Show LETER LETTER FROM NOME J olm I FL Benbrook Tells of Ills Trip to Alaka AlakaI Alaska I BUSINESS OUTLOOK GOOD i SCENES A AND INCIDENTS VIVID VIVIDLY LY DESCE DESCRIBED I A letter was received In thi thia city yes yesterday i from John H Benbrook te the weI well known Salt Laker who si sailed on 1 the steamer Valencia from Sa San Fr Fran Francisco cisco on May 26 arrivIng at Nome I City June une 17 The leter letter gives an In I account of te the ships pa pas passage i sage through the Icebound sea to i further shor chore where gold dig ar are the geat great attraction and also of the writers Impressions te or of things seen and experienced In the j experience te northern metropolis I Mr r report reports a delightful trip al all te the way up He wa was not seasick once although for tor a couple or of days j ater after leavIng San and Seattle the sea was very Frncisco rough After ver leaving Dutch Harbor on June 9 the ship cruised around and laid to for a I week ek waiting for the Ice to break up sufficiently to go ahead The ship wai designe designed to that accommodate number were on persons board I I Wrecked Vese Vessels Seen Seen On June 1 14 the Valencia found the I b bark rk Hunter wrecked and took the i I crew and passengers aboard There i I were persons Including two women and a little baby In the wreck I On the day following the government I I transport Rosecrans loaded with L wih f troops for tor I Nome stuck In the mud with i Ice al all around The ship wa was In wih a a dangerous place and likely to be wreck ed It if a storm came up Ar An e ce attempt to assist the distressed boat was abandon ed because the water was so shallow The Valencia almost wa I got stuck In the gt mud while attempting the rescue That Thai day i It wa was too cold to stay on deck I even i if the passengers were clad In L hea heavy clothing Laded Landed at Dutch Harbor At Dutch Harbor te the writer saw san r among the thousands of people going to Nome several Salt Laker lakers In eluding Joe Lippman Joe Bush and his brother Smithy Benbrook who I I were passengers on te the Ohio which I was later In quarantine for smallpox Her Here also he met people on the differ eat ent boats whom he had not seen for foi fifteen year years Mr BenbrOok says that ha had Is he t I known when he started for the gold golc I felds fields what he learned at Dutch te Har I bor he would have been prepared to clean up ther there this seaon season WI with witha th a saloon and a gambling house house I 1 The Valencia arrived safely in front of Nome City on Sunday night June Ii 17 and on the following Tuesday I Mr mailed Benbrook It finished his leter letter and I Arrival at Nome Impatient to get on land once mor more Mr Benbrook got a rowboat row boat immedi immediately immediately after the steamer arrived off offshore shore and rowed to the gat great nt cIty of Nome He could find no pla place to sleep that nIght but the next day he found a bun house partitioned off aith canvas The canvas roms rooms were about eight fet feet square wih with un to a room room t th ren rent for tor which Is Isa isa a day The writers tent and bedding and his whole outfit were shipped on te the Ohio which wa was under quarantine for smallpox His brother Smithy Bert brook wa was a passenger on this I Ill fated ship of off the cat coast of Egg Island Of eure course no could bu had with the quarantines v an anthe and the anxious ones had to depend upon rumor for what nhat tey they could lear learn from the detained te passengers Mr r Benbrook expresses the opinion that If smallpox break breaks out mt t Nome te the people wi will die of off like shep sheep Pending the release of his effects from quarantine Mr Benbrook wi will go goto to work for wages nages at 20 a day Even it if he does not mae a d lf he con the he trip and the experiences cost cost worth aU all the tIme ad and m money ney they To Two Men For Breakfast The morning moring the leter letter was mailed two men engaged in a dispute over oer overtown town lot lots and killed each other within twenty feet ot of where Mr Benbrook was standing talking to a friend Those who had locations there or any kind of property last fal fail and went out to re return return turn this summer ummer have found their possessions jumped by other others Mr Benbrook estimates that there are at least people at Nome and more coming Gambling and saloon business he reports very er good there and he tink thinks tere there wi wilt be any num number her ber of god good chances to make mone money during the fal tall and winter A geat great many however are awfully sick of their trip and experiences 1 The Mining Outlook Outlook At the time of writing the leter letter te the frost wa was not out of th the gound ground and andI andIn inconsequence In consequence ther there wa was ver very little I doing In a mining way I it was e ex expected however that by July uly 1 pee pie could g go to work Mr Benbrook I writes that he never knows when to togo togo go to bd bed up there because it Is al alt day light and no darkness To Illustrate how high the COt cost of living runs Mr Benbrook sent a restaurant bi bill of fare wih with his leter letter Steak Steaks are from to 3 fish and game from 1 to 2 chops and cutlets I from to three egg eggs an any style or ham and egg eggs 1 omelet omelets from 1 1 to 2 cold meat meats from 1 to 5 potatoes 25 cent cents toasts from 25 to I 15 cents All drinks are 25 cents each |