The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-31
MAYOR WOODS TOWN.
LOCATED os HORSESHOE HAIR
BOX. NEAR FORT GET THERE
Torfy-nve Acres Held ss the ste On
sbfpy ara-srhooBer Bessie IA
Reaches -. NfrhaeI-The winter
uyars%r. OF fakon River Boats.


FORT GET THERE. Alaska OCT. ~
TIE operations q former Mayor ". y
Weed Ia Alaska are Rot conflHsa mercy
- 5sIofsnr me 'sMaekiack' exps1iiioa Up
sfa Yukon. yeffh the intention ar some
future daY OF furnishing Dawson with az
electric light plant Ar. Wood has recag-
ntzaa the need OF 2 supply depot az the
rnolth OF .ne river. end as site for ware
houses yet 70 be bollt &c and his brother
George g. Wood. os san Francisco. have
faEen up forty-flse acres on a little cove
eouth OF Fort Get There. The land i held
under the at providing that sucn iafaa
bay be taken 40 for commercial Or manu-
featuring purposes IRE mayor claims bu.
seven acres ~ ths tract. the remainder
COMPRISING the claim OF his brother VINO
- spending the winter Oh the Island.
Joseph Mage. Of San Francisco. mem
f,ar OF the expedition. reusaius with hin,
ard the two will soon 20 into winter quar-
tera They haze been living ID tent, Dat
TIE increasing cold Of the winter season
viii soon compel them % sesk better shell
Ter The Woods have given the name
Horseshoe Barbor 20 their claim. Al ST
Michael It Is kuoxn as the Woods town
site
The expedition left considerable prop
erfy. consisting for most part OF Iron ma
,stial and tim3ers Tor a barge that could
not be transported the present season, in
q p
shoe Harbor viii DC one OF the 3usy places
az Norton sound.
George n wood thinks there Is little
question that The Seattle No. pushed
through To Fort Yukon before the upper
river closed 10 navigation. A. least
Aalf the passengers intended 20 STOP AZ
Munook The Haverhill company. under
Arthur e Seymour. seemed favorably Inn
pressed wien fhe possibilities Of the new
dlggfngs and thought % wintering there.
1T Munook the Seattle No. would be de-
iayed about zen hours, would put on
considerable amount 81 freight. and then
drawing about two feet ten Inches would
hurry up the uver. She would have less
than 100 passengers after leaving Munook.
Mr.. Wood may yet return 70 Seattle b.
the overland route. after seeing his exps-
dition safely IN winter quarters.
ehe nesase X. Arrives at Last.
Just "a the Portland left the harbor this
afternoon the gasoline schooner Bessie *.
arrived. after a passage OF more than two
months from San Francisco. She brought
twenty-three OF the incorporators Of the
II Suano Del orc Mining Company. and
vas loaded with the company's outfit.
which includes the yacht FL Suano. one Of
the most conspicuous objects on the Bessie
Ks deck. The Portland fired salute
from her maxim gun as she passed There
hcrs OF the expedition, a score Of whom
were gathered on deck as the schooner
neared Sc Michael. The volcanic hills
and low-lylng shores OF the island were
covered with snow: the sun. like a worn
out old man, vas sinking In the west. aud
the northern sky WIS black and heavy.
and seemed freighted with a snowstorm.
and night was already falling early In the
afternoon. The prospect was dreary
enough. and the members OF the expe-
dltion appeared as lonesome as a chorus
OF wolhsh woiamootch dogs baying the
Arctic moon.
tne s.tsaa Again in Deep Water.
The 2i-ton schooner Selma, or Victoria,
captured by the revenue cutter corwin
and left Mt Fort Get There. where she
stranded and went high and dry. was
forced back into deep water day before
yesterday by Inspector George Dunn and
George C. Belt. The Selma was engaged
In Illicit trading with the natives aud
Capt Nelson and three men when placed
under arrest abandoned everything and
set ogt for the Klondike Later the vessel
was looted She Is valued at about 500.
BELT not being government officer, is
entitled TO salvage.
Grip Is epidemic among the natives OF ST.
Michael island. m0rs than two-thirds OF
tho people IN the village north OF Father
Barnam's house suffering from IL. They
are also subject 20 pneumonia and con-
sumption. due largely 70 the miserable
manner in which they live. Capt Ebie,
physician Of Col. RandalFs command. Is
giving them attention.
The "bum stump" from Washington. d.
g. has arrived NJ Fort Get There IN tram
sit 10 the klondike. II is covered with
legends among which are This root be-
longs 70 Adams apple tree" and Grub
staked a. Seattle
native who arrived this morning
from The mainland reported having seen
a ,aYge herd Of eariboo half q days jour
noy eastward. They had been driven 10
tho coast by heavy SHOWS in the interior.
rich End Of gold Is reported on a
nameless creek eighteen miles above the
mouth ~ the Munook. The discovery was
made about twenty miles from the mouth
Of the creek. and was kept secret until the
arrival Of che Healy on her last trip.
Taking Care of the soldiers.
For, Get There's Russian bath house Is
assured. Since TIRE question % sanitation
Aas arisen. 90, Randall has decided TO
pat bis soldiers AZ work on the building.
wbich will be pushed - completion. After
a conference with capt. Charles II Bar
Der. manager CT the Hotel Get There. Col.
Randall selected n los house l5xG9 near
she company heafFuarte~s arA VIII have
Il moved 50 as - form an ar0ex 20 the
bath rCosn proper. bat In addition there
xili be smother building for a cooling
room, and Sli the appointments. including
slabs and shower bath. with attendants.
VIII b. complete. The furnace will De
buslt after the primitive Russian style. so
that steam 90 any quantity desired may
be generated simply by the bather or at
scntant throwing few quarts 81 water
on stones heated to = white heat
IA De al Faur ia fa F-l-
unless - takes good care or himself"
saia Col RRneat. and among the mon IN
nv command % wiN be understood that
each ore must take q bath at least once =
week. We are observing every precauti1n
- keep Fort Get Taere 80 80 healthy con-
dition ssd I think az 32oEer OF typhoid
81 tha yprin~ VIII % avoided"
Fort &c. There's hafh house viii ~ con
Quoted on charitable basis since there
&c some Indication ef destitute miners and
prAeoectors being thrown unaa the corn-
srurity. an proceeds from the bath house
MI 80 % a fund Tor TIRE ueety. Eve men
can De accommodated az ere time. ana che
price VII Re s.. or 81 each. aay services
frcm the attendant 90 - extra
To Prospect the Koyukuk
TIA portage 20 the interior wiu - used
~ efteea members % the Mare Island sx-
tlesfsicu. who took passage frec, 8.
N.ceael October Is ~ The steam ehsouer
President Tor UnaiaklIk Thence they FRI
ter3sd - tske the tran 90 NuIa3o. srf
save so miles ~ cutting acroSs country
ant avoiding TIE bsr bend % ths Yukon
- the scutA and wcs1. The party &c bead
c1 fsr 'Ae EcyCkuk river. bat II the
weather eets7rsfs too severe. viii prospect
duTinw ;he winter AZ Nulsto II Is headed
hy capt. ~. tyson All Includes TIE fol-
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