THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
The Workers, on salary, are
i>eo. A Learn, Superintendent,
Mrs, M. G. Campbell, Matron.
Miss L. F. Ergenzinger, Matron.
Mrs. Anna L .Campbell Teacher
of Cooking.
I uf. IVkposb of the Orphanage is
to provide a Christian home and
training for destitute children.
I he Records show that 70 males
ami 71 females (total 141; have been
received, 48 males and j„ females
lischaiyed ( by completion of time
ar.,1 by death ), 21 males and 21 fe
males now enrolled
hiKtv six Converts nave been
immersed and received in the church.
I n-: Support is provided by The
'toman s American baptist Home
Mission Society which expends here
*7500 00 a year. It is hoped that the
Contributions marked "Alaska'
Will eventually suffice. Therefore.
Every Sunday-school and every
tot no I’eoit.e’s Society in the
1 "" ■? urke,l to make an annual con
11mutton Help from all sources
gratefully accepted. This is the
*' “ V ,,S1 mission home for
Uaskan children. And the
°NI'V Haptist Okphanack ou the
* vcipic Coast.
s .1.1 all CoN-pum rioNs from New
J'N.!. XND to Miss ClKHTRl’DK L.
Uwis, Ford ltuirinjr, Koston Mass
C o n T R r b i t i o n s from other
parts of the country are to he sent to
alis. Kmma C. Marshall 2069 Vernon
Ave. Chicago, Til
d;. J. R. .Minis and Miss Marjotia
M-u-Arthur. who taught our school
!«'r two years, were married by Dr. K.
1. Whitman, in the First baptist
Church Seattle, Sunday Sept. 24th.
Their home is in Fast Seattle where
'»i. Minis teaches manual training
m the Parential School.
Wood Island & The Mission
( Concluded)
ness men of Seattle have established
sheep ranches, and the Govt, has an
Agricultural Experiment harm here
58 degrees N. I,.
We are near the place where the
far west touches the far east and peo
ple of many nations meet and min
gle*
The firist on the ground, after the
native Aleuts were the Russians,
afterward Japanese trappers and fish
ermen found their way to these
shores. Eater the sturdy German
and Scandinavian sought their for
tune in this new Eldorado and since
Alaska became one of Uncle Sam’s
possessions we find the ubiquitous
American or citizen of the U. S. I
should say, for Canada resents'our
presumption iu appropriating to our
selves the word “American”.
So much for Kodiak. I can say
nothing more complementary than
that its grassy, wooded hills dotted
with livestock and poultry reminded
me of my Ohio home
Now for Wood Island with its Wire
less Station and the Mission to which
I now belong. Among the many
pleasing and lasting impressions was
the warm welcome that awaited my
coming. Everything that contribut
ed to my needs and comfort had
been anticipated and provided, even
to the short-wood and kindling
For several days after my arrival I
was an object of great interest to the
children. Whatever way I turned I
saw one or more pair of dark eyes re
garding me with grave curiosity.
Sometimes the window would be
darkened by faces pressed against the
pane I found to my surprise that
nearly every boy had a Bible name,