Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-12-03

there prevail, and which are here con-
spicuons from their absence.
LETTERS FROM ALASKA.
a Party of Seven at Lake Bennett. and
They are all from the Black Hills
Country.
The Spearfish Mail publishes the fol-
lowing interesting letters: r.. Gros-
field received Il letter last week from
Will Ford. 1t is dated at Lake Ben
nett, Alaska, Oct. 30. He says: I'VE
are now, after two months of hardtrav
elling. at the'end of White Pass at Lake
Bennett. the head of Lewis river. and
start in the morning for the Yukon
river If the river stays open we will
get to Dawson in about seven days, ii
we want to go that far. | don't know
vet how far we will go on the Stewart
river or on the Silmon. 1t depends on
the country. q; = = The past two
months has been picnic, but still it
was not so bad for Jim and myself, for
it was just like the roundup in the
spring. You can tell Jess Driskill that
the trail was in the shape of the gumbo
flats in the spring, when the mud com
mences to dry up. # * We are IL
party of scven-Bill Loerbable. II. j.
Sparks, George Gates, Frank Tierney.
John Hastings and the Ford Bros. We
are all Black Killers. We have named
our boats Black Hills No. and No. >,
aud just above the name we have "lS76"
ane ".Alaski, 1897" They will all know
us when they see MS. The Canadian
government has stations every fifty
miles from Dawson to Skaguay, and
we can get mail out every thirty days,
so will be able to write you once in Il
! while, and will try and give you all the
pointers can. Regards to all inquir-
ing friends
Mrs. T. j. Sparks received q letter
from her husband last week. 1t was
written at Lake Bennett on Oct. 81,
and says: 1--WE arrived here eight days
ago, and completed our boats yester-
day. We have two of them, splendid
boats, % feet long, full rugged sails;
have tried them and they are all right.
There are seven in our party now, the
two Ford boys, George Gates, Al
Hrstings. Al Burnam and Frank
Tierney. The party of Black Killers
| (s,%, ,,,s% 70
pieces, and Gates and Hastings were
left alone, and could not get through,
SO we took them in with us. So you
see we are Il good strong party. aud
have grub enough to last us one year
about five tons, and we can live good
am getting to like the country very
much. Just think of and picture tc
yourself the scene that is before us as
| sit before our tent, which is situated
OH the beech at the head of lake Ben
nett. The lake is twenty-eight miles
in length but only about one mile wide
aud the mountains OH either side reach
ing to the skies, which are thickly
studded with timber Mt their base. We
had no hopes of getting through this
winter, but the lakes and rivers are all
open. and unless it freezes within the
next few days. we will make itall right
The climate here is very much the
same as in the Hills, except that il
rains more. 1t certainly has been ;
great surprise to find things as the.
are. and if things continue for the bet
ter as they have can see no reason
why this would not be good country
to locate in permanently. We had ex
pc fenced ii hard trip. but all feel fin,
and have rnvenous appetites.
\ Deadwood saloon Man Fined $50.
p. n Carr. the first saloon MAJ
whose case came up before the presen
court upon the indictment returned b,
the last grand jury. WAS found guilt.
of the charge contained in the indie:
ment keeping open saloon on Sunday
-Deadwood Independent.
Carr was fined $50, but his attorne