Kodiak Diary
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be Mirror office or anj
y official.
he gavel is returned it i:
sed that no questions wil
ced and no effort made tc
ut who had it. All the dill
i is its gavel.
received a postcard this
addressed to Kodiak In
• of Alaska
joklyn, where a tree grows
he card came from, musl
a body confusing us with
>anks, on Fairbanks Island
oeal man tells us that some
I ago in a town on the main
la man who is now a bankei
other Alaska town asked an
rel)ow of his acquaintance
following question:
llike,” he asked, “where dc
think is the most vulnerable
to shoot a bear?"
ike thought it over for a
ite and then answered de
itively:
guess the most vulnerable
to shor t a bear would be
odiak Island "
st year this column carried
caber of items about the na
il flower of the U. S. Mrs.
Magnusen, you remember,
d what the national flower
and we said there was no
al flower. Our authority was
iioned by both of us.
e had forgotten all about the
tion until this week when we
ed up a copy of the magazine
je” and read the question
answer department. In it the
mer answered an unquoted
tion with the note: “Sorry,
United States has no official
anal flower. The goldenrod
been talked of.”
ie person who asked the
ition had the initials M. M.
le wonder.
wo little girls sat in the
iak Fountain sipping when
reye was caught by a sign
the backbar. One of them
lit aloud:
Mary had a little lamb,
lhat will you have?”
t)n the other side,” Mayor
Proprietor and Wit Emil
xisen kidded them, ‘it says.
"HARVEY'S”
Mumbing-Heating
Oil Burners
Plumbing Fixtures
Water & Sewer Pipe
Fittings Valves
Water Tanks
C. H. GUNDLACH
250 Alder Lane
FILE
INCOME TAX
ftETOftNI
HERE
M-19*
*1 AM FILING MY INCOME TAX RETURN EARLY-ITS
ONLY 4 O'CLOCK AND I HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHTl"
‘So we cai fleece you!’ ”
“Oh,” said one of the little
girls, “that’s what our dog has.”
“No,” explained Knudsen,
‘ this is spelled differently. It’s
‘fleece’
“What’s that?” the girls asked.
“That's wool,” their men ter
said.
“Oh,” the twins said deflated
ly, “our dog doesn’t have that.”
A gentleman hereabouts told
us a story very recently about an
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at the
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GIFT SHOP
"Largest Curio Store in Town”
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Economy Transfer
9 Garbage O Hauling
Clyde L. Galbreath
Have a Coca-Cola = Na Zdravi
(HERE’S TO YOU)
i , \ or how to greet a visiting Czech
Everyone knows that the way to make friends is to be friendly. Have a “Coke”,
says the American airman, and Here’s to you, replies the Czech flyer with instant
understanding. This simple gesture is a world-wide high-sign of good intent.
Around the globe Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes—has become
the symbol of welcome among the kindly-minded.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
It's natural for popular names
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke".
o 1943 The C-C Co.,
ANCHORAGE COLD STORAGE CO.