Seward daily gateway., 1923-03-31
KODIAK NOTES
By Special Correspondent.

KODIAK, Mar. 2S.--J. w. Erskine & Son have made extensive repairs to their store building and will increase their stock in order to be prepared to handle the Cold Bay trade. A force of six employees look after the wants of the customers. This is one of the best stores In southwestern Alaska
 Karl Armstrong left for kanatak with his power boat Apex. He is in the lighterage business at Kanatak.
 Miss Fuller, the Delano Red Cross nurse, who came in on one of the last boats gave some needed instructions in first aid were given to the school children.
 Louis Jensen, who has been running the meat department for w. J. Erskine & Son has left for Kanatak to put ih a meat market.
 Mir Elmer Heinrich of the Heinrich Packing Company came in on the last Watson. Mr. Heinrich and crew are at present cutting piling and logs on Little Raspberry island. In short time they expect to leave for the main land to construct their buildings. They have all the machir cry for 6 clam cannery and expect to be running in July.
 NIT. Frank Torstenson of Minneapo- lis and Miss Annie Sipray of Afognak were married at Wood Island March 13, Rev. c. 4. Learn of the mission performing the ceremony.
 MT. Charles Mayors, wharlinger for w. J. Erskine & Son, who recently lost finger through an accident, is around again attending to business.
 The moving picture show is running once more after being shut down sev eral months on account of not being able to secure film service.
 M-. and Mrs. A. Erskine gave par ty and dance to their many friends Saturday. Everyone enjoyed them selves immensely and before leaving voted MT. and Mrs. Erskine as roya entertainers.
 Otto Kraft, merchant prince of ko- diak, took the last Watson for Seattle to lay in his years supply of goods.
 Kodiak the past few weeks has beer exceptionally quiet in a social way owing to Russian Lent.
 Jack Wilkinson of Seldovia, who has been spending the winter in Kodiak left on the Apex for Kanatak.
 Residents here are wondering when the Standard Oil company will build tanks in Seward. In case this were done Seward would be the base of oil supply for this westward district.
 Ed Benson, an old timer who has been spending the winter in Kodiak leaves for Kanatak on the Starr.
 MT. z. T. Halferty, our popular post master, took a trip to Ozinkie this week to look after his sawmill inter ests at the latter place.
 Dick Richardson, the discoverer o Cache Creek, but now running 10, farm on Peterson Island, was i'll to sec his old friends last week. DICK sa!s foxes are all right but his feet are itching to get out in the hills again.
 MT. Frank Mayer, the attorney, lef' on the Blazer for kanatak, where ht expects to open a law office. Mrs Mayer left for Seward to visit hei father.
 The power boat Pilgrim. belonging to the Standard Oil Company. came into Kodiak Harbor today. March 25 bringing the crew of the Blazer wrecked at Kanatak a few weeks ago
 Karl Armstrong has bought the wreck of the gas boat Blazer, which is lying on the reef at kanatak, and VII try to raise the vessel and place it 1T commission. The machinery has beer salvaged. The boat was sold by the underwriters.
 MT. and Mrs. John Osmund, superln' tendent of the Chignik cannery, came in on the Starr.
 MT. Chas. Clay, superintendent o Kadiak Fisheries, whose cannery is To- cated at Kodiak, will be in one the next Watson.
 Mrs. Mckinley, wife of Prof. McGin. ley, principal of the Kodiak schools left on the Admiral Watson for An chorage for medical treatment.
 The power boat Norman, tender fol the new Heinrich clam cannery, is ir the bay.
 The W. J. Erskine Co.,, owners oi