The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-04-07
NOldcS Filled With reOple Destined
to Copper River
No VICE IN rnE NEW TOWN
Gambling Not NloNtd The CouutN Very
Rich aud nuudrcd> Gooq ia oa
Every steamer


IA, This time the fewer Is carrying pco.
pie BY the thousands into the Copper
River territory, and Naldcs, az the head
ot tho bay and ~ miles across the glacier
from Copper River Is rapidly hlling up
with people There are No buildings
there yet, everyone living iu tents There
Is storv aud a blacksmith shop both In
tents
The steamer Albion. " the Ahska-Nu-
kon Transportation Company. which ar,
rived here early yesterday morning
brought Interesting news " affairs In the
now district captain Daniels tn speaking
ol the conditions thcrv said;
when | lvt, Naldcs there wcrv over
three thousand people campcd along the
beaches where there was twelve feet ot
snow, waiting Tor a chance to gvt up over
the glaciers. Il Is ahou, twvnty.rlsht
miles across the glaciers TO Copper River
Some ~ the people had succeeded lu get
ting onto the glaciers and wrrc trying 60
get their goods up. some had come with
steam slrighs but Wcrr unable To do any.
thing with them and they arr now lyiug
useless ON the beach. Others brought saw.
mills with them bu, could do nothing
with them. and they are stli ou the beach
who're they were landed 40 the wItcrs
edge We landed AN our freight and pas-
sengcrs free ot any cost while th- others
had 60 tighter a, an expense of s. per ton
extra.
Eighteen ladies arrived while We were
there. and are as determined as the mon
Co ind the shining uuggcts There is one
store and one blacksmith shop In the
town which Is composed entirely ~ tents
The blacksmith &, making SD per day
manufacturing icc-catchrrs tnr use n
walking over the glaciers. Tie came back
with MS TO get mor' material There is
no sAmol'ng nor are any other Vices ear
g''u on IN NAIa's' EVERYONE 'hrr" 'S ON
business waiting [" s't 'n ." The gold
oe'hs
Nhl'' az N'ld'N TINS TIP Two gentle
men came [" me ana i"'d me that they
'"u'u PICK up gold f'Eht along thr h'''h''
'' 'hr n'ro'r lh'E showed me s''cr"
'''h nuss''N ana s''' 'heE h'd plenty
"''''' ln'E say '"N' '' Is very r''n
country ana '"'S "NN"' 90 MO" NN''
'h'y ''' '".N'hs 'p'"' as 'n'l are "a
p''''".'" W'"''N. 'n'i' Us SURF 10 or u
N''S' business '' 'Nr '"pp'r River ih'
Su'n'le'' N"'' ''u'"A u""u We W''
..,',' . S"'l'' u. Tue '"'''".' '' I''n''
W ".'"m S'uho ''u"u 20 topper River
'i' loaded Win passengers.
w n''e on l"' up tF'p h clarence
straits one oi our pr'pri'r blades was
broken caused oy lhe p'lot running onto
" ro'A No ''her damage was done. OUT
am sorry ''t 'hr A''lH'hi because We
nave passengers "a'''hs no" ~ F"r'''h'.
anu S"N"I" S'' rom lh''c ''u"'r'N II
VIII take us a day or TWO mere TO hN
the wheel
u want to take this opportunity 90 deny
false statement about my ship made 100
the san Francisco papers, March 90 the
Examiner published rvpnrt dated So
attic. from the Valencia. % the Pacific
steam whaling company feet The
Item read something ilk" this. IL IS rr-
ported that the most interesting news
was that the little steam schooner Stella
Erland had reported having found III"
steamer Albion somewhere. and taking
pity on her captain, piloted the los, skip
per and his vessel safely into port The
facts are that on Monday, March q.
while steaming Up slowly IN a heavy
sno" storm We overlook the little schoon-
er Stella Erland, bound Tor Naldcs went
close alongside of her and found that
she had a pilot The captain offered me-
the pilot II ! would tow him into Valdes.
As was close into the valdes anchorage,
l accepted his offer and towed him into
anchorage with us. This Is what probably
made the Pacific Steam Whaling Com
pany mad, because they lost the towngc"