Arizona republican., 1897-10-16
TOPICS IN CALIFORNIA.
News From the Klondyke-D amatic
 and General Nltes

San Francisco, Oct. 1.-The news from St. ,Michae,s is Of a br ghte nature, as it shows tlat fully one- half of the Calfornians who wera gathered at that place and further up the Yukon will reach Dawson City. Though the river is extremely low three light draugnt steamers. towing barges full of provisions are mal1ir g CTS picked up the neWspap cores pondents and others who wera strande1 at Ramparc City. A num- Der Of these have stopped at Minook creek, which is reported to contain claims that prospect as well as Be- nanTa creek on the K ondyka. Wine her there will te a famine at Dawson City this winter it is impos- sible to say until the news comes of the success or failure of the steam CTS now going up the Yukon. The supply is sure to be short in any event, and. judging from the mum Der of miners coming out by trai-s and the river. no large amounts of work will be done in the mines h;s 
 general development of the claims on Bonanza and Eldorado creeks would have demonstrated whether other groun1 is equally ns rich as that , which has Eean Worked,sn
 Those who come down from St. Mi chaels report tha5 serious trouble is anticipated among the members of the Eliza Anderson and Humboldt ex- petitions. These parties have threat ened to lynch their leaders un ess they are transported to Dawson Ciy, as agreed. With the river boats which there lenders have secured, It is impossible for them to get above Rampant City, even if they reach that point. They have provisions for tn winter, but as they are all unused to the severe cod the suff bring am ng them will be severe. Ex-Msyof Wood of S'sattle is leader Of the Hum boldt party, and his friends regard his position as extremey dangerous. He is a virtual p islIe- in th hands of his fol overs.
 Du Souchets farce, My F-iend From India" had g warm reception here at the Baldwin, but it was u T. fortunate that it shoufd have D en given at the only high pred house in town, as it was more fitted for the Columbia CT the California. l. was yo.e1 the funniest thing seen in thls city fer many moons. Bret Rarte' 5 Sue at the Columbia. has d ne a good business.
 l. IS estimated that 200 carloads Of California qelwocd ard Washing ton red cellar shng es ale shipped eas every month The dem2 fo- shi1g.es ar d lumber far exCeeis the supply. thou sh al the coast mills are running to their full capacity. It is an establiste ei fact that al for ia redwood shingles have driven eastern shingles out of the market, and they are recognized as the superior cf others. It is estimated that this ar's eutpu will reech fit en hou- sand cars.
 One of the most in est 'ng experi- msnts in practical phi anthl opy ever tried on this co ast is the sugar beet colony sch sme of the Salva ion Amy a. Soledad in Mo-tsrey county, near the great factory which Claus Spreck- es is build ng. MT. Spreekels leases the land and gives a large sum O. mon y 70 float the lo1y until i5 b : comes self supp 2rting. The plan is to send down to | h. co ony men of family out Of work who will agree to engase in the culture Of sugar beets. When they gre es.ablis h d and begin to earn money they will { be allowed to pay for tn ac es Of land in small irstsllmelt r-nniT g yer ten years. All the beets laisod
 i'll be bought a. god prices by MT.
 reckels, so the scheme seems to Ny est tablished on a sound foo g, and ali needed for it's success is hon. est, hard working coloris g. Tee community pan will be adopted until the fl St ha.vest Of bees is g iiI ed and it is hoped to get most of the live stcck and imp em ents Il ed d by contributors