Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1900-07-13
FROM THE FROZEN NORTH
Vim. DunaVay, Of Warrens, Dencribes
the SiShtS OF Dutch Hafbor.

Dutch Harbor, Alaska, June Z.
EDITOR FREE PREss.--I will try
and give you the latest from this
part Of the country. Our boat,
the Nome City. arrived here June
5, and / regret that am not
scholar enough to give you full
description of the sights and scenes
to be witnessed here at this time.
There are two towns, Udada, at
Dutch harbor, and Unalaska.
Both are small places with one
store in each place, and doing at
least thousand dollars worth Of
business u day with the passengers
Saloons and gambling houses are
plentiful and do a big business.
Prices are very reasonable here
and some things can be had
cheaper than you can buy them at
Warrens. There are men here
with boats who are making from
500 to $50 day landing passeng-
ers There are from Is to 20
passenger steamers here all the
time, some coming in every day.
The Aberdeen and Charles Nelson
left for Nome this morning. The
Senator and Vilancia and the
whaler Jania came in this
morning. The JANA was at Nome
and succeeded in landing her
passengers but they had a hard
time, and the captain posted a
notice stating that it would not be
safe to leave here before next week
The Senator put in u week trying
to land, and got within 100 miles
of Nome and then had to return to
Dutch Harbor. Our boat will be
through coaling in time to get
away tomorrow. The passengers
volunteered to help coal, and they
are doing a land Office business.
The boat is anchored out in the
harbor and they bring the coal
from the shore in fiat boats and
had loaded today 65 tons with SO
tons to take on yet.
know no more about Nome
now than when left home, but
would not take $1,000 and 60 back
now and agree not to come to
Alaska again. The sights to be
seen are we'll worth the price o.
the trip. There is estimated to bt
about 5000 passengers here, and
these islands are alive with people
and the Nome fleet is a sight to In
be remembered. The scenery here
except the water, is pretty much
the same as the Smith creek conn
try in Idaho, except the mountains
arc NOT 20 high, and there is ne
timber. The high m9untains are
all covered with snow aud thu
lower hills with grass and flowers
| was to out see quartz mine
some three miles back from here
1t is the same in looks as the big
lodges on Smith creek, bnt 1 cacld
learn nothing Of its history, bul
there is small mill on it 50
presume it must pay. ] am pOl
enough Of a geologist to say what
the general formation is, but there
is diorite, an9orite and porphyry
and at some FIXTURE time l woult
like to put in q season pr6spec&inl
ON the islands.
] met Chas. Roden and Johr
ANDERSON here. They are on thu
Charles Nelson. Nv travelling
companions are George smith
Joe Visotsching and John Oster
gard. The boats have all organized
base ball mines and we have biz
games every dag, end ON the boat
we have all sorts Of enterf4ipment'
from preaching to cake walks
We have had \ nice voyage 30 far
but from here on is where thu
real danger is. The Senator re-
ports several boats up in the Ice
now and some with holes punched
in their sides and bottoms by the
ice pressnss. There are boats
here now that l would not care to
maks the Trip in, and they arc I'll
heavily loaded "s'