LETTER OF IMERESii NEWS
RIMER IlilES
The following newsy letter Is from
the pen of Mr. R. W, J. Reed and
contains many Interesting references
to former Nomites, some of whom have
been missing from our midst foi
many years. The letter was written
In Juneau, December 18, 1910.
Although ^tho Vic was somewhat '
delayed In getting away, on accoun' |
of M.e heavy slush Ice In the roadstead !
we made excellent time and reached
8eatt!e at 9:30 o’colck on the morning
of the 13th (November.)
Tt e usual large crowd was on the |
dock to welcome us and In any portion j
of the dock you might look, familiar j
faces were plentiful. We stopped at I
the Frye, which seems a very com- j
modlous place to a sourdough, still If j
you wish to meet Alaskans there p!
the place to find them. You could easily
Imagine being under Jim SwartzeP;
wing at the Golden Gate as about three
out of four that you meet In the lobby ;
are old time Alaskans and most of
them from Nome.
In my three day9 stay in Seattle
I met many Nomeltes, the following
which are but a part, but, the only
ones tl.at I recall at this time: Rich
ard Ha Von, who Is editing a paper In j
Olympia and If appearances count, he
U certainly prosperous; Hugo Beyers
who • a- purchased a home In Ballard
and says he will raise ‘'Shlckena;”
Ross Kinney and Roy Wallingford, who j
are employed In the city treasurer’s
office: Edgar C. Ralne, who has Just
returned from the east, after deliver
ing a series of lectures on Alaska to
varloua colleges at 3100 per night.
I had the pleasure of hearing him
at the United Presby’terlan church In
Roattle and his talk Is excellent; Sam
lel S. Lemmon, who Is assisting Tex
Rickard (our old townsman) promote
\ colonization scheme In Paraguay
The land Is sold at $2 per acre; A!
Tuinan, who had Just came In from
bis apple ranch In eastern Washing
ton, and says that apples this year
have been at a good price and they
have had very good crops, although
the apple crop on the whole Is poor.
He Informed me that Howard Amep
had sold 5,500 boxes from this season's
crop at $1.16, and he also said (speak
ng quite low) that mining on the Hot
Mr claim on Glacier creek, beat rals
ng apples all to thunder and he hope?
‘o return to the north In the near
"uture; C. D. Murana, who Is quite
busy and looking well; Ed Fleming
who Is still tearlngs things to pieces,
but, now exerting his energy in de
veloping a copper proposition In
?outheasthern Alaska; Arthur White
lead and his brother Steward is with
ilm; Clyde Morris, who Is operating
he Sunny Crest Dairy, eight mile'
'rom Seattle and has It stocked wit!
he finest Holstein cattle; J. W. AI
irlght, who Is one of the very few
Maskans that bus hung onto the coin:
T'harley Suter, who seems to be doing
i good Jewelry business; Walter Gaff
aey, J F. Qlese. W. T Perkins, J. W
Rogers, Geo. Williams, all originally
with the Northwestern Commercial
Company; L. Ketcham, who Is still
vlth tho Hibbard, Stewart Co., and j
s married; J. H. Guffey, who had Just’
Iropped In from his chicken ranch !
in Whldby Island, and Bruno Mauro
who still resides in Portland.
I was told that John Coply and
Billy Brooks, had Just left for the east
i to promote a patent concrete stave to
be used In the place of wood. In build
ing Silos. The stave was patented
by a brother of Brooks. They seem to
think they have the proper thing.
I also learned that Capt. N. M.
Wlddlng, who had the gas schooner
Eagle last season In the Kolyma fiver
country, and left Nome last fall not
expecting to live, ts at Soap Lake.
Wash., and Is entirely cured.
Ous Selffert had Just departed for
St. Louis, Mo., In connection with his
mining company and It Is reported that
he Is doing well.
It may be of Interest to those en-j
gaged In fishing at Nome to know
that Dickson who shipped out about
one hundred barrels of herring, found
a ready market for them at $15 p»r
barrel. It seems to me that this wou’d
be a good thing to push along and
especially while the war continues.
I took the Alameda for Juneau on
the 17th, and met many bound for the
Tolovana camp and they all seem to
think well of It, one man (Ous Peter
son an old timer from Fairbanks) was
taking In two hundred tons of supplies
and twenty horses, he states that by
hauling his supplies In winter he can
lay them down for $200 a ton, that ho
has ground to work for the next three '
years. There Is plenty of wood, the
ground Is from 40 to 125 feet deep and
will run from 75c to $1.50 to the foot
of bedrock.
1 mot on the boat Jim Murray, Geo
Goshaw, both mining In southwestern
Alaska and Ike Evans, who Is United
States marshal at Seward. From what
I can learn, all the towns In this
section of Alaska, with the exceptior
of Juneau, are very quiet and they
The usual enthusiastic crowd of fans
witnessed tne ball games in Kugie hall
last night but, aside from the oppor
tunities to yell afforded by the game
game between tbe Pliates and Horse
shoes. the Nome rooters were given
email chance to exercise their lung
capacity for Its was soldier night, j
entirely, absolutely and completely.!
