The daily morning Alaskan., 1899-12-17
The Quickest
 Way to Nome

There is no sense in going mining district after a the claims are up There only two routes to the fab ucusy placer diggng Of the Nome district one Of which through Boring Sea- fraught with peril that any vessel entering before the 2d Of June liable forfeit it's insurance Tho other the inland route to Skagway with only thirty miles open and from this gateway to the Alaska interior down the mighty direct Nome This route is now open practically all year rouud The first parties who started this set ou, from here as early as middle Of November before Lake Bennett was frozen oyer They had travel the first snow There are two ways than that of which is io 70 over the lee with dog teams and the follow the first ceou in boats whn the river breaks up.
 Those who have will have rough trip and will prob ably not reach their much than those who sart early in January By latter date the ice will havea crust, the trail be broken and travelling good
 Two overland cuos been made between here and Daw son. which reduces the distance to is3 miles From Dawson Nome by river is over miles but cutoff has been made overland from Nuato which part the ourny 70 lslo miles; total miles from skagway Travellers VIII ake with dog teams about thirty miles day. o seven hours w,h longer days and gb, nights sixty miles is not much over the average Fny-Gyc days therefore be fair estimate for the journey with dog
 Fro January lst later than the middle Of March, this will be the mode of travel will be necessary to wait for the ice to go out with the current without either exertion or danger an way Nome beach The best
 wait and to build your boa, Lower LaHarge The
 ,oes out from there May lst, two weeks earlier n t does from the south of that point 'rom E Barge to Nome by way the river about 2lOo miles The rout Of the averages five miles an hour andsoa'ng night and day. without stops che journey would be accompnheo h twenty days running is blocked up opposite the outh of the Yukon by tides rendering nayga ou from the south mpossbe but the prevailing wind from the porh which drives the floating of the river the south
 ,f c water a ern shore No ocean steamer posaby Nome be- fore the first week in July by the ocean route
 The saving in time therefore very plainly event the com parave cheapness of also readily asceTainaoIe Take the steamer sagway and the railroad fare to Ben nett unless you prefer walk that forty miles add provisions and tools building and there is the total All the nee
 ry outfit can be bought skagway and freight and wharf charges and all the worry shipment and landing saved There are from twenty hcty large outtng stores here one of them covering wcoe block and oth others having large warehouses addition their large stores there always stocks of fresh goods choose from.
 There are DO further about duties Goods purchased here can be bonded through the British territory on cash deposit of the duty only which refunded at the first point on American so presentation of the receipt and without charge.
 And the traveller by this will have the opportunity of viewing something interesting than icebergs and noun ainous seas He will have sue of glorious scenery all the way this port and here he will have the chance to enda day in admiration greatest city of its in America Its well planned electric lights waterwor big hotels and large stores it's new college churches it's capacious warehouses and running far out into the blue waters bay theatres halls of amusement and gorgeous saloons win strike him with astonshment when he learns that in two years all this has been carved of lonely forest before practically unknown.
 From this on journey he will pass many new cities and mining camps of which bid fair to become and all of them properng and making history.
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