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local news published herein.
The City’s Responsibility
The city council’s decision to apply to the Territorial
Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health to
obtain a competent man as city sanitarian is not practical. <
During the regular meeting Monday night the council |
tentatively agreed to write the two agencies and ask that a:
man from one of the departments come here. It was proposed
that the city, the health department and the agriculture de- j
partment split the salary of the sanitarian three ways.
Asking government agencies to provide a sanitarian
for a municipality is not a sound idea.
It is the city’s responsibility to provide a sanitarian and'
the council should not ask the Territorial government to
'‘wash their dirty linen”
By applying to the two agencies for aid the city is
wast ng time. It has no assurance that either of the two
agencies will approve of its proa isition . Isn’t it time that
the City of Kodiak stopped depending on government ‘‘hand
outs” and began to solve its own problems?
New Bus For Loan
Kodiak Transit Co. has pur
chased a new 27-passenger
bus from Donnelley and Ache
son to add to its present
fleet.
The bus is a Chevrolet made
by General Motors. James
Loan, manager, said he ex
pected delivery of the vehicle
around the first of April.
Robert M. English was
found guilty of drunken driv
ing Monday in Magistrate
Bob Hedlotf’s court. English
was fined $100 and had his
driver’s license suspended for
six months.
Felton Receives
Homestead Patent
Tom Felton has received a
U. S. patent for his one
hundred and sixty acre home
stead which is near Middle
Bay. Feitjn also holds a graz
ing lease from the govern
ment for several thousand
acres.
Today is the day you give
your money away. Deadline1
for filing income tax returns
is midnight tonight. For your
letter to be postmarked March
15, it must be placed in the
postoffice this afternoon.
mail your deposit
Recently a large bank in California stated
that one-third of its deposits were being re
ceived by mail.
Deposits by mail in Kodiak are below
that ratio, but they are growing. We pay the
postage both ways. Save your time and foot
steps. Just mail in a deposit. We do the rest.
Closed every Thursday
Banking lervir* ai N. O. B., Fridays. Old Administration Building, 5:00 C;30 I*, to
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
comm & com
B.ill Kosoff, bartender and
advertising manager for the
Ships Tavern, plans to leave
tomorrow for a short vacation
in Seattle.
The Robbie and Christian,
trawlers used for crab fishing
operations, were in port Tues
day. The vessels were enroute
f^om Seattle to Parks Cannery
near Chignik.
* Jerry Johansen is skipper of
the Robbie and P. A. Bernt
sen of the Christian.
The Flemish Knot, Alaska
Steamship Co. freighter, left
Monday after unloading
freight at the city and Don
nelley and Acheson docks.
Emil Rnudsen left Thursday
for the states on business. He
plans to be gone for 10 days.
Talmage L. Smith, local at
torney, underwent an opera
tion recently at the military
hospital at Fort Richardson.
He is expected to return to
Kodiak soon. Smith is a vete
ran of World War I.
The Portland Chamber of
Commerce inaugurated*Alaska
Day” .san annual celebration
recently with Gov. Ernest
Gruening as guest speaker.
REFLECTIONS
in the MIRROR
THREE YEARS AGO
Leon ‘ Ole” Johnson was
named manager of the Kodiak
Electric Association. John
Gibbons was elected president
by board members following
the annual KEA meeting of
members.
TWO YEARS AGO
The city council was under
fire regarding the recent set
tlement of a water question.
Paul Hansen and H. F. Mac
Donald circulated a petition
asking that an investigation of
the handling of the water
situation be made.
ONE YEAR AGO
An allotment of $637,500 for
the Kodiak water and sewer
project has been approved by
Congress, Del. E. L. Bart
lett vvired Mayor Lee C. Bet
tinger.
The Mary J. II, self propel
led scow owned by Martin
Jensen was the object of a
search by the U. S. Coast
Guard. The vessel was re
ported overdue on a trip from
Seward to Kodiak. (IT later
made port under its own
power).
NOTICE
Learn folk dancing. Con
sisting of Varso-Vienna,
Polka, Schottische at the Elk’s
Club on Wednesday at 8 pm.
Couples or singles invited.
Mrs. Jane Brown
Instructor.
The council approved a light
deliver license for Hans Ree
man during the regular ses
sion Monday.
Clean Heat
MORE. HEAT PER DOLLAR
USE UNION HEATING OIL
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—security for your family
—a mortgage
—education for your children
—saving mcrey
—your own retirement
I can help you solve any or all of them with an insur
ance program fitted to your needs.
V. G. ELLIS
Insurance Department - Bank of Kodiak
Phone 2233
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Special Music Chalk Talks Color Slides
MARCH 16-23 7 30 PM
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Everyone Welcome
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Overheard at the Smorgasbord—StaniSlaus Nel
son If the price of liquor goes up any higher I’ll have
to give up smoking!”
Speaking of Smorgasbords—the two Swedes surely
did themselves proud. The description from Soup. to
Nuts is inadequate. Well maybe the Nuts—
ELKS CALENDER
15 March—Emblem Club Bake Sale
15 March St. Patricks Day Dance (Hear the Elks
super duper Trio—O’Root, McJohnson, O’Englund)
March 28—Election of officers.
29 March—Purple Bubble Ball
WAPITI WISDOM.
SUCCESS consists of getting up just one more
time than you fall.
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI