The Lamar register., 1897-12-04
DAWSON GlTA.'S PERIL
4 pRospseT OF STARVATION.
Esisent That There 1. Not Food Enough
sor an and Many Miners Ar. rryius to
Get Away.

men arrived mere yesterday on the City
OF Seattle direct from Dawson City.
They We're divided into two parties. the
last one OF which left Dawson October
10th. The party consisted of Thomas
Magee. Sr,. Thomas Magee. Jr. of San
Francisco: swift Water Bill" Gates.
Joe Boyle, William Huskins. +, Eekert.
III. Robertson, II. Raymond. Bert Mel
son John W. Brauer, W. III. Chambers
Z. w. Pond. +. Ash. J. Gillis. Thomas
Wilson p. McGraw. Jack Dalton. Will-
lam Leacs, Arthur CelIne. Joseph Fair
burn. J. Smith. t. Warren. Jim Stsph-
enson. They came out over the Dalton
trail They are reported to have be-
tween them SG0. 600 In drafts and $500.
600 In gold dust All tell stories of a
food shortage In Dawson that Is almost
famine The last person TO leave
Dawson was Jack Dalton. When Dial.
ton left the steamers Alice and Bella
had reached therr loaded light 1t IL
said that the Beila's cargo consisted OF
whisky and billiard balls. she brought
no provisions
The Canadian government mounted
police chartered the Bella and gave NIL
who wished a free pass 10 Fort Yukon.
The Bella Is reported to have left about
October 18th with 30 men.
According TO the statements made by
members Of the Dalton party there is
liable to be trouble OF the most seri-
ons kind this winter In Dawson. Billy
Leak told one Of the men in a party
ahead OF him whom he met at Dyea
that all the people talk about nt Daw-
son was the food famine Men were
gathered In groups and cursing with
might and maln the newcomers that
were constantly coming into the klon-
dixie. loaded with scarcely any provis-
IONS. The mounted police were offer
ing free transportation 20 the grub
piles further down the Yukon. hut 10
countless hundreds who had lahured
hard all through the summer aecuInu-
lafing n grub stake. the prospect was
nniuyltinr to sny the least. These men
figured that n svOuid take all their
savings Ia gold 10 pay their living ex-
nenssss NJ Fort NuRon during the win
ter. and that Ia the SDrtng they would
not even have enough left 10 paw pas
sage money hack to Dawson. 10 say
nothing OF purchasing enough food TO
Sui,sist until they could get starit-i
again. To these poor fellows the offer
Of the mounted police was no better
than the prosp,-st at Dawson OF being
conpeils,i 90 live on half ratIons until
the supply lsoatE could reach the Dig
gings In the spring
John W. Brnuer. the United States
mail carrier who ieft Dawson Septen-
lsar .Tth said:
There Is only one salvation for the
miners who are now nj Dawson City.
and that is for them to undertake the
awful winter trim from Dawson 10
Fort Yukon. a diStanrp % 40 miles
There Is fool nj Fort Yukon: there is
none NJ dawson. and iust rs sure Rs
fie stars shine terrible suffering win
hc the fate Of the Dawson miner un-
less hc leaves there before spring.
win make my statement conservative.
and saw that when 7 len Dawson the
u'cn who wore there had on an average
fopr months food supply Some did
not have months suuniy, some lfad
four or FIVE The last restaurant closed
the night ! left II had been selling
Nothing lsut i,eef steak. for which the
/ hur~rv naId S25n
when The people realized thar the
t,nnts would be unable TO get IN the
river they knew that starvation threai-
.ued them. and the great stampede he
gan.
.''The first 70 leave went TO Fort Yn-
kon ! guess there were ahant ten In
the party that left the FIRST day One
boat came up from Fort Yukon with
several newspaper men aboard. among
them Correspondent Sam Wall and a
Mr. McGHvray They brought the news
I that the Hamilton had unloaded all of
/ her cargo and tried to get over the bar
/ light and failed In her efforts. though
/ she drew but two feet Of water. This
news Increased the excitement and
made the rush toward food centers all
I the greater. on September 18th Bert
I Nelson Of Seattle and myself left Cir