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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
y ’eople have been jumping us
ce last week's paper about
Tj >item about no official nation
flower, all claiming there is
e, »nd that it is the golden
•ll.
Best proof of the latter was
rjiphed by Mrs. Maurice
. ,ggs, employed at Helsol’s
(j ioto company. Mrs. Briggs has
r, ed an agent for some time of
l e Lincoln Library of Essential
formation, a one-volume en
■ clopedia, and under a list of
•i tional flowers is given the
1 flowing:
J
^United States goldenrod
1(by popular vote)”
Well, we don’t give in easily,
e still maintain that a flower
ei not become an official na
>Dal flower until Congress a
pts it (us it has the flag and
tional anthem). On another
ge of the Lincoln Library we
UmI this paragraph:
"By reason of its beauty and
de distribution in the United
ates the goldenrod is styled
e national flower. Several
jtes have chosen it as a floral
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So hereafter we shall join the
others in “styling” the goldenrod
as the national flower.
But, being something of a die
hard, we won't admit it is offic
ial.
An article on the Russian
Church fire, illustrated with
pictures, has been scheduled for
the October issue of Alaska Life
magazine, according to the edit
or, Dean Sherman. The article
is the work of Warren Holloway,
member of the U. S. Signal
Corps stationed at the local
ACS office.
Because of the remoteness of
many places in Alaska we hesr
strange stories of the uses law
is put to by some, One of the
best is the one we heard Warren
A. Taylor, attorney, tell at the
meeting with Delegate Dimond.
He was member of a floating
court party that came to a lone
ly island and pulled in to trans
act the necessary legal business.
Among the latter came two
couples, who asked to be “per
manently” married. They were
already temporarily married
they explained Delving by the
floating court disclosed that the
postmaster of the village had as
sumed a perogative and issued a
“temporary” marriage license,
as there was no way of getting
one there, so the couples in
question wou dn’t have to wait.
The documents were displayed
to the court, and to make them
more legal the postmaster had
affixed his cancellation stamp to
eaeh.
Having been forced to delve
many times inlo the bulky Postal
Laws & Regulations we can un
derstand how the accommodat
ing postmaster might have mis
taken his powers.
Our Editor in Charge of Ru
mors heard the rumor recently
about the “new arrests having
been made in the Schultz rob
bery case” and has been at
tempting to track it down. A
number of wires were sent
(Editor’s noter Two wires, to be
exact Our Editor in Charge of
Rumors has been in charge of
them so long that he, too, is in
clined to exaggerate.) and no
confirmation has been forth
coming.
Asked about it in Anchorage
Noel K Wennblom, United
States Attorney, wired: ‘ Just
returned from Outside and un
able to confirm details at pre
sent. ”
Bill Lewis, R. R Reynolds,
Fred Whited, Glen Burnett and
Walt Ulrich returned Tuesday
:rom an 8-day bear hunt that
took them to Afognak island
and Larsen’8 bay and other
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Result: they saw lots of bear
but didn’t get any.
Alib : They just went for a
good time, which they had.
They could have gotten some
bears if they had wanted to
go through a lot of brush, and
the bears aren’t very good any
way.
We wish to record another
first for Kadiak, and one that
we hardly thought would come
our way, either.
What is believed to be the
first permanent hair wave given
to the city’s male element was
bestowed this week by Della’s
Beauty Cabin on the person of
a local well-known taxi driver.
Just another of the permanent
changes Kodiak is undergoing.
Frank Hermann, druggist,
William Neiderhauser, fire chief,
and Joe Hill, army fire official,
left on a recent .'mall boat for
Juneau, where Hermann will be
associated in the drug business
with his brother. Hermann’s
drug store here was purchased
by L. K. Wodlinger, operator of
Kodiak's other drug store.
Neiderhauser and Hill w>ll
continue to Seattle. Neiderhaus
er has 60 days’ sick leave.
Lt. C. M. Wilkins, former]
Tacoman, and a prisoner of Jap-l
an since the fall of Corregidor,
is not wounded and is in excel
lent health, according to word
just received by his family, Lt.
Wilkins is a cousin of Mrs. For
est G. Ayers of this city.
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