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he put It through the screen and
window OF the home.
He was taken to police head
quarters and charged with being
drunk.
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srUcco DUPLEX

Attention Man With Good Credit
This six year old three bedroom
home can be bought with a small
down payment. Mortgage. $10,500.
Asking price only $11,500. Drive
by SOAP Irving Ave. North and
call the
re. s-7aS3 "A. 0-0ssS
S-12
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Two bedroom sunroom four pick.
New roof, wiring, plumbing, COM
bination windows. Four hot water
heating plants. ia. $4,000, FE. 2
1907. S-12
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$1,000 DOWN OK.

Payments less than $50 monthly
including taxes. Good remodeled
duplex, North. WA. 6-4913, Real
tor. S-12
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governor and mother Of Herman
Talmadge.
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REAl lsTATI goa sALI

s06 PENN NORTH. stucco two
bedroom home. Carpets, drapes,
garage, combination windows.
$4,000. Small down. IA. 1-4755,
agent. S-12
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OPEN HOUSE

OPeN nOOSe
z PM. TO S SUNDAY, OCT. IS
1902 9Th Ave. So. Four bedrooms.
Living room, dining room and kit
chen. One bath plus u bath,
$14, 500. $500 down. Carriers
Realty Co, ia. 5-5095. S-12
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HoUsGs FoR REpIT

5OO7 HUMBOLDT AVE. North.
Extra large three bedroom family
home. Reasonable rent. $40 month.
Immediate possession. FE. 8-7853.
IA. 0-98e0. S-12
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USE THE WANT ADS
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SEVERAL APARTMENTS for
rent. ia. 7-5S47. SIT
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-01

pound capacity to start with, Is un-
der construction and may be in OPP
Grafton by the time the halibut
season opens in the spring. All
these fine men who have invested
heavily in plants and equipment
are to be commended for their
courage and faith in Kodiak, and
for contributing to the economy of
this progressive city.
Several buildings constructed by
the early Russias settlers, tired
looking perhaps, after a long, tum-
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ultuous and bloody past, are still
standing within a few feet of
modern concrete building, housing
the post office, the court room, and
various other activities. Other fine
concrete structures on sites where
the earliest Russian homes once
stood can be seen also.
Once again thousands of sea OF
ter froHc about the kelp-beds sur
the island, their thousand
dollar fur coats glistening.
ALI is well in Kodiak.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-01
Prospect OF A War Built The Base Road;
Early Road Was Not For The Squeamish

People who drive over the Base
Town road today may grumble be-
cause of few holes or bad turns,
or maybe a rock that has fallen
down.
But think of the motorist in the
late '40s and early Al who had to
inch his way over boulder type
surface, with sheer cliffs on one
side and a hundred-foot drop on
the other. Many are the stories of
wives who wouldn't go to town
from the Naval Station and vice
versa, under any circumstances.
"That goosey feeling" as the ex-
preston oft used in those days in
describing the feeling as man or
woman travelled the road, which
was just wide enough for one car
adding to the discomfort of falling
rock.
Go back even a little further
when there was no road, just a
trail. Workmen from Kodiak in the
early beginnings of construction on
the Naval Base had to hike the S
or 6 miles or more to work 8 or 10
hours, and then hike back.
First mention of a road being
constructed appears in the Kodiak
Mirror, issue of July 5, 1910. $780,
600 had been procured for the pro
ject estimated at five and hall
miles in length, from the town limi
to the base. The article said the
road would be a full 20-ft wide, anc
construction was supposed to start
July /.
Something happened or didn't
happen, because in the August is
sue front page story had this to
say:
Word was received today that
the road appropriation had been
granted by Congress. 1t is under
stood that construction will begin
Immediately"
The work duly began, for it was
reported in the August % issue
that survey crews were laying out
the grades and line of the highway.
A crew of ten men were working
drilling and shooting the many
rock points.
The article goes on to say: "Wid-
ening of the road along the route of
the steep rocky hillside near Ko-
diak will be the slowest part of the
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work, but the most important, as
the present narrow lane is ex-
tremely dangerous to vehicular
travel, and will become more SO
when the freezing weather arrives
and small glaciers form across the
road"
The following week the paper
reported Is men engaged in drill
ing operations with the expecta-
tion of the largest blast ever heard
in the area when about Ia tons of
dynamite will be exploded.
There still remained, however,
the mile stretch. of road to be con-
structed from the Base boundary
to town. The October issue quoted
Gov. Gruening as wiring that
money will be forthcoming from
the Territory to construct this por-
ton of the road.
The road was duly constructed,
but this by no means solved all the
difficulties of travel between the
town and the base. Nature had
something to say about it. Rain,
freezing weather, thaws, brought
on a succession of landslides. There
were many instances when cars and
people narrowly escaped being hit
by falling rocks. There were others
who were less fortunate.
Called the slide area, this por-
ton of the road was anathema to
the timid. occurrences of rock
slides became SO frequent that in
the middle sos, agitation started
for construction of some type of
safety barrier All kinds of sugges-
tions were offered from blasting
and widening the road, to tunnel
ing, and to an underpass.
None seemed feasible without
great cost, and engineers were du-
bious as to whether this would
solve the problem. Recruiting of the
road seemed the only way, and in
1856 work was started by the Alas
ka Road Commission. Completion
of this stretch has resulted in COM
parative safety.
No more does the motorist have
to travel in fear of his path being
blocked with mounds of rock. Nor
does he have to look to the cliffs
with the fear of being inundated or
hit by falling rock.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1961-12-01

