The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-16

s.~ LOYAL L. Writ, superintendent OF
- coneregatonal churches of Alaska
sanger Of the st. Bernard hospital
voce City, arrived In Seattle yester-
u hsving completed the trip from the
~ ~. Nome district, which he left jan
The overland trip terminated at
r..,si on the Alaska peninsula, !, 30
-. srorn Nome City. From Katmai he
~-.A IN a bidarka- or Indian canoe, to
ss~.t there taking the Alaska CONNER
"a Trcroany's steamer 81. Paul 10 Oyster
"a oyster bay he took a local steam
r. victoria, and thence came to this
!, arriving yesterday afternoon.
- Mr. Wirt's Nome advices are but
-. days later than those previously
-ssshed by the Post-InteiiiGencer,
r.ssh NJ tells Interestingly and In detail
scnd,tions In the district. For a new
- ~ says Cape Nome has been fairly
s-rhv I'D 10 the time he left there had
- hi thirty deaths, though there were
z sss,s of typhoid during the late fall
"a vinter. Discussing general conditions
4. Writ said
~ards from petty thievery there was
- lIftls crime. There was not that law
Trsrsss one might expect in a camp so
I, removed from civilization. There was
| ,tsty Of food when l left and no short
- Fuel was scarce and high. though l
. - no one will suffer, as plenty of drift
- was TO be had This brought big
- paid $40 a cord for six cords for
= d tho hospital Very little coal was
- had At any price. One of my friends
n - for half ton, and smaller
ncunts sold proportionately higher
T,pe Nome regard as the best placer
- ever discovered In American terri
NJ II Will, think. yield more gold to
sknr number Of men than any other
- ever discovered. The so-called tun-
4 dIgEings give evidence OF being very
a Late In the fall some men made az
y a. 80 per day pulling out the tundra
~ roots, which they carried to the sea,
nm they could wash the dirt. Indeed.
- Of the miners believe the tundra Will
~ fabulously rich.
n 10 the beach diggings / think they
N bs worked out within two months next
raner by the great crowd that will
sam the shore. That Is | believe the
n~u miles OF pay dirt discovered will
1t nst much longer than that. The rush
i ths diggings will result in the estab.
hnsat Of Ave or six other coed size
sasnants on Bering sea There will be
sisinx towns at Port Clarence, Cape York,
bwcil City. Port Safety aud one on Nor
n bay. In December alone iT5 town lots
M stAhed at Port Safety which Is the
sasn<n; for the Bonanza district
n 20 devise ways and means for es-
ssahinx hospitals IN these settlements
n 70 enlarge the hospital building now
Nome City that | undertook the long
wsg out Thousands are going to the
a-<.k. a. .
NJ q sickness II IL to care for the
q and distressed and 10 better their
M eondltion that am In Cape Nome
1 dis gold"
, wirt's long trip, while frsught with
Nnenble hardships. was not particular
frFtlon. He was accompanied az far
sKatmai by Capt john Writ, master
the Nome City-St Michael steamer
Ma Wilkes and three men. Erickson.
htrdckson and Morgan. The last three
slaaed at katmai and Capt. Writ nj
had They encountered tho coolest
sshsr between Nome and St Michael,
~ the thermometer ranged all the way
y twenty TO forty below zero. From
Michael the route lay to AndraofslSy
she Yukon. whence the party poriaged
I'm 10 tn. Kuskokwim, striking that
- ~ me MotaVisu H@thel mission ftNfe
q ssrs Hospitality treated by the mis-
Assrss having their sleds loaded with
y rppliss and also new dog team
bard
sss the Kaskokwim tho expedition
- % the mouth Of the river Here the
asss were much surprised to find Be
'zaa epen and Mr. West expressed the
sssa That there Was no time iaring
Arnssr that n steamer could not have
y fom Dutch harhor 20 the mouth OF
kaskokwim, The mouth OF the Kus-
szssr. he thinks will eventually be the
Asaf point 81 the overland winter trail
stsss Nome
<ssiag the river the party followed the
" u the sea around to Nushngak.
~ are located eight or ten big can
- operated by the Alaska Packers As
ason From that polp; they had a 80
ffiase across the Alaska peninsula
= range o. mountains, rising 5000
aeA 10 katmal This proved the
arlcalt and tireaomc stretch Of tho
= barney
wiz, expects 70 begin the task Of
monsy Tor hh hospital lumber and
49, within week or 80. lie will
- g. TO San Francisco and thence