The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-10-03

upon the snowy surface of the ground -,
is set going by the action of the ~, 80 ana
the sails exactly like a boat upon
The Weather of the Klondike +ra,,
nave Arctic dogs to draw these yraea.ll
and then they are called dog carte ~ 'aoAs'
land wagons, but as these ani,,4,IoNer-
very scarce here just now thew ars f aiS
10 get some other method of loeOrn,ti
Ahother crying need is for housee -
llttIe shanty Will do, but it must 7ava
roof and sides. Miners who have -
the hlondike know this and have sdIiseS
all those who start out to tall 49,
houses with them. These houses are -
wheels, like gypsy carts The. -
rooms in them, divided by curtains. 80
in the different rooms cooking am CO -
household operations are carried on Vyl1e-.
the miner is ready to start he has foroa
of twenty men to lift his shanty ur,n ~
broad rollers, to which the sail is tin ad
justed by long poles and simple mt,hani-
cal contriVanceS
sailor, usually a Norwegian i ON
ployed to manipulate the sail and by 49,
ing 1t this way and that so as to catch
the wind, it can be made to carry the
wagon over the surface, of the eyrO,.nd q,
rapidly as it carries a boat in the water
and, with certain winds, much MOI so
miner who came in the other dav IN
st. MichaePs reported that in Getting
across country, taking a short cut from
the bay down to st. MichaeFs he W.
caught in a severe wind, so strong as Ia
carry him along as if he were borne in
the teeth of a tornado. With great diff
Guilty he managed to unstrap a heavy pole
which was under his cart and which h..
had intended TO use for tent purposas
later With this pole he managed TO g,t
an anchorage into the sand and So pre-
vent himself from being ripped along the
race OF the earth at a speed so terrific
that he could not keen his breath
A great many of these crafts are being
built for use on the Yukon as soon as II
becomes frozen from the very bay to S.
Michael's. This will not be long, and bv
the time you read this letter, doubtless.
these boats will be in operation on the Yu.
kon from st. Michaels to Dawson
An unexpected source of food was found
on the Yukon river the other day. A party
of miners, bent on experiments chopped
hole and dropping their lines in found
that they could bring up very eatable fish.
This fish seemed to be of a peculiar Vari-
ETY.. They were something like founder
fiat and broad, with a very delicious meat
that was welcome to the camp. A very
good supply was caught in a few hours
and by the time the hole had frozen over.
as it does here in a few hours, enough fish
had been obtained for days food for A
camp of twenty men.
1t is feared that the river may freeze
too deep for cutting purposes, but this ia
something which Is to be determined later.
The sailboat goes very nicely over land
as we'll as over water but 1t needs a frozen
surface. Several miners who set out in
a party, with three of these boats, declare
that they will leave the Yukon at Circle
City and go northeast into a hitherto I'M
Travelled country on the very border Of
the Canadian northeast territory where
there have been reports of marvellous gold
finds. After they leave the Yukon they
intend to- drop the runners and fit wheels
to the house-boat, and from there on to
use their sails. If they encounter a storm
they can put on the runners again.
The Alaska Commercial Company an
nounces that it cannot carry any more
supplies this fall, over what its present
contracts call for, which are wholly mad
equate to the needs, and the American
Supply Company makes the same an
nouncement. Driven back upon their own
resources the Klondikers are using their
yankee ingenuity to save their lives and
their fortune But they have got to work
quickly or that terrible famine which
Secretary Bliss promises will be along.
John M. Williams.