Alaska sentinel., 1905-06-01
HLHSKR SENTINEL
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1905.
LET'S DOWN TO BUSINESS.

TINEL Into the lOWu OI " IdlSell the paper has stood for the up- building of the town in every par ticular, and has fought manfully against everything that would tend in any wise to pull down any of the interests of the town. For this it has no apologies to offer. A few carpet-bagging octupuses who had their tentacles out for revenue, only, have been dethroned and honest men have been given their places, and hence we should be sat- isfed. In other words, that for which large majority of the peo- of the town were conlending has been accomplished; the bone of contention has been removed; and go, without humiliating any person 'e can quit raising h--l and get down to a business basis There are things this town needs and she can get just as well as not, if the people will quit making wry faces at each other and cease their habit ual jealous bickerings and tongue lashings, So prevalent in every lit tie towh. What is needed and what must be had in any town that would hfosper and build up the re. Sources of it's section, is unity of action in all important matters the promotion of which is desired. There was never more appropri- ate and true saying written than that couched in these few words: limited We star l; divided We fall" " It is as applicable to towns and communities as it is to Nations Show us a town where every man has grievance against a neighbor, and we'll show you a town that doesn't amount to tinker's whoop. On the contrary, show Us a town where the people are a peace with one another, where har- mony prevails, and we will show you live, progressive town, even though conditions may be far less favorable. These are the opinions of an "Old Crank" who has seer q little of the world and has ob- Served as he went along.
 Wrangell is not very much un- like many othet places. We have numbers of natural advantages here, which if presented to the world with an united effort, any one of them would be of incalcula- hle benefit to the town. Within few miles of Wrangell are beds of gold, copper and other minerals that if developed and opened up, would astonish the world for their quantity and quality. The waters of the bays, straits and rivers fair iy swarm with schools of fish, that would make Wrangell a desirable point for operating a cold-storage plant for preparing these fish for shipment 10 the outside world. The immense beds of Pete within Short distance of town would create an industry that would soon run into thousands oi dollars in this land of high-priced fuel. Along the beach right at our door is to be found tons of fire-clay, that those presumed to know say is of first class quality, and is worth looking after. These and many other things will some day come to the front and surprise not only the outside world, but those of us right here on the ground.
 But perhaps that of greatest i'm portance that we would have to of- fer for the present would be the advantages for building, maintain ing and operating establishments for the manufacture of wood paper pulp. Within eight miles of this town are four mountain streams that would furnish water power sufficient to drive all the machin- cry of this country, besides all the pure, clear water needed in the unanI1factura of p,l1n. tbousandc of