The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15
HORSE, AT A PREMIUM.
Pack Animals Make big Money 1T
skagnsy-Apimais Can Carry
Il. Pounds.

Ore cs TIRE passengers 70 rsta-n from
Alaska or the George ". Elder was Peter
]. Jar1tson. II sfount Vernon. He wen. up
seve~al weeks ago OF tire steA rsser Queen.
and rer1slnsd Al and near sksxuay for
thirteen days. lie was one OF the party q
asou; twenty Mount Vernon a~gonauts
VINO went tu a body. While packing q
@s-pounG pack over the sran on the ith
wsi.. Mr., jausiEor s4eprea into a shallow
hole In the trail. Although the depression
was only a few inches deep. the lead on
nIS back caused him 70 make quick jerk
70 keep his equilibrium and the jerk. TN
fortunately, injured him The injury In
canacitatsd him for packing and after
stalking q trusgy man with his outfit he
took the first steamer for home He came
up from Portland. whsre tire Elder isst
him. ard went 70 Mount Vernon via steam
e. CITY OF Champaign yesterday morning.
Before re left s1r. Jsmison gave an tn
teresting description OF the conditions at
Saaguay and on the White pass.
i hear lots Of misrepresentation about
me White pass, be said. Il can say posi-
lively that the Skhggiay pass is In good
condition. AID the packing ia over IL IL far
easier than had expected TO and ii.
ha1 80 trouble a. al in packing ia seven
i ly..l pounds The round trip 70 TIE lakes
three ard half days. But the horses can
oHig carry $50 pounds. 1r. Rec, who owns
one of the pack trains. tried leading his
killed Eve horses the FIRST week.
The great mistake We made was In not
taxing horses with Us There are 30 horses
there baT there are not half enough, May
OF the parties have taken from one horse
10 q man down to horse 30 two men. This
= nat enough. man should have two or
three horses. Young and Cleveland. the
two packers whom the crowd ran out Of
camp because they charged si0 for haul
ing Dwight Fowiers body a mile, were
making from 500 10 $500 day with their
had fifteen pack horses, which they used
over the pass to the tran.
n was there and helped to take young
Fowler's body out OF the water. The
charge that Cleveland made for carrying
the body down TO the town. was extremely
reasonab Bile. considering the prices prevail
ing. Cleveland could have made two or
three times that amount In the same time
Just in hauling goods across the river.
There are lot Of hot-headed young fell
lows IN camp. though, who go around with
hig REVIEWERS and bowie knives hanging all
over themselves. and they dominate the
camp, and ordered Cleveland TO leave just
10 vent their smartness. IL is everybody
for himself there, and. l said, Cleveland
and Young lest money by only charging
sla for hauling the body down. Why. the
men are so anxious TO set along that they
viii pack their goods out TO the river and
then give from / cent TO Ia cents pound
Ia have the stun simply taken across the
river, ard that Is the price for taking the
goe.ss clear 10 the foot of the mountain. l
have known Young for years. and he is a
Erst-Fate sort OF young man. Ills nome
Is at Mount Vernon, and he is much re-
sDected there. I don't think that they vii.
drive him out Of camp, because he did not
have any hand In the Fowler case. but
Cleveland had TO go.
THE Mount Vernon crowd have gotten
their stuff out seven miles ard are going
10 make the lakes by September TO- which
viii give them time 10 get down the river
before winter sets In.
There are four restaurants at Skaguay.
Meals consist Of plate OF beans and q
cup 81 coffee Price. 50 cents. 4 man can
get from 81 20 81 a day at aay kind or Work.
There are two saloons and several gam
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