THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
Max Sauer of Kllaiuar, father of
twn of otir children, Annie and Max,
died December 17 of pneumonia.
Two warm friends of the Orphan
age have ordered for our use a lot of
song hooks which ought to be here
on the next mail.
The ice house has been filled with
sic:een inch ice. This is good thick
ness, but the weather has at no time
been very cold. Three degrees above
being the lowest record this winter.
The me ube • of the Wood Island,
Gieek Orthodox Church ure cutting
cord wood to earn money to fence
their grave yutd and to paint their
ch .pel.
The Wood Island Baptist Church
h s ordered paint for their build
i ig and will make some improve
ments this summer. It has recently
1 ontrihuted about £120 to the various
missionary societies of the denomin
ation.
I he 'atest letters from Ofdotia
(Mrs. TVirak) tell of their being set
tle'! on tit ir ranch near Mc.Minn
vi e nd well pleased with their
new home. Roses were blooming
i i their yard at the time of writing,
tire t was the rejoicing among the
Cue children when they arrived there.
The bongwood School District has
purchased the carpenter shop and
boat house of the North American
Com nercial Company’s plant, and
moved it to a new location. Materi
al has been ordered to refit the build
ing, and whan completed it will be
a commodious and convenient school
h else. The building is two stories,
}ixt6. One school room will be on
e-ch floor. The total cost with furn
iture will be about f2000.
Our daily yield of milk is now
increasing, much to the satisfaction
of our children. We attribute much
of the excellent health of the Orph
anage family to th« fresh milk.
We wish to commend to our readers
the Scofield Bible Correspondence
School. Being personally acquaint
ed with the author and familiar with
the instruction of the course, we know
that it is first class. Hull informa
tion may be secured by addressing
the school at 150 Nassau St., New
York.
The Reynolds Alaska Development
Company is reported as ready to set
tle all accounts, paying for all labor
in cash, and for all other indebted
ness half cash and half Home R. R.
bonds, at a snail discount. This
will help to rectify the trouble they
have made, hut Alaska will continue
to feel their suspension for some
time.
Mrs. R. H. McLachlan, one of the
school teachers of Afognak, received
in January the belated news of her
husband’s death, and left on the
steamer “Jeanie” for her home at
Deer Harbor, San Juan Island, Wash
ington. While waiting for the steam
er, she visited the Orphanage two
days. Our sympathy is extended to
this sister in her sorrow
Several papers have been comment
ing upon the fact that sponges have
been found in Alaska. This is not
news to us, for thev have been picked
up frequently on the teaches of Wood
Island, and this ast full, the num
ber brought in by the boys was lar
ger than ever. Some of the speci
mens were very handsome, and of
good size. Oyster shells are also
picked up on almast every walk by
the s;a.