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REAL SECRET WEAPON
“We’re paying a great deal oF
attention lately to our atomic and
outer-space race with Russia.
*1 hope you and I don’t make
the mistake of thinking this is
-trictly a scientists’ show, and
leave it all to them.
“Because the individual citizen
and his personal effort are still
going to decide whether the world
will be free or-slave. We’re the
real secret weapon in the battle
for world power and peace.
‘ Sometimes, though, I’m afraid
v? forget this.
‘‘We fj'.get it when we tax
profit so excess we discour
age a man from risking his sav
ings to found new businesses or
expand existing ones.
“We forget it when we confis
cate as taxes so much of what a
man earns we destroy his incen
tivo to produce and contribute
more.
forget it when we demand
and fet higher wages and shorter
working hours, with no thought of
producing more.
.“We forget it when we fail to
share the profit of a business
with the productive people who
help us make it.
“We forget it when we take our
freedom and way of life smugly
for granted and fail to work to
preserve both.
“Our scientists can create new
weapons and new tools for our
survival. But these are only the
start.
“It still takes the best you and
I have to give.”-By Bill But
ler, Manager field operations,
Union Oil Company of California.
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Here, There And Everywhere
By ROBERT C. RUARK
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This arti
cle was written by Ruark dur
ing his recent visit to Alaska.)
KODIAK ISLAND —I will say
one thing for Alf Madsen, the
burly gentleman who is currently
holding my hand out here in this
rugged real estate while I prose
cute a one-man vendetta against
the largest carnivorous animal in
the wofid, the Kodiak brown bear.
Madsen is the best camp cook
I ever encountered. I have gained
a young ton in the past week, as
Madsen plies me and his assistant,
Nick Maiutin, with enough calor
ies to last a bear all through a
long, cold winter_ What am I
saving?
“The bear has to live r''f his
when a hihoT^atpi ’• .
says Madsen. “It is not •• >'*'■» be
fore he crawls into his d -n to
sleep all winter.’'
“He got to be plenty fat when
he go to sleep," Nick, the Russian
Aleut said. “Specially mama bear.
She got to feed two, three, maybe
even five cubs until May, all off
he:: fat."
I didn’t like the way both of
them looked at me speculatively
as Madsen, the chef, offered me
another steak, some more mashed
potatoes, some more hot rolls and
butter, some more cheesed-up
salad, some more fruit and anoth
er hunk of apple pie. My appetite
faded. The menu read altogether
too much tike what the condemn
ed man orders for his penutimate
snack.
“Look, fellows," I said. “Could
n't we just watch the cubs fish
ing, or how about a little gin rum
myIt’s a lousy day, anyhow,
looks like rain."
No, said Malutin, his Russian
stubbornness surmounting the
Aleut’s happy disposition. “You
came to hunt -bear. We ihtmt
frear"
The way you hunt bear is to
get into a rowboat and chug along
until you get about half a league
from where the bears might be.
Then you drag the rowboat as far
as she will drag, and then you
stumble along over mossy-slick
stones, falling down frequently,
and getting your hip boots full of
water, squishing on rotten salmon,
and smelling their lovely reek.
Bears rank delicacies in this or
der: People, rotten fish, and other
bears. They also eat wild cranber
ries to clear up stomach disorders
which result from eating people,
rotten salmon and their own
young.
After you have slipped on your
ultimate reeking salmon, Nick in
dicates a young Mt. Everest and
says: “We climb. See better from
up there.” I am expecting to be
knighted any moment for that
climb, which I eventually came
to love after the first week. After
five days, I wasn’t even passing
out from the altitude any more.
Every row and again Nick
would nudge me and say: “Bear.”
Away off in a sea of yellow grass,
a flat black form would appear,
and move slowly. “Bear,” Nick
would say. Then two more smaller
specks. “Mama bear and two
cubs.”
This was fine with me. I do not
wish to tangle with any she bears
with cubs—or without cubs, for
that matter. And I will say one
thing for Madsen’s acres. They
are very heavy at this time of the
year with happy families. Lots of
times they fed so close you could
have roped them, if you had a
rope, and were that silly.
I kept praying for more cubs,
more mamas, more unescorted
cubs, rain, snowfall, salmon short
age .anything. But day after day
the inexorable Nick pushed and
hauled me up Mt. Everest, an the
off-chance that a bachelor in a
foul mood might ari*e aod test
my baser mettle.
>. • fi-ya,;- a. . . •;
Time passed, and the days
dwindled. The Dutch courage was
down tp the last half bottle, Mad
sen’s fancy victuals were running
a little low, and ,we were getting
two cups of tea to the single tea
bag. “But that's all right,” Alf
said. “I just jump m the plane
and go back to Kodiak and lay in
more supplies. We got plenty time
yet.”
“No,” I said. “I promised a lady
in Anchorage I would "make a
speech to the Ladies* Aid on
‘Technical Assistance to the Na
tives of Lower Bechuanaland.”
“We take one last little walk,”
Nick said. Five miles later he
pointed. “Look,” he said, “Bear,
all alone. Bachelor.”
“Oh, no, not with me only two
hours from freedom,” I moaned.