Kodiak Described As A Place
Where Animals Wear 81, 900 Fur Coats
BY BILL WORTH

has been around Kodiak and Alas
ka for good many years. Now on
the city council, he has served as
councilman in other years. Bill has
fished the open waters of Bristol
Bay, and has lived the rugged life
of pioneer in Alaska. He is now
settled in the comparative quiet
life of being landlord with num-
Der of rental homes on the hillside
ABOVE Cope Street.
Kodiak Island, rugged but beau
tiful, is the home of thousands of
sea otter, whose bodies are covered
with the most luxuriant, and res
plendently beautiful fur on the
North American Continent.
The history of Alaska, and es-
pecially Kodiak, might very well
have been different had it not been
for these sleek, aquatic animals.
Gold is credited with bringing
Alaska fame, because it is magic
word. But the truth is that Alaska
was in the hearts of many men 157
years before the Gold Rush of 1898.
Probably more wealth was taken
out of Alaska in the form of fur
seal and sea otter pelts than all the
gold that was ever found in this
great land of the North.
Let's turn back the pages of his
tory. It is an era of courage, deceit,
greed, suffering, and bloodshed.
In 1741, just 220 years ago, Vitus
Boring, in the Russian Service and
Alexi Chirikof, second in command
of the vessels st. Peter, and St.
Paul, respectively, sailed from
Kamchatka to explore the great,
unknown land to the East. The YES
sells became separated during a
storm and each travelled their in
dependant ways from then on.
Chirikof sighted and partly ex-
plored the Prince of Wales Island.
Boring, in the meantime, sailed
into Prince William Sound but did
not stay long. He sailed westward
and discovered Kodiak Island.
What he saw here gladdened his
heart. Great herds of sea otter
frolicked about in the massive
stretches of kelp-beds that sur
rounded the island. Their beautiful
heavily-furred bodies glistened like
polished mahogany under the sum-
mer sun. Here, indeed, was wealth
worth many Kings ransom.
But Boring did not linger long
here. He and his crew were suffer
ing from scurvy and other diseases
and he decided to head for home.
One misfortune after another be-
fell Boring and his crew until, fin
ally, the gallant ship was wrecked
on an island that, today, bears his
name. Here he died December 8,
1741.
Cherikof and his crew suffered
hardships and misfortunes also.
Two boatloads of his crew were
massacred by the savage inhabi-
tants of the country. He and his
crew were also sick with scurvy
and other diseases.
Behring'S ship was finally re-
paired and, after a voyage of APP
proximately five months, both
ships returned to Avatcha, KAN
chatka, their port of departure.
Notwithstanding the hardships
and suffering endured during the
voyage, the adventures took back
glowing tales of the wealth in furs
that abounded in the great land to
the East
It was principally on the voyages
of Bering and Shelikof that Russia
based her claim to the ownership
of Northwestern Arorica For. the
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OF them.
In 1888 the first permanent set
Element of the Russians was estab-
lished at Three Saints Bay, Kodiak
Island. This settlement was made
by Grigor Ivanovich Shelikof. He
established the first school in Alas
ka at this place in 1855.
Some four years later, Shelikof
moved the settlement, bag and bag
gage, to the site on which the City
of Kodiak now stands.
Here the Russians built large
warehouses, store, post office,
and a number of log houses for the
employees of the Russian Ameri-
can Company VIII ic h Shelikof
headed. A large mansion was also
built to house Shelikof and visit
ing dignitaries, especially Alexan-
der Baranof who was head of all
the colonies and trading posts of
the Russian American Company.
He made his headquarters at Sitka.
Baranof exercised practically abso-
Lutte dominion over Alaska for 81
years, or from the time of its crea-
tion and charter in 1899 to 1856,
the year preceding the transfer of
Alaska to the United States.
A fort was also built at Kodiak
which overlooked the channel. This
was to discourage any uprising by
the Natives who thoroughly hated
and resented the cruelty and un-
scrupulous business methods of the
Russians.
The years passed, and with their
passing, the violence and animosity
also decreased. The younger gen.
creations of Russians began marry
ing the young native bellies.
On June 20, 1867, the formal ex-
change of ratification of the Treaty
and the United States. For the sum
of $7,20O,OO0 or about 2 cents an
acre, the United States became sole
