The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-28

.Iny ycers now. but the owners depend largely
on The trading Sonnp mamie b iTr had saV several horses
ut Scikirk for. several years, tho fodaer for
which 'ss he s o%sS ,S FROM R0tISS S w " tSS S but they are
not In q condition to do any work.
FARMING RFFoRTs FUTILE.
Mr.. Harper also has q small garden at selkirkr
n which we fSbnns from Frost he has had a large
blanket, as it might DO termed. made out q
s eSsTy and frost threatens he suspends this Just
over the. potato tops. This to q very grGas &c
gree gree saoa ne not potatoes, but does not save them
entirely. At Sixty Mile also he has a small gar
den on IN, when y mor p,SS soSTyoraSiy situated than is the
nther locality, as tho tubors arc closer 70 the
bank INK Of fO anS Tlx' area S,'f Is. however. Very small i'm
comparison With. tho surface Of the country,
being entirely limi te ed to @h sae be- T,V tak eD'ii Dto the
country, as IL cannot be. grown there oxeops y
an enormous cost, and therefore VIII NOT p@S'
cARIBoo AND MOOSE.
For animal food there arc the cariooo Hna tne
poooae hut the moose arc never withln thlrty -
foTty miles Of the mines so that It taxes WOO
three days going from the camps 10 num- tnsrr.
w nhbfite in color. but otherwise resembling very
much in appearance tho gray ones ro or harn,
more more n sSsfpe curved. The cSriboo. although they
roam over tho hills in vast herds, are migrsyGvSs
in their nature and rarely iouhu "
NO NATURAL FOOD PRODUCTS.
The natural products Of the country as q loco do0a
supply may ,S be d Ssia TO w SS SSlS Will 1 SOON %n exist 10 Tor
Il there. 1t might, indeed, be said that an Looo
will have to be Imported; ,o In s sns TinSr 1 and S0 The
salmon annually mako their way up as far a.
the canon, some 9. 900 miles from the sea, a Srs
long ere they reach that point they arc pretty
The only timber in the country that is At for
poplars. which. however, are generally unfit for
anything except fuel. Tho spruce ID soit' "e"A'
and full OF knots.
JUSTICE BEFORE THE POLICE CAME.
Now let me give you some idea OF how thinge
were rightcd and the law administered In thae
region before the ,sS advent nonnt OF the fen mS 1snrs aF po'itihS the
miners were not very well acquainted with one
another, and, there being no bn saloons s;n o t9 Gon se-
quently there were. no rings or cliques formed
and when 2 miners = meeting ! si.nnto was !, svS Ssl nsao t. S da.
cided fairly and on its merits.
Soon after this saloons were built, liquor came
around them which might DO termed %profos-
sional %loafers. These mon were always on hand.
tended and voted in the interests OF tho saloons
and their keepers. -
Mile was passing quietly along the street ono
day, and a big %rufien. vino rather pridod him.
struck the little man a blow that paralyzed him:
He was powerless to help himself; he could i not
saiiant; and so he Consulted a German
friend of his as to what he should do in the
natter. Inc rlenu SuRRcSlcu u IL mocJ-
ing, which was called at once. Now what do
you think this miners meeting didi As you
they GSy'S ah P],d9G the yg],a naEfa s Egsf for calling I lin t the meet SSEt
ing. which was expended for drinks on the spot,
the meeting, of course, being held in the saloon.
and the chairman being in fact the proprietor Of
the place.
in four claims. These did not return more than
expenses and poor wages and they decided to
M MI; f Sne so on 'hS P'G OFT ofh w.S ah SGif aso to o sSGsy
instructed him il he, could to sell out for the
whole eliot, lot He H. w aSkHd them he fnk what }or ,Ts;r the i%, i9%s:5
so that he might have something TO go on
After consultation they decided eide that $500 was
that he could. "a At t., F sony s- Nile on, he sq ndl
the 81 300 in his own pocket. Soon after they
ing to make him divide even. The meeting. by
resolutions. decided that -
none of their damned business what he got"
THE HARD LUCK OF FRENCH JOE.
Again, a miner commonly known MS French
Joe, a French Canadian; was cling down "the
passing the cabin of a man whom VIC will call
Jones, he was asked where he was going.
other fictitious name,,"will YOU take down
'n sou two aqnGss ena siEs !! to him"
The two ounces were weighed out and handed
fully pre- ,ented them to brown as directed, with
tho explanation that they had been received
but" said Brown. "hc owes me three
Joe was panied and surprised and a little in
hIdon't know for dat. He gf me two hounco
der she is was. OATS ali know for"
" But he owes me three" snid tho persistent
we'll. dat may be. She maybe he owe you
You got two hounccf
Yes; there's iwo ounces here"
But | want my other ounce"
co mXieii' saer,rr:S oourn'lhne, FrSnch mar was he
him YOU ask hin! about her. l give you two
hounce-dat's all | got"
whether or not Joe should pay him the extra
ounce. ,ii1ighty-two miners attended. and after
having received The two ounces from Joe. six
voted that the F~renchman should pay the on
ira ounce and five that he should not. The
rest. as Joe explained, didn't Civ dam no how
ono vsv or dc otLcr."
extra, ounce. VIII. the Gos,s Of the meeting
added. amounting TO nearly $50. Joe remarked
to mo aftcrward in telling me the tale or his
"By Gar. dat SATISFY me With miners meeting.
/ don't want any more dem things"
TIE END or MINERS MEETINGS..
What first brought the miners meetings into
disroputo, was lhe result Of onc, held ct Forty
mHnded payment OF a bill of - 30 from n bar
Pity HSiT;; p mnS the. i"Fp 'Sildnr %s b Rn " T fHe"t tsilo S'' caleb Meieh a.
meeting TO decide between them.
The meeting gave the tailor 81 30, and one OF
is members then graycly proposed that no be
fined 500 for calling the meeting. This was just
about TO pass unanimously. as things usually do
Mt n miners meeting. IL being sufficient only TO
haven mover and n seconder. when another
member stood mp and protested against this
.c,ion, urging hat if they fined . man for call
inG q mectin". The. poor man would have no way
AT all to get Justice. They had awarded tho
man $3.50. and tho imposition of II fine would
be manifcstiy unfair. The meeting saw tho
force OF this and let him go.
The barber then rose, and slowly. deliberately.
md with q picturesque profusencss of profanity
and nm eloqnence Of metaphor that did credit
10 his originality, requested nil and sundry
would go down the river on the undersido OF a
log. he observed. II the worst came TO the
worst but Rs for that dollar and q half, they
could! t'ssii!!
A committee was forthwith appointed to try
and collect The amount ndjudRed due. They
could. however. find no ono who owed the bar
Der anything, or II he did, was willing to pay it
over 10 them. 1t was well known that IL they