The record-union., 1897-12-01

the means necessary to transport the
same, and to provide for this we ap-
peal to the nation, through its Chief
Executive, and it's representatives IN
Congress, to the end that an expedi-
ton under the management of officers
of the army and navy be provided for
and Instructed to make all possible
haste in the accomplishment of the
mission entrusted to them.
Assurances thus far received war
rant us in guaranteeing to the Govern
ment that the people of the United
States, and particularly that portion
tributary to Portland, will supply all
the food products which the Govern
ment will undertake to transport to
the Deleaguered miners, and we earn
estly pray that your excellency Will
heed Our petition and lend to it -your
valuable support.
With assurances of our most loyal
consideration, we have the honor of
subscribing ourselves, the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, by w. S. Ma
son. President; f. D. Oliphant, Secre-
tary'
War Department,
Washington. Nov. 30.
TO Hon. w. S. Mason, President of
Chamber of Commerce, Portland, Or:
The President directed me to acknowl-
edge the receipt of your telegram of
the 18th inst, concerning the starving
miners on the Yukon, and to say that
he fully sympathiZes with the express
sions contained in your dispatch, and
hopes that such means as shall be
necessary to afford the relief contem-
plated will be furnished at the earliest
possible day. r. A ALGER
'Secretary of War
Commissioner Smiths telegraphic re-
port showed that no horses had gone
beyond the American jurisdiction at the
lakes. The thousand head of sheep that
started over the Dyea trail in July, he
wired. undoubtedly got through. There
We're 300 sheep shipped from the lakes
down the yukon on RATS in September
and 200 beef cattle started to the
lakes Of the Dyea trail and Skaguay
trails. OF these Commissioner Smith
reports 10 per cent. lost or consumed
the last seventy of which are butcher
ed or frozen at the lakes, awaiting
transportation to Dawson. The tele-
gram cautions the department against
/ placing too much faith in the reports
from Dyea
Other advices received to-day and
| placed before the Presidents official
family reported that a herd of REIN
deer with supplies had been started
from Il point on the lower Yukon, about
GOO miles from St. Michael, the herd
reaching the place by cutting across
land from a point opposite the coast.
The reindeer are carrying supplies, and
a number Of people anxious TO get
down from the Klondike country will
! be brought back by this means. The
| herd VIII be used through the winter
as far as possible
William Kjellman, Superintendent of
the Government reindeer herds in
ALASKA, has been here several DAYS
! conferTing with the authorities, and
! left tonight en- route to Lapland. He
goes under instructions to engage a
corps of LARS for service with the
an expert in the handling of reindeer,
and hrs record in taking care of the
Government herd in our country since
he came here for that purpose from
LapIand makes him an authority on
this phase of the Alaskan problem. 1t
is ordinarily difficult for a stranger to
secure Laps to leave for a foreign cline
for such purpose, but in view of his
influence among his people. Secretary
Bliss expects Mr. Kjellman's mission
viii be successful