The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-08-31

bags. are among the specialties for the
Alaska trade. These sleeping bags are
great things. They are made of oiled duck
ana nave three Innings. one of Llama cloth,
one of mackinaw cloth and third of sheep
SKIN. Ihey are made single or double and
are taxing well among the miners. Cloth
ing bags made Of heavy duck, pack bags,
ana, In fact, bags of all kinds are made by
Iacoma manufacturers and sold at reason
able prices. Soap is required in the miner s
outnt, too, and Tacoma soap makers are
manufacturing the very article needed.
A combination sled, wagon or sluice box
is novelty suggested by the trying jour
ney over the mountains, snow and ice 10
the klondike. 1t is a T&coma-made veh1-
Gle and is pronounced all right
Roasted and gro md coffees, spices, bak-
ing powder, fiavOring extracts, Jamaica gin
ger extract, condensed liquid vinegar con-
densed to proportion of one ounce to one
hundred, and pea meal are among the re-
Hable products Of a well-known Tacoma
spice mouse that miners Will find useful.
rms house is preparing to add evaporated
potatoes, etc, to its product.
In the way of tents Tacoma tent makers
are putting up very substantial article.
tent Sx10 feet is the standard size ana
such a tent sells here for 49, Sleeping bags
range in price from S. to $40.
In this line there are also made canvas
covers, packing bags, provision bags, cloth
ing bags, etc. A pack harness selling at
1.25 to $3.50 has had a great run, one dealer
selling $50 of them. A stOckmans bed sheet
IS a great convenience. Its general size Is
l4Xl6 feet, water proof, and good for q sail,
a cover or any similar use.
Tacoma's big packing house of the Pa
cihc Meat Company is making q. great spe-
clallty of packing and curing bacon and
beef for the Klondille proSpectors. The
products of this house are found in all the
leading stores of the sound. They are put
up to stand the journey and keep well pre-
served.
A Klondike medical chest put up with
a few medical remedies and appliances in
Tacoma, and selling from $4 up. according
to the size of the chest, is made up of the
following articles: Compound cathartic
pills, surgeons plaster, porous plasters,
laudanum, eye wash antiseptic powder,
ointment, liniment, Quinine capsules, Jamai-
ca ginger, pill opium and camphor. sabadil-
la seed for lice chloride of potash for sore
throat citric acid or lime juice for scurvy,
mosquito extermnator. fever cut powder
to stop hemorrhages, cough tablets, tinct-
ure of iron, Vaseline and bandages. 1t will
readily be seen that such chest would
often prove a handy companion.
In the W. eff armament the stores of
Tacoma are completely up to date in fire
arms and everything needed by the hunter
and fisherman, and in these as in every
thing else the prices will be found very rea-
sonable
Flour, oatmeal, cornmeal, and in fact all
the cereals are made in Tacoma of the best
grains and put up in double sacks for the
miners. 1t is best always to buy of reSpOn-
sible Dealers and the Tacoma products are
first class. Pack horses can be bought in
Tacoma at various prices ranging from
$3.50 to $25 Mules cost from $40 to $50. The
freight on a horse from Tacoma to Dyea
Is $2475