The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
Thinks Canned Horse is Being
Shipped to Dawson.
Finds Many Things to Grum-
BILE About in the klondike.
PRICE FOR DOGS HIGH.
They Are Used For Every thing
Up to House Dogs.
A Miner Fills His MOccaSins
With Gold Dust.

New York. oct. 22-The Journal
prints the following letter from joaquin
III Her with this explanation:
The following letter was sent from
Dawson city overland by courier, com
ing cut to tidewater by way of the Dal-
ton trail:
Dawson City, Klondike Mines, Do
miniQn of Canada, Aug. %, via san
Francisco. Oct 21.-Let me call the at
tention of the country to the condition
of things here. We have never but once
been able to avail ourselves of any mail
facilities this side of Tidewater- Twice
Iefore that time we have had to SEND
out our mail matter by our own cour-
iers. and once by a high priced party,
" no went out for the miners, a purse
having been made up.
Now think OF these things, of men
shut uD in here all winter with only a
monthly mail at most. and that only
letter mail so far as the United States
is concerned You cannot send book
or paper here at ali unless you send It
by way of Circle City. From there 1t
comes TO you by a man. who brings in
such matter at 81 an ounce weight, the
same for letters Here, if in any place
uuder the sun, men ought to nave some
thing to read
L had always thought that only In
dian dogs could pack and pull Men tell
me here that their big American dogs
than the Indian dogs. The only disad-
vantage IS that the American dog must
be better housed, IS he Is more likely
to have his ears and tail frozen. Ma
ture has kindly come to the help of the
native dog in this matter. most Of them
beng whelped without tails, like a manX
cat
All the steamers charge good round
price for transporting dogs, but it pays
nightly in the end to bring them in.
one would think that the dog market
would get overstocked, but men sag
not You would think to see. aye, to
hear the dogs in this town Of Dawson,
that there are already more dogs than
all this region could find use for, but
dogs are high and growing higher as
winter approaches. Do You know they
haul saw logs with dogs here, when the
snow is on? They haul anything with
dogs from saw logs down to sold dust,
and this latter is quite an item
A man came into the Alaska Com
merciaI company's Office yesterday with
two dogs and himself loaded down with
dust His pile of bags looked like an
armful Of Indian corn in the states
when a man goes to the crib to feed
his hogs. But he did not have enough
bags to hold all of his dust. He filed
his mOccaSlnS with dust and SeWed up
the mouths ard came to town bare
footed. I am told. They cut open the
moccasins at the toes and poured the
gold out to weigh it.
Captain Hansen.the enterpr.sing head
of the Alaska Commercial company.
was SO amused at the man putting his
overflow of dust in the mOcCasins that
he came TO my table and took me to see
for myself.The man left the mOCcasins
on the floor where he threw them after
pouring out the dust, as they We're of
TO more use with the toes split open.
and I begged them of the captain. There
is quite d sprinkle of gold in them still.
It 1 could not beat the best cooking
I have found this side of tidewater l
would De ashamed of myself. / shall
a n of NIX
days. The honest little Arctic cram
berry inside Of it is all right but the
crust is tough, tough, [ tell youl 1
dOnt know what is the matter with the
canned goods up here. The California
fruit is all right. but the meats are
niSera ble. The earned sausage is good,
first rate, also chicken: but the canned
beer OF all sorts seems to be worse than
tasteless. Are they sending US canned
horse from France2
Sick ess still prevails in Dawson. and
it will get worse till it freezes up. There
is a fire prospect of that, too, for a
keen, swift wind sweeps down the great
river to our dOOryard from the Rocky
Mountains, away back yOnder almost
cut of sight. There IS also some sick
ness in the camps about. One poor fell
low was brought in from Hunker Greek
the other day and died And last night
here in town. there was another of
those terrible, mysterious sudden
deaths A strong. burly French Cana
dian, a good. steady man, who had
peel IN mere Tor some time. family out
side. lay down in good health and spir-
its. as TAR as those who saw him could
say, and was found dead. The fourth
case of the kind. I hear
Dawson is bulldog, booming and
will continue to build and boom. but it
is a vile place for all that: almost as
filthy as filth can make it, and no one
should be found in it who can get out
under the heaIthful trees.
The spacious police headquarters are
nearing completion. and I hear that the
"a mounted police will Their be uniform
ed and put on patrol duty. and the lines
Will be pretty sharply drawn. All the
honest miners up and down the BOnan-
"a and EldoradO gulches are glad of it.
ano are enthusiastic in their praise of
the good captain OF police.
There IS something in the air here
There nearly always is. but this seems
co be strong current that has already
carried off a lot of busy men, Can't
Hansen, who is building fer the Alaska
Commercial company. said to me last
Il ght: Something is going on I do
not know what it is or where it is but
1 can always tell when a stampede sis
on. My carpenters all come to me one
after another ard COMPLAIN that thew
are not telling quite well and would like
to lay off a day or two. There is some
thing up sure.
Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment gives
instant relief Tt allays inaaun7atfOr
and heals 1t is prompt in its action
and positive in its effect 1t is the
the kind that cures without pains or
discomfort Tt Is for piles only. soc
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