THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE
-Mrs. James McWhinnik,
Superintendent of Alaska Work
510 Treniont Temple, Boston, Mass.
The Workers, on salary, are
Geo. A Team, Supt., S. A. Cold well,
Ass’r. Supt., Miss Elizabeth Craumer.
The Purpose of the Orphanage is
tj provide a Christian home and
training for destitute children.
The Records show that 64 males
and females (total 128) have been
received, 39 males and females
discharged ( hv completion of time
and by death ), 25 males and 25 fe
males now enrolled.
Koriy-six Converts nave been
immersed and received in the church.
The Support is provided by The
Woman's American Baptist Home
Mission Society which expends here
$7500.00 a year. It is hoped that the
ContrIHUTIONS marked “Alaska”
will eventually suffice. Therefore,
Every Sunday-school and every
young people’s society of New Eng
land is urged to make an annual con
tribution. Help from all sources
is gratefully accepted. This is the
Only Baptist mission home for
Alaskan children.
Send all contributions to
Miss Gertrude I,. Davis, Treas.
510 Treniont Temple, Boston, Mass.
WEATHER REPORT
JUNi«.
Maximum temperature 78
Minimum ” 30
Mean maximum ” 58.13
Mean minimum " 39.23
Precipitation, inches, 1.63
Snow fall,
Number of days, clear 5, partly
cloudy 15. cloudy 10, rain or su w 9
M. 1) Snoookass, Vol. Observer.
Wood Island Past And Present
Concluded
A house for superintendent, one
fur storekeeper, a steam bath house
and one for the workmen, a bakery
where brown bread was made for the
people to buy at ten cents a loaf of
four pounds, a fence of four rails all
of pine lumber was built all over the
island, leaving out the native village
on S. W. part of sand spit, south
point and north salt lake or tide lake.
iluilt u church on a grave yard,
Greek Catholic and put the same
kind of feme as made around the
island. Not tar from grave yard
there was a large plot of ground close
to the beach fenced in for an oat field
where the oats were growing from
four to five feet high and it was used
for horse feed. Roads had been cut
through the island in different parts
and in putts corduroy road was laid.
A fish house was put up with 3 tanks
with a capacity of 20 bids, each (for
workmen use) the Company would
buy from Afognak, dried Salmon,
a good supply of whale oil, and whale
belly salted all these luxuries were;
year by year for 13 years put up for
Mr. Aleute’ssatisfaction. On Christ
mass and New Year the Wood Island
ers; only the men, were getting pres
ents from the Company such as; nice
heavy woolen Russian black cloth
pants, or a Russian sheep skin coat
with woolv lining, or cap or Soldiers
blue cloth coats (which ice Company
bought at auction in San. Francisco
out of date articles) but these garm
ents came very handy to Alaskan
gentlemen especially for whiter, as
there used to pe quite n good spell
of cold weather, to compare with
temperatuie what we do get nowdays
in winter. Rut Mr. Aleute’s happy
days came, to the regret of all the