Fort Wrangel news., 1898-09-28

HHnHIHE #HiIE ' and which HEsiIiiH fH tHHH muIu ocean Que HI1eH af HtatImtIaH a1a down thfz channel and tba HiuHi. s1tar mud fIds .eemrt IH hs raafrul
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 M times there was n good, strong wind, sn strong as to make tbr boat unsafe, according to our ideas of a sail boat. Nc must have gone lltty miles Co make the fifteen brtween ketchikun and Mrtlakahtla. The boat would partly "lay down when n real hard wind would catch the sail and the waves would splash into the boat. and the wa ter hunt around for a boot top to get into or to grt between ns and the board ou which We were sitting. Our early life was spent a- a "land lubber,' and Wcmust confess that sail boat iu a rough sea gives us very peculiar feeling. Just how one does feel is hard To describe, but we will try and give slight description.
 There are about thirty feet of small intestine5 in the human body. and when the boat tumhlcs around, to one not a sailor, il just seems as if that thirty feet twists into hard ball. just winds up into knot and remains that way until the wind suhsides, when it resumes its normal condition or feel ing. After the unwiudine process takes place, there is d kind uf feeling of repose until another squall strikes tine boat. Of course it affects people diff ferently. The fact k, that you cannot accurately describe just how il person does feel, any more than you can say what frightened man will do when in A tight place.
 We got the first glimpse of Metla- I It were surprised, for really we knew nothing about the town. That large white building i7 the church, said Cap tain Peter Its the niccst town in Alaska said the first mate. In due time we landed safe aud sound and soon became the guests of Rev William Duncan.
 iIETLAKAHTLA.
 The population of Mctlakahtla is about ZOO people, all Indians except about half dozen. There is a cannery, q saw mill, a girls school and boarding house, boys school, town hall, d large hotel building and fine church. besides residences, of which there are many, large, well built of good lumber, and nearly all painted, The townsite was surveyed and every location was made a corner lot. From two to three miles of good sidewalk, ten feet wide, has been put down and number of bi cycles are used on them.
 FINE WATER POWER.
 As you enter the harbor, across the . bay to the east, one sees white streak, : which extends from fair sized noun i tain to the bay. A closer view reveals | the fact that the white streak is a good . sized stream of water which has been | lashed into foam in it's descent. This , stream comes from a large fresh water lake, which is high up and surrounded by mountains, except only at its outlet. From the lake to the mill and cannery is probably two to two and half miles and the water is piped from the lake down to them. The water is also used for other purposes in the town. Not one per cent. of the power that the lake could supply is used.
 THE HOUSE OF WORSHIP.
 The church building proper, is about so feet wide by 100 feet long, in one room, and the ceiling extends up to the rafters. There are no posts or pillars in this room. It is ceiled throughout with white and red cedar. A very pret