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BAPTIST
Hit ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTEK.
KODIAK A New Business Firm Buys
OP P H AN AGE The Alaska Commercial
WnNKi rs, on salary,
' »*•«. ^ beam, Superintendent,
M >. M. (« Campbell, Matron.
vIt"s b * hrgen tnpe:, Matron.
. Hi id i<rt)SH <i| tile Orphanage tft
•*> provide a Christian home and
training for destitute • hildseri.
■ • i»s -Mu*v\ ihat 70 rn.du. :•
m i bty m*.ii s it* •... 1 $9) have been
'• ‘i\. M. .s 1 .1: . :..i |7 females
liseharpcd !•> unpletion of time
ai.M by <!•■<■' . _*2 :n;« .»•- .. n., 2\ f'e
Males now eiu ;h it-'i
1’li- IV SI.\ • <*NV. l >. llaVf lilf!)
ltnmeised ..mi re. t*i\1 in tlu- him h
• ''i ■ - V! i*' provided y 1 lie
•tomans A.neriv.n . aptist ilome
Mission S -- u • uhii h •*x]»•.*n«!^ here
f75e>»M>«• .» hmi it i> hoped that the
CoNYKIHi : !m\s niarkei! “Alaska
will eventual lv suffice ‘I* he re fore.
1’A' »‘k s S' \ i * \ S'-m : I• <>i. ami every
N ot ng I'koj i.k's Socikt\ in the
l.'inl is ur^'-il to make in annual . mi
trilujtion ilcip from .-.11 sources
i 'Zi.itefuilv accepted. This is the
Only Baptist uu^sioi home fm
Vlaskan children. Ami the
'1 \ ptist ( >k pm \ n u;k nil t he
r vc i; t c v. n \ st.
^ id .ill Contkihi’tions from New
f-n -land to Miss Oektri dk L.
1 m\ is, I‘ord Bui 1 ling, Boston. Mass.
1 ‘> T k i b r t ions from other
parts of the country are to he sent to
Mrs Kmrna V'. Marshall 2969 Vernon
Ave. Chicago, 111.
Not lorn,' ago Jacob and George
were standing at the window watch
ing the snow as it fell. Jacob said,
i know what makes the snow come
down.” George replied, “So do I’’.
Jacob, “God told it to come down”.
George, He pushes it down”.
Company’s Kodiak Store.
J. W Krskine and Ch«»s. A. Fletch
er who hav*’ * ikrn over the business
of the A ask a Commercial Co. at
Kodiak, have both been identified
with the Company for many years,
the former holding the position of
Genera! Manager.
The new firm being of the belief
that the natural resources of Kodiak
Isi.iiiJ are capable of meat develop
merit, arranged with the old iuiir, ,niy
to buy its >tock and good will, and
took pi >si«»n the 51 h of this month
It is their intention to further the
development of Kodiak, believing
that having the m-st prolific fishing
batik 111 the I’acitic, the li.-diing in
dustry can be 111. de a vei v larvae one
• ot the ar nest fishing indus
tries of the world lias been induced
to investigate conditions in this vi
cinity, and if everything is satisfac
tory wt; can hope to see a revival of
tlm “old days” when Kodiak was not
only the most beautiful spot in
Alaska but also one of the most pr< s
pe rotis.
Mr. and ,Mi>. Fletcher are at pies
ent Jiving in the Company House,
lint contemplate building a new n
sidem e soou
Mr. j. \V. Krskine has not yet ar
rived. but is expected on "the next
steamer.
Mr. A. C. Krskine of San Francis
co. and Mr. Cecil Kitij» of Kodiak,
who have for years been salemen
with the \l.iska Com lercial Co. have
accepted positions with the new firm
The News J.etter extends its ^reet
intft nd heartiest 1 est wishes to the
new firm.