The National tribune., 1902-09-04
An ohio comrads in Alaska.

| Comradc NJ. A. McClintock, of Forest
| City Post. $50. Department of Ohio G..
y. L., Cleveland, o., who has recently
gone to Alaska, writes very entertainingly
of his trip. In Il letter dated Nome, Alas
| ka. June 20, he says:
May %, but such thing as a Pacific
| Coast steamer leaving on time was never
| known. and as Il result we finally got
| away on June 3. We had fine ocean
voyage for four days, and then struck a
| typhoon or rather it struck us, and for
a hours it was a matter of uncertainty
which side up our boat would be, when
it finally steadied down. To add to our
discomfort, three fiues blew out of the
boiler, and it was necessary to blow off
steam and draw ont the water in order
to make repairs, and for four hours we
were tossed about like cork, at the mer-
cy of waves that looked like mountains.
I'VE finally got steam up and succeed
| ed in reaching Dutch Harbor without fur
ther mishap. The harbOr is n beautiful
spot. almost entirely surrounded by
mountains. whose peaks are covered with
snow. Everything in the line of vegeta-
bles was green and all kinds of flowers
were in blOssOmJ d Temperature about 100
degrees in the sun, but in the shade the
air felt rather cbol We stayed there
three days for repairs, leaving on the
night of the 14th3 stopped at the fishing
banks, 10 miles out, and caught five bar
rels Of Goldfish inT30 minutes. They are
very fine eating,db dbut there is very little
sport, as they are not gamey, and it is
just like pulling n log out of the water
'Thc trip through Bering Sea was the
finest | ever made! For three days there
was not ripple on the surface of the
water, and we experienced the somewhat
novel sensation OF being able to walk
about without las they say on the ship
shortening one leg!'
I'VE were due mt Nome on the night
Of the 18th, but ewing to a dense fog the
ship got lost ald ran aground on the
beach 30 miles west Of Nome. Fortunate
ly we were moving slowly, and did not
stick so fast but that the rising tide float
ed us, and we arrived off Nome June is
at . o'clock IL. m. One must net imag-
inc that his troubles are all over when
the ship has cast anchor, for there is no
harbOr here, and no dock at which to
land. Ships anchor about three miles off
shore, and everything is landed OH fiat
barses, and us there is usually quite a
surf the chances are very much in favor
Of a saltwater bath before you get on
shore. Our party went ashore in one of
the ships boats, and had the good luck
to land dryshod. The most of the pas
ScHSeIS were Hot SO Us tne Wln0
grew so strong the steamer had to leave
some of the passengers on board, who
will not be able to land until she comes
back from GOlovin Bay, which will be (if
all goes welD tomorrow night. We are
here without our blankets, which we miss
very much, as the floor on which we are
compelled to lie seems to have been laid
with the hard side up, and the canvas tent
does not seem to shut out a great deal
Of the cold air. We have the use of
room 10 by II for $S per week, rent strict
ly in advance; board at restaurant, meals
80 cents and up. The 5O-cent meal re-
minds me somewhat of old times; the
courses were few and the dessert limited.
I'VE are supposed to go to bed early
here-at least, before sundown. Last night
l tried in vain to go to sleep at II but
the sun shone in my eyes and l had to
give it up, so went out and walked the
streets till Il had almost said daylight
morning, when we got our breakfast.
Our final destination is about $50
miles north, but the ice is still solid, and
we can only wait until it breaks up"