The herald., 1897-07-28
ADVICE BY
AN EXPERT
To All the Clondyke Fever
Sufferers
If YOU'RE GOING, DON'T GO
BUT IF YOU DO GO DON'T GO
GRUBLESS
Dangers Do Not Deter, and Hardship
Does Not Frighten-Thousands
Will Join the Rush
Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
! SEATTLE, Wash, July 27.-In an in
terview tonight with the Associa ted
Press correspondent, L. M. Turner who
spent eleven years in Alaska and the
Arctic regions in the employ of the gov
ernment, said:
1T is about time to call a halt in this
mad rush to the Clondyle gold fields.
Hundreds of men are going as far as
they can, relying on others to help them.
That help will be meager enough, and
scores will certainly endure hardships
that death alone will relieve. The
transportation companies cannot posi-
bly, accommodate the number going by
way of St. Michaels The small river
steamers will not afford room for one
third the number going by that route.
The provisions will have to be furnished
| by the transportation companies and
| two-thirds of the passengers Will board
at st. Michaels or along the Yukon,
and they will not see Dawson City until
next spring Many of those who go by
way of Dyea will be compelled to winter
at the headwaters of the Yukon. No
person should go there with less than
four and half to five and half pounds
| of provisions for each day he expects
| to remain in the country. The actual
| food supply for each person would
| amount to fully 1900 pounds. Highly
carbonaceous food should predominant;
| stimulants of alcoholic character should
be avoided. One pound of tea is equal
to seven pounds of coffee for drinkin G
| purposes. Abundance of cranberries
may be procured, put in water and al
! lowed to freeze; chunk can be broken
| off, thawed and cooked. Blueberries are
also abundant. My advice is, wait until
March, 1898, and more will be accom-
plished with half the trouble and a
minimum Of expense.
Some one should strive to build a
wagon road over Dyea pass to the lakes.
The Dominion government VIII gladly
give consent for such an enterprise. Our
own government should be asked to APP
propriate sufficient sum for an imme-
diate preliminary survey, and when the
money is ready the work can progress
throughout the winter and finished by
the end of April, 1898"
TROOPS ORDERED UP
Captain Ray, U. S. A., with five Off
GERS and fifty-six men, will leave Seat
! tie for Circle City, Alaska, via St.
Michaels, August 5th.
Orders have been sent to San Fran
cisco to ship years supply of clothing,
which will include 100 woolen blankets,
axes and tools. Twelve improved tents
|
Philadelphia by express.
MORE MINERS GOING
The steamship City of Topeka will sail
tomorrow morning from Seattle with 210
passengers. She goes only as far as Ju-
neau, where a majority of the passengers
will branch out for the mines. The
steamer Islander will sail from Victoria
with over 200 passengers. Nearly all of
those going on the Islander are from Sc
attle.
| The next sailing vessel leaving Seattle
| for Dyea will be the steamer Rosalie,
| chartered last Saturday for two trips.
Already the $50 passengers allowed by
| the inspector have been booked for the
! Rosalie, and twenty more are hanging
| around the office awaiting the chance of
| some one dropping out at the last mo-
ment The steamer Edith, chartered by
the same parties and also scheduled to
sail July 31st, will take north sixty
horses at $22 so head.
MORE HUNDREDS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27.-The
Spear street dock was the scene of more
excitement when the steamer State of
| California sailed for the North than has
occurred there in many years. Fully
1900 people gathered to witness the
departure of the steamer and the de-
parting miners to the Yukon gold fields
were given an enthusiastic farewell.
The wharf was piled high with freight,
although the vessel was loaded to the ut
most capacity, even the hurricane deck
being utilized for the storage of canned
goods and other supplies. Three hun
dred and forty-seven people embarked
in the vessel 233 of whom were cabin
| passengers.
A CHICAO PARTY
! CHICAGO, July PA party of men
who wish to try the Clondyke gold cure
will leave Chicago on a special train
next Saturday night, en- route for the
newly discovered Alaskan gold fields.
There will be $50 individuals in the party.
The special train on which the party
will travel will run directly through to
San Francisco. There the gold hunters
will remain three days to purchase min
ing supplies. The party will then ship
for st. Michaels on a special steamer.
The trip will occupy fourteen days.
! Three steam launches will be taken to
transport them up the Yukon to the
mouth of Clondyke river. This trip will
require fourteen days. Each tourist may
| take 500 pounds of baggage from San
! Francisco, but only portion of this will
be taken up the river with the party
| When the Clondyke is reached the
steam launches will be moored in winter
quarters The tourists will live aboard
them until the spring begins to break.
The transportation company claims to
have made plans for carrying enough
provisions to supply all its travellers
with plenty of food until next summer.
1t is the intention of the promoters Of
the excursion to make the shortest jour-