The welkin rang with mighty shouts— j
but It wasn't the Nome bunch that j
was doing the yelling. It was soldier |
first, last and all the time. They,
slugged an- hammered the Nome boys I
all over the lot. Two baggers right
and left and singles galore. It wa;
biff and blngle, until the Nome crowd
forgot to holler and even the soldier;
at times relapsed Into silence from
sheer incapacity to yell any more. And
when the first half of the seventh
was over what a deep, deep sigh went
up from tl,e Nome fairs and braves—
for the score board showed thirty twc
to two, in favor of the Defenders. The
Northern Light’s wore ecllpesd and th(
Uncle 8am’s were delerious with the
Joy of having wiped away that om
and only defeat administered by thf
Light's earlier in the series. A1 Lo
men led off for the Lights, swatting
the second pill a mighty thump. Ingle
grabbed It on the bounce, passed tc
Dame and the scorers chalked up an
out against the Lights.
Heckla popped one aloft to Frantzen
the gent with the Norsk name muffed
and Heckla was safe on first. Q
Lomen strode forth with mighty stride
swiped the air three times and "Toun
out," says the ump, and Oeo.ge retired
C. Lomen hit a light one to Frantzen
who again muffed and Heckla canv
home. McMillan fanned. Hits S
runs J.
In the second half the soldiers led
off with a single by Nile. C. E. Pettit
slammed one Into the gallery, sending
Nile to third, Dame fanned. Saunders
singled, scoring Nllo and C. L. Psttlt
hit, scoring his brother and sending
Saunders to third. Frantzen hit the
ball an awful swipe, scoring both
Saunders and PetltiL Frantzen then
•t®1* ssoon4 and third while Hitch
was swiping the air at the home,
plate and, a moment after that player I
had made his last Ineffectual swipe
and returned to the bench, Frantzen j
came home on Lomen'* fumble at the,
•date. Ingle hit, stole second and J
third. Fortier walked and things looked
rood for a couple more tallies, but)
Nile filed out to Q. Lomen and the
igony was over. Hits 7, tuns 5.
The first half of the second saw the
beginning of the end for the Nome
boys, for, with the score five to one
Powell, Mlsh and Baird bit the dust
with nary a hit to their credit. And
‘he Sammle’s yellod right lustily. But
they yelled worse when their own
crowd got to acting. C. L. Pettit hit
"or one base, stole second and. a mo
ment later, third. Buddy Lehmann
-ot a bit wild and mixed up a walk
*or Dame. Saunders hit but was
•aught at first, Pettit c.irae home In,
he meantime and Dame went to third
1. E. Pettit hit a nice one to Mc
Mullen, who muffed, and Dame loped
home. Pettit got busy and made third
m a series of steals, scoring on Frant
•en’s single. Frantzen also reached
hlrd sack when the ball was busv
Hitch draw a walk and Ingle lined
->ut a two bagger, scoring Frantzen
and Hitch. Ingle scored on Fortier’s
hit and Nile slammed out a two bag
ger to left field, sending Fortier to
*htrd. C. L. Pettit filed out to Baird
md Dame went out on a bounder to
Powell, Hits 9, runs 6.
The first half of the third again saw
the Lights retired scoreless. Bud
Lehmann boat the ball to first on ,
Nile's fumble of the third dewdrop
and stole second. A1 Lomen fanned
and Heckta followed suit. In the
meantime Buddy had reached third
hut he was doomed to get no farther
'or G. Lomen couldn’t see the pill as
't wont by three times. No hits, no runs
And Just then the curtains fell for
•he town boy*, for the soldiers rang
up twelve before the Lights got their
glim* to working. Two hits and a
walk filled the bases right away and
then Buddy blew up completely and
walked Hltoh, feralng a run. Frant
zon and C. L, Pettit came in on Ingle's
two bagger and, a minute later. Hitch
and Ingle both came home on Lomen'r
on a passed ball. Buddy went stll
higher In the air and the soldiers got
:ho range and slammed him all over
the diamond. Singles and two baggerr
galore followed and the Nome crowd
commenced to tie the crepe on the door
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are all waiting for something to turn
up.
The much heralded Anchorage, they
have discovered, freezes In for four
months during the winter and the
supplies that were to have been landed
there for the railroad were discharged
at 3eward, they will have to be hauled
on the railroad that is started ror
Anchorage and thirty five miles out of
Seward and then be taken by dog team
from there, a distance of about llo
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miles.
I arrived at Juneau on the 2i.it and
found plenty of rain, snow and slush,
as well as an epidemic of la grippe. |
typhoid and scarlet fever and abou |
one third of the inhabitants under the
I
t care of the physician. While I do not
like the ollmate here and don’t bellei *
any of th» inhabitant# do either, the
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town has made wonderful stride# In
the past three reai# and will certainly
mak# a good rubstantlal town and one
that you can depend on to bn perma
nent.
The population is In the neighbor
hoodof six thousand, there are several
recently constructed buildings that are
In class A, that is "fire proof,'' there
are somewhere between four and five
tbouaand man employed in a radiua
of a tew mllaa anod tha monthly pay
roll la from 1150,000 to *200,000 an
Item that cannot be overlooked
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