THE ORPHANAGE
><NEWS LETTER.*
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indie: te the month and year to which
your subscription lias been paid, for
instance, 12-6 means vour subscrip
tion expires with the December num
ber 1906.
The first number received or the
changed date is your receipt for sub
scription or renewal, This may not
reach you, on account of infrequent
mails, sooner than three months from
the date of your letter.
As a gentle reminder, a red mark
will be placed on the address slip
when your subscription has only
three months yet to run. A prompt
renewal will guard against the miss
ing of any numbers of the paper.
Papers will be stopped at the ex
piration of the subscription.
Address all communication, and
make all money orders (on Kodiak
P. O.) payable to Ccrtis V. Cog,
Wood Island, Kodiak, Alaska.
December 6 was visitors’ day at
the Longwood schools. The parents
who attended were well pleased, with
all they saw and heard.
WEATHER REPORT.
NOVEMBER.
Maximum temperature 48
Minimum ” 20
Mean maximum ” 4*-i3
Mean minimum ” 30.83
Precipitation, inches, 5,!
Number of days, clear 9, partly
cloudy , cloudy 21, rainy 11
S. A. Coi.'jwki.!., Vol. Observer.
A PIONEER DEPARTED.
Mr. Vladimir Wasilivich Stafeiff,
the last Russian pieneer residing in
this vicinity, died ut his home in Ko
diak, Nov. U. He was born at Riga
in tS^7 and rattle to Vlaska in 1S62.
Until a few years ago, he was employ
ed as trader and storekeeper. He
was highly esteemed by all who
knew him.
Mr. Stafeiff leaves his wife and
only child Mrs. Otto Kraft, to mourn
his loss.
Remember the Orphanage when
planning your gifts for rgo;.
Mr. M. Wirak cattle from Ellamar
in time to spend the holidays with
us.
A little ten inch ir e was stored, the
middle of December, but rain and
warm weather set in and stopped the
work.
The Kodiak school had a delightful
entertainment Christmas Kve. The
rooms were beautiful I v decorated and
the pupils won, for themselves, ap
plause and praise, and reflected cred
it on their teachers, Miss Dee Clark
and Miss Ivah 1’ence.
Nicholai Amoknuk left a short
time before Christmas to visit his
brother who is sick at Eugle Harbor.
He went with some friends in a boat
to Calsinski Kav, about fifteen miles,
then walked about the same distance
to Eagle Harbor. It is usually nec
essary, at that point, to build a fire,
make a big smoke, and wait for some
one to come from the village on the
other side to act as ferryman.