The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-03
FRESH MEAT COMES VERY HIGH
IN THE NEW IxLONDIKE
COUNTRY.
SUPPLIES LARGELY WHISKY.
SERIOUS MISTAKE MADE BY
MOST OF THE TRADING
COMPANIES.
MANY MINERS ARE COMING HOME
Population Il of Dawson City Cut
Down BY the Return of the
Discouraged ProspectOrs.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct 2.-The steam
er Farralon arrived here this morning
from Skaguay,, Alaska The Farralon
had on board eleven returning prospec-
tors, among the number being Louis
Lang, direct from Dawson City, which
place he left Aug. g. coming out on the
Dalton trail. He stopped at Juneau. In
an interview Lang said:
when I left Dawson the stores had
stopped selling supplies and restau-
rants had closed because they could get
nothing to cook. I believe that pro-
visions will be scarce, although many
of the miners are leaving. In my opin-
ion 200 or 800 will come out over the
Dalton trail within the next few weeks,
while a great many others are going
down by ST. Michaers
1T was a great mistake of the trad
ing companies to bring so much whisky
UP the river instead of supplies. Be-
fore we left Dawson nine cattle had
been driven in and four of them butch
cred. Choice cuts brought $3.50 per
l paid 81 and $1.25 per pound for elk
meat. AS we wanted to get out as
quickly as possible, I brought very
few provisions, the entire pack of each
man, blankets and all, weighing about
sixty pounds. We came up the river to
Five Fingers and then out over Dali
ton trail. We crossed Summit Sept.
81 in a snow storm and had Indian
guides to show US the way. We had to
IN, We a
Sharp party twelve miles this side of
Summit with their cattle, and it SEEM
ed to me doubtful whether they would
go in. 1t took us just twenty-seven
days to get down to tidewater."
Another passenger on the Farralon
was Henry Brattnober, the mining ex-
pert who Isl confidential man for the
London Exploration company, which is
controlled by the, ,Rothschilds. He has
been over the Yukon diggings going in
and returning over Dalton trail He
undoubtedly thinks we'll of the country,
but is close moutfed.
Others on board were: Lieut. S. l..
Adair, Fifth United States cavalry; Col.
G. G. DarroW, formerly capitalist of
Denver, but now living at Montpelier,
Ind; A. Lambeth, a wealthy mining
man of Helena, Mont; o. D. Colvin and
T. A Carrot, of this city. Mr.. Garrett
reached the summit of White pass with
his partner, a man named Macarthur.
There they decided that they could take
in provisions for only one man and
tossed UP to decide who should push
ahead Garrett lost and came back to
Seattle He expects to try it again next
spring.
The steamer Northfork from Alas
kan ports, brings the news that the
steamer Portland, which sailed for St.
MichaeFs with a Maxim gun on her
bows to ward off pirates, is on her way
he me again without having accom-
plished the objects of her voyage. She
got as far as Dutch Harbor only. There
a portion of her passengers and freight
were disembarked and she is now
homeward bound, having neither min
ers nor nuggets, nor, company gold
aboard her
The latest news in regard to the
steamer Hamilton is to the effect that
she cannot possibly get beyond Ram
part City, but that twenty Of her pas
sengers were making an effort to pull
up the river to Dawson with little
chance of success. Thirty-five passen-
gers who have given up all hope of
reaching the Klondike this season, re-
turned on the Northfork. All reports
coming from the mining district con-
firm the reports of a prospective famine
this winter.