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cJ^eivs of .America’s Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered :n the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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KODIAK’S FAME (?) SPREADS
A recent editorial in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
urged residents there to eradicate the rats and prevent an epi-;
demic. To give emphasis to his point the writer referred to the
rat problem in Kodiak in this manner: ‘ Over in Kodiak, where i
the city tolerated rats, a serious outbreak of Weil’s disease i
was reported.”
We couldn’t find anything wrong with the statement.
It appears to be a straight job of reporting facts and any
newsoaper that reports facts should not be criticized or cen
sored. However, we were going to object to the use of the
word tolerated until we looked it up in Webster’s dictionary.
Webster said the word means, ‘‘(1) to bear up under; to en
dure. (2) to suffer to be, or to be done, without prohibition or
hinderance; to allow or permit by not preventing. ” I guess we
did just like Webster said for awhile.
The writer of the News-Miner editorial also said: ‘‘the
Townspeople (Kodiak) had to open up a concerted drive to ex
terminate the rodents, to stop the spread of this serious
disease.”
The writer was right again. Wa did have a concerted
drive and did kill lots of rats. There have been few, if any,
reported cases of Weil’s disease recently.
Only this week the city police department replenished
the baiting stations. Before winter arrives with freezing
temperatures, residents should clean up debris around their
homes and businesses. Such collections of refuse are £the
living quarters of rats. !
By cleaning|up and stamping out the rats we not only'
protect our own health but m ay help to m ake Kodiak known I
in the territory other than the town of the bigjrat race and!
Weil’s disease epidemic. v
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SAFETY
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plus tax.
Closed every Thursday
Banking service at N. O. B., Fridays, Old Administration Building, 5:00 O'SO P M
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\ammes Write
About Trip
Several friends of Mr. anc
Vlrs. Bill Lamme recently r<~
•eived letters from them post
narked Antwerp, Belgium
The Lammes are curi ently on
i round-the world tour.
The travelers recently re
turned to Antwerp after a trip
to Copenhagen, Stockholm,
Oslo, and to London England.
They stayed in London sever
il weeks and then returned to
Antwerp, where they main
tained their headquarters.
The Lammes are planning a
trip to Southern France and
have promised to write to their
friends when they set up new
headquarters.
The couple left Kodiak in
March of this year and flew
to Seattle where they boarded
a boat for the Orient. They
visited several countries and
finally took ship in India,
traveled the Indian Ocean
Red Sea and through the Suez
Canal to Europe.
They said they would be
gone a year when they left
Kodiak last March.
Truck Wreck
On Chiniak Road
Don Crawford suffered a
sprained back Wednesday in
the wreck of a Shupp, Chase
and Tolbert truck on the Chin
iak Road.
He received treatment at
the hospital and remained
there overnight and was per
mitted to go home yesterday.
Crawford was returning to
Kodiak alter delivering sup
plies and equipment to the
Shupp Chase and Tolbert camp
at Chiniak. The truck over
turned and he had difficulty in
getting free from the battered
cab. Bob Rice, also em
ployed by the company, came
along later in another truck
and brought Crawford to
town.
The local office of Rent
Stabilization was “tempor
arily” closed October 24, by
Mrs. Dorothy Smith of the
Anchorage office.
Landlords or tenants are re
quested to write to the Office
of Rent Stabilization, P.O. Box
939, Anchorage for further in
formation, Mrs. Smith said.^
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leadline Near
Oregon veterans or their
ext of kin have only one
nonth in which to apply for
he Oregon bonus. The dead
ne is December 1.
Any application filed after
December 1. will be invalid.
The Department of Vete
ran’s affairs has received
about 114,000 applications,
against 140,000 potentially en
titled to apply. For further
information write Department
Service Officer, A. L. Zenger,
Sr., box 3051, Juneau, Alaska.
Newsmen Find
Territory Prepared
Anchorage(A*)- Lieut Gen.
j William E. Kepner, chief of
Aalaska’s combined ground,
sea and air command told a
group of visiting newsmen
the Territory’s defenses are
in far better condition of read
iness than any time since the
end of World War II.
Newsmen, touring Alaska’s
Defense Projects, visited El
mendorf Field Thursday.
Elton Fay, Associated Press
military affairs writer, re
ports there is more evidence of
preparedness at the sprawling
air force base than at any in
stallation in the continental
United States.
Mrs. Max LaLande plans to
leave tomorrow for North Bay,
Ontario, to visit her mother
who is il).
She will travel via Pacific
Northern Airlines and North
west Airlines.
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j Wil lism J. Eapdin, 51 Ko
diak fisnerman, died at his
home Thursday. He is a cousin
.of Mrs. Sophie Anderson.
I Rapdin has lived most of his
life in Kodiak. He lived on
Tagura Road near the KEA.
NOTICE
Your Fuller Brush Repre
sentative suggests you give a
long lasting Fuller Brush pro
duct at Christmas. Will call at
your convenience. Phone 2381
or write Helen King, Box 504,
Kodiak.
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S™>*o5 Carnival
To Be Held
An all- school carnival spon
sored by the Kodiak Parent
Teachers Association will be
held Friday, Novembet 21, a
the school building.
The purpose of the carnival
is to raise money for new
school equipment and to fin
! ance several projects now in
the planning stage.
Each class is planning an
activity. Last year the school
carnival made aronud $600.
I A cafeteria will be set up in
the Home Economics room to
serve dinner. At the first re
gular meeting of the PTA fol
lowing the carnival the group
will decide which project to
spend the money on. Further
details of the event will be
published in a later issue of
the MIRROR.
Election Results
Will Be Aired
Election results will be
broadcast over Navy Radio
Station WVCQ at Kodiak
Naval Station from 3 pm Tues
day until the result of the elec
tion is known.
The broadcast will be con
tinous and will be the counts
| as compiled by the Armed
Forces Radio Service in Los
Angeles, California.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy A.
Clement have announced the
marriage of their daughter.
Sorulra Elaine, to James Wil
lard Ellington.
j The wedding will take place
| December 6, at 7 pm at Hill
side Chapel on Kodiak Naval
Station.
I The Woody Island Recre
ation Club will hol(i a Hallo
ween costume parly tonight
in the Recreation Hall.
Last night the Woody Island
Parent Teachers Association
gave a Halloween party for
the children on the Island.
NOTICE
Game night at the VFW is
now Wednesday and Friday
nights.
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