ending of the sohoolyear. In the fa! 1
they expect to return to the States.
They have been so intimately con
nected with our life here at the t)r
phanago that they will be greatly
ill is sell.
Our annual picnic was a very pleas
ant occasion When a propitious
day came we put aside work, packed
a good substantial lunch including
icecream. The big skitf was fitted
with seats and soon loaded with hap
py children. We wont to English
Bay a trip taking H hour. The boat
was hardly beached before many of
the children were racing np the hills
hunting inelena berries whiah wore
jost getting ripe. The day was sim
ply ideal. When dinner was served
every one was prepared to do full
justice to it The icecream was serv
ed in cones, the first inost of the
children bad seer. They surely did
enjoy them even if some of them be
gan by eating the small end firs*, and
then had a great time to keep the
cream from running away. After
dinner thachildren wandered tbehills
or played on the beach, everyone en
joying them«elve«. The ride home
was a very pleasant one. There was
not, the slightest mishap to mara very
happy day.
A. very pleasant, event in August
was a call from J*«. 1®. Riite». Jr.,
Governor of Alaska, accompanied by
fnl, Slade of Washington, 0.0.
These gentlemen were passing on Ad
miral Watson and came over to visit,
the Orphanage We were delighted
t.< meet them and. to show them about,
the pi Both gentlemen express
ed- them selves pleased with what we
are doing for the boys and girls in
oe r charge.
Mr. boos and Miss Wuite teachers
at the Salem Indian School, and one
of their pupils took lunah with us on
the occasion of their visit to "Wood
Island. Tlw v were ad making the
Kodiak trip on tbe Admiral Wa*«ou
Mr. Ivr»o»» »vmk wdiehint' pupils for the
School at rthiMiiawa. He succeeded
in enroll in j/ ‘2J from Kodiak and vic
inity, amongst. the number were
Johnnie and George Ghya of WotJ
Island.
Milena borries were very Hbuod
ant thin year. As the price of dried
fruits has become almost prohibitive,
vrt> thought it best to use all the :M
fruits possible, in all possible wavs,
so many quarts of melena berrv juice
wore used in combination with rhu
barb to make a conserve, also a com
bination of melena and Valeria berri> s
was used in making jelly; also, one of
melon as and elderberries
The eld er berries here ar«
bright red and have little resem
blance in taste to those which grow
in the States.
On Wood Island thorn worn very
few blue berries ibis year, hut on
Mill Bay Point or Kodiak Island *hr
bushes worn blank with large ber
ries. We in a d o thrnn excursions
th'-rn, taking >dl *bo children old o.
rough to pink, and ,hronght homo
hundred* of quarts wbinh will no f ir
in providing our supply of fruit for
winter.
I'isis berrv picking parties wore
happy aapinn'OH. The two hour boat,
ride thro the beautiful bay, the
roaming thro the unacquainted woods
and the lunch from nm h one’s pocket
made the days work a pastime
Knlena is the PnBsian name for
hijfh boaii ori't berry. It i d liter aim
tar* but, contrary to expectation,
make* excellent jelly and butter.