owner of Alaska.
During the 1875 years of Russian
occupation of Alaska, the number
of sea otter killed by hunters of all
nationalities totaled 100000.
The first four years after its
purchase, the Americans took H.
208 sea otter pelts, more than the
Russians had taken in the previous
10 years. By 1910, the vast herds of
sea otter began to thin out to an
alarming degree.
In 1911, by provision of the Fur
Seal Treaty, the sea otter were
given some degree of protection.
Kodiak was trying to forget its
grim history of cruelty and blood
shed when another kind of disaster
struck without warning. The year
1912 came in peaceful enough and
it was still young when Mt. Katmai,
on the Alaska Peninsula, 100 miles
away, erupted with fiery, thunder
ing violence, spewing lava and vol
canic ash thousands of feet in the
clear blue sky. The village of Ko-
diak was soon enveloped by the
smothering cloud which blotted ou
smothering cloud which blotted out
the sun and turned the village into
a pit of blackness. At midday, by
the light of lanterns, men, women,
and children CROPPED their way to
the dock where the Coast Guard
Cutter Manning waited to carry
them to safety.
Three days later, the inhabitants
returned to find their homes buried
under foot or more of volcanic
ash. All vegetation was dead, and
most of the animal life either dead
or dying. 1t was enough to discour-
age most people, but not these
courageous and tenacious inhabi-
tants. Immediately they began dig
ging their homes from under the
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guaranteeing these valuable AMI
mails full protection.
AS the years passed, the rains
washed away the volcanic ash and
the vegetation grew much more
profusely and luxuriantly than be-
fore. Even the wildlife multiplied
and flourished.
AT last peace had come to the
village. Herring and salmon fishing
were the main source of the econ
omy. It was carefree life with
nothing much to do from Septem-
Der until the spring when all hands
turned to repairing their boats and
nets, making ready for the salmon
runs which would again fill their
pockets with gold.
Late in 1885, another change
came to Kodiak that was to affect
every man, woman and child in the
village. Ship after ship began ar
irving, bringing material and con-
struction workers for the new
Naval Base under construction at
Women's Bay, about five miles
from Kodiak. This meant new pros
perity for Kodiak and year around
employment to the male popula-
ton willing and able to work.
The winding streets of Kodiak
were crowded day and night as ap-
proximately seventeen hundred CT
william workers, along with their
women folks, sought recreation in
the taverns that, for time, never
closed their doors. Money was
tossed about freely as if this new
found prosperity would last for
ever.
Cows and calves roamed the
streets at will, making their way
through the crowds as best they
could. Often, around midnight, or
in the wee hours of the morning,
when sleep was at premium, a
garbage can would go gathering
down flight of steps after being
upset by cow or two in search of
discarded tid-bits. Occasionally a
cow would be seen walking nonch-
cow would be seen walking non
chalantly down the street gnawing
on one end of a hambone as if it
was a lollipop, while the other end
gyrated ludcrously from her bulg-
ing jewels. Perhaps the salt content
of the hambone made this a fav-
ored delicacy.
In September 1910, Kodiak was
incorporated as a first class city.
Six councilmen and a mayor were
elected. Immediately ordinances
were drawn up to improve the po-
lice and fire departments and get
ting the affairs of the community
on a more orderly and sane basis.
BY 1916, most of the Base work
ers had returned to the States,
many of them as moneyless as
when they arrived. But there were
quite few of them who had fore
sight and ambition and decided to
remain and make their homes here.
These men had faith in the city and
Its future. Others came later with
the faith and courage that builds
towns and cities and prosperous
communities. Their faith was we'll
founded, for today Kodiak keeps
growing, with new and modern
homes everywhere and more are
under construction. Even the older
homes, with few exceptions, have
been repaired and modernized and
CLEAN with a fresh coat of paint.
With justifiable pride, the citi-
zens view their small boat harbor,
and the adjacent free parking ia
cilities, for a least 200 cars. This
fine project would not have been
possible but for the whole-hearted
cooperation of the electorate who
Evening star., 1961-03-23

