The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-30
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clined there is no calling IN vAsa
can waste YOUR life so corsya.,.ss
fully in every sense Of the wnns = s
or the miner in the ordinary rinlsx -
Unrestricted gambling, drsnkfns "a n
titution OF the lowest grade hass I.
and win ruin hundreds Of lsss /
enough OF this. Let me speak a T. =,
able extent OF the gaid-heaT,nr -
Gold has been found 10 a eartals -
British Columbia. running tAnw,a
Cariboo and Cassiar districts nssr
axis of this zone northwestern 81
touch Teslin lake. Eootalnca =
Stewart river. Indian creek Tr4as
Slxty-Mile. Forty Mile, Aner,sa, Y.
seventy-Mile and Birch creek -
IS highly improbable that al =.
found at all these points, the lnsrs
spaces are barren, aud | will de- -
than say generally that We hasssp.
az upwards of 500 miles IN length -
IL In Alaska moro of II In the Guzs
Northwest territories and much "a
British Columbia, which win yeha
scene OF numerous mining eaixsszs
both placer ana quartz. the lAssw n
ucslly inexhauslihle. This ceaEus Z
der more favorable conditions. xma
the richest and most sxttnsvs IL
area IN the world today.
What are the conditional Vel n
pretty nearly nine months wsa.m 4
renness. almost total as FAR az 1 ssexss
supply Of food Is concerned TAs ID
bound in eternal froSs. Intense eaa i
ing the winter months, the tbermsaa
often reaching 80 and % aegrsss VI
zero: 50 degrees frequently: % degrees =
mon. almost daily. In the gummtf N
days occasionally succeeded b. eod q
almost verging on freezing, M1r
practically untitled for roads oAm u
pack tracks. The streams swift and ~
low, the Yukon excepted. very ~
them being fit for other than snsa W
navigation. Notwithstanding 81 =
which will be conceded as sesou y
have here Wide field for pruasaa
vestment and room for thousands u iar
Ply, contented. cultivated homes So
and worse conditions obtain IN Other ~ .
OF the word whence emanate rtspsess
and respected men and women. wv n
here, too2 Given some naodtrs:sf ~
cheap and quick access TO the nis'1
will Immediately spring Into iafsla
The present mode OF taking seasAa q
the country via 81. Michaels. rsfs
the Yukon 1.500 20 l.s0 miles % f's1EA
against a stiff current the grea'9
the way. and that only fer. -
months in the year, with ltue
turn cargo. no one viii conssaa : =
cheap or quick.
The question OF read TOP
point ia Southeastern AlasA
point on the headwaters Ok ins Y
cannot al present publicly alseaS &
would seem that the proper ssa !.
vefopmeat Of the country uepsss'
upon the success OF some sasa ~. -
before closing. few refnsfn -
made upon the political sHsaeS1
ground.
ION the early maps puplaas -.
United states authorities on 'as =
Fort Reliance was shown Mrh - II. 49,
list meridian. which as Tar - 'a - =
portion OF this continent y eu $3.50
the boundary line between -,
American territories. InAs = 80 ~
beyond cavil or dispute. De'e'la.', u 4
the hist meridian Is at any po. -. Z
know where the boundary -. iA 10 4
more civilized parts Of the coaas,
pleasant evenings in when TO oless's Z
te,eeranh communication. IL sHs
rsnf9ir,ng onlv a few evenings "
go -, 49,. ohaeryers-an latsFfns
signals by telegraph-the fiRia' - :
auctIon Of the observations anu -
Is done. But here IL ASSUMES .
miaaDle and serious TASK. W. $50.
larger probable error In the ss.
only available method OF as'..I
pesltlon of any point In ionsi.sa. -
ree,on al the present time - %
t,ene o,, ne moon in eont1ncn~ VI
stars. During the summer na' ~ =
fnnuractJcab Die. for the reason
Is during the time best sstua1so = ~
ing. thar ia from the FIRST % .s's :,
ter, either below the hotn'a -
IL that observations on u a - - |
ouestion. Then, TOO, the sfiai'e, saxf
Invisible during the continual 80 "
twilight extending over this ps' e. =. sS
poor - Sss ~ !, ai,r,,r me winter M
-sar In ne months OF octopF j
vcmher the sky Is generaliy . .svsnsss
precIudes work OF thai osr 1s,sx =
December ne have clearer IT
often beautifully clear naghA -
cessiysly cold. Fancy an ops ss..l -
which AN attempts at Atm -
Gavo IA be carefully ayeiceo. 80 q
tbsrrno5neter 10 and 70 degrees - - d 3
tne ofserver dressed in fufs ~ -, !
-. tast be rap hardly see q "A
-. ~,t 'a t go, ~ senyes required % "A
acute ia observations " - 80 ~
this observer Standing lsgsN rassasa /
hours almost perfectly So a.sreoa1d
teutlv for the beat OF ms s.r.e,lm
guarding alously against ~ ssstrss
bregtb against any part o. - - -
,s-t,ors fr vg0gtd instantly eoAse.. sssS
80 scoI bis work. avoiflnk 80 -. 4
- - -, t,is instrlsnieni that ~ ia Is
- - reav not Interfere - go
a.a 80 80 81 errors from -
J'ist ist.. . ~ gnder thsss -
aeffi2iy p ' 80. Win almost z
hire Eauds. or taDasi -, 80 sas -
with anger 20 Oenunant.. -. - un5s5$s
tara on tie tablet are si'l 80 -. y
af,ls ard II me observer 80 - 1870.
- roezsbse after the eyei'ii's -. j -
80. T-.rnrfet4d transcribs Ia. =, ~.
ee--, Tssla h a stlll fresh 2 Z. sssss
LA ~ osgen difficult . -
-. \. l,,er4e8. To sum; ~. Y
ard instruments have 70 .ss,.ssas e
under the most trying rre.r,szt
thelr system Is anything oa' - .sers
let rs suppose Il requires :. ms ~ D
observatiops Of this kina. -. .~rabs< -,
ter. to determine Win - oals. 81
the longitude OF any g'se - svstsr
saa ~ irl9 the fact that ~ s,,,ocs = !.
n ',s.l ne most favorable 49, - =