The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-12
qqE PASSING THRoNG

- - BIZ Bsrt eoaEilFg % /" s1-.lss
~ =. s--.s~-ss yestsr9ay- He 1Ili-ss q
~. srcorn. cs the COCO Tines - $50
Tsssjrsten people -.
- 80 A Hstsrvflse InGES-@As' Sep-
arS soEzd every mag fs.s 49,
&C., = tnzf scsw1szlz1g e--s. = AAs-
Anger from ny pre- 49, = :
81 50 ssc. TIE 1oNh --, -. -. -
5sA - 3, Al the farmers being TsTy
G --sx<.rg meg crops T1ey had
~ - a. for Ten days. Or the Gay
efs 49, re sun Eas stirring from q
~ .-a there gss every inZ-caSzon
en- - - e~ef, OF good wszthsr- 10 NY
- several farmers and uefsSszst&
d. - ,>e -zsn rad 6ons 10 damage 20
Ds TIE farmers bad al resumed
- a-~~..ng. ard two or three thTeSA-
1870 had eou.rasres1 Work
- $3.50 ia the P0ss~I1 = igeresF
- he crop Of wheat - simply
- -... Tbs yiAld Of wheat IN toe
80 ~ Be over helt a million bus
r.. rss~chsnts expsct % reap fhesT
- i. October ard November, Fsaen
&-mers are bsGEng their srsAn %
800 ire shfppfng saAsst 90 the r'FeF
-. g-ss.sst drawback 70 WaferViile ana
- a. E4rd country a. TIE EsFsse1sl TIRE
s..a a. a railroad 70 connect TSith
{zrHef
-..s~x.ss~ 70 0rcndo. tns raad running
-. - re- way down a rocky canyon.
.,svzflon being SO feet from Oronsso
Z u..~ry4lse. the latter place being 400
49,. fhs level OF tne sea They car
-. - or,a .ezsn about forty Bushels Of
-. - she sseambos. landing. making
- ...szd .rsp "a q day. You can figure
- hrr n vii take 3 farmer 70
ss,sss ais crop. with from 400 70
- $500 Ct wheat % sell There T.
- - Srm al Oroado buying wheat. and
- - pot paying the farmers within 5
-. A. waat the market advises. They
s--ssrx anxious for one OF two more buy
= "a sane N 70 compete for their grain.
r.. npsxsthstanding these many draw
49,, r.ae-tsnths Of the ssrHe>s VII pay
= shssr nostxagea before Christmas. Al
-. ~sr.san.s are expecting a blS business
ssss AL. snd they VIII not Dc aI,polnis
Il enc <russ erop IL TIE valley along the
<.,.~s,s d very large. and shipments are
-. ssx6s daily By the Great Northern,
- -, ana west But they told me
-. a he cop vas gukng east. ss they
- oDs~ir better prices In Montana and
q pakotaS
ara< ssearper EIJenshury Is making two
~.eE 70 the Columbia as far as the
1ssr<~xr. TIE little steamer Echo. thai
-, t.fsn from the Sound. - making
-. srs,x between Wenatcase and
go TIE large steamer Thomas L.
80 i wing a. Onondo and expects 70
80 the s-asn trade shortly. carrying 800
81, OF wheat al tip.
-Ssrsu< il altogether. things look more
rposrvss Cor that country than they
M ever been before"
~ r,e, who have gone into the klon-
- en- q sightseeing trip and returned 10
e the story are ss jet very scarce IN
- .s~x a. The woods, though Il Is hxely
- thsre VIII BE plenty ~ them later
= NJ A J. Green, Leading lawyer OF
rnrcr idaho, Is At the Northern. having
srsyst from Dawson City on the steamer
fkstlsn4 He Is q close observer and. as
b ns.,her disappointed miner nor a
fs>6t&k aurres owner, his deductions are
b. fruEs prejudice.
