THii ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
The wdhkkks. on salary are
Thi' Pukposk of the Orphanage is
to provide a Christ, n home and
training foi destitute children.
Thk Rkcokds show that 75 males
and 78 females (total 15 V have been
received. 54 males and 60 females
discharged ( bv completion of time
ami bv death ). 19 males and *8 fe
males now enrolled
FIFTY SIX ConvkkTS have been
immersed and re» eived in the church
THK Suppoki is provided by The
Woman’s American baptist Home
Mission Society whit h expends here
$8500 no « vear. It is hoped that the
O’PTTH f rttfons marked "Alaska”
will eventitally suffice Therefore.
F.V!?rv Spnt> w-schoot. and everv
Yoi'Nit Pfopj.k’s Socihtv in the
land is urged to make an annual con
tribution Help from all sources
ts gratefully accepted. Tins is the
Only Baptist mission home for
Alaskan children Ami the
Ont.v Baptist Ok than a or on the
Pacific Coast.
Send all CONTRTwrTiONS from New
Fnolamd to Miss Gi?RTRrr»K L.
Pavts. Ford Building, Boston. Mass.
C o n T r i h v T i o n s from other
parts of the eountrv are to be sent to
Mrs. Fanma C. Marshall 2969 Vernon
Ave. Chicago. HI
Geo. A I .earn.
Miss Jennie lohnsen
Miss I.ena Got rell.
Superintendent.
Matron
\VK HAVE FOR SALK A S FT OF !2
BKA UTI Ff'L POSTAL CAP. I> PICTURES
OFTHR MISSION. AND VIEWS TAKEN
SINC E THK VOLCANIC ERUPTION.
We will send
You A SET FOR ONE DOLLAR. SEND
US AN OK I) HR .
Tli* day afU*r tht* Fourth of July
pi. uic \\li«*ii Mskrd, “VVluit ili.l y *u
doaftlu* pio uir, .11111111):” lit* an
swered, “l «*:it it.”
1’hilip Olsen is now working in the
printing ottire, 1 nuking ur<hxl progress
setting type. At various times ho as
sists in tin- kitchen and from iln*
wa\ ho takes hold of that work then
is no doubt ho would make a good
CO* >k.
It will bo remembered by many of
our rouders that Philip is the hov w ho
h id tin- valvular heart trouble, and
for alwmt two years was C"i.fined to
his bed ire is now a tall fine looking
lad. W hilo the condition of his hen rt
is not normal, yet it is so vastly hot
tor that t o seems ns strong as any Im .y.
Hobert F. Griggs, Associate Profes
sor of Hot any of the I'niversPy of
Ohio, is investigating the effects of
the Katmai eruption on plant life in
this vicinity for The National Geo
graphic Magazine. Assisting him
is Hurton H. Fulton, Entomologist, at
the Agricultural Experiment Station,
Geneva, X. Y who is on a years leave
of absence during which he will take
p <st graduate work at the University
< »f < Jhirago.
These gentlemen will spend some
weeks here, and export to visit Mt.
Katmai before they return to the
States. Their purpose is to ascertain
the present condition of the volcano,
and if possible get some pictures of it,
and also, of course to study plantand
animal life in the immediate vicinity
of the volcano.
Those of our readers who take the
Xational Geographic Magazine may
expect to see pictures taken liy these
men perhaps some taken on Wood Is
land and of course will be interested in
the artielesaecompaning the pictures.