Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-09-08
KEEP our or KLONDIRE,
aundreds OF PeopI. win Perish Un-
IcAH Hsiioved.

| IcAH Relieved.
WASHINGTON, Sept. The tres,-
uty uepHrtmeut Today msde pu0li q
the following latter, received from q
| government III clal now On the wsy
to the gold fitiIs, stating ut the same
time that the writer, whose mans &
withheld, had b gu twelve years IL
The strvice anu was thoroughly re-
uablt:
4"DYEA, Aug. 22.-I deem II my duty
to wtle you On q subject that uoes not
come etrlcGly within my liae OF DUTY,
as II trenches BomewnAt On the iunc.
lions .Of the treasury department. |
nave had a long talk with Mr. Ivey,
collector Of customs tor A iisku, who Ia
at pressut at Ska2uiy, tnrse lies be-
low here. The Szayuay tIall lie th6
most largely uSej overland route
[ hOush by NJ me- ms lne best) to the
kiondiEe. MI. lvsy Informs me that
.hero tre now s,wsen tidewater and
the lake eomething ike 1000 people
AMI about 1000 hOisas.
"Fhe commander OF one o. the yes.
seis now at S9s, uiy states that x.
teen Vessels are cnpr.tred to Isnu ear
goes at thai place b5tweeu now aud
tue l5tn OF 3 ptemDer, and that til"
numbst OF passengers viii number 200
to each vessel, making 200 more pc
pie who VIII attempt 20 90 10 this lail.
Il nave talked with come of the IN Oct
experienced tracers aud mlusrs in this
viciuity, and they are unanimous 10
The prediction that not over 20 per
cent OF this vast number will get
though to Dawson before winter tets
IN. The other 80 per csut will camp
on the trail, and those VINO survive auu
ges bacS 10 tidewater will have to
winter at SHsgusy or retnrn e nth. II
the rush continues two weeks longer,
hunIIeJs al peOpls VIII perish.
The postms anu Indian trader
at his place INT. Hero slaies that
more than 900 men have gone up the
Chiicoot pass during the past thirty
Jays, aud that 100 OF them are s.iil this
side OF the lake, twenty-lour mues
from here. Vessels are arriving every
day or TWO, and at the prescott rate OF
influx another thUu'snl Will enter the
mai Oy September l0;b. Mr.. Heron Is
the opinio" that not mJte than
twenty out Of 100 viii gett rough, and
ne ssys this trail In by lar more dan
gerou. that the SSacuAy after the
snow seis 10. He ssyu II the rush ON.
tiuuvs another wetk, the resultant ioss
OF i!is VIII be appalling. IL Is difficult
to suggest way to stop this iuTush OF
peOpe. but Mr.. Ivey iDtimates that #
the Inspection ruios OF the treasury de.
psrtment were properly enforced, 1t
would materially decrease the pumOsr
Of pa sensers IN the incoming vessel.
Nsafiy every vessel that arrives here
Urings twtcs as many passengers As
the lsw allows It 10 carry, aou many
oil them are condemned crafts which
Fave ueen nitel up Tor this ira IL.
al haVs tsIkel with several mon
who rave recently arrived nero hom
ibs KiOnJtkr, twJ VI whom left ther,
less imam thirty d iys ago. They uuani.
m1u-iy ggrre tbat there Ia y Rich gold
della tnete, but the lscls do not Justify
the pieseut ttnmpeos, aud they say
there to rnuud 10 be mach suffering
aod bo,ual starvation. Piovisions are
slready 70 srce, ana toe prices OF many
Articles absolutely ptphibitOry in Inc |
case OF man o. .rdinary IN a y.
"rhe mail fRctiitios are Very bad
here, -s the post III 20 department hus
NOS made any h low - &C ior the rapid |
growth ot os,ai buSnrss."