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Show ALASKAN CLIFF DWELLERS Resldenta of Ketchikan Must Climb Stairway Up Mountainside In Order Or-der to Reach Homea. Ketchikan, Alaska, lies .right on the water. The mountains, says the Christian Chris-tian Herald, rise in green walla behind be-hind It. Their tops are sprinkled with unow, and great rocks show out through the evergreen trees that cover their sides. The houses are built" on the rocks. The harbor is in the shape of a halt moon protected by Islands. It has no beach to speak of and the business part of the town rests upon piles. The streets are planked roadways upon posts, and much of the freight Is carried car-ried abuut ou trucks and carta pushed by men. There are several drays hauled by horses, but horses are unpopular, un-popular, for their shoes roughen the planks, and they ahuke the town as they trot through the streets. Of late automobiles aud motor delivery trucks have come iu and these will probably be the future traffic conveyancers. Tie residence section of the citv Is located In the sides of fhe cliff higher up. It Is so steep that you have to climb stairways to reach certain streets, while other streets have wind-lug wind-lug roadways of boards upon which slats have been nailed to the planks to keep one from slipping. The Ketchl- i kaners make you think of the tree dwellers, wha have to climb laddera to net to their homes. So It Goea. ' I Many of our blessing. ,) wherj I our neighbor geti m automobile - I kaClm City Jaiuraal |