The Tale of the Counted Sheep
And the Bear Who Was Spotted
A Kodiak bear who has been
fattening on choice mutton chops
art the expense of an island ranch
er has finally had his last meal.
Daniel Boone Reed, who has a
ranch at West Point, Uganik Bay,
has been troubled for some time
w?th a marauding bear, who seem
ed to have a penchant fdr sheep
tneat on the hoof. Reed found his
herd being depleted at 'an alarm
ing rate.
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(Unlike many people, who count
sheep as a means of going to sleep,
l*aniel Boone (thatfs his name)
counted his sheep in the daytime,
eoied a shortage, and lay awake
fights trying to figure out how to
get this bear with an appetite for
sneep. Hearing about the good fre
tfifts obtained by running a classi
■ffed ad in the Kodiak Mirror, he
•inserted the following in ‘a couple
the September issues:
"BARGAIN—Hunt prime mut
*dn and beef fed bears. Bunk and
mfc $5T> wefek; $12 a day. No
charge it you get your bear. Reed
Ranch. West Point, Uganik Bay.”
The ad got the hunters (plug)
but didn’t get the bear.
Reed decided to take matters
« kfe own hands: He didn’t get
Misname without soitie'merit—for
liP' can take the wilderness in his
fiinde—and a rifle to him is a boon
•companion (if we may f>e permitt
ed to use the te.nn. He and his
wife. Nan, started out on the bear
ifemt a week ago Friday. By great
good fortune, they weren’t long
f
in spotting the culprit bear. The
bruin evidently figured a continu
ous diet of mutton was too rich
for the blood, for he was having a
fine feed of greens in the vege
table garden. As he was indulging
in his favorite entremets, Boone
raised his rifle, sighted hin; in and
fired. The bruin dropped in his
tracks.
As the bear, which measured
9 feet from tip tto tip, was being
skinned out, an interesting com
mentary from a bystander, a little
girl, niece of Reeds, was: “Gee,
he looks funny with his fur coat
off."
Now that the bear has his fur
coat off, the Reeds’ sheep are seen
feeding on the hillside, in their
wooly attire, oblivious to the lurk
ng danger that was theirs before.
Daniel Boone Reed is still count
ing sheep, but he now rests serene
ly at nights in the belief that to
morrows count will be the same
as the day before.
Naval Station
Births
Thomas Lloyd, weighing 8 lbs.
IV2 ozs., was born on November
1 to Colleen Helen and Wyatt
Vance, EN1, USN.
Kristie, weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs.,
was born on November 4 to Flory
Lorene and Steven Tuz, ETC,
USN.
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Veerman Attends
ASC Agents Meet
Lou Veerman is among the 12
representatives of the Alaska
Steamship Company from Alaska
who are meeting in Seattle for the
annual agent’s meeting there,
which began November 3.
R. C. Rose, Alaska Line traffic
manager, was general chairman.
The program included a shipper
educational approach to imple
ment introduction of the com
pany’s new reduced rates effective
November 9. The company recent
ly announced new tariffs provid
ing a saving totaling $3.00 a ton
to shippers in ocean and terminal
charges on certain “unitized” and
palletized cargo.
PNA Announces
Holiday Schedule
Holiday schedules were an
nounced this week bv Pacific
Northern Airlines, and include
Thanksgiving, Christmas and New
Years day flights.
There will be no flights on
Thanksgiving day, November 27.
Also Christmas Day, December 25,
and January 1, no flights are
scheduled.
The afternoon flights December
24, 26 and 31 have been cancelled,
with only one flight a day for
each of those dates.
Northwest Orient
On New Service
On December 1, Anchorage will
become the terminus for the long
est American domestic air route.
On that day, Northwest Airlines
will begin its new Florida air
service under terms of a Civil
Aeronautics Board decision effec
tive November 29 extending
Northwest’s routes from Chicago
to Florida.
A. B. Hayes, Alaska sales mana
ger for NWA, said the new
authority will enable Anchorage
passengers to leave the Alaska
metropolis at 1:30 p.m. daily, and
arrive in Miami, Florida, at 3:34
p.m. the next afternoon.
Kodiak Public
School Lunches
NOVEMBER 10-14
Monday
Baked corned beef hash, but
tered asparagus, apple, raisin and
carrot salad, whole wheat bread,
butter, milk.
Tuesday
Ground beef on noodles, pickled
beets, apple crisp, bread, butter,
milk.
Wednesday
Lima beans with ham, whole
kernel corn, hot biscuits, butter,
blackberry cobbler, chocolate milk.
Thursday
Hamburger on buttered bun,
potato salad, cheese sticks, fruit
custard pudding, milk.
Friday
Salmon patties, buttered peas,
bread, butter,' milk, pears, pea
nut butter cookies.
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some people, when you consider
how little has ever come out of
them.^-National News
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