The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-25

thick as ileas on a Shepherd dog. As
an illustration of some OF the big gratis
which happen here | will name a few.
The Kookuma three mast schooner,
which was used as a dance boat, an.
chored out in the Sound and purchased
by irresponsible parties was advertised
all over the country to sail for Nome
on the 18th of April. The over.anxious
ones focked to these parties or remit.
ted their money for freight or passen.
ger space. The outcome was that she
vas loaded down to the guards with
hundreds Of tons Of freight and pas.
senger space paid for about fifty men,
the freight and passenger receipts
amounting to over 800, 600. Well, she
started a week ago and before she got
out OF the Sound she was stopped by
oue Of the U. s. revenue cutters and
returned to anchor in the bay as un.
seaworthy. Now the parties not being
responsible everything stands there at
a loss. Neither the men who paid for
passage or the men who paid freight
can get a cent back and many will
even lose their freight. Another boat,
a perfect old tub, left here loaded to
the guards with freight and forty pas.
sengers, slipped out Of the harbor, got
out rs far as the straits where she an
chored for the night. The sea was
perfectly calm, but during the night
she broke square in two in the middle
and wen to the bottom, carrying down
everything but six men who made their
escape on floating wreckage. Another
old tub loaded last season for Nome.
She was stopped here. After some lii.
igation she was released and with her
cargo Of freight and most Of her pas.
sengers she started and got through to
Nome, but en- her return empty she
broke in two and went to the bottom
in Behring Sea. Persons sailing from
this port shohld be very careful. in
securing their freight and passenger
space as the first class boats sailing
from this port are very few. Such
boats as the Tacoma, Ohio, City OF
Pekin. Santa Anna, Oregon, Olympia
and Centennial are the leading first
class boats. Most Of these boats were
used by the government in transport.
ing troops from San Francisco to Ma.
nilla.
Our party is in the very best Of health,
We have everything ready to &c
aboard as soon as our boat, the Tacoma,
arrives here. She is now lying at the
city of Tacoma forty miles south OF
here where she is unloading a cargo
which she has just brought from the
Sandwich Islands and is expected &c
arrive here tomorrow, so that she viii
commence at once to load for Nome
A great many Of those boats which art
If the second class order have post
poned their day of sailing for nearly
week. The reason | think is that they
have more sec md class tickets which
. they wish to sell, although they Civ,
other reasons as the cause for not be
! ing ready. would advise anyone VIII,
contemplates making a trip TO Alask,
J now or in the future to post them
selves thoroughly on everything befot
Y they make a move. Although on
J party so far has been fortunate an,
y successful, there are many hundre
z who have been just the opposite. Their
are many who will meet themselve
returning from Nome. 1t is surpri'
. ing how many misinformed, misguide
X and inexperienced persons are llockin
j to Nome and York, ONE even goin
their last dollar without a thing i
y sight but chance.
y Our steamer, the Tacoma, is booke
. 10 sail from here at s am, May 25t
y and | have every reason to believe tn;
" she will sail upon that date, as h,
" managers are among the most rep
Y table of the transporta ion compan.
that there is. All the first class boa
are steel covered and as Inspector v