THE ORPHAN \GE NEWS LETTER.
A Katmai Chief
.and His Potatoes.
THE
BAPTIST
KODIAK
ORPHANAGE
\\ licit is the use of planting pota*
t«•«•*. «»r nnv other garden vegetable
what good doe* it do, af'er pending
so nr.k'h labor and time,- seed pota
toes too aie very expensive this veur,
'die:; y a have to uncover them nwd
•re how they are progressing?
W oii ai i» not be l etter to follow the
exump’e • . ,*.ie. once a great t hief of
Katm. 1 village by the name of Allan
's alia. lie w.iso \ei six feei in height
•*' d had .1 powci tul voiv e
*Ie hea: •; tli.it pot .toes were very
good ft . d and w.. * util ised to gel
^me and y ..nt them, and that by
• nd by he would have plenty ol them.
>»• he i •;11e- u io .... Shelikoff Straits
t" ivt»di.sk in three ■ id.. k.« i vs ,i
1 - «'* k of put ,'i.es. m ext hangc f< i
‘r* rh»u go.-, bat k li1 mil* inr! call.
I!’s peop t» a:• »iii).! bi n and tells them
■ he w< »ndrr s hr is going to show them,
M*'vv Mltt “i one k he will have
ti.>nv inoir siit ks of potatoes after he
these into the ground.
Nfxi <l,iv f. >: i ea.lv morning h*
h* :ieu Imsy wo, king some lig
< i1! -. '**ne . arrying sea-word (or
Manure. some making heda and
>■ lie;s pl.inting, . v eveni ig tlie iwh
is done Now after liis meal the
“.eat m i,i climbs on toji the r«»of of
hi' ha ra Kira. * ends <* v cr vh< dy else to
• »e-i. sijuats down and lakes diligent
.v n. h over his pan h. There he stay
ed all night, nil the next day,
•vmid m t <• k en ( o:ne «lowu t<> take
• its me.i is No potatoes routing up
>'•••. then hr . e t: ure • to w.tch .yg. in
the fo!!ov,iaa night, sti 1 no signs of
them, and » an early hour with his
roaring voice he calls hi . men out
and lit* rms the.m that he was fool
el. that lie w s tired watching hut
r. » potati.es yet apneared “Come
*11 of you and get them out of the
"round, f >r I am hungry and cannot
w nt any longer. W’c will make a
potlnt- h ami have a good feast." And
5o would I if I had known the
eruption was » ling.
W. I’avloff
ire
Thh VVorkhrs, on salary,
<»eo. A. I,earn, Superintendent,
Mrs. M. Campbell, Matron
Miss I,. K. Krpen/.itiprr, Matron.
■Mrs. Anna I. .Campbell Teacher
of Cooking.
lur' 1‘i'KI’osii of the Orphanage is
io provide a Christian home ami
tiainint; for destitute children.
i hit Ritcokns show that 70 males
and 71 females (total 1 ; 1 > have been
received, |8 males an ! 50 females
lisi harped ( by completion of time
Ii-.i by death I, jo males and 2; fe
males now t-11 rid led.
I 'M v six _on\ ,5,. rs nave been
lain e:; ed and received m the chur< h
.r,‘ =1 1‘ROR I I, provided i , The
Womans American baptist Home
Mission Society which expends hen
58300.00 a year, ft n In ped that the
Iked Vlas’s.,
will eventual!v su e Thcref ’ ie.
* •' • ■■■o',;.,, Hoot, 1 ml every
, •’liwm.it’s Socik.v ill the
1 aM 1 ureed to make ,:n annual con
t. 1 b 1:> i,• • 1 • Help bom all sources
1 1 1 '’ ..pteil This is the
'■ni 1 I*\i‘TisT mission home f- ;
\ laskan children. And the
1 hvI.Y ’lvi-'TbsT Ol-'iHAN wii-; on tin
1’ACM IC Co \ST.
S ad, ill’, CojctkIm"1 ions from .New
b.vii \mi in .Miss <liSi'i kno: I
l>a\IS, Forii Uni! Imp, liosloii, Mas
C o n t i< i n t' T 1 1, x s from otht
parts (d Mie country are to be scut 1
Mis. bbnma C. \| irshall 21/„, Verm
Ave. Chicago, 111
Mr. M. I). Snodgiess tt-hn has 1k-( n
1!' tile 'tales buying cuttle bn tb
grtcubural Hxpeiimeut Station re
tit; tkml tin- first to this mo: tit
Hearing of the volcanic eruption
he left the r ttlc . t Kent W h. i-.
til 11 g -(> f Mr. I.iiwrenee KeUyonc
at i:e- Codi ik St itt i.