The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-22

sight I should say his claim was worth
$3.50 000 but t-at would be "a risk, ana
he may never get that out OF it, lie may
get several millions. l am glad To hear
that his father and two brothers are
aboard this boat.
lie will make them all rich. I could
sit here all night and tell you Incidents
OF the excitement and finds but these you
can find yourself If you get there. You
will see there how We run things. ! ann
proud 10 say that our mounted police
have been appreciated by the miners. and
we have the most orderly mining COM
munity in the world. There is no inlet
no claim Jumping. no cheating or swim
ding I'm the many gambling houses. The
greenhorn gets am honest game and every
mans hand is above board. If any funny
work Is attempted we run the offender
out.
The only thing I fear is famine the
coming winter The united efforts of the
Alaska Commercial Company and the
North American Transportation and
Trading Company cannot transport over
400 tons of freight mp the river this sea-
son. and not until next February can
STUFF be froighted over from Dyoa. Jl-
noau. and other points down along the
southern coast There was great sunori"e
last winter and. though no one starved,
food rates and rates for tNtrytun- I'D
the supply line were beyond belief. Flour
was Sl20 a hundredweisht 40 one time and
heef from 81 10 - pound. Moose hams
sold for about $50. or 81 per pound. Ordi-
nary shoyels for digging brought Nl
and SIS apiece. and other stuff OF that
kind could not he obtained. a few crates
Of eggs were brought I'm about March
f..t Irrt L. mI Fhann sold readily
for g 10 s. a dozen. They were not fresh.
by any means.
wages. however. were proportional.
50 per hour was common wages. and
even now In these long days man
can command $50 per hour up there. or
from SIS 10 $50 per day. The river steam
ers cannot keep crews this sumner. FOR
an run away 10 the mines as soon as
they get I'm that region. Indians are am
the help that can be kept. and even they
are doing something In the line or locat-
ing claims.
"The man who goes I'm this coming VIM
ter over the Chilkat and ChilkoOt passes,
or the man who goes In this summer by
this steamboat route should take in TWO
years grub. 1 understand tnat Steam
boat companies will not carry sfup OF
merchandise for any man. ana thAt they
SIZE n-lhlUE a. Has ltt1n'ttrrf+ t'NN
for any port from Seattle 10 Dawson.
This means that they will get several
thousand people in there this season,
and if they DO not get enough grub In,
grub will be high. Not less than loo
newcomers came over this spring, ana
how many will come by boat we can only
conjecture.
1--WE British are pleased that your peo-
pia have EXPRESSED confidence in Ogilvie's
power TO determine the boundary line.
In my opinion he is the most able man
that could have been secured. The only
wav that we could retaliate would be 10
pass an alien law which would shut
Americans out Of the mines. As &C. IS.
Americans are with MS fifteen TO one and
all this gold IS going 10 your centres.
Big corpora tions have not as yet collared
the mires. nor viii they The miners are
A power and so long as they show the
Judgment they do now our government
will back them
"Are there any women in the diggings?