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Guest Editorial
“Consider the editor/' it com
mands. “He weareth purple and
"fine linen. His abode is among the
mansions of the rich. His wife
! ath her limousine and his first
lorn sporteth a racing car that
can hit her up in forty flat.
“Lo! All of the pedple -.hreaketh
tfteir necks to hand him money.
A child is born unto the wife of a
merchant m the bfl&a&r. The
physician getteth ten gold -plunks.
IUhe edltof writefch a stick and a
Half and telleth the multitude that
!f*e child tippeth the beam at nine
>? cords. Yea, he lieth even as a
centurion, And the proud father
gfveth him a Cremo.
“Behold, the young one groweth
up and graduateth. And the editor
imtteth in his paper a swell notice.
Yea, a peach of a notice. He tell
eth of the wisdom of the young
tfOman, and of her exceeding
•comeliness. Like the roses of Shar
on is she and her gown is played
up to beat the band. And the dress
maker getteth two score and four
iron men. And the editor ^etteth
<r 'jote of thanks from the SGG.
'The daughter goeth on a jour
ney. And the editor throweth him
«e!f on the story of the farewell
party. It runneth a column, solid.
And the fair one remember eth
him from afar off with a picture
postal card that costeth six for a
jitney.
“Behold, she returneth and the
youth of the city fall down and
worship. She picketh one, and Lo,
she picketh a lemon. But the editor
calleth him one of our most prom
ising young men and getteth away
with it. And they send unto him
a bid to the wedding feast and be
hold, the bids are fashioned by
Muntgummery HaWbuck, in a far
city.
“Flowery and lorfg is the wedd
ing notice which the editor print
eth. The minister getteth ten
bones. The groom standeth the
editor off for a twelve month sub
scription.
“All flesh is grass and in time
is the wife gathered into the silo.
The minister getteth his bit. The
editor printeth a death notice, two
columns of obituary, three lodge
notices, a cubit of poetry and a
card of thanks. And he forgett
eth to read proof in the head, and
the darn thing cometh out ‘Gone
to Her Last Roasting Place’.
“And all that are akin to the
deceased jumpeth on the editor
with exceeding great jumps. And
they pulleth out their ads and
cancelleth their* subscriptions and
they swing the hammer unto the
third and fourth generation.
“Canst thou beat it?”
—BYom the Cowlitz County Ad
vocate and reprinted in the
Phillips County News.
1 tere There Everywhere
1 ;Ost—one 8” water line Council
man Huer is wondering what hap
pened to the plans for an 8” water
tine out Mission Road He said it
was part of the “sales talk” in
getting residents to come into the
CS{y by annexation, -but he said he
hien't heard any mote :*::**»ut it.
. City-Manager Poland ted, in
looking it up, that he h h found
the approval of the pie : by elec
tion, but nothing further.
6 - *IIOME WITHOUT A
HOMESITE. The Tony Perez
case which came before the City
Council Monday night is another
nsiUnce of the haphazard build
ing in Kodiak. He stated in his
remarks to the Council, that in a
survey conducted by Ben Kraft, a
part of the house was found to be
on Kraft’s property and part of it
>r the City’s. The City feels it is
going to need the property for
access to the Small Boat Harbor.
Maybe the best thing to do would
be to float it on a barge and make
a'houseboat out of it.
v: * CEREBRAL PALSY IN
ALASKA. The Elks lodges in
Alaska ought to be commended
for the fine work they are doing
;ri taking care of crippled children
dj (he territory. Under a Cerebral
Palsy Foundation Commission,
started several years ag<j, they
have contributed Cm sbm of
S^O.OOO. The Commission, with
three Cm'.mists, take care of 9?
children, scattered over many
miles of Alaska. It cost about $400
per patient, but the parent train
ing and education, according to a
bulletin put out by the Commiss
ion, coupled with treatment by the
therapists, has hastened the re
covery of many of these children.
* * *SPARTANS NEEDED
Now that the Hoilse of Represen
tatives has whisked through the
formality of voting that five bill
ion dollar lift for our already fan
tastic debt ceiling, we recommend
as homework for the gentlemen of
both houses of Congress the ana
lysis of the President’s budget just
released by the Council of State,
Chambers of Commerce. Research
Director Eugene F. Rinta* of the
Council’s Washington office, finds
that these items in the 1959 bud
get are $2.7 billion above the ex
penditures of the 1957 fiscal year,
ended just seven months ago. Ad
ditionally, interest charges are up
$561 million more.
If huge increases in Commerce
and Housing, Labor and Welfare,
International Affairs and Finance,
etc., etc., have gotten past the
President’s “stern test of priority’’,
then the solons had better figure
out some sterner ones.
* * * CALLING “OUTSIDE’’.
Alaskans do more talking on the
telephone than any other people.
