Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-07-29
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ater ones, Will be maJIers W oO'"f
those who will not heed until brought
face to face with these obstacles. No
berson should go there with less than
AZ to 81 pounds of provisions for each
day he expects to oremain in the couu-
try. The actual food supply for each
person should amount to fully l6Ol
pounds, Highly carbonaceaous 1000
should predominate. Stimulants OF
alcbolic character should be avoided
One pound of tea is equal to seven
mounds of coffee for drinking purposes
Abundance of cranberries may be
procured, put in water and allowed
TO freeze. A chunk can be broken of
and cooked. Blueberries are also
abundant.
"The widest dreams of gold hnds
have begun, as continued search Will
prove, but it is well to think of the
Darkness ahead of 60 per cent of those
who 20 this fall. My advice is to
wait until March, 1898, and more will
be accomplished with half the trouble
and a minimum of expense.
"Such unheard-of schemes were
never brought to light as are now
haunted before the public. The idea
of floating hotel to winter in the
vicinity of the Yokon's mouth or at
st. Micheals could not possibly ema-
nate from the brain of other than
town.lot boomer from the prairies or
Kansas, who never read of sea ice, or
felt the winter storms at
st. Michaels. Some one should strive
to build a wagon road over Dyea pass
to the lakes. The Dominion govern
ment will gladly give consent for such
an enterprise. Our own government
should be asked to appropriate a suf-
ficient sum for an immediate prelim-
mary survey, and when the money is
ready the work can progress through
out the winter and be finished by the
end of April, 1898.
MUCH GOLD TO COME.
The rumor that the next St amer
from st. Michaels will bring an enor-
NOUS amount of gold has been given
yet more color by private letter from
a Mr.. Newhall, in San Francisco, to
friend in Portland. The letter states
that one of the returning miners on
the last steamer, who started later
than the others from the diggings, as
serts his knowledge of some $3,0OO,OOO
in dust and nuggets, which will fol-
low by the next boat.
WILL MAKE LAWS TO FIT,
VANCOUVER, B. c., July 29.-Hon.
OlluOIu OllUOu, DOLhibiOb AhihiSNN'
OF the interior, wired here that it is
not the intention of the Dominion
government to make the mining laws
OF British Columbia applicable to the
Yukon. Special regulations applying
to that district, which have been
carefully revised by Surveyor Ogilvie,
win be administered by the staff on
the ground. Further amendments
to the regulation will be made, and
will be completed as soon as possible.
Miners will haYe to deal with the do
minion officials stationed on the Yu-
kon.
WHAT A "GRUBsTARE" is.
A surprisingly large number of mi
ners have been "grubstaked" within
the last week by victims of the Clon-
dyke fever, who are eager to avail
themselves of the new opportunity to
acquire wealth, but who do not like
to endure the hardships incident to a
winter on the Yukon. AS rule
these "grubstake" contracts are made
on the quiet, there being evidently
some reason why neither stalker mol
the staked want their plans made
public. The agreements are usually
drawn up in legal form, and are as
exact and ironclad as a government
contract. A prominent attorney
who has drawn up a number of them
since the craze began, fur
nished reporter with the
iollowing statement concerning them
'The contracts executed when par