It wasn't the finest cof-
fee ever brewed, but the cof-
fee q Civil War soldier made
in his tin cup tasted better
than any he'd ever had be-
fore. At night. sitting in front
Of his campfire with a cup of
coffee in his hands, q soldier
could dream about the COM
forts back home.
Sweets weren't part Of a
soldiers daily ration, so hard
tack usually accompanied the
coffee. But troops stationed
near Washington got an un-
expected treat. A baker sup
piled them with delicious,
freshly baked molasses cakes
which no doubt tasted heav-
enly to the war-weary men.
The baker was a man
named William Taussig who
owned two bakeries as a
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Bake q Campaign MoIosses Cake
For d Centennial KuffeekIutsch

1t with a sweet, white icing
and a big 1851" to COM
memorate the Civil War Gen.
tennial.
There's only one appropri-
ate beverage accompaniment
for campaign molaSses cake
and that's coffee. If you
want a little Of the rugged
atmosphere Of bygone days,
brew your coffee In an old
camp pot. But whatever kind
Of utenSil you use, measure
the roasted coffee and water
carefully-and make an am
pie supply. When the coffee
is rich, hot and plentiful,
everyone comes back for q
second cup, and sometimes o
third. :t .
Campaign MOIasses Cake
51a cups sifted all-purpose
flour
2 teaspoons salt
4 teaspoons baking powder
! teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ginger
4 teaspoons cinnamon
l teaspoon cloves
l cup shortening
l cup sugar
2 cups molasses
4 eggs
2 cups hot water
Mix and Sift flour, salt,
baking powder, baking soda,
ginger. cinnamon and cloves.
Cream shortening and sugar.
Blend in molasses. Stir in "a
cup flour mixture; beat In
eggs. Add hot water alternate
ly with remaining flour mix
ture. Turn into creased and
waxed paper lined pan ok
12x2-inches). Bake in mod
crate oven, $50 degrees, so
to so minutes. Cool. Cut In
squares. Top with confection-
ers' icing If desired.
Evening star., 1961-03-23

matter Of fact. One was the
New York Excelsior Steam
Cracker Bakery, located at
96 Louisiana avenue; the
other was the Excelsior Pie
and Cake Bakery, located at
392 Seventh street. The lat
ter was listed as q suffers
and dealers" q Sutler was an
independent dealer who ca
tered to the Army. When the
troops moved in close to
Washington, Mr.. Taussig
himself delivered the cakes
and pies to the soldiers.
Luckily, we've fallen heir
to the same wonderful treat
the soldiers savored. This
moist, rich campaign mo-
lasses cake is q duplicate Of
the ones the soldiers got from
the Washington shop. For
party prettiness, we've topped
Evening star., 1961-03-23

: One test Of a good cook is
her ability to serve appetiz-
ing meals at q minimum Of
cost. A good way to accom-
plish this is to become IA
miliar with the wide variety
Of meat cuts, many Of them
less demanded and therefore
lower in price.
Although tender, veal rib
lets are best cooked In moist
heat, since veal, because 1t is
the meat Of . young animal,
Is lacking in fat and may
become too dry If broiled,
although larger cuts may be
roasted.
Here Is o recipe which con-
tains unusual flavor. It is
savory veal riblets. and when
prepared in this way Is
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Veal Gives Thrift, Flavor

something to delight a gour-
met.
The gravy Is also super
special.
SaVOry Veal Riblets
3 pounds veal ribletS
y cup flour
11a teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ginger
ia teaspoons dry mustard
"a cup lard
2 medium onions. sliced
2 cups water
Mix flour, salt, ginger and
dry mustard. Dredge ribletS
in seasoned flour. Brown
meat in lard. Pour off drip
pings. Add onions and water.
Cover tightly and simmer 2
hours. Remove riblets and
thicken liquid for gravy.
Yield: six to eight servings.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Prune Spice Snaps

molasses and shortening.
Add eggs. prunes and wal
nuts. Sift together flour.
soda, salt. and spices; stir
into creamed mixture to
make a firm dough. Chill.
Divide into 4 parts. Roll
each portion into 14-inch
lengths. Place 2 lengths on
baking sheet; shape to A.
inch width. Bake at 400 de-
grees for 1915 minutes.
Mix sugar and water until
smooth, adding a few more
drops Of water II necessary.
While still warm, frost bars.
Cut diagonally into 1A-inch
bars. Makes four dozen bars.
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Dress Up Soup

