The record-union., 1897-08-17

sound, that they are free from rheuma-
tism and rheumatic tendencies and their
joints, especially knee joints, are strong
and have never been weakened by in
jury or disease. It is important to con-
sioer their temperaments. Men should
be Of cheerful. hopeful dispositions and
willing workers. Those of morose, sui
len natures, although they may be good
workers, are very apt as soon as the
novelty wears off, to become dissatis-
fed, pessimistic and melancholy"
Mr.. Ogilvie, chief of the boundary sur
vey, in a report of a trip down the Yu-
kon, says regarding the weather: 1T is
said by those familiar with the locality
that the storms which rage in the upper
attitudes of the Coast Range during the
greater part Of the time from October to
March are terrific. A man caught in
one of them runs the risk of losing his
life unless he can reach shelter in
short time
Mr.. Ogilvie on this same trip had
much difficulty with the Indians, and
they demanded $40 per 100 pounds for
carrying his goods. On being told that
the party had a permit from the Great
Father in Washington to pass through
the country. and that the Indians would
be punished if they interfered. they re-
duced the price to $40. Mr. Ogilvie estl-
mates that there are about 46O,OOO acres
of land along the Yukon and its
branches that might be used for agri-
cultural purposes. Mr.. Ogilvie gives
the miners a bad reputation. He says:
Il may say that it is generally very diff
ficult to get any exact or even approx
mately exact statements of facts or
values from miners. Many of them are
inveterate jokers, and take delight in
hoaxing The higher the official or So
cial position of the person they hoax
the better they are pleased. have sew
eral times found that, after spending
hours in getting information from one
of them, it would be all contradicted by
the next one l met
Another cause of difficulty in getting
! trustworthy information from them is
/ that, in a certain sense, they consider
every Govern iIillent official or agent their
! enemy and that he is in the country to
spy upon their doings and find out
things which the great majority of them
are very much averse to have known.
| PROPOSED TELEGRAPH LINE.
| WASHINGTON, Aug 16.-The Cana
dian Government has submitted formal
proposals to this Government to estab-
| lish communication with the Klondike
| region in Alaska by the construction of
/ a telegraph line from the head of win
| ter navigation to the Linn canal into
the center of the Klondike region. The
| PROPOSALS have been taken under ad-
Visement.
They have been approved by the
British principal Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs and were forwarded by
/ the Governor General of Canada
through the British Embassy to the
State Department and thence to the In
terror Department. There the papers
are locked up pending consideration.
The proposals. While reserving the
rights to either country, pending the
settlement of the boundary line be-
tween the United States and Canada
south of Mount St. Elias, urge the ex-
pediency of establishing a permanent
road giving access to the interior at all
seasons of the year.
The most feasible in the judgment of
| the Canadian authorities, would be to
start from the head of winter naviga-
ton on Linn canal the body of water
running from near Juneau up beyond
! Dyea and Chilcat forming part of the
present overland route crossing the
mountains by White Pass, or by any
other pass which may seem accessible,
and proceed northward to Fort Selkirk.
and thence to Klondike.
| The Canadian Government asserts its
readiness to undertake to open COM
munication by constructing a telegraph
| line from the head of winter naviga-
ton on the Linn Canal, traversing a
distance of eighty miles across the
summit of the mountain range, where
trail can be followed to Fort Sell
| kirk and KlOndike.
The Government also signifies its
intention, in case the propositions are
adopted to erect suitable places for
shelter at periods of from forty tC
fifty miles along the line and keep
up dog trains during the winter
months for the conveyance of the mails
to and from the region.