Here There Everywhere
Does the lure of the open roai
beckon you? An insight into per
haps the closer road to take fo
people in Kodiak v-as given befon
a recent meeting of the Stipends
ors Association by Forrest A. Nor
ton, Manager of Constructs
Branch of the District Publii
Works on the Naval Station, whei
he advocated taking a trip do’vi
the Alaska Highway. He states
that “practically every mile yoi
drive in Alaska, on the mainland
will be on paved highways.” Ever
in Canada, he said, the highway
has almost entirely been resurfac
ed with a well-graded crushe*
.1
I rock topping, which is maintained
- in top condition. “You stitl have
• a little dust, however,” he said.
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Norton said nowdays it is noi
■ necessary to carry spare parts
1 gasoline or oil. Service station anc
' repair facilities are now available
i all along the highway. Also gooc
i garages. The trip, he said, may hi
I made at any time of the year, al
i though some facilities do close
during the winter months.
Entering and leaving Canada i:
■ very little different from entering
and leaving the Naval Station. The
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same applies to American Cus
toms, although the speaker did :
suggest as a good precaution to
have some evidence of U. S. citiz
enship available. He also suggest
ed having plenty of Canadian cur- i
rency with you.
We in Alaska h.ivd become so
accustomed to air travel, what with
the absence of sea surface trans
portation, we sometimes forget
that there is another means of
reaching the continental U. S., and
improved condition of the Alaska
Highway. The tourist is told about
the magnificent scenery that
abounds along this route. Are we
in Alaska so accustomed to spec
tacular scenery, it holds no lure
for us? We don’t think this to be
true. Sparing the time to make
such a trip is the main deterrent.
Kodiakans have another prob
lem—even greater than that— how
to get their ear over to the main
land—without the present prohibi
tive expense. A car ferry service
across to the Kenai Peninsula
could be the answer. With new
road money available in the fu
ture, a connecting higway could
be built to the Shelikof side of
the Island to connect by ferry
with a similar highway on the pen
insula side. Fantas'tic? Impracti
cal? Maybe not.
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One more item about the high
way before we leave it. A caravan
of Cree trailers from Georgia, Cali
fornia, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois,
Nebraska, Indiana and Washington
left Great Falls, Montana, for a
six-weeks trip up the highway
They will come as far as Seward.
Who knows, a highway-water link
with Kodiak might even attract
such a group. The idea has possi
bilities.
Someone has found turtles in
Alaska. Looks as if Eric Mueller
isn’t the only one who has brought
them to Alaska.
From several reports, both in
the Bristol Bay area and in South
eastern, fish are reported smaller
this year—don’t let Texans hear
about this. We’ll never live it
down. Fishermen benefit most, es
pecially where there is a big run,
as they are paid by the fish and
not the pound. This includes reds
and pinks. Where it used to take
an average of about 17 pinks to
produce a case of salmon, 28 are
now required.
What attraction do you have to
have to be adopted by a bat—a fly
ing mammal rare in these parts at
the best. Rosemary O’Rielly gain
ed local notoriety some time ago
when she caught one flying in her
house. Sunday she caught an
other one. She is the only one in
Kodiak bothered by these nocturn
al visitors as far as we can learn.
Maybe its “bats in the house,” a
modern version of “bats in the bel
fry.” Anyway the poor bats can’t
find any belfrys anymore.
Rosemary is beginning to think
the bats bring her bad luck. Two
days after the first one came into
her house, about a year ago, her
little son Danny was hurt. This
year, in less than two days after,
her son Mike fell over a cliff as
he was swinging on a rope, and
landed in the hospital. Needless
to say, the bat was destroyed.
*****
The bat must have gotten lost
in the fog that has been laying
around us here like an L.A. smog.
We were out on the water for a
few hours earlier this week and
as we sat in the boat we watched
it drift ih down the channel, and
letore long the waterl'ront was al
nost indiscernable. Oldtimers say i
;hey haven’t seen it lay in like 1
;his before. Just another item of 1
inusual weather to add to tli5 '
svergrowing one we already have.
The sma'I boat harbor at Kodiak
s on the list of civil works to ba
>erformed by the Army Corps of
Jngineers, for the fiscal year
yhich began July 1. Preliminary
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