The evening times., 1897-08-06

Plattsburg, y. Y, Aug. 6. Joseph La
due, the Klondike miner and owner Of Daw-
son City, tells OF the life miners lead in his
town.
He never heard of Pearce, who says he
made $55, geo in two months; OF Warfield,
who grew rich in few weeks; of Moss,
VINO says he is not going TO work any
more because or his phenomenal luck In
the Kiondike. lie believes many OF tue
persons who venture north this winter
will never come back.
I'VE have nicer bars at Daw wson than
you have here. one Of the bars there
cost $3.50 right in San Francisco. The
day I left Daw son my impression OF the
town was that 10 would become great
big place. Wien came away there were
probably close on to 5000 people there. L
think perhaps of these seventy y-five were
women A good manyUf the women were
wives OF the men who came, forty or flfty.
sThe dance hall was owned 10y Harry
a sh. 1t is 40 by so, frame building
covered with white drilling. They have
an orchestra There may De hfteeh or
twenty women there. There is no al
mission fee. You just go in and dance
and patroniZe the establishment. Every
thing is 50 cents a dsink. The women
get a percentage of the receipts Tor
dancing with the miners. Frequ"n uy,
when the miners feel flush, they give TIE
women nuggets.
when I left Dawson there were ten
saloons and only three restaurants. They
charge 81 80 for meal, which consists
of bacon, beans. bread, coffee, piece of
cheese, and dried fruit. The restaurants
were well patronized. They sold every
thing they could rake or sCTape- Racon
was a dollar pound, eggs as high as So
a dozen in the winter, Flour s 81 2 hun
dred pounds; sugar. 90 cents for brown
and % cents for graduated. Butter is
81 so roll
Tobacco sells for 81 so a pound
chewing and fancy brands for smoking
plug cut is So a pound; cigars, wholesale
there for $50 TO 81 so per 900; single
cigar is 50 cents.
There are lots of children up there
now An immense lot OF children came
in this spring. There is school 1T Circle
City and one is being built In Dawson this
year. The teacher in Circle City-which
is above the Arctic Circle. and the farthest
CITY north was anAmerican fromNehraSka.
l don't know what her name was, or
y hat pay she got probably S75 a month.
There were no churches In Dawson UP
to this time. There will be Catholic
church built this summer. There will
probably be also an English church and
a Presbyterian church. too. Bishop Rowe,
of Boston. has the latter in charge.
Father Judge was there when Tcanleaway
There is a theatrical company in that
district. 1t has-b playing at Circle
City. The leading actor and manager OF
it is George Snow, His wife is the lead
ing lady. They are real good They have
all sorts Of plays-'UnClc Toms Cabin
one night. 'eld Kentucky the next, CO
mile the next The Newsboy' the next It
is a rcp"rtory company. They will have
a theater in Dawson this winter
1--WE have nr Wills. Canadian phvSi-
clan. and DR. Chambers, from Yakima,
VAST. l think they charge according 10
the way q man is fixed. l know one
man got finger taken off and was charged
$500 for the lob These doctors have com
plcte medicine chests There is no drug
store except what Dr. Wills has
eve have g graveyard started and two
graves in it. One is that of Bert Stick
ney, who died natural death on Lake
Labarge, and the other is that Of c. G.
Fetch, who died of heart disease in the