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Crash Victim’s
Body Washed Up
The body of James R. Timpson,
AMI, USN, one of two men who
lost their lives November 1, 1958
when their plane- crashed in King
Cove Lake on Afognak Island, was
found earlier this week. Positive
identificaition was made from den
tal records.
Timpson and Ens: Homer B.
Daly were aboard a privately own
ed Tuylorcraft float plane and
crashed on the takeoff. Daly’s body
has-never been found. Both men
were attached to Fasron.
They went to Afognak on a hunt.
Thejrfane was found upside down.
Timpson was born in Texas.,'
June 27. ,1921. His wife Ruth left
here a week after the accident.
Indians (Entitled
To Land Payments
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JUNEAU —t®)— Five judges
handed down a unanimous de
cision in the UjS. Court of Claims
at Washington, DjC. Wednesday,
that held 'the Tlingit and Ha id a
Indians are entitled to payment
for more than 20 million acres
taken .by the Federal government.
This could amount to in the
neighborhood of $50,000,000 for
7,000 Indians and their descend -
ents.
Legislation to make the suit
against the government possible,
was originally introduced 25 years
ago by the late Anthony Dimond,
territorial delegate to Congress.
The State is not involved in the
present ease.
Proclaim Oct. IS
As Alaska Day
JUNEAU —OP)— Gov. William A.
Egan proclaimed Oeiober 18 as
Alaska Day, which marks the 92nd
anniversary o_ the transfer of
Alaska from Russia. October 19
was designated as a legal holiday.
Egan said he would go to Sitka
October 17 to participate in the
next day’s ceremonies, returning
here on the 19th. The formal trans
fer of the territory was aft Sitka,
the Russian capital of Alaska in
1867.
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Here, There and Everywhere
By SIG DIGREE
In this day of jet airplane travel,
it will be hard to conceive taking
seven days to travel from Kodiak
to Seattle, and mostly by plane,
too.
It happened in May, 1942, and
the event is recalled by Lance
Harvey, a construction worker
here from 1939, in an article in
FAA newssheet “Mukluk Tele
graph.”
Harvey first boarded the S. S.
Yukon at Womens Bay for a lei
surely trip to Seattle. As he and
the passengers made themselves
comfortable, the ship was com
mandeered for military service for
the duration. lit was then necessary
to fly out.
“We waited two days for a seat
on a Star Airlines flight,” Harvey
said, “and by that time reserva
tions had run to a list as long as
an early day Anchorge telephone
directory.” When he finally made
it, “Each of the seven bucket
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seats was filled on the Star Air
lines Tri-Motored Ford. The win
cows were blacked out with piy
board for security reasons. The
first leg of the journey ended in
Anchorage.
“The afternoon of the second day
we again boarded the Ford . . .
for a three hour, twenty minute
flight to Fairbanks. The passeng
ers again arranged for their over
night stay and a transfer of tick
ets and reservations cn Pollack
Airlines ... On the afternoon of
the third day out of Kodiak we
were again in the air, cramped but
reasonably comfortable, in a single
engine five-place teellanoa plane
headed for Whitehorse. This was a
bush flight taking a course around
mountains to avoid heavy cloud
banks, through passes and over
the north ribbon of the ALCAN
Highway then under construction.
Nearly six hours later ... we land
ed in Whitehorse.
“Weather conditions in White
horse grounded us for two days
... On the morning of the sixth
day out of Kodiak we finally left
Whitehorse in what was, by com
parison, a real luxury liner. The
twin engine, ten place, Yukon
Southern Airlines, Boeing 247,
took us first to Watson Lake,
Prince George and finally to Van
couver, B.C.” This destination was
not known at the time of leaving
Kodiak ,and further complicated
travel since there were no flights
to Seattle. Harvey then managed
to get aboard the S.S. Princess
Louise leaving for Seattle. He con
cludes: “So, in the early haze next
morning, seven days, three air
lines and an overnight boat trip
out of Kodiak, we were in Seat
tle.”
He contrasted the trip with to
day’s travel, wherein the passen
ger growls at an hours delay,
sneers at filet mignon and cham
pagne served aloft, and observed:
“I wonder what somebody will
write about 1959 travel when we
are ‘jetted’ from Anchorage to
New York in two hours, 20 years
from now?”
