DIM KNOW
That when the Lord of A
laska first landed on Kodiak
Island these many years ago
he started from scratch when
he laid out the present City of
Kodiak. Then to further com
plicate matters, after the City
was surveyed and a plan was
drawn, in some way the origin
al copy became misplaced and
from that day to the present
•aly two plats of the City are
ia existance and thi y both are
difiertnt. One of these plats is I
in the Oily Hall locked in the
archives of tne City- lore and
the other pl^teVinny Root has.
Last Sunday night we had a
cold spell you will recall and
one of the wa:er mains in the
new addition burst. What a
hubbub. The City employees
with the help of a few of the
City Fathers cculdn.t find the
shut off valve in the area. Fa
ther Sharp was roused from
his electric blanket and rushed
to the City Hall for the plat of
the Public Works Department
of the City. The directions on
said plat were as follows:
One hundred paces due Nor
th from a round rock on the
corner of Ash and Pine you
will be in line with two hern
locks to the East and a birch
to the West. I
| At this point take 33 and i
|p s NiYffari'j ddv. a stake
i j cr»e ground. I'ake a 25 foot
to. d and inscribe a circl ' a
rouncl 'hi.- stake ^ici 47 de
rees ii this diamete r yc u \. i 11
find the valve. Direct’on-. we e
followed to the tee and no shut
off valve.
Vinny Root was called and
he had misplaced his plat but
he vaguely r membered that
the tangentof the quadrant on
jthe epiglutus was 49 degrees
jso the crew dug another hole
|and sure as preaching there
was the valve, Results. Water
was restored minus the pres
sure.
A few gallons of the prec
ious stuff was run in the show
er bath at home and now I can
get stuck for real property tax
You . the ’and I o* n
in m.\ - <1 the tempi" -
nire pi ow as If’ ’*• i
It S'!re look.-'
• nt r.
. ; jirted out a very
famous M.t m
' l'he sun that brief December
day.
Hose cheerless over hills of
sray.
And darkly circled gave at
noon
A sadder light than waning
moon.”
An apropo parady could be
manufactured from those few
lines that would fit Kodiak to
a tee. Make a stab at it and
lets see what you can come up
with.
Scotty Redell is back home
for the holidays, I don’t be
Iieve he made Hon >10lu.
Bur, he sent Pa^squalt bppo
luppoaoppodus a‘.niofe-i >pro
nate grc|!in$ from'. • ie.
Lawreif&lThhaman /ulled
i i Sunday also after >eing
|nUtside since fishing season
la-1 fall.
The old saying goes, ‘Them
j hat has gets,” well I ain't
igot but there's nothin’ in tha
ibook that sez’ I can’t w sh
jyou and yours the most Mer
iriestof Christmas, and this
ibeing our last issue until Jan
uary 8th, I will have to add a
very very Happy New Year.
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