THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
THE ORPHANAGE
✓NEWS LETTERS
KODIAK, A I. ASK A, JUNE, 1915
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wood Island. Kodiak, Alaska.
Our girls lire making some very
nice drawn work anil embroidery
which they will offer for sale in the
near future.
Little James, looking at the picture
of a bird, Baid, "His eye is bigger
than ours eye is". Holding it near,
"Mow we'ers eye is bigger than
she’s”.
Were it not for the daylight nights
we might easily imagine we had been
suddenly dropped down in Califor
nia. Day after day and week after
week the sun has shone brightly.
Kising between two and three in the
morning and setting about nine at
night. All signs of rain have failed,
and were it not for the heavy dew at
night vegetation would have suffered
greatly. Those who have lived here
many years say they cannot remem
ber another such a warm summer
here.
The birds seem to have received
some "insideinformation” regarding
the warm season we were to have for
they came early and in greater num
bers than previously, and also a
greater variety than we have seen here
before. The woods are melodious with
their songs.
It may I>e that the volcanic ash is
responsible for the vigorous growth
the malena bushes have been making
the past two years. It is very cer
tain that they are thicker than before
the ash fell. This year the berries
ripened a month earlier than usual,
and are larger and more abundant
than in previous years. The blue
berry bushes too show remarkable
growth, and give promise of a big
crop.
As the days and nights too seem
warmer than usual we are trying the
experiment of raising cucumbers and
squashes in the garden. Thus far the
vines are doing finely.
Judging from the growth the grass
has made up to the present time, the
prospects are that it will be ready to
cut for hay at an early date. ' We
have a goes! stand in the forest field,
and also in two other small fields.
If there is good weather in July
and August we will have a fine lot of
oat and oarley hay as well.