The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-08
RICHES ron SEATTLE.
Rush of the People 10 Provide the
PrOSpcctOrs For Their Northern
Trip.
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From the Chicago Record.
Seattle. Wash.-There is a place in Alas
ka called the Klondike. While you are
in Seattle you are not allowed to forget
this fact for a moment The name rs
shouted at you on the street corners and
spelled in every conceivable way. It con-
fronts you in all the show windows. From
the moment you land in town you are
classed as one Of the gold-seekers. The
question is not Are you going?" but
what boat are you leaving on2'
The people Of Seattle, in their friendly
way, are doing all they can to help you
along. You will need many things In that
remote and inhospitable country. They
have thought Il all out for you in adj
vance Even while you were in st. Paul
or Chicago or Muskegon they have been
lying awake night planning for your com
fort and felicitation. They knew you
would want warm clothes and good things
to eat They provided in advance all these
things in abundance. and they went a
good deal further. They thought of a
thousand things that you will need and
that you alone would never have dreamed
Of For instance, how can a man hope
to succeed In that frozen country without
a frost extractor or a miners prospecting
auger2 You viii need, all told, half
dozen guide books, and if YOU are credu-
lous you will buy maps of the Yukon that
give one another the lie at every turn
of the great river. You Will need shirts
a half-nch thick and boots that weigh
fifteen pounds apiece and here are all
these things by happy forethought al
ready provided.
You will need horses. Who would think
of vcnturing into the country without
horses? You will need four or five. Some
apparently disinterested people intimate
that the best kind Of horse to take is a
dirt-colOred cayuse, with plenty Of white
in his eye. that has just been caught up
Off the range This kind OF horse can pick
up his living anywhere But ! am sorry
to mole that there are conflicting opinions
in regard 10 horses. Some will tell you 20
buy a good. reliable, gentle horse. That
Is the main thing-a gentle horse. You
don't want, they say 10 spend a lot OF
money for an unbroken plug that Will
run away and Jump off precipice and
Lii his fool self. You want one that Is al
ready broken. II doesn't matter how old
he Is or even II he has a few odd Jumps
distributed over him. Nobody looks at
style i'm Alaska, and at the worst you can
get for your horse. they tell you. T. cents
"A pound for dog meat There are people.
Ii Is true. who say you want 10 leave
horses alone ana take dogs. Dogs don't
cost much for their transportation and
they can forage their own living. And
then 10 own dog or "A team OF them
IN Alaska gives a man q standing In the
camp that nothing o.se can. They say
any kind OF dog VIII do whether he IL old
or young, big or little. You couldn't miss
a much by buying live dogs IN bulk, by
the pound. They will all be worth the
money when you once get them 90 Alaska.
The greatest demand for any particular
thing rs for boats. People, 20 save time
a. L.
their boats with them. A half dozen car
ponters or planning mill establishments
have caught the idea and are working
night and day turning out knockdOWn
boats. one that will carry ton costs
about Si8 ana weighs about 200 pounds. II
g. taken apart with no pieces more than
six or seven feet long and packed for
shipping The demand is 30 good for
these boats that the builders are several
DAYS behind with their orders. The prlu-
clpnl objection 90 them H that the In
dians and packers dislike 10 contract 90
carry them over the mountains on account
of their awkward shape. one builder has
now worked out "a model for galvanized
iron boat that can be- carried IN sections
hitting together Ike a NEST" OF custard
dishes and can be put together with
small bolts A. a suggestion 20 those
coming from the east, I would say than a
canvas folding boat that viii carry two
toms and b. constructed on good lines
would De- very available Tor the Yukon. A
keel. mast and some additional braclng
could boz added after reaching the Interior.
n n not known here whether ono enn
buy lumber for bodybuilding 1i the head Or
Lake Bennett cor not but DO ia assumed that
the rush has exhausted che supply. and
the late comorH unpfovidcd VIII. boats
would have to.Huw their own lumber The
HkHrHwnY. or white pass now being OPEN
"a NHH III
tufulng ihet way Lake fAndermau. Lake