Our winter food supply has been
<ry materially increased thro the
kindness of Capt. Salater who in en
gaged in herring fishiug and salting
at Kodiak. He gave us all the her
ring we wanted for salting and
smoking as well as ail we 'wanted
fresh for the tables. The herring
here are very large and fat and when
; roperly cooked are delicious. We
were a!ao successful in getting a flue
supply of salmon for salting and can
ning and for variety we have several
barrels of salted cod-fish
’Sir. and Mrs. Gerald K. Courtney
•ire the teachers for the Longwood
School this year. Mr. Courtney was
i Second Lieut, in the marine A
viation Corps operating or the Itel
dan Coast, Ilis home was formerly
oehester, N. Y. Mrs. Courtney
mines from Miami, Fla. They are
iruxuou. j.r- k ■ •
will make good in the sohool work.
Many tears were abed by Mary Berg
mid the other girls when Mery’s fa
ther came tit Sept, to take her home
to Afognak She has been with us
,bont three yesis and in her letters to
her fa*her she often asked when he
was coming for her, but when the
time came to go she was even more
anxious to stay here.
For sometime we have npeded a
hoTse barn, but as material wus very
dear could not boo our way clear to
build- However we had a two story
building about 20 x SO ft up on ihe
I hill bur k of the Mission which was
ormerly used js a wood house but
conditions bad so changed that it was
.nconvoment f< r that purpose and for
some years had served as a hen house
The upper part,%of late years, ivaR
|used as a store house for odds and
ends. ThiH building we decided to
take down and attach to the burn.
As shingles were very dour the roof
oil pucb sido was out into four sec
tions and lowered to the ground.
The building was then taken to pieces
and rebuilt on the site chosen for the
horse barn. When the frame work
was up the boys rigged up a derrick
and hoisted the roof sections up and
put them in place. It surely was a
work worthy of a skilled contractor,
but our boys did it quickly and with
out any accidents. We now have a
neat commodious horse barn with a
large hay mow, and a nice warm calf
stable.
Out of the remains of some log
buildings we have made a warm and
light hen house to replace the one that
was taken away.
Our potatoes this year were only a
half crop. The ground that last year
yielded 110 sacks this year produced
only 00. Of cabbageotiid cauliflower
we hare none at all. Turnips, carrots
and beets did fairly well and fur
nished ns with a good many gallons
of pickles, as well as a supply to be
used in other ways.
The U. 8. 8. Saturn came Sept,
bringing material and 45 workmen
to build a concrete power house and a
double cottage. The power house
was built and various repairs made
on the buildings, but it wag too late
to attempt building the cottage so the
material was Btored away until next
year.
Our team worked 10J days draw
ing gravel and cement for the con
struction of the power house. This
income will be a great help in pay
ing for the winter grain for the horses
and cows.
Considering what we have been