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NENANmTortella Hall isFiner*in Fairbanks--Representswhieh the children looked upon wonderful nequMUon. They knowthe church hymns to Bugthem ;The house Is well equipped in e«r, poaelble p^fcuUr. * 1—lt;r trace is installed which furnish-to singmmabundance of hot water and heat TBHrructurethirdchildren all do their owntmfum 1 I A | | m mfl oorand girts On the togarret it a dryinge clothing after it isdownstairs, where they never freezeIn addition to the mission house.telligent Toil bythe natives are constructing ac.village nearplace. Abeen selected and clearedthan 2® seta of new bouse logs bate IMore8. Betticher returned yes- i what machinery may he made avail-terday from an extended trii» to the able, in fact eve ythfng that canm-Xenana mission of the Episcopalianchurch, some 7miles below Fairbanks■brought to their use and knowledgethe limited -scope of materialshand for the mission tocut and preparedSome of theare erected. some art* partlyAwhile others are Will Is theshape-cf logs, and will notutilize. I dieted until next springhe com-logsThe work of the mission is done The grownare allowedMiss Farthing, who willhe wellIngSaso quietly and unpretentiously that work at all needed thingsirememberedinFairbanks, hasthe readers of the Times will be stir-land making garden, getting wood,prised to learn that the Indians at or anything there is toandarge assistedofmission house and is Ann:Miss Louise Tuiton,that point, under the direction offorwhite carpenter, have constructedA smalland finished a building, which is declared to be nicer and more com- large tractplete than any log building in Pair-' planted nextout of the missiongarden was raised year which wgg very successful,IIIyear»buggroundwill befor the generalbanks, not excepting ‘ anyThe, use of every one. The Indian fan#have chosen the name of illes and some of the young oneswho is thoroughly imbued with theof the missionA couple of days before Mr. Bet-ii*ticher left Xenana, about tendians walked in after travelingplaeentensfenrwellTabout fifty miles through the deep turesnowbring their children to [withTortella hall for the structurehave a separate platthe mission They had been prontie-1There are about 30# Indians in groundown, they areed last summer that the children jthe district who rely on the mission vided with seedsas a headquarters, for many things, tools to work with,necessarwould be accepted, and they badthe releft their hunting to come 100 milesDormitories have been prepared for' sponsfbtlity of the groundowner lies inbelongmto place them nicely for the longcboth girls and boys, with, ing to eachw'interThiscons******sufficient accommodatios for 20♦but! dividual efforts.a n*y 2© will bemoreA large well has beeH sunkWWWWHO******is Sthelp Is av€to properly care the mission buildings shall have an*nounone-1forvpure w* TKMI'FRATl liK RKAIH.\(1A * rmlj»*he children are being taughtMany of the Indians leave their 1*menbranch of domestic scren there I temporarilv whihi*The ie»t|*erature reading aa *the girls have cooking, dishwashing, they are away hunting, hah* taken atMatthew a hoe* *housekeeping, sewing, etc, while the trapping, or some of them pertua-at 1orto*ia*nearboys are not only taught identically • nently, realizing the wonderful I♦*forItI *i wsame branches.butaddi- benefits that accto themhours were asschool . uand inis routine, have carpentering.MaximumMinimum*#*« #'’* * ► * « « a « »* * I *li* Thebarometer stands*the“ sunkWWW* * * *api»eFOUOWSmisn
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Fairbanks Daily Times
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Wed, Sep 30, 1908
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