r H E KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
Mrs. | \m!•;•* McWiiinmf.
S.i ■inteiident o, Alaska Work
5 ° i reinont Icniole, lloslon. Mass.
1 up; W or kicks, on salary, are
Cu.tis I*. Coe, Supt., S. A Coldvvell,
Ass’t. Supt.. Mrs. M . (i. Campbell.
ltif l*i r pos!-: ol the t )rphanai;e is
to prov ue a C iristK.n a.mie ami
ra .11*1 ^ for desiitii.e ehiUlien.
1 HH R- • t»* show h. ' 6i m..as
aml « (total 12 \ have i Cell
recehetl, c mms and e.na*e>
discharged * • mpletion < . time
and l»v u.Mlh ). 21 . ... . .ui • _6 ,e
.aales now e:ii o. ,ni.
1 U'KVIV-FIV . u NVKRTS lavi been
baptized anu received i.i me vliuau.
I in. Si ri'OK'i is provided l>v The
Woman's American 1 aptist ‘4mine
anssiou .Society which expends here
>6000.uo a year. It is hoped that the
Contributions marked “Alaska”
y* 111 eventually suliice. Therefore.
Ivy KR y Six day-school and every
youn^ peop.e s society of New i-injif
Mii'l is ur.;ed to make ..a annual con
tribution. Help from ..it s„u,u-s
i> grutelully accepted. 1 his is the
Only bw'Tisv mission home for
A laskaii 1 liildren.
Send ail contributions to
Miss G.-.ktiu-di: I.. Davis, Treas.
510 Tremont Temple, Jloston, Mass.
i'he e \v is a heaw fall of snow last
month win. h li-.s lain on the ground
uncommonly long.
Much Alaska mail has been delay
ed on account <d hlo kades in the
R cki . A cable from Seattle, Feb
ruary 16, stated that mote than 2,000
sacks of undistributed mail had ac
cumulated there.
IMPORTANT,
We have expended much effort in
trying t‘» make unnecessary the fol
lowing announcement. 1 »ut can de
lay no longer. Repealed refusals of
tile Postal authoritie to grant us
second claa»s rates compels the in
crease. Therefore, after June i. the
subscription rates, for twelve num
bers will be:
Single copy 5 .25
Seven copies one address .95
Thirteen ” ” ” 1.65
For 0 st of a number of copies not
given, adtl to the price given for the
next lower number 10 cts. for each
additional copy: thus five copies .65,
ten $1.25, fifty #5.35.
The prices given arc for TwKLVK
I >si ]<. Outers dated June i, or be
fore will be accepted at present rates.
LEATHS.
We .ae thankful to report that we
believe the tiouhle from whooping
cough to be about past. A lew Mill
are roughing and some are yet frail.
The epidemic, however, depleted
o\i; numbers by taking live from our
ill>dst. In addition to Christine Ol
iver, "laly" al;.y Waspekoif died
January Vgnes Ro e t. nr., j, mi
ctiy A-i; M.wfa jKnagiu. iebiiuuy b:
and Aiubea Atnikuuk, March i.
May was a year and a half old;
Marfa, six years; Agnes, to; and An
drea, i '. 1 he last two had confessed
thei; t.iith in Christ and Andrea in
tended to ask for baptism and church
mem! ership at the liist church meet
ing this year. What a blessing th..t
God does not make baptism nor .. 11 y
thing but faith essential to salvation.
Our coldest weather this winter
w. s > below zero, February 16. The
c xl re me cold lasted cue day.