Alaska-Yukon-Pacific
Exposition Notes, Concluded
Alaska is at the present time flood
ed with commissioners gathering
together the exihits from I’ncle Sam’s
big treasure house. Yukon, the
Canadian division of the north, and
Alaska the American side, will show,
from nuggets to prize winning pota
toes and watermelors grown inside
the Artie circle. It is costing some
thing like $>< >0,1 -.to to get the north
land exibit togather and it will be
the most comprehensive display ever
attempted by a new country.
bah;. Kate- ‘ (ilory Hallelujah His
tooth is marching on. ”
Alice \ esey a five year old orphan
girl from Kodiak is the newt t arrival
at the Mission. We now have thirty
girls and twenty-five boys.
The barn yard family has been
increased by the addition of five nice
calves this spring. Two more are
expected soon.
Two young pigs were butchered
the last of March. One was sold
in Kodiak for $14.25, and the other
was kept for our own use.
Tom Paglie, one of the Italians who
has been staying with us for two
months, went to Cordova on the
March Portland, where he has se
cured work.
Tom IMamonte the < ther, will prof -
blv remain with us during the sum
mer. He is very anxious to get
some word from his family whom
he left in Catan/.aro one of the strick
en cities of Southern I.aly. Since
fie has been with us fie lias taken
the management of tfie oxen and has
broken them to drive with lines.
A new schedule for the Steamship
Portland and Dora has been issued.
The Portland now leaves Seattle the
5th. of each month aril .ng at Kodiak
about the 15th. and the Dora leave-'
Seward, the 2nd. of each month at
which time she connects with a steam
er leaving Seattle the 24th.
r.onifact*, one* of the native bovs
while splitting wood had the great
misfortune to cut four toes on hi
left foot in such a manner that Dr
Silverman found it necessary to am
putate them I’nder Dr. Coldwell"
watch care the boy recovered rapid. >
and is now ab c to I e abort again.
Mr. and Mrs Samuel Applegate
returned from an extended trp
through the tes (on the 'larch
Portland.) Whi e w. ring for tl»«
Dora to take them home to t’nalaska
.»I s. Applegate and Meidell spent
.1 week .1 Wood Island giving the
Mission much pleasure from their
\ isit.
As Dr. Marie Cold well is so soon to
leave Wood Island after her four
years stay In re, it seemed pleasant
to have a little gathering in her hon
or, so on Saturday April 3, the Kodiak
ladies met with the Wood Island
friends in honor of Dr. Coldwell.
'1 In day was perfect, the sea remain
ed smooth until the quests had re
turned. A very enjoyable afternoon
was passed. To add to *he entertain
ment the guests had a iide to the
beach on a sled drawn bv our oxen,
Tom and Jerry.
Mesdames-, A. C. Goss, Snodgrass
Minniss, Silverman. Parsons, Denni
son, Applegate and Miss Clark were
the guests from Kodiak.