THE KODIAK
BAPTIST MISSION.
Oood Work Being Done Among
Native Children at Ko
diak Kiaaion.
One of the liest and most wisely
conducted missions in Alaska is
that at Wood island known as the
Kodiak Baptist orphanage. There
are older und much larger missions
jn Alaska, hut considering the sire,
the numlier of workers, the numla-r
of children cared for and the
amount of money invested in the
work each year, there is no mission
in Alasku doing more good for the
native children.
The Kodiak Baptist orphanage
is situated on Wood island nliout
one mile from the town of Kodiak
in one of tin* most In-autiful spots
in Alaska. The island is covered
with spruce ami hemlock and there
are rolling hills, deep canyons and
a l>c:iutiful sea coast. In some
places arc great, rugged Bluffs and
in others long, white sand U-aches.
ing. barns, stables and silos, dry j
bouses and other necessary build-'
ings needed for the mission work,
farming and fishing. The larger;
and older of the two dormitories Is |
known ns the mission building and
is a large, two and a half story
building, used ns a girl’s dormitory
anil for school pur|>oscs. Two
vi*ars ago the Winch dormitory
fm Imys was eri*cted and is a nice
and commodious building well
adapted for its use. The home of
Mr. I’m* adjoins, or rather is an
annex to this building. These
buildings stand on a prominence
overlooking n small fresh water
lake on which the children skate
in the winter and l»oat in the sum
mer. The whole presents a neat
and husiness-like np|>enrnnce. and
reminds one of the east more than
anything seen in Alaska, The
cattle in the meadows, the horses
at work pulling the plow or haul
[ ing hay.chickens a Unit the stahles.
1 ducks and geese on the lake re
minds one of the old farm hack in
the states.
It is a pleasure to visit this
joining settlement on Wood island
nre helped and assisted in many
ways.
A government seltool is conduct
ed in tin* mission Imilding to which \
nil the children of the mission who
nre old enough to attend as well as
the children from the island. A
good teacher is always provided,
and the very U*st of Itooks and sup-1
plies nre furnished hy the govern-1
nient.
Dr. Clms. F. Mills, the resident!
physician, looks after the health of j
the mission family as well ns of the
Jieople of Wood island and Kodiak.!
His services have been of much!
lienefit to the people of that section, j
The maintenance of the mission
is provided by various ehristian
jieople, churches and organizations
through the Woman’s Baptist
Home mission society and costs
nlsiut $5,000 a year. More money
could lie profitably used. Mr. Coe
has stnrtnl a fishing industry in j
connection with the mission that:
will some day bring in a large rev-j
enue. Last year several hundred
BOY1 rn«*'»»Ti«|»V AT WOOD ISLAND.
The eliniute is as Hue as oan lie
found in Alaska. Vegetables grow
to jierfeetion ; it is a home for Iht
ries. and sueoessful experiments
pre lioing made with fruit trees,
(trass is abundant in tbe summer,
pud bay is put up each season for
friliter’s use. Tbe waters plsniml
ip salmon, halibut, end and other
huh.
This mission is conducted under
{he auspices of the Women’s Bap
tist Home mission society of the
{Jnited States, with headquarters
fit f>10 Tremont Temple, Boston,
Muss. The work has been in pro
gress for the past nine years, and is
under the aide management of Kcv.
(Hirtis j*. l'oe, and a (tetter man for
{he place would lie hard to find.
The purpose of this mission is to
provide a Christian home and
training for destitute children. It
}s a mission for the natives, hut no
homeless child is turned away re
gardless of age, color or sex. The
Christian institutional mission. An
air of gentility and kindness jier
mcntcs the whole surroundings
that is seldom experienced at other
missions. The ehildren are clean,
well fed and happy. The missionar
ies are in love with the work and are
loved hy the children and it seems
as one large happy family. Mr.
and Mrs. Coe are “father” and
“mother” to all the lmvs and girls
snd they care for them in a
parcntial way.
Should you have an opportunity
of visiting this mission you would
probably find Mr. Coe. out with
"bis Uiys,” with his coat off, teach
ing them how to make garden,
raise vegetables, jdant trees, or out
in the field cutting hay, or perhaps
instructing them in the liest method
of salting or drying fish. If there
is a house to build or paint, a fence
to make, horses to hreakt cattle to
care for, l»oats to build, or anything
else to la* done alsmt the place,
KODIAK ORI'HANAOK.
records of the institution show that
40 males and M6 females, 70 in all,
have been receivetl at the mission.
A few have died, a number have
been sent to the Carlisle Pa. school
and some have completed their
time limit and gone to their homes
or settled down and are make their
own living. There are now 34
children at the orphanage ami
more are continually arriving from
various sections of Southern Alaska.
The mission property consists of
a large tract of land with ten or
twelve acres under eultivation ;
two large dormitory buildings, a
peat and commodious church build-j
Mr. Cot* will lie found teaching the
boys to do these things and help
ing and encouraging them in their
work. And he knows that it is
with the native boys as well as
with the white, that “all work and
no play makes Jack a dull Ihiv,”
and he enters heartily with them
in their sports.
In and alamt the house can lie
found Mrs. Coe and Mrs. Complied,
her faithful helper, and others,
teaching the girls to sew and cook
and to do all kinds of housework.
Ami not only are the children of
the mission taught these things,
but the native ]ieople from the ad
barrels red and silver salmon and
several thousand codfish were
salted and put up for the market
by the Iwivs under the direction of
Mr. Coe. This tish was very fine
and brought a flood price. Mr.Coe
should lie supplied with lilieral
funds in order that he may fro
more extensively into this and
other business. It will 1m* a source
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of revenue to the mission ns well
as giving the 1*ovh that are brought
up in the mission profitable work
to do. Another work that is car
ried on, which is also of valuable
assistance to the mission, ns well
as the ls>ys, is gardening and cat
tle-raising. A good market can In*
found for garden stuff at Valdez
and other towns of Southern
Alaska, and it is the plan to mnke
\Vood island a large farm where
stock-raising and farming can Is*
carried on extensively. It will
make cmplovment for the bovs and
'girls who graduate from the mis
| sion and will In* the means of nmL-1
iug good men and women out of
them. What to do with the chil
dren after they leave the mission
has In*cu a problem, and Mr. Coo
lielicves that it can In* solved in
this way. If the children are sent I
hack'to their homes and former1
surroundings, they will naturally
drift hack into their old ways of
living. If given something to do
in a new home they make gtssl
and thrifty |N*ople.
This, the writer lielieves, is Mr.
Coe’s idea, and it is for his up-to
| date methods, broad-mindedness,
lability and readiness to do haul
1 work, and for his unselfish and
I sacrificing lalsirs among the po» r
native people that lie is respected
1 and loved by -all who know him.
There are very few missionaries
that have so many good things said
of them or are so resjieeted by all
classes of people as Mr. Coe is, and
his work and labor at the Kodiak
Baptist mission will be a monu
ment to his faithful laliors and
also that of his estimable wife and
other workers.
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