flodiak Mirror
' 'cNe<ws of (America $ Last frontier ’
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska by the
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
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KODIAK .
DIARY ...
We are so used to people go
ing Outside fr nn Kodiak and
telling some odd stories re the
city, its life and inhabitants,
that the following, copied from
an outside paper, is a welcome
surprise:
"Vale, Oregon, (Special)—Mr.
and Mrs. Willard Baker and chil
dren, Sally and Bobby, leturned
recently from Kodiak, where
they have spent the past year,
while Mr. Baker was engaged in
defense constiuction.
"It’s the grandest place in the
world and we’re going back there
to live after the war,” Mrs. Ba
ker said, when asked how she
liked it up there. Sixty-seven de
grees is the hottest it had been
at Kodiak this summer the Bak
ers said, making them so unused
to the heat that they suffered
quite severely when they got
to the States
‘ Contrary to popular opinion,
the winters are moderately mild
in Alaska, they said with last
year’s coldest weather seeing the
thermometer no lower than 17
degrees above zero. Trees and
brilliant-hued flowers grow lux
uriantly on Kodiak island they
said, and it is a fisherman’s para
dise. They admitted there were
a few drawbacks. It is not a
farming country and milk was 50
cents a quart while they were
there, but the advantages far
outweigh the disadvantages,they
claim and are enthusiastic about
the prospect of making their fut
ure home there
Also comes a letter from the
base, and now we know a man
there who likes it here, too His
name is C. B. Davis, and he
says: “1 like this country. If I
could figure out a business here
or on the mainland to make a
living, after the war, I would
stay here. Maybe I can.” Then
he continues, jokingly, “It would
be an honor to have me around
I am renowned. I am the only
man from Oklahoma that did
not know Will Rogers personally
or that was not ‘brung up’ right
next to his “40”.
Project To Start
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gravity down past Erskine’s
store out into the narrows of
Kodiak harbor at that point. Of
course all of this would be un
derground and would not create
any nuisance whatsoever to the
surrounding property or inhabit
ants.
“There would not be any odor
coming from the manholes of
this pumping plant and manhole
in the schoolyard than there
would be from any other man
holes along the sewer system.
All of them o course would be
covered. It would be disastrous to
allow any sewage to dump into
Kodiak Harbor at the mouth of
this creek or anywhere along
the beach in front of town along
the shores of inner Anchorage,
as it would certainly create a nui
sance there, and during certain
stages of tides ands winds a lot
of the sewage would wash back
on the beach in front of town.
For this reason there are no out
falls along the shores of inner
Anchorage at all. All of the sew
age from Kodiak will be dumped
into the narrows where the tide
will catch it and wash it away.
“The pumping plant will be
electrically driven and will re
quire about 15 horsepower. I
understand that it would be
necessary for the city of Kodiak
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Reception Friday
Will Honor Teachers
An informal tea and reception |
honoring the teachers of the;
Kodiak school will he held at the
Community Baptist church next
Friday afternoon, Oct. 2, at
3:45 p. m. Parents of school
childern are especially invited to
attend and meet the many new
teachers.
The tea is being given by the
Women’s Society, and Mrs. R.
L. Clifton, president, will head
the receiving line.
The committee in charge of ar
rangements consists of Mesdames
Herbert Pope, Gregory Morony,
Robert Dawson and Morris
Burnham.
Will Knit And Purl
There will be a regular meet
ing of the Red Cross knitting
group at the Griffin Memorial
hospital next Tuesday at 2 p. m.
Instruction and supplies for
knitting will be furnished. Mrs.
W. A. Taylor will be in charge.
Gives Luncheon
Mrs. Forest G. Ayers enter
tained several friends at lunch
eon last Saturday honoring Mrs.
Claude Denhof before her depart
ure on a trip with Mr. Denhof to
Anchorage. Guests were Mrs.
Andy Hutton and Miss Nellie
Moline.
i
Alaska Highway
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able was overcome with corduroy
roads.
Army arrangements for winter
maintenance include rest camps
for the operators of truck con
voys. barracks for maintenance
troops, weather observation and
telephone installations the length
of the highway.
to operate and maintain this
sewage pumping plant after it is.
built.
‘ I was directed to a great ex-j
tent in the design by the FWA
and limited by the amount of
money which they were willing
to spend After the FWA resi
dent engineer (whose name I yet
do not know) arrives in Kodiak,
it might be possible to make
minor changes that it seems
would be necessary in these plans.
My authority and connection
with this project ceased after 1
had prepared the p'ans and
specifications at the time when
they were accepted by the FWA.
From that point on the FWA do
everything on a force account
basis, and I understand even
the contractor is working on a
cost plus-fee basis ”
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Land Office Head
(continued from page 1)
1000 sites since Pearl Harbor
for every conceivable purpose
from airfields to tank factory
locations.
He pointed out that the wu^
of the land office has been
stream-lined so that the time
for acquiring title in wanted
land has been reduced to an av
erage of 4 days.
Kodiak Transit Co.
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