Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 3)
Alaska Way, and on it fronts
most of the 16 rough-and tough
■tores that dispense whiskey, by
the glass or bottle. The clothing
■tons, drugstores and novelty
■hops are for the most part
tunable-down frame buildings
that look like they’re leaning
against eaeh other at an un
trustworthy angle.
* The only industry is fishing
for salmon vr beirini;, but tbe
town does not boast of a dairy
farm and 2 ranches on its out
“The most surprising thing
abaut Kodiak is that all business
is conducted without a single
civilian telephone ... no system
has been installed and if you
want to talk to your wife at
home you put on an old ceat,
overshoes if it is raining, and
tradge off.
*'We walked by the theater
where “Call of the Rockies’’ was
okaying, it looked like a bent-up
•Id garage with torn posters in
Imnt. Then we entered a novel
ty shop which reminded me of a
frontier version of a Waikiki
hearth souvenir store.
“ ... asked a clerk for the
price of a very Eskimo-ish doll
- .. the clerk explained the price
(J4.75) was rather high because
the dolls were manufactured in
Seattle and the shippng costs of
authentic Alaska souvenirs were
■other high.
“Next we ent» red a drug store
where ice cream sold at the ab
•ermally high price of $1 a quart
whieh we told the owner was as
high as in . . . Honolulu
“The bank was our next Mop
... not to bold it up with a
trusty six shooter and gallop off
en a dog sled but to see tbe
giant bearskins and mounted
heads in tbe lobby.
"Everything’s up-to-date in
Kodiak—even the signs in the
aforementioned drug store.
* Maty had a little lamb . ..
what’ll you have?”
“Green River (not whiskey)—
15 cents ”
"The one that really took my
fancy, however, had more truth
then poetty when it comes to
Alaska:
* The Indian scalps his ene
mies and the white men skins
his friends ”
End of quote.
(continued on page 6,
Roger MacDonald reports he
saw a grey-colored fox on tbe
beach in front of his home on
Spkuce street Friday.
Your Best friend..
When you need it most!
INSURANCE
Olympic
National Life
Insurance
Company
Represented in Kod>ak by
BETTE UeYOUNE
Inquiries Welcomed
Movies showing the part of
sea power in the late Pacific war
were shown at the Rotary lunch*
eon Tuesday at the VFW club.
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed Capt. S. Gazze, Comdr. S.
Gaddis, Red Kessler, and G. W.
Kidd, vice president of the Na
tion Bank of Commerce, Seattle
President James Marts an
nounced the appointment of
| Jack Hinckel as secretary of the
club, replacing Max Folsom, who
| resigned because of the press of
private business
Paper Hanging
Painting
Signs
Free Estimates
Gladly Given
HARVEY
EDWARDS
Brooklyn Avenue
L0OOOOOC5OOOOOOOO
SALE
Unclaimed Baggage & Household
Effects te Satisfy Unpaid Freight A Storage
Used
Pots - Pans
Dishes
Lamps
Lanterns
Books
Furniture
Knitting Maehine
Trunks & Bags
— Many items too numerous to mention —
Muek of thie merchandise is of good quality and as it is priced for quick
disposal will find ready sale
Sale starts in dock warehouse at 9 a.na.
Saturday morning and will continue
until all merchandise
is disposed of
W. J. Erskine Co.
The Alaska Steamship Company
is now serving Alaska with seventeen
ships.
Heading the list arc Alaska’s long-time
friends, the passenger steamers Aleutian,
Baranot and Denali and the freighter
Victoria. The Aleutian and Baranof are
sailing from Seattle on alternate Satur
days for Southeastern and Southwestern
Alaska ports. The Denali sails from Seat
tle every third Thursday on the Kodiak
Island-Cook Inlet Route.
Comparative newcomers to The
Alaska Line flag are the motor vessels
Coastal Monarch, Diamond Knot, Flem
ish Knot, Jumper Hitch, Reef Knot,
Ring Splice, Rose Knot, Square Knot and
Terminal Knot, and the steamers Cape
Victory, Edmond Mallet, Peter J. Mc
Guire and Harold D. Whitehead. These
ships, being operated under charter {rom
the United States Maritime Commis
sion, with the Victoria, are serving
Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska
ports, the Kodiak Island-Cook Inlet
Route, the Bristol Bay and Bering Sea
areas. Sailings from Seattle average one a
week, with more frequent service at
rush periods.
The long experience which the Alaska
Steamship Company has in serving the
needs of Alaska’s people and industries is
being put to full use in the scheduling of
this large fleet so that it will operate to
the greatest advantage of Alaska.
Alaska Steamship Company