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We were greatly suprised when the
Watson arrived to see Willie Robert
son and the boys from Kodiak who
went to Ft. Lisouin a short time ago
for training.
After the Armistice was signed they
received honorable discharge a u d
were returned home.
Jt
A recent letter from Private Ohab
itnoy, Oo. A 14th Infantry, stationed
at Camp Grant, Rockford, III., says
he is well, escaped having the influ
enza, but has had charge of 40 men
who were having it
He expects to bo discharged soon
and will return to Alaska and Wood
Island, which he says looks better to
him than any place he has yet been.
In previous years we have been able
to get all the cord woixl cut we need
ed, and often more than we wanted.
Tine year, owing to the Urge number
of inen who died during the epidem
ic., there are very few left to chop
wood. And theee few can oommand
higher price* than we are able te pay.
Consequently our older boye have
had to itay out of *ohool tbi* winter
and do what they can toward* pro
viding the hundred oord* needed for
the year.
Jt
The young man who came to help
u* during the epidemic, we* a native
of Chile, though hi* name, Micheal
Qreene, would not auggeir, that fact.
He apeak* enough English to he un
derstood, and is fluent in Spanish
and Italian. He had not been
many month* in the State* when
he came to Alaska with a cannery
crew, but wa* dissatisfied and quit
his work. He gave us good ser
vice, and when wo no longer needed
him, we offered him a home here till
he could get other work, which offer
he gladly accepted.
When th* Watson came in Jan.7,
he had letter* calling him home He
leoured work on the steamer which
will enable him to get as far as Seat
tle. So wa bade him good bye.
4* J*
DONATIONS RECEIVED
Our good friends, Mr. and Mrs.
Wachsmith of the First Raptis* Ch.
of N. Yakima, Wash., gave us again,
50 boxes of choice apples. The peo
ple of the Church paid the freight on
them and also rent us a barrel of the
finest canned fruit.
Both the apples and the canned
fruit made the long journey without
mishap and were received in excel
lent condition. We surely aT* great
ful to these kind friends for snch a
practical donation.
A barrel of apple* and a box of
Christmas good* were received from
the B. Y. P. U of the Fir»t Baptist
Church of Salem, Ore., for both of
which we are very grateful.
A box of nice new clothing was re
ceived from The Woman’s Benevol
ent Society of the First Baptist Ch. of
Winchester, Mass.
Boxes of Ohris'mas goods were also
received from Mt. Vernon, Wash.
Moscow, Idaho; Band of Cmssdcrsof
the First Baptist Church, Hacken
sack, N. J-; King’s Daughters, Asy
lum Ave. Baptist Church, Hartford,
Conn.
Other donations from No. Adams,
Mass.; Andover, Mass.; First German
Baptist Church, Tacoma, Wash ; Box
Committee, Southern Calif. Baptist
Convention; St. Louis Mich ; Anna
M. Andersen, E. San Diego, Calif.;
Danvers, Mass ; O. B. Neptune, Sal
em, Ore ; and Junior Dept. Morgan
Pk. Baptist S. 8. Chicago.