In a recent year, they averaged
630 calls each, as against 426 for
the continental United States and
51 for the world as a whole.
* * *YOUTH IN THE WHITE
HOUSE. A Trendex News Poll
Local Events
Follow A Pattern
Today marks the third anniver
sary of the day the present owners
of the Kodiak Mirror began pub
lishing.*' V ..... 'y -y
Three years is not a long time.
In fact it seem$ like, it was only
yesterday that we sat at this desk
with hut one thought in mind—and
that was to keep you, our readers,
posted on cthe daily events that
occur in the town of Kodiak. How
well we have succeeded is for you
to judge.
In looking over some of the
earlier issues since February 1955,
we find the happenings recorded
are much the same as today. In one
issue, for instance, it is recorded
that Mrs. Boskofsky of Afognak,
was rushed to the hospital here
through the combined efforts of
Kodiak Airways and due to snow
and high winds, was brought here
by the USS LSM 161 following
complications during childbirth.
Mrs Boskofsky again figured in the
the news last week as a relative of
one of the men who drowned at
Afognak. We read in the same
week of a suicide, and that death
came in a natural way to Sam
Walling; that PNA, practically
grounded, received authorization
asked what age a U.S. President
should be when first inaugurated.
Three out of four people queried
said 50 or under. Only two per
cent said over 55.
* * *HIGH FINANCE. Tax
payer’s Dollar anticipates that the
1959 federal budget will come to
$72.5 billion, with defense spend
ing accounting for $39-40 billion of
that. Other forecasters look for a
budget of as much as $74 billion.
* * *Then there was the bow
legged cowgirl who had a hard
time keeping her calves together.
to fly again from CAB; announce
ment that dredging will begin on
channel, and that the C. of C.
launches campaign to further the
Small Boat-Harbor. Now in 1958
we will see that completed. The
following week the Mirror* carries
an account of high winds reaching
gale proportions, which scattered
boats, barges and crab pots in all
directions. Occurenhes of this
sort will be reduced to a minimum
in the future. To continue, in Feb
ruary there was talk of the annex-,
ation of the Mission Road area,
another accomplished fact in 1958.
The passing years have seen
changes for both Kodiak and the
territory. Locally we gave you ac
counts of Marshall Crutcher’s
death and the return of O.A.
(Torgie) Torgerson as president of
the Bank of Kodiak; the celebra
tion of that institution’s 14th biith
day; the erection of the hew
Federal -building- and the Post
Office; the shooting down of a
locally based plane by the Russ
ians; the voting in of the sales
tax; the building of White Alice;
paving of the road into town from
the Naval Station, and territorial
ly, the adoption of the Constitu
tion.
We were particularly proud to
tell you of our installation of a
Linotype, which made the reading
of the Mirror easier and eliminat
ing some of the drudgery in pub
lishing it.
There are many events we would
like to have been able to record—
the paving of Brooklyn Avenue
and other roads; the catching of
many fish; solutions to our munici
pal water problems, money pro
blems, and a few more of the pro
blems confronting the City, to
mention only a few.
But you can be sure we are
steadily making progress. The big
and little accomplishments that we
'have chalked up in the past three
years, are the measure of our
worth, and indicate we are far
from dead. Without them we are
lifeless, with them, we show pro
gress, however so slow.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
BIRTHSt
Darbie Ann, weighing 7 lbs. 3
ozs., was born on January 26 to
Shirley and Donald Hansen.
Willa Mae, weighing 6 lbs., wk
bom on January 6 to Pauline and
Williaifn Mathis.
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Policy Pointers
By Art Brooks
Now that winter is over and
spring is here—great weather
we’ve been having, isn’t it ...
Quite a few folks have asked
why the rates on auto coverage
have-gone tip.
First of all, let me explain
that the agent does not set the
rates, nor does he have any
part in the formulation of rates
The rates are set by the
National Automobile Under
writers Association which is
composed of members of the
insurance companies. The rates,
rules and premiums are then
submitted to the various states
and territories for their ap
proval. It is then passed on by
the Insurance commission for
that state or Territory.
The rates are based on the
number of losses as compared
to the premiums collected and,
I might add, there are a numb
er of companies that paid losses
of $105.00 for every $100.00 of
premium collected.
The basic principle of in
surance is: The premiums of
many to pay the losses of a few.
Drive Carefully—It Pays
Qualified Counsel
Kodiak Insurance &
Building Corp.
Phone 3401 or 2561
You’re Invited
to open a
Special Checking Account.
No minimum balance is required, no s®rvi“
buy these special checks bound in a neat compact folder fo
which you pay when purchased.
Come in or call us up and we will be glad to explain the
convenience of this new and easy way of having a
Special Checking Account.
Rank of Kodiak
KODIAK, ALASKA
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