Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-09
FIVE CENTS



Corner Lots Held $40 Disagree
able Features Of Getting Caught
Among Icebergs.
n g. A. Hunt Of Garrin gton writes an
interesting letter from Cape Nome to
Hank Palmer Of the Foster County
Independent as follows:
81 sailed from Seattle May 10th, and
arrived here yesterday, June 10Th, be-
ing 2511a days at sea. We had very
pleasant voyage from Seattle to Dutch
Harbor, and 400 miles into the Behring
sea. Our captain pushed into the ice
and we got ice bound, and were in
there for eight days, and / tell you it 3
was a dangerous proposition. 1t is
impossible for me to describe it to YOU.
The best I can 40 is to sem photos OF
Z it taken while in there. I will send
them to Mrs. Hunt and she will loan
them to you. The ice there was from
ten to thirty feet thick, and there is a
constant movement Of 1t according to
the currents of the sea- It would open
up a patch varying in size from ten
rods square to one mile, and it kept
US lodging from one opening to an
other to keep us from getting caught
between the packs
The sixth day in there the barom-
eter showed signs of a storm, and the
captain got scared and commenced our
way out. The second day out we got
sohdly in the ice. The ice closed in
all around US, and for twelve hours we
We're there and couldn't move, and ii.
| was the greatest sight ever witnessed
that ship bucking its way out. Every
time she would go against the ice you
would think the ship was going to
pieces. But after about four hours
OF bucking we got an opening and I'm
ally got out. When we reached clear
water you should have heard the cheer
that went up from those on board-a
Niger camp meeting wasn't in it at
all. s"- y e ~ - =
We steamed back 10 Dutch Harbot
Tor provisions and coal, and laid there
two days, when we sailed again for
Nome, landing here yesterday. 1 paid
two. dollars to get ashore, and then
com commenced to look the town over. The
tlrst place went was up the beach to
see them washing gold. They are
washing out from s. to So a day per
man in ground that was worked last
year. .. [,a
After looking that over l returned
to town and began to look for a place
to pitch my tent. AS l was looking at
q piece Of ground 14x2O a man steppeo
up to me and asked what boat 1 came
in on. and told him the Senator
lie asked me if was looking for a lot.
and told him was trying to find a
place to pitch my tent. He said that
he owned that particular lot, but dare
not allow anyone to pitch his tent on
II, for it he got possession he could
Keep 1t. He said he would sell the lot
very reasonable. I asked him what
ne wanted for it, and he said only SIO,-
600. a gasped. and told him i thought
it was cheap; but would not close a
deal at once, and would see him again.
He said if that lot didn't suit him he
had Others in desirable locations all
the way from two to ten miles up the
street. , E.s%2 : "
BY this time began to get hungry
and went to one of the leading restau-
rants. After talking real estate +
thought would eat very moderate
meal ] took ham and eggs, fried po-
tatoes and coffee and settled for
81. so. Couldn't find bed. SO took un
my quarters in chair till morning,
and while sitting there the mayor and
an alderman got into fight, and the
alderman got knocked out The mayor
was locked up. got out on bail and
went looking for the whole city coun-
Gil with a gun
his morning went to get my
mail ll We stood around the door UNI
I'll o'clock, when q man came to the
door and announced that the man &
open in half an hour, and said If we
would form in two lines he would wait 4
on us--lines running from A to Il and
from L TO brea aRfast. inquired ana
got no mail, and started for breakfast
y put in an old time look and talked
about the Yukon, and shooting the
White Horse Rapids. and told him i Z
had started an airship boom 100 miles
mp the beach and settled my hill for
81.