The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-05
breed disease, so that nearly everybody
becomes i'll sooner or later.
Reign of Terror.


Reign of Terror.
Mr.. Lippman painted a vivid picture
or the reign Of terror which seems GER
tain to be inaugurated in Nome during
the season of darkness, which is now
beginning. Up to this time the almost
continuous daylight has kept crime
down to a cert ain extent, although it
has been bad enough all summer. Men
have been held up and robbed on every
hand.
Thieves would go into tents, and aft
er chlOrOfOrming the occupants, would
steal everything of value. In other cases
victims were sandbagged. Another ia
vorite game was for the criminal to
impersonate an officer of the law. With
a pretended warrant he would take ev
erything he wanted, and the victim had
to sit by helplessly, for in few cases
was any friend within call
OF the outlook for professional men.
Mr.. Lippman said: There are from 500
to 1000 doctors in Nome and about 400
lawyers The doctors are. busy, but
their patients have no money with
which to pay fees. The same is true
of the lawyers. There is endless liti-
cation over mining locations, but cases
have 70 be taken on contingent fees in
nearly every instance. Many men are
going into Nome who have no earthly
business there. They are men who
should be working in the states for day
wages, but they are spending every
thing they have to get up there and
starve.
Pick Fights For Bread.
81 saw good American citizens pick
ing fights with soldiers in order to be
arrested and fed at the expense of the
government. Over a thousand applica-
tiOns have been made to the command
ing officer for transportation home, but
the government has made no appropria-
ton for this purpose, and nothing can
be done for them. These men will have
to live in some way, and they are going
to turn Nome into a perfect hell hole.
THE transportation companies are
standing in with the city of Seattle, and
the people of the latter place are boom
ing Nome as hard as they know how.
People up there are cursing Seattle as
the home of bunco steerers. The steam
ers are charging $50 to go to Nome and
500 to get back. Even at that, every
body practically who has the price, is
trying to get away. The Senator on
which I sailed. carried her full compile
ment of 315 cabin passengers and 500
more tickets could have been sold for
her. Tie Oregon and the Valencia were
also filled to overlooking"
Mr.. LiDpman believes there is gold in
some of the creeks around Nome, and
that there will be some new discover
les. but UP to date the cost of prOduc-
ton has been greater than the value Of
the metal REWRITING to the cost of the
machinery which is now on the beach,
Mr.. Lippman said il would run in value
up to $25,000,0 00 while if $1,000,000 worth
Of gold was taken out this year the
nWOprE VOnl6 no worry 1HPlCU
Town Is Overcrowded.
Nome ought by rights to have not
more than 5000 to 5000 people TODAY.
but it contains from 10000 to $4,000. The
! trouble this year has been that where
there is gold there is no water. Mr.
! Lippman continued, and where there
| is water there is no gold. The great
| failures have been on the beach and in
/ the tundra.
There is no denying the fact that
| lots of gold has been taken out 1 saw
! one bar worth $4,000, another worth
| IS. 900, and a good many valued at from
! 81 900 to $1,000. There is so much liti-
! cation, however, that men have been
deferred from opening up any claims
and developing them"
Speaking of the Utah people in and
around Nome, Mr.. Lippman gave a
/
| inventor of a gOld-saving machine, is
on Dewey creek working a claim with
Jimmy Fulton, in which Mr.. Lippman is
| interested. They are getting fair col
| or" and hope to do well, but Mr.. Lipp-
man says he knows of two lawsuits
they are going to have just as soon
as the claim develops into anything
| good.
News of Utah People.
DIR. Z. w. Whitney is working a gold
saving machine on the beach. five miles
/ from Nome, and is doing fairly well.
DR.. J. S. Sharp is in on a number of
propositions. but SO far he has failed
| to strike anything of consequence.
John Meter Of Richfield, with
| Charles Voight Of Gold Mountain, is
| working an amalgamatOr four miles
up the beach from Nome. Mr.. Limp
man saw Julius Siegel early in july.
| He hadn't accomplished anything for
| himself, but was talking of going to a
! new discovery 400 miles away.
NJ J. Mitchell was in Nome. but was
anxious to get away. John H. BenbrOOk
was dealing faro in Dawson saloon al
$50 per day. Pike" BenbroOk had gone
further north on a prospecting tour
| and ''Smithy'' had a gambling house of
his own.
Bill Martin arrived from Dawson
July Is. Mr.. Lippman said his hair
and beard were as white as snow, but
he was in good health and had high
| hopes of turning up something good
| F. Haight had also come down from
Dawson to Nome, but hadn't located
anything worth while. J. B. Rawlings
who was at one time mine inspector for
Utah, after spending some time in
Nome, departed for point near Cook S
Inlet, 600 miles south.
Others Who Are There.
Other Salt Lake and Utah people in
| Nome are @. S. Wengard, c. S. ROney
! Mr.. and Mrs. Calkins, T. Billings
| Charles Oberg. Frank Brown, John
| Healey, Hugh Boyle, Everett and II
3. Trenholme. Pat German, Edward
! Hubbard, Dewitt B. Lowe, Martin Ian
nan. Fred Aver. Harry Schenck, Joe
! Bush, f. G.. Rognon, J. D. Delaney
Il. II. Nichols and c. Z. Taylor. Most
of them Will be glad when they car
catch a steamer home.
OF his trip down Mr.. Lippman had a
| hard luck story to tell. In the first
place. he paid $1O0 for his ticket unde,
| the impression that he was to have q
first-class cabin. Instead, he was nut
| into a staterOOm next to the engine
room. with four other men. The first
night out, the man in the bunk over
| Mr.. Lippman got restless.
He was a large, heavy fellow. and
the bunk was TOO small for him. Final
". in one Of his twists. he dislOcated the
| bunk. and down it came on the Salt
| Laker. Mr.. Lippman says he hardly
! knows how he escaped instant death
but when he found he was unhurt the
humorous side of the situation appealed
to him. and he laughed so he could
/ hardly eXtriCate himself The big mar
was compelled to sit up the balance OF
| the night.