The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-11

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I. IN safely calculated that not more
than 100 tons Of the total 10 food The
talarc. is whisky. stores ard supplies
urine.palIy whisky. One OF the early
car~oes that weaf ap the Yukon river 70
relieve miners who had long been de-
prlvea of SUFFICIENT food was . steamer
ard scow load of whisky. The Charles
IT. hamilton and the Alice VIII W an
other trip this season. but there - aos
an. chance IN a thousand o. either get
ting through.
Two thousand people spent last winter
on the KIondike, and had run out OF
provisions by the time he nrst ooats
pushed their way In tkis spring. Inc
average allowance per man for one year
a. a ton Of food. Before the onslaught q
the zoo the shelves Of company stores
soon began 10 look lean The popusa-
ton has Increased until there arc s,se
.copIo Mt Dawson. and tho storekeeper
have cIosed 10 v;aw their barren sheaTss.
.s.ners who started down the riysr CT
the weare and finished the Journey 10
ST. Michael on the Healy after the wreck
Of The former vessel say that The stores
Of tho Alaska Commercial Company AHu
the North American 'fransF'9f t2llch q
Trading Company had exhausted sheif
stocks ~ July - and not a pound q
food Of any description remained on sale
81 either store. month before they had
taken the precaution TO limit the sales
"a 4arh customer and all the gold
miner could carry on bis shoulder would
rot have purchased for himself TWO eaeAs
os aour. one sack was the limit so was
ffty pounds Of bacon twenty-five posnaS
Of beans we're all that anyone could pur-
chase. Even IN all the steamers get
through that BY any possibility can MAKE
tho trip the stores they VIII carry WEI
not be nufcient TO feed the Inhabitants
ur.fn Christmas Added TO those already
on the ground, people are pouring INTO
camp By way OF the trail and lakes az the
ratA Of twenty 10 100 a day The great
majority Of these have insufficient cloth
ing and are even worse of IN the matter
of provisions. These are now scattering
fn ALI directions Heeking the precious
metal. but with the coming OF snow my
will be driven into Dawsoa TO add 10 me
sufferinga OF those already there
Lack of shelter.
In addition 70 the total lack Of food the
equally serious problem OF securing shell
ter for the winter stares these people tn
tho face Fully half OF the 5000 people in
Dawson az present are living In tents.
They can do so during the hot summer
months. but with the Thermometers ~ 10 60
degrees below zero life In canvas house
Is impossible Lumber commands fabu-
lous prices Logs which in that region
mean poles foar 70 six inches In diameter.
sell from 81 10 s. apiece In Dawson so
poor man might as well return TO civiliza-
ton and undertake the construction OF a
hrown-stone mansion as 20 think OF put
ting up cabin In Dawson. He cannot
80 out and cut the material for home.
for Il has 10 be hauled or fioated fifteen 10
twenty miles The hotels now open and
two others that win soon be competed.
will accommodate but an lnsig ificant frac-
ton Of those who viii demand shelter.
"a though famine and frost were not
sufficient evils 10 heap upon those poor
fellows. dread typhoid fever has broken
out In Dawson and at last accounts from
there was raging with appalling vlru-
ience. Hundreds Of cases have been report
ed a number Of which have proven fatal.
To battle with this scourge there il but
one regular praet.cfng physician In the
place There are two or three medical
aen there who are doing what they can 10
alleviate the suffering. but as they do nos
hold regular ces tihcates they airs not per
mitted 70 practice openly.
Death Follows Riches.
Two brothers. Robert and Charles Carl
SON rich claim owners on Bonanza. sue
cnnaood 70 The epidemio July /. They had
sold their claims ia the spfang for $4,000
sna were preparing 10 leave the country
fer the winter when stricken down by the
erosd disease. The former partner OF the
Carlsons Ii passenger on the steamer Ex-
celsior. lie Is said TO Re iSsng at the
point OF death and may not reach san
Franchises 10 enjoy the wealth lie has SC
hardly earned.
r. ksiy. yonrg man on the Cleveland.
fresh fFem Bonanza. told the story briefly.
Tho young brothers haa bsen among tho
fortunate ones WHO arrived on bonanza
IN time 70 sacure a good claim During
last winter they worked hard 10 prepare
for tho spring sluicing. Theis lasors were
rewarded With gold dust has the strain
on constitutions not hardened 10 such rl..-
srs proved too much fof the young men.
and physical collapse followed on the heels
of success Thus weakened taCy fell easy
prey 10 tho raging epesm.s.
Kelly sacnled 20 remember their fate
when he said
Done quote me on anything thAt vii
bring more people inlu the kloodike Too
much has been said slready and many arc
e1ase OF u, WAY @lA tluy coutlnue "a
food the kt0relke when the old ssmera
are oil leaving There Is certain TO o.
q gaQl SHORTAGE"