The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-16

depend for his subsistence upon find
! ing employment, wages are al times
abnormally high. but the labor market
is very narrow and easily overstocked.
It is estimated that UP to the middle of
May 500 to 1900 persons had crossed
TO Dyea this year. Several hundred
more will go by steamers up the Yu-
kon. Whether employment viii be
available for all and for the consider
| able population already in the district,
is, somewhat doubtful. 1t WILL there
fore, be wise for those who contemplate
going to the Yukon district to give
serious consideration to the matter be-
fore coming to a decision"
An extract from the report of A. Z.
Willis. assistant surgeon general. for
1895, is given to indicate the climate
inhabitants and the mode of living.
He also describes the kind of men that
should go to the Klondilze. He says:
1.-THE climate is wet. During the win
ter months the cold is intense, with
usually considerable wind. A heavy
mist rising from open plains in the
river. settles down in the valley in eX-
IRENE weather. This makes the cold
much more and is conducive to rheu-
matte pains, colds and the like. In
selecting men TO live in this country 1
{,
which will be of assistance to the med
ical examiners in making their. recon-
mendations. Men should be sober
strong and healthy. They should be
practical men, able to adapt them
selves quickly to their surroundings.
Care should be taken TO see that their
lungs are sound. that they are free
from rheumatism and rheumatic ten
denotes, and their joints, especially
tot nd
been weakened by injury. 1t is i'm
portant to consider their tempera-
ments. Men should be of cheerful,
hopeful dispositions, and willing work
ers. Those of morose, sullen natures,
although they may be good workers,
are very apt. as soon as the novelty
wears off, TO become dissatisfied, pes
simistic and melancholy
Mr. Ogilvie, chief of a boundary sur
Yey, says of the weather.: 1T is said
of those familiar with the locality that
the storms will appear in the upper
attitudes of the coast range during the
greater part of the time from October
to March, and are terrific. a man
caught in one of them runs the risk of
losing his life. unless he can reach
shelter in q short time.
Mr. Ogilvie, on this same trip, had
much dificulty with the Indians, and
carrying his goods. On being told that
the party had permit from the great
father at Washington to pass through
the country,\ and that the Indians
would be punished if they interfered,
they reduced the price to $40. Mr.. Og-
LIVE estimates that there are about
46O. 600 acres of land along the Yukon
and it's branches that might be used
for agricultural purposes Mr. Ogilvie
gives the miners a bad reputation. He
says:
Il may say that it is generally very
difficult to- get any exact or even ap-
exact statement of facts or
values from, miners. Many of them
are inveterate jokers and take delight
in hoaxing The higher the official or
social position of the person they hoax
the better they are pleased. | have sew
eraI times found that after spending
hours getting information from one of !
them it would be all contradicted by
the next one I met.
Another case of difficulty in getting |
information from them is |
that in g. certain sense they consider !
every government official or agent their |
enemy, and that he is in the country I
to spy upon their doing and find out /
things which the great, majority of
them are very much averse to have |
known.