THE NEWS LETTER
KODIAK. ALASKA. MARCH igre
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reach you, on account of infre tuect
mails, sooner than three month , from
the date of your letter.
Address all communication, and
make all money orders fon Kodiak
P. O.) payable to
Thh Orphanack Nkws Lkttbk,
Wood Isi.awd. Kodiak. Ai.aksa.
and RloiiiP, paid enough for thpse
♦ hren exouses to have porchased a good
steamer that would have be°u in ev
ery way suitable for the run.
Wi'h the money paid by the Gov
ernment for carrying the mail, the
revenue from freight and passenger
service, there in no reason why the
run should not he a go*>d paying one.
If 'he owner of the P olitzer will
not put on a steamer that will meet
the needs of the p* pie, it is to be
hoped ♦haf some other person with
gr^ai-T sp'rit of aec •rnmodation and
keener business ability will do so.
Our little boy* are learning to toll
time. One ii»y Demetrius (jeven
years old) asked, “What time is it
when both hands are* I live?” ‘‘Twen
ty five minutes after five.” “What
time is it when l>oth liands are at ten?”
“Ten minutes to ten.” “What, time
is it when both handsareat nowhere?”
Needs
Wh have been asked to give a list
of th'ngs most needed at theOrphan
age.
Sheets K4 in. long, .14 in. wide,
quilts 90 in. long, 72 in. wide, blank
ets and towels. Blouses made of good
quality or. ting flannel, dark colors; foj'
boys four years old and ten to fifteen
y• ars old. Two piece medium- weight
underwear, Sfi in. shirts and 34 in.
drawers.
Nightgowns, stockings, and under
wear for girls three to thirteen years
old. Dresses and aprons for girls
throe to sixteen years old.
Many of our friends in the States
have Tied to send in* pick ages by
mail and boles hy freight in the fall
amt winter, and have been told by
postmasters and freight ayentg that
there was no mail or fieight service
in this part of Alaska during the
winter months.
In the “Overland Manual” of the
“White Cross Service League” by
Mrs Laura Ogle Good ell, we find
these sfatments in the section "Parcel
Post Ruin' for Alaska.”
‘ Butween Oct 1st. and June 1st.
parcel post mail is not accepted.
Register all parcels since they cannot
be insured.” ■
Mr*. t.Jordel 1 did not make these
stn tuieT.tS Uliftd visfd v, hut W 48 assur
ed by postmasters that she was giv
ing correct, information.
YV* would like to emphasize the fact
that we have mail and freight service
at leH8» ouch every month throughout
the year. Also that parcels can be
insured.
It is not advisable however to send
packa^i s by express as there ia no ex
press office or agent at Kodiak.