THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
for tht* Yukon Fair.
We painted pictures ami made a
pretty quilt and quilted it.
If you come to the Fair please look
l": the Wood Island school children's
work.
From Your Friend,
Klla liallaracotoff.
Wood Island, Alaska
I)ear friends,
We ought to learn fast because
our Government tries to help us.
1 hey bought us ninny things for
school. We have many new books.
Art Reader, Fust, Second, and Third
Readers.
Now we all km w who spent much
of their time in life painting those
1 eautiful pictures in the Art Readers.
I love to re. d about the Lord’s
Supper and many other things in
the Bibh .
In the Art Readers we read about .
Raphel, Leonardo and Michal An"
gelo Some of the great Artists
lived in Italy.
We study Geography and learn
ixiitixv things from it. I like best to
have our Geography out on the sand
held All my school-mates like to
s’udv Geography between the upper
and Lower lakes, and so do I. Be
cause there is a narrow canal between
the two lakes And we play it is
the Panama Canal, and the lakes are
Atlantic and I\u iric Oceans
We call the H line from the lake
to the ocean a tunnel and pretend
the cars go through the mountains.
We can see straits, bays, islands and
mountains. I study about them in
niy books too. When we study we
shut our eves ami look at the things
we study about. And we draw them
in our lessons ami make our lessons
look pretty.
The exports of Alaska are gold,
fish, and baskets.
The imports are about every thing
we ea. ami wear. That is the com
merce between Alaska and United
States
Our Governor lives in Juneau, the
Capitol of Alaska. It used to be
Sitke for a long time.
The Governor is good to our school,
his name is Governor Hoggatt.
I wish I could go to the hair.
Your Friend,
Mary Palmer.
Wood Island, Alaska.
To the friends who read the News
Letter. v
I )ea ** friends;
It i< not easy to write to you when
1 never saw you, but I will try.
I am going to write about Alaska.
Some people think Alaska, is no
good but I think it is the prittiest
country in the world.
In the summer when the Island
ii all green and the snowy mountains
in the distance, the Pacific Ocean,
tne green hills, and Three sisters,
make a picture. Many kinds of wild
flowers grow here and wild berries,
and spruce trees that crown our
Cliristhmas sport. If you keep this
wood outside it wi i never crack;
it is not hard wood.
We like to go out and gather the
flowers to trim the church. Up in
the northern part of Alaska is all ice
and snow but I never was there.
If it were not for the Japan Stream
we would have to wear furs ai look
like animals.
Now it is all ice and snow but a
bout May the ice and snow will be
all gone
With love from your friend,
Grace Hobbs.