Eodiak iUirror
''cAfcwj of America's Last ‘frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5,00
Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of 'Congress of March 3, 1878.
MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for reDublication of all news dispatches credited to it
or noc otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
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One September day in 1897, a queer letter came to the
editorial desk of the old New York Sun. It was a simple query
from a little girl who quite obviously had experienced the chill
of disillusionment in her faith in Santa Claus, and wished the
matter settled finally, positively.
The letter was turned over to Francis P. Church, member
ef the Sun’s editoral staff to answer. The statement, letter
from the little girl and Church’s answer appear below:
“We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prom
inently the communication below, expressing at the same time
our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered
among the friends of The Sun.
Dear Editor: I am eight years old. Some of my little
friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it
in The Sun its so. Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa
Claus?
Virginia O’ Hanlon, 115 West Ninety-Fifth Street.
“Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been
affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not
believe except they see. They think that nothing can be
which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds.
Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s are little. In
this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his
intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as
measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole
truth and knowledge.
“Yes, Virginia there is a Santa Claus. He exists as
certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and yoi
know that they abound and give life its highest beauty anc
joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Sants
Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias
There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romanc*
to make tolerable this existence. We should have no en.'oy
ment, except sense and sight. The eternal light with whicl
childhood fills the world woo'd be extinguished.
“Not believe in Santa Claus!You might as well not be
lieve in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men t<
watch in all chimneys on Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus
but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down.wha
would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is n<
sign that there is no Santa Claus.
“The most real things in the world are those that neithe
children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing 01
the lawn? Of course not. but that’s no proof that they are no
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are unseen and unseeable in the world.
“You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes th
noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen worl
which not the strongest man that ever lived, could tear apar
Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside ths
curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glor
beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there
nothing else real and abiding.
“No Santa Glaus! Thank God! he lives forever. A thousan
years from now, Virginia, nay, ten thousand years from nov
he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.”
Housing
Robert Coats Company of
Portland will erect the homes
Woodbury is also the head of
Pacific Supply Company which
deals in Marine Supplies.
Kodiak-Patrick Lynch and
Company have been ditching,
blasting and draining at the
site of the housing project.
Shupp, Chase and Tolbert
have been associated with
Pacific Alaska Construction
Company on several projec
here.
Jorgen Fredrickson returm
to Kodiak early this wet
after a trip to the states.
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Helg;
son of Terror Bay were i
town recently.
Father Gerasim Schmaltz c
Monks Lagoon is in town th:
week.
District Court
Hears Local Cases
Judge Anthony J. Dimond
opd members of t.he Third
District Court ieft last Sun
day after a two clay term here,
one of the shortest ever held
in Kodiak.
All divorce petitions heard
by the court were granted
Friday and Saturday.
The application of Charles
Marshall fora lijior license
at Ouzinkie was taken under
advisement, and decision will
be announced later.
The suit filed by Ben Kraft
against Jack McCord for an
alleged debt will be heard at a
later term of the court.
Continued, to be heard in
Anchorage at a later date, was
the case of Charles F. Han
sen, charged with assault with
intent to kill. Hansen is from
the Bristol Bay region.
The court, nartv nnmhered
eight, including Paul V.
Clumpner, cf the immigration
and naturalization service.
Ray Martin, Jr., High school
student at Beilerine-Jefferson
in Los Angeles was voted the
best lineman in his football
conference, his father said this
week. Young Martin spends
his summer vacation in Ko
diak.
NOTICE
I NATIONAL FOREST
TIMBER FOR SALE
Sealed bids will be received
by the Regional Forester, Ju
neau, Alaska, up to and in
cluding 9:00 A.M., January
20, 1953, for all the merchant
able timber standing or down,
and all the live timber marked
or designated for cutting on
1 an area totaling approximately
1470 acres located on the south
-west shoreline* and along
: Raspberry Straits, Afognak
-Island, Chugach National
j Forest, Alaska, estimated tc
■ | be 8,300,000 feet BM more oi
1 less of Sitka spruce sawtim
jber, and 1,000 linear feet mort
: or less of spruce piling. Tht
> basic appraised value of th<
j timber according to long tern
■ j normal market and operating
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Just two words . . .
but a million good wishes
come with our greeting to
all our customers and
friends for the coming
season.
Dads Barber Shop
John, Betty & Marya
Springhill
cona tions is $2 50 per M un
spruce sawtimber, $.01 per
lin. ft. for piling up to ard in
eluding 95 feet in length, and
; $ 015 per lin. ft. for piling
[over 95 feet in length. The
total rates to apply to all tim
ber cut prior to April 1, 1954.
On that date,and at other
times as stated in the contract
total rates will be redetermined
but in no event will the
redetermined rates be less
than the basic value first above
stated, and in no event will
rates below those bid become
effective until at least 1,000 M
board feet of sawtimber have
been cut, scaled, and paid for.
A bank draff, dheck, or money
order in the sum of $1,000.00
imust accompany each bid to
be applied on the purchase
price, refunded, or retained
in part as liquidated damages,
according to the conditions of
•the sale. Within 60 days of
designation the successful bid
der must post a performance
bond in the amount of $1,00.00
as an additional guarantee of
faithful performance of the
contract. Primary manufacture
outside the Territory of Alaska
of any part of the timber is
subject to the consent of the
Regional Forester. The right
is reserved to reject any or all
bids received. Before bids are
submitted full information
concerning the sale may be
obtained from the Division
Supervisor, Cordova, Alaska,
| or the Regional Forester,
! Juneau, Alaska.
W. E. “Red” Thompson, |
Union Oil Company represent
ative from Anchorage, was
n Kodiak this* week on busi
ness. He recently returned to
the territory after spending a
vacation in Hawaii.
NOTICE
The Bank of Kodiak is wili
ng to help finance the house
af the Lars Hasrlund estate.
Parties interested should con
;act the bank as soon as pos
sible and before December 23,
the date of the public sale.
NOTICE
The Polar Bear Cafe will be
closed Christmas Day.
(s) Tommy and Mary Gallag
her.
NOTICE
Ronnie’s Cafe will be closed
Christmas Day.
[s) Alvin Miller
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THE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
“The big white church on the hill”
SUNDAY
Bible School 9:45 A. M.
Worship (Nursery, Kindergarten, Junior
Church during worship) 11:00 A. M.
Evening services suspended this week only
Monday, Dec. 21 Sunday School Program 7:30 P.M.
SUNDAY Dec. 28
Bible School 9:45 A.M.
Worship 11:00 A.M.
Christmas Cantata 7:30 P.M.
Wednesday, Dec. 31 Watch-Night services 9:00 P.M.
ARE ALL BANKS
MEMBERS OF F.B.I.C.
The answer is NO.
• All national banks are members, but many
state and territorial banks are not. About 97i per
cent of all deposits in the United States are in in
sured banks.
There are fourteen “territorial” banks. Only
two of them are members of F.D.I.C. Our bank is
one of them.
Why not do business with a bank that is able
and willing to meet F.D.I.C. standards and which
pays the premium for your protection?
Rank or Kodiak
Closed every Thumdey