Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-09

dom fails to near zero. and the climate
is as mild as that of Atlanta or Rich
mond. A slight difference in altitude,
however. makes a great difference, and
it is much colder on the tops of the
mountains.
most of them are on the water front.
built upon piles hat rest on the rocks.
Several concrete buildings are now
going up and there is a concrete de-
partment store that has a stock that
would be considered large in any New
England town five times as big as
ketchfkan. The city has jewelry
stores. grocery stores. hardware stores,
plumbing esta and machine
shops. The stores have plate glass
windows and the goods are well dis
played. In one window ! saw a full
line OF electrical apparatus, including
electric irons. coasters and heaters. An
other shows a large supply of thermos
bottles and ba by carria ges. The butch
err shops have quarters of red beer just
in from Seattle. and the fruit stores sell
ra spberries and berries from
Alaska. oranges and figs from Callfor-
MIA and apples from Oregon and Brit
ism Columbia. The supply of eatables
is quite as good as that of the provi-
sion stores in the states, and the prices
are not much higher. Indeed. ! believe
one can live almost as cheaply in ket-
chikan as in Cleveland. Kansas city or
Kalamazoo.
I diH SiopblHR neft al tHc h,Niha
tel. This is one of the two leading
taverns. although there are others
much less pretentious. The ReNliia -
a three-story frame building, within a
stones throw of the sea. The hotel
Office is a loafing place and poolroon
as well, and the guests and outsiders
are knocking the billiard balls over tina
tables at all hours of the night. nave
a room with a bath on the second floor.
and the charge is $3.50 per day. When
! asked as to meals, I was told that the
hotel served none. and that ! should
have to go out to the restaurants. The
result is | am eating at the Poodle DOG
grill, where I sit on a stool at the
lunch counter and where my ham ana
eggs or other meat comes TO me on a
great oval platter such as we use Tor
a family. There is no other plate. and
/ eat from the platter. The Poodle
Dog advertises as its speciality the
serving of food on hot platters. The
food is good and the service is excel
lent. The restaurant has cabinets or
rooms at the side. where one can dine
in stately privacy il he objects TO the
common lunch counter
I find Ketchikan up-to-date. II has
only 1000 inhabitants. but il has daily
newspapers. with kilograms from all
parts of the world. 1t has a sa mill
and iron works. 1t has seven salmon
canneries, and is a mining center TO
silver, copper and gold. 1t has 4 publ,
library. a board of trade. several mo-.
ing picture shows and a half d"Ze
well attended churches. The poop
look about the same as those N"U .
in the states, save that there are ma y
Indians and some Chinese and sap
nese. The Indians, Chinese atla Japa-
uese dress like the whites. ard abo
the only difference is in the rae
which have the racial features OF ine''
owners.
Ketchikan has al excellent watef
supply. 1t comes from a lake high up
in the mountains, and is so piped ihat
the town has all it can use and can sun
keep it's sanitary drinking fountains
made of porcelain perpetually bubblins;
There are such places seat,e.en
throughout the city. ketchlkah ma
fourteen saloons, but the man or enid
who wants a drink of pure mountain
water has only to fit his mouth over
the little china bow at any street cor
ner and take in all he Will.
In addition to the lake, hetcnlkan
has a rushing stream that flows IN
cascades and rapids right through the
town. In the salmon season TINS
stream is one mass of fsh, ana lts
color from bank to bank is all PINK
and silver. The fish come by the
thousands and swim up the stream TO
spawn, toiling their way through Sne
rapids and jumping the fails AT tnae
season any one may have f1sh 1or tns
taking. and vast quantities are saved
for the canneries-
The stream / have referred to FUR
nishes the city its electric power, ana
it runs the street lights and tele-
phones. 1t gives electric heat to SONS
of the houses. During my stay / have
had dinner with one of the leading cit-
liens. His home is a beautiful house
of ten rooms. lighted and heated by
electricity. He has a hot-water plant,
but the water is kept hot by the cleo
trio heat from the central power plant.
and the same plant supplies his cook
stove. He tells me that his bills for
lighting and heating even in midwin-
ter are not more than SIS a month.
FRANK @. CARPENTER