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Show v . Jil ; ANACONDA. I t f 4- 4- The funeral of A. Vr Twohy took place from the St. Raul's. Catholic ; , church at 6 o'clock last evening. Af-i ter the services the remains were taken ' to the B., A. & P. depot and at 7:40 p. j ' m. were sent east via the Great Nor-! thern to St. Paul, where the burial will take place next Tuesday. ' Ludger St. Jean, one of Anaconda's.; respected citizens, with his . son, Dr. , i J. K. St. Jean, of Butte, went to Cape Nome in April. He has returned home. ' Mr. St. Jean made the trip on - the -i Olympia and returned on the govern- . merit boat Rosecrans. Speaking of r Nome he says: "It is a poor country for a man to try to make a fortune in. It has a population of close to 50,000 people, peo-ple, and I dare say not 100 of the entire en-tire number will make a fortune and I verv fe' wages in the measure they anticipated. The country has been taken ta-ken up with claims for miles up and down the beach, and mining inland to the base of the mountains, in some places as far as eight miles. Persons going in there this summer cannot find new ground to locate, and manv of j them go prospecting on other men's claims and if they find anvthing are given a deed to half the property. There are some rich claims, but thev are few The beach has been worked and reworked. re-worked. Men were working on the beach when I left for as low as $100 per day. anything to secure enough money to reutrn home. The sun sets at 10 o'clock and rises before 3 o'clock In the morning in midsummer. There is no night there ,and people block the streets, as it were, during the midnight hours, or what is called night. One reason why there is no suffering from want of provisions is that 'nearly every one who went there too along enough provisions to last three or four months. Provisions of all kinds are Piled up on the beach for miles, and! half of it will never be consumed or I sold if boats can be secured on which to return. Not more than one-third of the people wishing to return can do so for lack of boats to carry them. They may be accommodated later in the season sea-son Men are working there for from 3 to $o per day. Dr. St. Jean did not return. He will remain a month longer. He pays $100 per month for an office I believe there must be 100 doctors there. United States soldiers are the peace officers. The order is Nome, but is a terrible place for dust which is kicked up by the thousands of men who are on the go every hour of the day. even in everv direction looking for the: wealth which they cannot can-not find. Some of the men there are desperate to return. Francis Thibo-deau Thibo-deau of Anaconda came back yesterday. yester-day. The Landry brothers are still there, but are not making any money. William Schultz is also there and is sharing the same fate. Yes, I am glad to get back. Montana is good enough for me." Money invested through McGurrin & Co., Salt Lake City, yields 6 per cent per annum net, and each investor is separately and safely secured. |