Fort Wrangel news., 1898-10-19

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 With the alone. much choice W,ue Was di,pcn,ed, causing the dropping zpirits of the bachelors to aNakcn In q short time the best of fellowship pre vailed At exuctly II o'clock. Master of Ceremonies Dnyy rapped on the table iu front of him aud stated that though in the last few months Fort Hranoel had lost her eItilens very iapiiiy. de. pleting nearly all classes but strange to say, not one member of the Bache- lor's Club had yet gone or talked of going. In this connection he thought the club might distinguish itself by to set d good example to others. and proposed toast-"rhe fu- ture prosperity of Wrangel." Mr. tico. Clark being called upon to respond. said in substance that the people af the town had started out with the hrlIcf that unless the Tesln road is built there k .uo such thing as growth or They had overlooked the natural advantages of the place-the location. the harbor. the climate, the wealth of the forests which cover this and nei"hboring islands. and the un- limited riches of the sea. He went oyer the field minutely and gave statistics to show that railroad or no railroad N'rtn- gel must eventually come to tue front. Mir. Eugene Flaw replied to the next
 
 he could hardly bt blamed for making d comparison between this and other sections in which he had lived, and even between thi, and other parts of Alaska. When he looked around and beheld the beautiful evergreen islands rising out of the sea. saw the giant trees that coy cred them, and listened to the streams of crystal water which plunged down their mountain sides, he could not re- sist the inspiration which exclaims. Glorious nature! Lovely Alaska! Mr. Flaw grf W quite poetic oyer the Situa ton. taking his hearers through the long sunny summer season which knows no night on into the winter, whose nights though night indeed. are so tempered with auroras as to take away their solitude. Then again. we re- serve our winter nights for pleasant little parties. for social dances and such cceasious a. this. He told of the toil- ing prospector going hither and thither over the wide stretches of this wild country. and ended by quoting Camp bells matchless stanza:
 Cold on his midnight watch the breezes
 blow,
 Ger wastes that slumber in eternal snow Or wait across the waves tempestuous
 roar.
 The wolf's long howl from Ounalaslsa's
 shore"
 In responding to the toast of The Club" MT. Collins said that noticing the necessity of a little fun and pastime during the long winter evenings he with several others had to interest the boys in the affair and in due time the club was in full operation. The objects were not only harmless fun and pastime but there is wholesome moral underlying the outer crust which he had no doubt the members appreciated. If the Bachelors club could be continued in the same spirit of good fellowship in which it was started it would repay the outlay many times over and members would look back upon it's meetings with pleasure. Wine, women and sOng," was responded to by Judge Jackson. The Judge spoke as follows: From the of bottles that have been emp. tied of their ruby contents to night there can be no doubt of the popularity of wine among us. We will let this drop. Drinks another glass.) As to 1 l