A gourmet's dream can be
a homemaker'S delight:
heat to serve concentrated
cream Of mushroom or cell
cry soup with an equal vol
ume Of milk; blend in grated
Swiss cheese and continue
heating until cheese melts.
Good, good, good!
Evening star., 1961-03-23

! cup sugar
! cup molasses
/ cup shortening !
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups pumped prunes,
pitted and cut into
quarters
Ia cup broken walnuts
AZ cups sifted all-purpose
flour
/ teaspoon baking soda
teaspoon salt
u teaspoon nutmeg
! teaspoon cinnamon
" teaspoon cloves o.,
"a cup confectioners' sugar
8 to 4 teaspoons water
Cream together sugar,
Evening star., 1961-03-23
Peach Glazed Beuns

Everyone will love peach
glazed baked beans. Put
canned baked beans or pork
and beans in a shallow cas-
serole. Spread peach pre-
serves over and sprinkle with
ground cloves. Bake in a
moderate oven until heated
through.
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EUGENE P, NIXON
RE. 7-Sl12 Ewes, LA, 6-5e4s
Sat. and Sun. 30l-EX. $3.50

sat. and Sun, 30l-EX. 5-5l3C
SACRIFICE
Owner. must sell this week. Large
3-bedrm. rambler, complete kit,
tile bath, firepl.. util. room, hot
water heat. large Anchor fenced
I'd. Nice neighborhood. Easy com
Field. Price. Sl3.SOO. terms.
81 ACRES, "a clear. 3 large barns,
long State road frontage. 3 mi.
from La Plata, Md. Ideal specula-
ton property. Price. SIS, 100.
WALDORF, Md -bedrm. home,
sep. liv. rm. and din. rm.. com
Dlete Kitchen, large sep. earage,
on over l acre of ground. Price
Sl3,90O, Va fin Many ether
farms, homes, acreages, including
waterfront.
SOUTHERN MARYLAND REALTY
Dial 30l-WE. 4-s432
La Plata. Md Always Open
SOUND 7-RM. HOME: lla-acre leve
lot; In village near culpeper. Va.
long hwy. front; running water
fruit trees: bargain at $4,000
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FARM BARGAINS

213-ACRE cattle-crop farm, highly
productive level tillage, approx.
$4,000 timber. Two dandy houses,
one brick, one white frame, both
nave | u baths, modern kitchens,
hot and cold water Ample good
barns and outbldgs. BARGAIN,
93-ACRE cattle farm, Fredk. Co.,
on paved I'd; S-rm. house, piped
spring water, barn and outbldgs. /:
grand view. Crippled owner has
SET SUBTRACTION price of S21,5OO.
Fred'E Co, fertile land. Good g
rm. brick house, sits up; has cleo
phone. bath, furnace, fireplaces,
overlooks large sparkling spring
leo pond. All good nesy. bldgs. and
Silo. S3l 800 and Ill owner inclS.
@43-gal. milk tank and 3-unit
mixers to quick buyer, or will sell
iully equipped w/2S nd fine dairy
cattle and all modern machy
crops etc. ready 10 20.
X L. LENIz. Broker, Taneytown,
FINE FARM, ideal location, woods,
spEing, stream, go acres; 'front.'
ing on : highways. near Culpepsr
mod. houses. outbuilding, barns,
AN' al oDAl pduhf Ia
wilson soil: sos 600. terms. VA
5-3309 or Box 275-G, Star.
FOR GOOD HUNTING-SI95 dn,
Sl25 in 80 days. S35 mo. buys
s5-acres woods. Culpeper Co Va.
Fronts small river; $3.50. Phone
+, CARLTON BROOKS AGENCY,
1e4S Orange, Va.
FOR SALE BY OWNER-Frederick
Co. Md. dairy farm: 300 acres
80 stanchions, . barns: upright
silo and trench Silo; milk tank
lge. brick house WOOL fired h.-w.h.,
tenant house. Now shipping milk
to D. C. New Market district. 5000
an acre. $4,000 down, owner
will hold LIST mortgage for balance
on COW. terms. Possession on set
tlement Write Box 162-E. Star.
FREDERICK CO., MD.-3 acres,
small house with mod, bath and
other bldgs.. rs mi. from D, G.
Price $4,000, $500 down. OWNER.
3Ol-DI. g-24gl.
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Right in Deale, approx. soft on
water with home that has liv. rn.,
din; nm. . firepls., bedrm., kit,
H.; q steal at only SIa.aaS,
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DESK SPACE

FALLS CHURCH-Near City Hall.
Air cond., attTac., reaS., desk incl.
533-1076 or JE. 4-67S9.
18th AND, x. desk space with steno-
graphic and answering service
avail. DI 1.o1Sl