The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-13
NOME IS DULL.
Moves Regarded As a Man of
 Weak Character
IT Nomo Was Endowed With tho Climate Of Osogon It Would Bo the Richest Mining District In tho World Says Capt. Crowley

Among Che passengers who came out on the steamer Senator after having luck uy escaped an uutImcly grave m thc wreck of thc Charles D Lane ou thc rocks of Point Mohican where several Portland people. and one of these dcs- crihed conditions in the north Go a re- porter of Che Oregonian.
 IIe found Nome duu The saloons and
 gambling houses were running. but to empty pockets Hordcs of men would huIJIe into borrooms. yet utuc money passed Into Che corers of their kceper' owing Co Che backward season few claims arc being worked and sluiccs where l1st year ten and more men were employed. are now being operated with l force of two or three. There is no work Co be had Beach woshines have ou worked out In Che vicinity Of Nome.
 In districts where prospects orc consid- cred good lItIeation intcrfercd and from al appearances law suits will be Che chief pursuit this season A bunch of unscrup- uious lawyers arc operating Che "iniunc- tiou scheme" and as Che court has un- rcstristcd power 10 is hard Go forctcr thc outcome. even though prospector may have fallen Into a valuable discovery. Claims arc recorded over and over again and many arc guarded with rifles.
 There exists very harsh feeling against Judge Moves He ls regarded % man of weak character and easily inGu- cuccd by his friends. Because of thil opposition has sprung up. andtwo factions lrc fighting hard for supremacy Attor- ncy Hume. formerly one of Moves bose om friends. has gone over to the oppo- sitIon and Is fighting the Judge at all corners
 Considering Che amount Of dead work. Inc uncertainty Of pay Streak and other Incidental oxpcnccs beside the cost of labor. work does not pay unless from S2i Co ts5 bc realized per day. ot the lowest Despite this thc speaker venturcd Co say that if thc Nome district was endowed with Che climate of oregon lt would he thc greatest gold-produclng country the world has ever seen. for thc gold is there Tho difficulty is to extract t In paying quantities during thc short season The natives arc a gentle class of people with distorted features and vacant stare. and entirely Che crude product Of nature Since the arrival of white men the Inc dions are dying on in astonishing num- bers.
 Captain. Crowley Of the Seventh Inc fontry who has been stationed at st. Michael Alaska. for year. has reached Portland. In company with his wife. and tells am Orogonlan reporter that hc 's pleased with the change from thc frozen north
 The winter fec did not disappear from the shores of St Michael untn July 8 this year. Captain Crowley sald.and life there fore had become rather monotonous. The soldiers were occupied last winter In building telegraph line from st. Mich mel up the Yukon toward the information ol boundary.
 The winter is the best time Go get about In Alaska. Captain Crowley says.as slcds can bc hauled over the fec and snow. In summer the whole region ls little bet Ger than a swamp. Digging holes In the frozen ground for telegraph poles is a slow. lahorious operation. as the snow and ice have first Co bc removed. and then the ground chiseled away