The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-02
Two Thousand Five Hundred PeO-
ple viii Winter There.

Among the arrivals BY the steamer R9a-
nohe yesterday was X. : Ryan. WEo -" Al
Chairman II he town committee al >oaAe
p atch established the municipality tnsre
last jay Nj Ryan has been .on iCG-
oasiy resident OF Nome from jane !dst
until leaving b the kosnohe about NO
nation CONCERNING TIC history * tee 10,
ssnnings and Development OF the town AID
KS condition az the preset tine
AZ long ago az April. some tHo months
prior 10 Ar. kyau's arrival there. me
earlier corners had plated a toTnsi,e ly-
Ing on both sioes OF the snake liver a It's
mouth. comprising eigaty acres: about
forty on ga cn SIDE This location is about
tweIys miles west OF the point o. Cape
Nome. ~ az first laid out, the town lots
were divided among the insn residents.
Nj. Ryan says. by the miners taxing pos
session o. hem "a al agreed hour. ms
ayi angesneat was soon followed by DIS
agreements. and many serious quaEIeis
were the result.
iranspor alton Trading company h Ad
established headquarters a. the mouth ~
Nome river. about four miles eAsJ IF ne
Snake. an,! made efforts 10 get the t.wn
tAere. but ;he Snake river location was
the better. being high and dry. and the
Nome river attempt did not pTorpfr. The
transportation company Still has e tens
ard goods there. but the growth OF = pu-
ia ton ceuterei at the mouth OF the Snake
There uss uceG E0U4ld }st.e - on
OF names regarding this locah y. re>ui ing
into tho worlds knowledge When the Il 81
communications regarding 1t were mad. to
the government Of Washington t1r beach
tad no name. and as the ncares place
having official geographical desisna-
ton vas Cape Nome, t's mining se.l4e-
meni began 10 ne Gated Nome tity 4
short distance above the town a small
stream kuoR Anil creek comes .nto
Snake river. and the camp became known
as Anvil city.
Al this lime Inc only representative Of
the civil government resident A. Nome WAS
the United states commissioner. ! his o.
iCer's authority extended ouly - crimir al
and probate cases, ana there vas no neg
tstrste before whom evil oaGs.s could b.
tried United Stayes Dlssria; Jud Jo n
s3n. in charge uf the aistric; 81 Alaska,
visited the new town cary IL the sun
mef. and was appealed 10 70 take cha se
II these disputes hut he could not re-
main, ana gft~r collecting TIE liquor taxes
re re urned to eika United States troops
under Capt Walker were sent - me n
center 81 Interest, and e~ishi he'd n ir
camp under the name OF Camp Anvi { "
Since then buildings Tor this military post
have beet constvUctft there FIR he ~
eminent by the Alaska Commercial Com
pany al an expense ~ 5000, comprising
barracks. hospital. officers quarters and
reading room a. substantial sIrGct re-.
AZ present about thirty~'wo officers md
men are stationed there uodev /. cut
ratsie aho IL proving himself Al eff
r!snt ana popular CommaB1auf. a. WAS
zap Walker before him. T. IL expected
that Ia tie spring the garrison tAere NH
There seemed likeliho that the persons
who had come into possession II The lots
on the fownsi,e under the provisions Il the
first arrans anpnt nigh 40. he bic 20 per-
feet THE 70 their lands and In July an
other mass meeting held 10 devise
better pans Tor securing the permaaercy
~ their holdings
A. this meeting : committee was zap
pointed Ia prepare city char or. len
was duly prepared and presented IN $ n