“Yes,” Nick said.
it iooks like tnama has her rug,
by gully. It stands six feet tall, has
a ragged mustache, baggy eyes
and bald spat. But that blasted
bear, who is writing this, will
never be a decent columnist. —
From the Anchorage Times.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This is
just a sample of Ruark. His
column appears from time to
time in the Anchorage Daily
Times.)
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
—ADMISSIONS—
Patients admitted to Griffin
Memorial Hospital the past week
were Mrs. Clara Helgeson of
Terror Bay, Mrs. Matilda Larion
off, Mrs. Mary Phillips of Alitak,
Jennie Coyle, Dennis Knagin and
Frank Heglin.
—DISCHARGED—
Those discharged included
Feona Ozuwan, Zak Berstopsoff,
Efrem Shuravloff and Frank
Heglin.
Kodiak High
School Lunches
Monday, October 13
Corned Beef Hash, whole kernal
corn, plums, bread, butter and
milk.
Tuesday, October 14
S p a g e 11 i and Meat Sauce,
spinach, sliced peaches, garlic
bread, butter and milk.
Wednesday, Octiber 15
Meat Balls and gravy, mashed
potatoes, carrot sticks, red fruit
jello, bread, butter and chocolate
milk. '
Thursday, Ort. lb
Turkey and noodles, buttered
peas, cherry cobbler, bread, butter
and milk.
Friday, October 17
Grilled cheese sandwich, green
beans with bacon, coconut pudd
ing, chocolate cake, milk and sliced
pickles.
Prices on above meals are 35
cents. Milk is for sale for 10 cents.
Chocolate milk on Wednesdays.
Suzie Woods is the director, and
is assisted by Anne Anderson and
Shirka Madsen.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank all the people
who shared their sympathy with
us during our recent bereavement.
Mr. John Norton and family
Sitka Celebrates
With Big Festival
Six Marines from Kbdiak will
go to Sitka to participate in the
1958 Alaska Day program, Octo
ber 16, 17, and 18.
Four of the Marines will take
part in the flag raising ceremonies
as a part of the color guard. For,
the past three years a color guard
from Co. F of the 9th Infantry
who furnished the color guard at
the time of the transfer on Octo
ber 18, 1867, have taken part in
the Alaska Day celebration, and
will again furnish the color guard
for the ceremony of transfer.
The Marine Commanding Offi
cer, Lt. Col. A. Wood and Sgt.
Major W. A. Umlach, will also be
in attendance.
Begun on October 18, 1949, the
Alaskan Day celebration has grow 1
in size and interest each year. The
program includes a pageant parti
cipated in by the natives of Sitka,
with all their authentic, colorful
costumes, and depicting the trans
fer of Alaska to the United States.
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Report of the Financial Condition
' °F
The Bank of Kodiak, located at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, at the close of busii
of October, 1958.
ASSETS
Cash, balances with other banks, including reserve balances, and
cash items in process <Jf collection (Schedule D, item 8) .... $ 703,295.58
United States Government obligations, direct and guaranteed (Schedule B, item 10) 1,992,483.(8
Obligations of States, Territories and political subdivisions . 612,830.82
Other bonds, notes, and debentures (Attach full schedule) . 420,764.25
Loans and discounts (including $18.37 overdrafts) (Schedule A, item 12) . 1,182,847.68
Bank premises owned, None, furniture and fixtures $16,237.36 . 16,237.36
Other assets (Schedule H, item 6) . 84 355.31
TOTAL ASSETS .. . $5,012,814.88
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations (Schedule E, item 1)
Time deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations (Schedule F, item 1) ..
Deposits of United States Government (including postal savings)
(Schedule E, item 2, and Schedule F, item 2) .
Deposits of States, Territories and political subdivisions
(Schedule E, item 3, and Schedule F, item 3) .
Deposits of banks (Schedule E, items 4 and 5, and Schedule F, items 4 and 5) ..
Other Deposits (certified and officers’ checks, etc.) (Schedule E„ item 6) .
TOTAL DEPOSITS (items 13 to 18, inclusive $4,537,859.43) (Ain’t not to be extended)
Other liabilities (Schedule 1, item 6) .
TOTAL LIABILITIES (not including subordinated obligations shown below) _
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Capital Stock (No. of shares 1,600) (Total par value $160,000.00) .
Surplus .
Undivided profits .
Reserves .
TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND CAPITAL ACCOUNTS .
I
I, Ai Hochberger, Vice-president of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that the
ment is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
CORRECT—ATTEST:
Al Hochberger
Vice-president
R. S. Acheson
Ben Kraft
Directors
1,570,766.80
1,264,913.73
666,172.97
1,021,993.83
1,060.00
12,951.98
4,726.51
$4,542,585.94
$ 160,000.00
160,000.00
140.228.15
10,000.00
470.228.15
$5,012,814.00
above state
Place for Official Seal to be
affixed by Officer before
whom acknowledged.
Notary must not be an offi
cer or director of the
bank.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TERRITORY OF ALASKA) ss.
Sworn to and subscribed before me thus 7th day of October, 19S*i
and I hereby certify that I am not an officer or director of this bask.
Harriet K. Cuhrke, Notary Public
Notary Public in and for Territory of Alaska
My commission expires June 25, U9t