Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1900-07-19
PLENTY OF LIFE.

NO DEARTH OF EXCITEMENT AT
CAPE NoME-PRICEs AT THE
GOLD FIELDS GRAND FORKS
NAN DOING WE'LL.
Grand Forks, July 1Y.Alex McDon-
aid, one of the Grand Forks colony at
Cape Nome, writes as follows from
there: !, $:s
It is just midnigh ght and / am perched
up on a pile of freight as night watch.
man on the Senator cargo ait s12. 90
perl hours. 1t is broad daylight as
the sun only goes down for one-half
hour at night and would be visible any
time were it not for the mountains. I
am Just twenty feet from the ocean
and at anchor two miles out lie at
least 80 steel ocean liners, discharging
cargoes. forgot whether I wrote
you on the way up, but time and ex-
citement forbid it now. All / have to
say is that the trip is worth part Of
anyone's life and that, some day soon
I hope to sit down and tell you Of my
experience In this land of sunshine and
gold We landed here the 18th, came
ashore the 18th and in eight days with
out q. dollar to help me. have made
$3.50 $3.50 clear and board made an av-
erage Of SIT per night as freight clerk
and Watchman, during the day / have
amused myself with starting a fellow
up in . lunch counter, sold two deliy-
cry carts and one tent for another fell
low, sold 2,7O0 cigars for another.
Win Bo1lter increased the roll $500,
which he rocket. out by good hard
knocks down at Gapcock. / will send
yousa bunch just as soon as bank
opens and can get a draft.
Win was here for two days leaving
at 4 a. m. this morning for Gapcock
and GaliYin Bay Il fixed him out with
q $500 grocery and camp supply and a.
$500 stock Of groceries to sell. Be-
sides have shipped the boiler and en-!
gine outfit by sailing schooner which
will reach Topcock about the same day
as he will. At the very lowest figures
the outfit can turn out $1oO per day
clear and with a little luck upwards Of
a thousand. This may seem queer,
but 81 600 up here. is like 80 cents.
Wait went away with Win Topcock
is 60 miles south Of here.
Nome is sure to be a winner. There
lis gold in every patch Of sand on the.
beach for HOO miles. Already Nome
is a camp Of 81, 900 people with more
to follow. Like all mining camps the
place is flooded with cranks and crooks
but darkness Injuries the game they
came for Some Of the effects we mo-
tice3 to be different from the states. are
we pay 8 1-3 cents to enter q toilet; s
1-S to- wash our face and comb our
hair; 81. so for a bath, 81 so forNa
shave and haircut, s. 80 for a plain
steak, 81 30 for any meal, 80 cents
each for good drinks and 25 cents for
beer and cheap drinks. Beer is 81
per bottle. Lumber Is worth 33a5 cents
per foot just figure out how much it
would take to put a cheap walk in front.
Of your building Eggs are 30 cents
per dozen, condensed milk so cents per
can, sugar 30 cents per pound, city
lots from $4,000 to- s 50 900 each. Horses
are worth $40 per hour for working
and mems time from ST to ST 80 per ,s1i
hour.
AZ this jnncture Of writing Il wan
dered UP town and | must say that a
Cape Nome Saturday night is different
from from any other saw two good fights.
saw one man Just finish losing $l4 900
Eetook him Just two hours saw a IRE
land was Just gone one hour. and to-
think that Cape Nome today isn't j
marker TO what II win be when the
bows bring us their gold dust. The
women here are the same as men and
go In and take their drinks the same
as anyone. They get drunk, get out
IN the street and yell or hcot just as
their condition allows and no one
thinks it any thing unordinary. There
have been seven people shot to death
since 4 arrived. Every place NE see
/ dog teams whicn are used almost en-
tirely FOR hauling freight and outfits.
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