The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-18
WHY THE NEW
ROUTE IS BEST
No High Passes, Hard Packing, and
Boat Building,
ONLY A ONE WEEK JOURNEY
Nh'' an Astoria Man Tells OF the NorI be-
lag Doae by CaSadlaa Goystnmsat
With StleLesa River Rsuts
ONLY A ONE WEEK JOURNEY

An Antnrlhn, Just returned from the
Sound. gives out some very intarcaling
news concerning the now Rtckuon route
70 klundlko, Tho mouth " the river Ii
some twu hundred miles -outh Of juneau.
n; tho head of Prince " Waica island.
The country II entirely different from
that In the vicinity OF Dyca and the cll-
mate In wnrmor There aru no high
mountain fangcH ana dangerous paasor
10 crDHu while the distance from ~
wmusul, aG the mouth Of the Stickson
river TO Lake Tealln, the head waters Of
the Yukon river Ia only about ao mites
Tho Journey from ~ Wranslr a. Dawson
CITY requires only one week IN speak.
ing u tho new route the gentleman. who
obtained his Information direct from those
who have been over the route. said
Moran nrU,hrrs. ot Seattle. are now
building two steel boats 70 run on the
Htirke-n river from Ft WranElr. where
transtrr In made from tho ocean boats.
to Telegraph creek distance ~ aLouI
lao miles These boats VIII he ready for
service mex, spring Al Telegraph creek
good wagon uall commences witch
lands the traveller at the head of Lake
Tcsllu In about 10 miles distance. This
lake n tho head or source Of the Yukon
river and the prospcvtor can travel all
the way down by boat 10 Dawson CITY.
'he steamers making g, In short time
az tho distance IS not great, The country
being low. the wagon ROAD lotwocn Tel.
estaph crrck and Trsllu n Of raHy grade
ard paraabio FOR MI vehicles -Four hun
dred men arc now employed by the can.
adibn government completing thls road.
ana IN another year "a railroad VIII hc
buil, over this loo milcs between Telc
graph crvvk ana TcHlln The trip by team
over this road requires only three or four
days aud the best n fodder Eruws bosidc
70 80 that tho Traveller does not have 10
load up with u lot ~ feed for his animals
ON tho Journey ny steamer from To-lin
TO Dawson ciIy 10 but short trip. aud
tho dangerous rapids ~ the other streams
Via pyra and sknEuay are avoidcd-'hc
tourney being nearly all the way by
steamer from wranElc. and the entire
trip only occupy week
"wranglc Will bc the seattle of Alaska
tho great distributing poln, for tho klon-
dlk, country pyca and Sknguay which
wrrr huili by rrai estate sharks and gani'
tirra and whore lhuurandr ~ honest gold
huu,rrs who have attempted without Sue
cess 10 ,fu-s those impannahlo passes nrr
now ,amp"d and viii loss their all h"for"
spring viii die natural death. They
should newer have brcn started and nave
only proved % drlusion ana rnarr to the
unWufy The sutKcon river ls the only
route 10 Klondlkr. and I venture TO say
that next spring FCI people VIII pass
safely and easily over II into klondike.
"Thc reported Cudahy'coppcr river
route. p0 milcs northwest of nyea, VIII
never l-, ol-'ucd II In worse than the
Chilcuot pnna ro,nc, The mountains there
rlse 10 "a height Of 1900 to itooo feet and
are covered with perpetual snow. The
stiekccn river. on tn" contrary. cuts the
mountains IN does the great Columbia
the Cascades Thorc is not an ohFtruc-
,lon IN tho rlyor from Tvslin to ST Mich !
aelu over three thousand miles Tho !
Alaskan problem Is about to bc solved and |
a tourney to Dawson Caty will soon pos
peaa no more tcrrors than "trip TO New
York