The Nome nugget., 1921-12-24
FORMER TALDEzANS
AT ANADlR. SIBERIA
Mir. and Mrs. Joseph Nlaclarcn Tell of Life h siberian Outpost
 lsV noing We'll.

Writing to Mrs. John II. Biggs Of
 Valdez. from Anadir. Siberia. Mrs |.
 Jos, MaLartn. formerly Miss Kath-
 eryn Williams. school teacher of
 this city tells of conditions in the Far North Mir. McLaren is super intendent in charge of q large min ing outfit, and is also trading with
 the Russians They write they will
 remain at lfust two years longer
 before returning 10 the States.
 I've put In fine winter here, " writes Mrs. McLaren. '' Had a dandy log cabin and peach of Il stove. which Is no small item in this mans land. We had lots of all kinds of provisions and had fur clothing. and there is coal mine five miles away with coal to be had for the digging. The climate is not as bad as at Valdez. altho colder and we were out walking or with the dog team almost every day. A number of Americans were here last winter Some are going out this summer. A MT. Smith who served in the war at Vladivostok. and a prospecting party. an elderly man. his niece and his son and another young fellow. There was quite a bit Of social life here.
 "The Russians gave no end of dinners and dances. The whole town is invited to each one. and they made an intoxicating drink out of flour and sugar and yeast that would kill at hundred yards. This drink flowed freely and lot of them were soon rendered helpless This is the greatest a-drinking country in the world. am suce of that Any time, day or night that that anyone drops in you are to serve tea and I've had as many as ten tea parties in one day. When we first arrived and were more or less of curiosity all I did was to serve tea. Even the natives must be served with tea. when you are connected with a trading concern as we were One old native drank IT cups at one sitting.
 "This winter number of pros pecting and mining parties are going out. We are going; and have a fine outfit; power boat for sum mer travel and dog team for win ter. We are awfully pleased at the outioo~. A6s have tempoyary permit to mine from the government here which is of course only a com mittee of men appointed by the people and not in touch with Central Russia. But if we can mine cou- ple of years we should worry. whether the permit is from Moscow or not. There is undoubtedly gold here. Even the natives bring it in. and they know really nothing about working it. We are going to mine that was opened during the Cars regime and in one summer several Scandinavians took out $35,000. They were stopped of course and since then it hasn't been touched. Joe has dandy fellow with him. and they have the best outfit going out of here. We did well last year at trading. but of course we came to mine. The Hdd- son Bay Fur Company is here now so the trading won't be so good. No small concern can compete with q big company like that. We are glad the H. B. Co. is here as it is a quieting influence on politics. No more shooting or trouble like that here any more. but a constant wrangling about politics. This ex- cludes foreigners. tho.
 "Joe is in the trading business. He is with the Russian Traders Karaeffs. This winter we have a $4O,OOO stock We have seven dog teams and a river boat with our outfit. There are six other Amert- cans here. one a lady-a Mrs. Kelly. This will be fine country in time without a doubt. It is rather a picturesque place. Lots of nice
 sunshiny days Bob Shaw is on the steamer Alaska, the Kareaff Co.
 boat. We do not expect any politi- cal trouble here this winter because the government has cleaned out all
 reactionaries. The native families here live poorly. The whole family sleep in enc fur bed. in their hair skins. They are poverty striken voJ