= xerf .nta the Yukon ccuntry last
VAR sssd Mr.. Green yesterday. making
~ var sser THE Ch.ikoot pass looked
ever ,ss mines IN tire Kiondske region and
fssrs thsn to be very rich. but very limit
IL Ia exssnt Ia comparison with my expee-
.a.srs There are loo rich claims on Bo-
rarsa eresk ard 20 on Eidora6o very rich,
tzt az course they are all corrAllsd. and
4 lakes aoney to secure them or a share
b thtn. For new man TO 50 70 pros
psr.tg Il cut Of the question. One can
~ prospess IN summer, because the min
~ be dEs . hole n oils fun Of water.
Prospecting o. the surface r. Of little
Fus fer . man must 60 10 bedrock 10
Ri eas wssi be has got, and bedrock Is
nsm ,wslsr 20 thirty feet deep. There Is
shsw cne soos of soft moss and under that
&c Srevns Is frozen. Then comes ten 20
tsssss fee. OF muck. which has 10 BE taken
e. with p1k which IL veFy slow work.
EscE fhss Is sand and gravel. which f.
nsxea out with fires This. too, IL ex-
ts1tg Sow work until 3 miner gets \
- large enough 10 build an extensive
e.
= senni Il very hard TO exist IN the
kanslke country. The provisions one gets
hszt are very hard on q person: no fresh
nssx except occasional moose and fresh
- ne latter only lasting for a short
Tfsrs are no fresh vegetables AZ
NV q nan who took IN some po-
~ seh them for 81 per pound. Eggs
- uHfA No per dnxen ard eggs In res
as1r's cost - zach. What little moose
~ mere q sells ~ = cent? per pound
- saar;sr and fresh asa ara 60 cents
srAl
p. noishls feature observed on arrival
-asson City r. that every man who has
shtss over winter and k1s made a-v
asH wants to get out and the mora
se has tae aaors anxious he IS to
Nearly every one who has a min,
rNae 70 sci ana come out IN the sprsug
ssa ssoss who can't sell lock forward -
- EfsnSs elssn-up. when thsy are sure
q eore
Issre Is not much building In Dawson
- 'er 'cvn lots Raa bsllelnv logs have
=. - asgh hat the luxury OF = house
80 het he afforded. The people ere
! sy az hvtag n tents. ard I do not
- vha' TREY viii 60 thls winter. Wood
~ Per card when I lsrt. and every
- pfr1srfsf ieat & would b~ sse a cord
. Nistsr. Wares are 30 20 ,fS per CAV.
p uesu one considers that fhe lahors-
= . ray sech exo-b'tznt prices for sv-
ahs he don't c0nae ont much ahead.
sscfis are very foolish % a.t~~rpt %
us f2ll for the residents there were.
zrsia when ieft. July - that Tbs
would Te1 ont before sprfrg
- "eafs's arcfaent. which prevented s~r
80 Smother trip ana the low stax~ ~
q TIE Yukon. makes the slfuss fon
ss'setfs fer these already ~ as well
- aass EcnE IN blink that fslfv one
re fsosiie who are n win havs 20
- est before winter 7 would ADVISE az
a. Hae are eolnw well 20 ief the Kien-
- s'ase especially az those vha srs
s.. sseos = health and wso have oct hsa
- .ee n roHS0iaT f. for cerfsfrlv
~, = - aere hsrdshlrs - endure there
~ Any cals-tTy on sarth."
orssr ssys that p. 49, /, ws-x nlau.-
- - eosn - IRE Cleveland TIE wsass-
49, ne. except one Aaw ara rsrAt en
= WAsa z was quite stormy.
SEA- : netting - the story wNa.
s.-s. 80 Seaeral AEenf Saseaa v@~-
Ar~s Wen questioned ab0ut - ST.
.affaeEeFncnt between the Northern
| \. 40 The Washington ans Afas-
- 'asasafh Company. ~ which -
So. Sssst Steamship Cernranv VS.
as..a. @ EFT cat IN the eela On the
aaes - trSvsl - sane reis-