It5was a task of several weeks to
get new foundation posts in, floors re
laid, papering and painting done,
roof and wood she<l roof roshingled.
It must, not be supposed fora mo
ment that it was po#ible to keep at
work at these repairs continuously for
they reached over many weeks and
war* interrupted by a great many
other tasks, si^oh as clearing laud,
building fences, filling the silo, cut
ting hay, fishing eto
The personnel of the Catmai Ex
pedition! was larger than any pre
vious one.
Unfortunately we have mislaid the
data furnished u« by Prof. Griggs
telling the different scientific re
searches to he made and by which
ones o{ the party. An ideal harbor'
was found aooesslble to the trail.
The “Nimrod” was chartered for the
neason and made semi-monthly trips
between Kodiak and Katmai. The
findings of the »*pdition were of im
portance and will donbtlees be pub
£i>hed in the National Geographic
Magazine.
The personnel of the pArty so far
as we oan now gat at was as follows:
Prof. Hubert Griggs, Dr. Allen of the
Geographical Laboratory, Washing
ton D. C., Dr. K. G. Zies, Prof.Hein,
Entomologist; F. C. Jones, Color
Photographer; J. B. Sayer, Botonint;
T Flagsnberg, A. E. Miller, I.. G.
Folsom, Juiius Stone, II. F. Wallace,
W. L. Henning, R. E. Helt, A. J.
Basinger, Emery IC a 1 h. and Mr.
Glissmi.
The building formerly known as
th* Russian Orphanage at Kodiak
was the head-quarters of the party in
Kodiak. Mrs Griggs with her three
children, Mrs Kalb anil her daugh
ter and Mrs. Folsom spent most of
the summer there. Kach of the ladies
made the trip in Katiimi.
As the party from Kodiak loft be
fore school closed it was ncc«ssayr for
Mrs Folsom to got some one to subs
titute for him for the rest of the term.
The following arrangement w a c
made. Mrs. Folsom took Mr. Fol
som's class ami Maggie Masur took
Mrs. Folsom’s room. Maggie proved
to be an able teacher and a good dis
ciplinarian.
Soon after the close of school Mag
gie accompanied Mr. and Mrs. Wing
to Los Angeles. On the way they
stopped in ban Francisco, Maggie had
the address of her father’s brother
who lives in Oakland. She received
a hearty welcome from these relatives
who previous to this hardly knew of
her existence. They are floe Christ
ian people and. have taken Maggie
into theii home as a daughter. She
is attending fligh School and intends
to be a teacher. This little incident
seems almost as if it were taken from
a story booh. 1* is peculiarly fitting
for Maggie for she was always mak
ing up stories to tell the small child
ren while she herself was actually
living as intimating a story as she*
ever made up. We miss Maggie as
she was an exceedingly efficient girl,
wo miss her in the singing at Chnreh
and in our social gatherings in which
she was always 'he leader in the
games. We hope her best dreams of
n*“f lines* mho happiness may ne re
alised fler ussier Vera was a very
tearful and !onesoinf*fiirl when Ms^
Lrie went away, lull she hopes seine of
there flays to go fo Oikland to join
tor rein*ives.
Our numbers do not decrease ev n
if some of the children do go away,
there are always others to take their
places