Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1914-09-18
WRITES OF TRIP
TO NOME, ALASKA
(CODyrlght.l

Andrew p. Nelson, Jr. of Ovid, who
now holds the position of wireless oper
ator on the S. S. Senator" arrived in
Seattle on Sept. 9, on return from his
first trip to Alaska. From q letter 10 |
his parents, written at Nome on Aug. |
2S, we are permitted to publish the fol-
lowing extracts:
We took on go passengers for the
states last night, including one real
English lord, who is in an awful rush
to get back to England and fght-or
rather, sit back and tell others to fight,
as he is an officer 10 the British army.
He had offered the "Corwin" $1,000 to
take him to Seattle, but guess money
does not count up here, as her captain
said nothing doing" and 80 he had to
wait for us and go back like any other
ordinary person which, of course, Is all
he is, or pretends to be.
. Behring sea Is very shallow and
therefore quite rough most of the time.
Nome is the only place that looks like
town at all, and it is getting smaller.
Has about 1900 people now.
The ''Senator' Is quite a nice old
5 tub" She was finished just before
| the Spanish war and her hrst
a service was to carry troops to the Phil
lipines. Ever since she has sailed on
this run during the summer, and to
q California in the winter, where she
|. usually lays up for a time. II / stay
q with her, guess | will land in Frisco in
q December, after two more trips VI
here.
We eat with the frst-class passenger
and get good fare, but II all taste
o .sshippish, " and don't like 1t. win bt
# glad when we get bach 10 Seattle anC
10 get square meal again.
a. We have not got q thing aboard ex
cept passengers. Didn't even get an.
" ballast as the storm at Nome staTte'
ID before they were through unloadin
in and they had to get away the momen
vi they were through. They intended I
l. take 100 tons of sand down as baIlas
AS It is, she rolls just awfully; RhiveI
like she had the chills every time
th wave strikes her and then leans ava
in over and takes a voyage" sidewis
m Upsets chair occasionally and almo
,al dumps you ont of your berth whi
asleep. When Wiltse came down
~ call me this a. M. he found my brus
II. collar, tie and a few other things pill
re- against the door, and asked me If
are was trying to throw them away. h
or put them in the upper unused Der
when / went TO bed.
The Senator" certainly carr
" enough boats. Has l2 large ones
ne the upper deck, besides 8 number
go floats or rafts. The boats alone y
zed bold $50 people. We are supposed
be- be able to launch them AL in abt
ten minutes. They have boat dr.
every week. Every man has his 0
boat 90 go TO and particular thing
do. have No. Q, real large one 9
,vor will carry 30 persons, with one Of
engineers and four of the crew.
s.li- would hate to get out In Behring Sc
aine IL, as you would freeze to death /
d 7. short time. IL you were lucky emo
n of not 20 drown In the start, and II |.
-. far away that it's not very prOb'
any one won ID hear you If you @
'S4'e rs. U. g." 50 you would have pr
alnes long row across an ocean 20 sh
fotes and il you ever did make y
lat chances are you'd land some plae'
least 500 miles from even the nea
men, iho'A
and Well, II 10 about breakfast tune,
/. and then sm on until noon, 50 gues
lcrat. quit. wish that war would stop
tile passengers iass peassF The life