In the same paper a resume is
made of accidents. “The largest
number of accidents caused back
injuries, and these accidents re
sulted in most time lost.”
How much money in taxes will
the average man pay between now
and age 65?
This average man is 29 years
old, makes a little under $100 a
week, and has a wife, two chil
dren, a low-priced car and mort
gaged home.
nl the next 36 years, he can ex
pect to pay $47,221 in taxes. That
amounts to $25.23 a week—or more
than 25 per cent of his income.
A REAL SQUEEZE
Due to an error, a clerk was
given a pay envelope containing a
blank check. He moaned, “Just
what I’ve been afraid of: My de
ductions have caught up with my
salary.”
We live longer, stay well longer
and get really sick less often
than in days of yore, according to
a medical journal. More sick peo
ple get well, and get well quicker
than in the ‘good old days/ “Mod
ern medicine, surgery and drugs
have added seven years to the
average life span since 1940.”
This I Believe. About $7 worth
of diesel fuel in a bulldozer can
move as much earth as a man with
a shovel in an entire lifetime . . .
especially if it was me on the end
of the shovel!
Letter to the Editor
Kodiak Mirror,
Kodiak, Alaska
To the Editor;
The first Alaska State Elk’s As
sociation Convention held in Ko
diak from Sept. 30 to Octorber 3,
1959 has been a memorable one
and it is our sincere regret that
they have to leave us.
Faithful Elks, each and every
one of them; devoted to the best
interests of their Country and their
fellow citizens; in the past as weR
as the future they stand ready to
help the needy, give courage to the
unfortunate and in every way pos
sible make Alaska and the Nation
a better place to live.
They are devoted to their Cere
bral Palsy program of helping un
fortunate children in their battle
against crippling muscle defects so
these children might take then
rightful place in a world that is
net always kind.
Also their program for disabled
veterans is another gesture of an
Elk’s dedication to Brotherly Love,
Faith, Hope and Charity.
It has been a privilege and an
honor to have had a small part in
the Convention’s activities and
may these loyal, devoted Ameri
cans favor us once again with
their presence in the not too dis
tant future.
Sincerely,
BILL WORTH
Letter to the Editor
Sig Digree, Editor
Kodiak Mirror
Kodiak, Alaska
Dear Sig:
Through you and your paper,
the-Officers and Members of the
Alaska State Elks Association
would like to express our deep
appreciation to the City of Kodiak,
its citizens, and to your neighbor,
the U.S. Naval Station, for the
many wonderful acts of kindness
and courtesy to the visiting Elks
during the recent Convention in
Kodiak. ,
We were most pleased with your
hospitality and genuine friendli
ness and every one of the Elks
who attended will long remember
your City. We are all looking for
ward to returning again in the
not too distant future.
To John Gibbons and his Con
vention Committee; to the Offi
cers and Brothers of Kodiak
Lodge we want to express our
special thanks, of course, but to
all of the others who made our
stay so pleasant, a sincere “Thank
You!”
Sincerely and fraternally yo .irs,
Alaska State Elks Association
Osky Weeda,
Secretary-Treasurer
Kodiak Hotel
Registrations
Guest registered at the Kodiak
Hotel this week from Anchorage
inchided Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Tor
gerson; Lynn Johnson; Mabel Ni
houl; Mr. and Mrs. Osky Weeda;
Von Johnson; R. J. Drabbs; R.
Johnson; F. J. Garvin; D. Larkin
and W. J. Fiske. Others from An
chorage were Bob Wise; Jeanne
Conover; Robert Lewis; John
Cooley; Ray Lowe; James McKone;
Robert Merrill; James Sullivan;
Charles Bargeron; Frank Doolin;
Eldon Gu'ble and Ed Allen.
Also registered were C. C.
Stump and Lyman Young, Ketchi
kan; Steve Andercon and Jim
Ruben, Frank Hardin and Dale
Ritter, Seattle; Lawrence Pana
maroff, Lazy Bay; Amos Berg and
E. Robert Haag, Juneau; Mr. and
Mrs. Hal Gilsfilen, Seward; Wallace
Heinrichs and Frank Smith, Cor
dova; Mr. and Mrs. James Nolan,
Wrangell; E. D. Larson, Portland,
and E. S. Shupp and S. R. Frisbie
of Ha mill on, Ohio.
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