Show CONDITIONS IN ALASKA The Years Arrivals and Character of the News Brought Down Al D Short the stalwart manager of Hotel Cecil at Seattle came down from the Northwest yesterday to hobnob hob-nob with old friends In town and to incidentally in-cidentally Inquire Into the future of local Interests Of travel between the State and the Alaskan camos Mr Short say there hue been no diminution diminu-tion in it whatever while supplies for the diggings at that country arc moving mov-ing as actively as at any period recalled re-called by him Nome said he has given better account ot llself during the season than the average man expected ex-pected and to the worlds supply of gold has added 50000000 With this divided I I di-vided among a very large number Nome millionaires are not coming out in great numbers but the average arrival I ar-rival appears to have a little to burn and to pave the way to a proper reception re-ception Again the operators have been up against a dry season many confined themselves to the prospecting oC their territory and with a wet year In 1003 a most sensational Increase la promised Not a few have arrived at Seattle with samples from quartz discoveries dis-coveries baclc in the ranges and with Charles D Lane and his associates now installing a stamp mill the em of lode mining Is i at least pecking away at Its ehell and should come forth with the dropping of the Lane battery next pea son Arrivals from Dawson City appear Just as enthusiastic over the future of that region as were they whon they Started for It and while Its gulches have been pretty well laundered the prospector has reached Into more distant dis-tant ones and new discoveries are promised daily Of the country along the Sound Mr Short reports It still very prosperous 1 with rew buildings and new enterprises providing employment for many hundreds hun-dreds while the shipping business has attained enormous proportions and will continue to grow Mr Short will leave for the north again tomorrow |