Alaska sentinel., 1902-11-20
WRANGELL.
A Pen Picture of the Town.

On the northeast of Wrangell Island, nestled behind Mt. Dewey grand prominence overlooking Etolin bay, upon which the town fronts, and the straits that stretch away in three directions-is the little town of Wrangell. one of the prettiest places on the northwest coast, having at this time q popu- lation of about 800 souls. At a very early date q Russian trading post was founded at about the point where the saw mill now stands, and the post took its name after Baron Wrangell, a Russian nobleman and held that name until the purchase of this section by the United States in 1867, when q company pf U. $. troops were stationed here, and 'Fortn was. added to the name, Hence the name "Fort Wrangell."
 As a townsite. no prettier can be found, and as a point of health it is the equal of any in the country. The climate of IVrapge1l is conced- ed to be the best in all Alaska. In winter the thermometer rarely falls below zero, while the summers are delightful, the average temperature for several months being obout 70 deg above. Socially, morally and from g business standpoint, Wran- sell stands at the head of Alaskan towns; and situated as it is, with in six miles of the mouth of the great Stiekeen river-the gateway to the noted placer mines that are just beginning to come tp the front on the upper riyer--we may conti- dently expect that before long that source will give new life ta the town and bring to us hundreds of new faces and renewed activity. Not only that, but the town is in the midst of hills and mountains rich in gold and other minerals; the waters about her swarm with mil lions of fish of all species, her for ests furnish the best lumber tim ber in the world, while the soil pro- duces the sweetest and most palat; able vegetables. Having thus briefly drawn 8 picture of the town and its location, let us see now what it contains in q
 BUSINESS LINE:
 There are three religious organi= zations. Rev. H, P. Corser pre- sides oyer the Presbyterian Church, Rev, Adolph Stark and Miss Ella Miller control the Peniel Mission, while Wm. Tammary looks after the Salvation Army: Each has a good building and their services are well attended, The town has two good schools-one for whites and one fpr natives. Prof; ", G.. Beattie and wife eonduet the for mer and Miss Minnie Robertson the latter: The schools arc run in excellent order and have good at- tendance. The only draWback is the want of more suitable build ing for the whites but this has been promised and We trust will be forthcoming in due time:
 In 2 general way we have six general merchandise stores, four grocery and notiQn stores, two meat markets, two drug stores, two millinery stores, one hardware store, one tin shop, two boot and shoe shops, one big saw mill, two restaurants, one hotel, one lodging house, one laundry, two town halls, one barber shop, bath rooms and cigar store combined, tive taxider= mists, one wharf, several boat builders and general carpenters, one attorney, one J. s. Court Com miss sioner, one deputy J, s, Mar shal, one jailer, one deputy collect or and inepector of customs and two newspapers, This list is made from q nasty glance by our report CT, and if any are omitted we will gladly make the correction, But it is enough to show to the outside world that we have a town of which any section might we'll feel proud. Oh, yes! we came near emitting our main stay-our post master; we've got good one,
 Just now the Juneau papers are locking horns over Hon. G, NJ, IT, -..- TT C, .4 h.