THE ORPHANAGE NEWS LETTER.
THE KODIAK
BAPTIST ORPHANAGE.
Mrs. James McWhinnie,
Superintendent of Alaska Work,
510 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.
The Workers are Curtis P. Coe,
Supt., Mrs. C. P. Coe, Mrs. M. G.
Campbell, F. H. Forby,and Mrs. P.
H. Forhy.
The Purpose of the Orphanage is
to provide a Christian home and
training for destitute children.
The Records show that 34 males
and 31 females (total 65) have teen
received, 5 males and 2 females absent
on leave, 15 males and 13 females
discharged \ by completion of time
and by death )4“i4 males and 16 fe
males now enrolled.
Ten Converts have been baptiz
ed and received into the church.
The Support is provided by The
Woman’s American Baptist Home
Mission Society which expends here
$5000.00 a year. It is hoped that the
Contributions 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 to Alaskan
natives.
Send all contributions to
Miss Gertrude L. Davis, Treas.,
510 Tremont Temple, Boston, Mass.
It would be an easy matter to in
crease our numbers if the treasury
justified the increased expense.
Dr. Mills has been very successful
in his treatment of several pneumo
nia cases.
The N. A. C. Co. kindly donated a
bucket of candy and a box of nuts for
the Christmas tree, for which they
have our thanks.
A scarcity of ccal cil has compe ted
the use of candles
We shipped over ioo barrels of sil
ver salmon and bellies in Novemi e,.
Returns have not been received.
The December weather lepo.teae
wjie,e given is for 27 days. Since it
was set up the thermometer has ieg
isteied 2 above.
Natives from the South end of Ko
diak island report the finding cf the
broken masts of a schooner and a(
tank of coal oil' on the beach.
The Woman’s Baptist Home Mis
sion Society of Michigan sent our
treasurer recently $i5o.cfo for the Or
phanage. We would be grateful to
other states for similar favors.
The Mission Band of Southington,
Conn., under the leadership of Mrs.
B. S. Porter, as usual sent a Christ
mas present to each member of the
Orphanage family. Many thanks.
Last year 310 Sunday schools of
New England contributed to the sup
port of the Orphanage; 490 did not.
There is time to be enrolled in the
first class before the close of this
year, March 31.
The new law, by which one hall ol
the license fees from establishments
outside of incorporated towns is turn
ed over to the U. S. Department of
Education, has failed to provide for
the current exoenses of the schools
now running.
Our friends who are interested in
our fish industry will be glad to read
the following from Kelley-Clarke Co
“We also beg to compliment you on
the early shipments of red salmon
which we handled and took pleasure
in sending to some of our best custom
ers. We have acknowledgement
from them that they are much pleas
ecTwith the goods,