Douglas Island news., 1915-07-07
West Coast of Prince of Wales

West Coast Ot Prince Of Wales
 The Wraugell Sentinel tells the fol lowing interesting story:
 If you have never taken a trip down the west coast of Prince of Wales is- land you have missed much. From the time you leave Wrangell until you reach Sulzer, near tho southerly end of the island, the scene is one continuous overlapping panorama. The high rugged mountains, covered with a dense growth of evergreen spruce and hem lock trees, from towering peak to base at the waters edge, rehecting their majesty and grandeur in the deep blue bays, narrow passes and fords, fills one, as your boat goes blowing through the placid waters, with tinglug thrills and thankful beart-throbs at the thought of being an inhabitant of aud able to view a world with such beauty and majestic grandeur.
 On Thursday the 24th the writer left Wrangell on 'the Uncle Dan, not for the purpose of drinking in the beauties of this wonderful piece of coast scenery but rather on tour of inspection of business conditions through that sec tion
 Our first stop was at Red Bay where the Vermont Marble company is doing some prospecting work. They have about forty men employed and the work thus far is extremely satisfactory finding marble that excells anything heretofore discovered in this section.
 At Calder, another marble deposit, Mr. John McCullom, the man in charge, diamond drill is being used for prospecting with results beyond all expectation, having gone over two hun dred feet in fine marble without a flaw, crevice or seam.
 Shakau is strictly cannery town although there is sawmill located there, but it is mainly used for cutting lumber for the cannery's use. The canning season has opened up and Mr. German thinks the outlook is good for full pack this season.
 The Tokeeu marble works was our next pause where we found things be ing done on quite a large scale, there being something over hundred men employed in and about the quarries. This plant is also owned and operated by the Vermont Marble Go, and has been shipping for several years with an increased output each year.
 The Mission Marble works, a few miles from Tokeen, have a few men at work getting in place derricks and ma- chinery for active operation in the near future
 Carheen, the location of the Irving Packing Co.'s cannery, has a full com plement of fishermen out chasing the elusive salmon and expect to get their share of the fnny tribe.
 Warm Chuck, where Mr. Craig Millar and Mr. Gary are operating the Swift Arthur canuery, having purchased those geutlemen's iDterests in the same, . is seen probably the livliest activities in the fish business of any place along the coast, they having already put up over ten thousand cases, kings as we'll as canning sockeyes, and from the rush and hustle one sees around there they are getting their share of the "sil yer hoard"
 Kawock caunery have begun on their pack, but it was reported that they were shy of fishermen, however Mr. Hale is a veteran cannerymau and will doubtless overcome all difficulties.
 In the native town KIawock proper there is every evidence of prosperity and growth. The bureau of eduction has begun the erection of a new school building which will contain all modern appliances and conveniences for educa- tioual work. Mir. Hibba, who is the government teacher at that place. has charge of the work. The building when completed and equipped will cost in