and farm and
eveiy garden a good one”. The
Department of Agriculture at
the University of Alaska and the
U. S. Department of Agriculture
has furnished material which
your chairman has distributed
the past three years and there is
now a limited supply of such
material, strawberry plants and
other plant slips, and some good
top soil, which will be again dis
tributed upon request.
Among the very excellent
sources of material which may
be obtained by mail are the fol
lowing 3 booklets published by
the American Home magazine,
55 Fifth Ave., New York, 3, N.
Y.: “Canning Clinic No. 163, at
25c (this booklet gives answers
to canning problems, many fav
orite recipes, excellent directions
for home dehydrating and brin
ing of butter and other food, of
special service to Alaskans);
“Home Storage of your Food
Crops” No. 165, 20c, (This tells
what crops can be stored success
fully and give basic rules of mod
ern methods of home storage);
"Vitamin Health parade” No.
103, 6c, (nututional information
of value and why there is a need
of an adequate supply of vita
mins in the daily diet and best
of all a simple, easy method of
planning to use them in your
daily menus). Other va'uable in
formation may bs obtained by
writing Victor H. Ries, Country
Gardners Service, Phil. 5, Penn.,
and signing Kodiak Garden club,
if your garden is registered.
Kodiak, where home gaiden
space is often limited, is asked to
remember that even a tiny door
yard garden is a badge of patri
otism and all are urged to regis
ter with the garden club chair
man who sends the registrations
to Washington, D. C., as an as
surance to the Government of
individual and community war
service.
For the past 3 years Mrs. Ay
ers and her various committees,
including a group of Kodiak
school students, have eanvassed
Kodiak island for Victory garden
registrations, to the total to date
of 785. New home gardens this
year may be registered with Mrs.
Ben Kraft at Kraft’s store or
Mrs. Bobby King, opposite the
GM hospital on Mission road.
tvarluk Area
Peaceful
The fishing season opened
with no untoward...incidents m
the Karluk native fishing reserv
ation, according to Charles Mad
sen, who returned from there
this week. Louis C. Mueller and*
Charles C. Hoskins, special offic
ers of the U. S. Indian service,
found two boats, both of non
resident Alaska fishermen, in the
area but on being warned both
desisted fishing there, it was re
ported. Local fishermen are ob
serving the reservation, it was
said.
Mr. Mueller expects to return
in about two weeks, Mr. Madsen
said, and Mr. Hoskins will prob
ably remain in that area for the
summer.
Only concern of the special
officers in enforcing the reserva
tion is to allow the native fisher
men to fish unmolested and the
3000-ft. reservation limits set by
law are not being eufo red Na
tive fishermen need about l'20t)
feet for their net hauls.
Fisherman Drowns
Near Bear Island
Jacob Wick, fisherman from
Uyak bay, was believed drowned
on Monday while fishing near
Bear island, according to reports
received here this week.
Details of the accident were
meager but it was reported he
was alone at the time and that,
it was thought his boat overturn
ed while he was setting out a gtll
net anchor.
The boa' was recovered and
although dragging operations
were conducted the body was
not recovered, according to Kad
iak Fisheries officials at Port
Bailey, for whom he was wort
mg.
The deceased is survived by
his wife and 1 child at Uyak.
Seattle Man
Dies At Hospital
Edward Robert Taylor, about
50, an engineer employed by the
Alaska Packer’s association at
Larsen bay, who was admitted
to the GM hospital last week
passed away Monday evening.
Death was due to carcinoma of
the pancreas, Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson, attending physician,
reported.
Mr. Taylor’s home address
was given as 1009 Minor avenue,
Seattle. He is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Johanna Taylor at
that address.
The body will be shipped on
the next boat to Seattle for
burinl.