THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
: . a number of the children
1 « en having the chicken-pox
the past tew weeks. N»»nc
tell < ui ,;ue<l to their 1 eds hut
S'Urs ami he only for a few
Nit holia brought home from Goat
I- : i two of the goats hilly ami
• l Nik. They lost no time in com*
> * * the front door of the mission
' pa\ their respect*. They chose
tout steps as the most suitable
} 1 ■ e to sleep.
>mce the last issue of the News
i. 'u-! money h is been received from
(ierni. ii baptist Church
■ . t land (),t*. contributed by the
V<1 ■;n^ Peoples Siiv iety, the Sunday
" •„.[ and the I,adi s ... i-siotiai y
S < iety lor a bed in the Orphanage.
The r. S. Coast and t.eodetic Sui
• ' ■. ..nieis. ’ ter-< a, Mxp.o.er - ml
ViiM.n h..veen..ed ihcii season^ work
.< this vacinity. 1 he Vukon has
been pl.ued in d.v-dta k in diak
tor the winter, while the Patterson
nd Explorer have p*ne to Seattle
A :c\v days before they started Messrs
1 nitty, K. C. Kinriear and K. b.
Vin.il of the Vukon and Messrs Culd
. nd b’rederland of the I'atterson
i i *l the Orphanage.
The first skating of the season
e Oct. 25th unit li to the delight
children The lake in front of
was frozen deep enough
ow of skating 011 it from end
to end in safety- On the afternoon
N< v 4th tlic childien weie given
holiday in order that all migh*
the in' while it was goon. A
< « r two later there came a ‘haw
•wed by a fall of snow so that
ting has now given way to coast
ing
Capt. I', row n of the Sc homier Hunter
has j»one to McMinnville Ore. to
visit his daughter Ofdoti.i Wirak.
Mi ami Mrs. Appieg *te of 1'iialuska
; ml vlt and Mrs. FleUlier of the
Ajk.»1Io Mine came to Koiiiak on the
J)ora s return trip Tlu-v will wait
for the Portland to cariy them out
tv* the busy marts of life, and expect
ing loved ones. Mr. Applegate and
vl i Fletcher are assisting Mr. Straus
invoice the stock at the A. C. Co’s,
plant. Mrs Applegate and baby
Meidell spent a week at Wood Island
visiting the te..v hers, and friends at
the mission.
The following Indies visited I)r.
Cold well in her new home on the
afternoon of Oct l. from Kodiak
weie a.esd mes Minniss, Stone,
Si .\eruiati. Keliogg-Taisons, Misses
c.inortl aid hurt, from Wood Island,
Mis J.earn and Margaret, Misses
hreete, Craumer and Vinton. Miss
Urah Dee Clark sent with her regrets
an original poem written for the oc
casion which added much to the plea
sure of the gathering.
Some repuiis ami improvements
have l een made during the past
month .it the Mission. A hath room
ami patent toi.et have been put in
for the use of the workers. The boys
bath tub has been placed in the play
room and connected with the drain.
A big heater made out of a 90 gal.
oil tank has been put in the play
100111. The galvanized iron smoke
stack for the kitchen stoves has been
extended above the ridge of the
roof of the main part of the building,
thus giving a good draft to the stoves
in all kinds of weather, without hav
ing the house tilled with smoke, as
has been the case when the wind was
from the cast. A tank house has been
fitted up where the kerosene is kept
and where the lamps are tilled. It
is situated between the Mission and
the barn, and is proving .1 great eou
venieuce.