THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
The blind boy for whom we were
variug, was sent to Seward on the
last Dora. He is now in the et re of
l>r. Roniig
Twice during the month we have
been awakened in the night by earth
quakes which shook the house con
siderably
The 1 S Geodetic Survey boat
Yukon cane into K nhak a few days
Mio. She will go on dry dock here
for the winter
Ur Clay, who tor some mouths has
been doing dental work at Xush.tg.lk
and other points to the westward ar
rived on the last Dora
k begming has been made in paint
ing the buildings. The Church
looks like new after a coat of white
with dark green trimming. The
shingles have been renailed and
painted red. as have those also of
the carpentershop. The wood
shed has been painted red with white
trimmings. We hope to get the in
side of the Church painted before
long.
The fi ll term of Long wood school
opened Sepi 5th with Mr. J. R.
Minis as principal, and Miss
MacArthur as primary teachers.
The Ma lual Training benches and
tools have arrived and work in that
department has began.
The night school has four sessions
a week. Two evenings are devoted
to Manual Training and two to other
studies.
We had the pleasure of entertain
ing at dinner Mr. and Mrs Erskine
of San Francisco, Mrs Goss of
Kodiak, and Mrs. Higgs, who with
her husband, has been in Susitua for
nearly two years, and are on their
way to Vancouver H. C.. where they
will make their home.
We had also expected to have had
Mr. Goss and Mr. Higgs with us but
they were in Afognak that day.
About midnight the 1st, residents of
Kodiak were startled by the try of
fire. They rushed out to find that
the A. C. Co's carpenter shop was on
fire. Nothing could be done to save
the building.
More than that, all along one side
of the building were great I to gal.
gasoline tanks. Seven of them were
full, the others were empty or nearly
so, but the fire was too much under
way before it was discovered to make
the ermoval of the gasoline possible.
As some of the tanks exploded they
blew in the side of the building and
made the fire much more rapid, five
of the tanks belongetl to the Agrt
iiiltural Dept. Their loss has badly
crippled Mr. Snodgrass the Supt. of
the Station, in the use of the launch.
The only thing that prevented the
whole plant from burning, and pro
bnbly the greater portion of thatown
was the fact that there was not a
breath of wind, and a light rain was
falling.
Such a narrow escape from a great
disaster has roused the resedents into
action. A fire company has been or
ganized, and some aparatus purchas
ed.
It is to be hoped however that
there will be no necessity to call out
the company or use the aparatus.