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The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
GARRY, THE COLLIE

ayes, air, am an old man now. and
rather feeble. on my pins, but can re d.
member when a 40 mile walk, 10 mile
out and 10 mile home, was nothing to
me-"
"fou sec, was country postman,
and used to take the letters from a small
town to avlllage lying 10 mile out ev.
cry morning. Aye, 20 I've done a tidy
bit of walking In my time n II was all
reekoned up. Thlrty.hve years post.
man at 20 miles a day
"You have indeed" replied. "and I
should think you must have met with
many adventures during your long,
lonely walks In a service which has ex.
tended over so many years"
"only one adventure or mishap. per.
haps ] should say" the old man replied
and u II had not been for very dear
friend, long since dead, these old eyes
OF mine would never have seen this day.
Marthar he shouted, at the same time
knocking with the stick on the stone
flags Of the little cottage porch where
we were seated.
The summons was answered by a
young woman who came from the
kitchen, wlplng her wet hands ON q
coarse brown apron.
"lNhat do you want, falhcrl" she ak.
cd pleasantly.
"Just fetch Garry's likeness, my lass,
aud have a care whit. I wouldn't have
Il broken for the world"
Martha went away, but soon returned
with a small photograph on glass and
placed II carefully into the old mans
hand.
"rhal, slr, Il the picture of the dear
friend who saved my llie," he said, pass.
ing II TO me.
] was not little surprised to find that
the dear friend was large black and
tan collie dog. My curiosity being arous.
ed. ! begged the old man to tell me the
story. and here II IL;
"when had been about 20 years In
the postal service" began the old man
IN his quaverlng voice, "a farmer one
day made me present of colley pup
Of pure breed. named him Garry.
A he grew up I taught him almost
everything dog could learn lie got
10 that he could Just understand what
was said a. well a. any Christian.
"When he was old enough, took hin,
with me on my journeys, and very soon
lac got 10 used to II that lac really seem.
cd to think II was as much his duty ~
minc, aud when let him carry the sat.
ehel there was no proudcr dog In all
England.
81 had to he up very carly In the
mornings, get my letters a. soon a. they
were sorted, aud be at my destination by
o;lo, where delivered them to the post
master In the village, WHO kept a gro.
GERS shop aud postoflie combined.
at was pleasant enough In the SUM
mer months, but during the winter II
was cold, dreary walk--dangerous, Too
In the dark mornings to any one not
used TO the path, as one part OF II ran
along the edge of deserted stone quar-.
ry, over which the unwary traveller
might easily step II he missed the beat
en- track.
"But as Garry and knew every foot
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22


pcr Stanley actually suffered from
listening 20 music, aud yet Jennie Lind
once told Max Muller he paid her the
highest compliment she had ever reeeiv.
ed. Stanley was very fond Of Jennie
Lind, but when shc stayed at his fathers
palace az Norwich. he always left the
room when she sang. One evening
Jennie Lind had been singing Handles
OF Know That My Rcdeemer Liveth."
Stanley. as usual, had left the room, but
bee came back atterth music was over
and came shyly up to Jennie Lind.
"You know" he sald. 81 dislike music
7 don't know what people mean by adj.
mlriug it, ! am very stupid. tone deaf,
as oth-r arc color blind. But" he said
with some warmth, ITO night. when from
o. distance heard you singing that song
J had an hiking Of what people mean
bv music. Something came over nc
which I had never felt bciotej OF, yes,
had ioIt d once before In my llie."
Jenny Lind was all attention. "Some
ycars ago" he continued. IL was at
Vienna, aud one evening there was a
tattoo before the palace performed by
4oo drummors, I felt shaken. and 10.
uigW' while llslcf Ing Do your singing
the ,ame feeling came over me; felt
deeply moved" "Dcar man." she add.
cd 81 know hc meant II, and a more
honrs' compliment never received In
all my liic."-Exchange.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
M Moop

hanlnal Weakness, varioooois. Hyarooais,
byphuia Gonorrlooa. Btrtottre. snail
or shrunken orxans. premature ed are
and All othar private dlacasoa. vhstheS
CAUSED by irnorAGHoA sxoaas - oonta~
consult DR. q. w. aHORIlR the Dhyni-
clan who hss riven hts life 70 e-'rtna
chronic diSs 49, ani be examined. I'd,
yisod. trestyo and clsol withos9 paying
The doctor rsserYts the nEiS, however,
70 refuss ar incuTabls oAK1-f he can't
cure you - don't Want your money.
q responsible phvnlcIhn. an,A Dr. al VI
bhorea II only able 10 nails II hanaass
he positively cures these diseasaa Deaf
waste another cent on Questionable doc
DO cured; BUSINESS RACRDDLY CON
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
rhs Royal Death BeII.

rhageat bell Of St. Paups Cathedral,
Londop' never tolls except upon the
death of q member Of the royal family,
'ht li1hop ~ london. orsLord mayor
who n ln snice II Weighs about five
tons ind HAS a diameler Of nine feet.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

1l. .. long DO have my memory Gary
viiI newer Poe forgotten"
fa
thaohinL ihc old man for his story, /
walked back to my quarters at the little
Ul'a-. Iuu, thinking the while OF what
tno6lr rtampc BOOT Gary was Of per.
severance. obedience and Chat.
ttfbo,.
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22

The first Roman TO have his face rep
resented on a coin was Julius Clrsat
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1897-01-22
DOLLAR NEED BE
PAID UNTIL YOU

10 hep suffering mAnk I'D. always tryina
to oonvincs people thai he gives value ~
eelyed fof every dollar paid hinA has
decided - rive guankery. fraud enA I'M.
suffering claasas nom the deaptnAbie
melhois % qu.oks and oharAtana Ever
sufferer from
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
Are Leaving the Klondike.

see them fellows look at me. l couldn't
buy cents worth of grub from them.
They had a boatload of it, too-every-
thing! L offered big prices for it and
showed the gold. but they wouldn't sell
pound. The more money I offered the
more scared they got. Whit do you
think they did? They moved off up the
river that night and camped by them
selves. Blast me, they were afraid I'd
steal their grub. never saw them again.
but l heard that every mothers son Of
them stayed in the country, thanks to
their boatload Of grub which l couldn't
get any Of, and were among the first into
the Klondike last spring. Nobody came
out, and they must nave been on the
ground. Well. am going back into that
country next spring. Maybe I'll strike it
and may be 1 won't. But 1 can tell you
that next time I'll do more than pan on
the surface. l can dig, too, but ] hate
like - to follow where a tenderfoot has
shown the way HAL HOFFMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
THE DANUBE AFFAIR.
Rumor That the Vessel Was Seized
al Juneau for Smuggling
. JJnfr,Ie,

SKAGUAY, ALASKA Aug. 8 (by steamer
Danube via Victoria, b. c., Aug. 19).-A
big row occurred aboard the Canadian
siea m ship Danube this afternoon. United
States customs officers were ordered off
the ridge and ashore by Captain Meyers
of the Danube. The fact that there is
wharf in Skaguay Bay and the growing
jealousy between Dyea and SEaguay
caused the trouble.
The ramor at Juneau that the Danube
was seized for smuggling whisky here is
untrue. The Danube cleared at ST. Marys
for Dyea ana returned with permission TO
land freight at Skaguay. Ex-Deputy Col.
lector Hammond of Juneau, who has re-
signed, and whose resignation it is said
has been accepted, ordered the captain to
stop discharging cargo. He refused on
the ground that at any place in Dyea
Inlet is Dyea, as the limit of the new Dyea
district has not been fixed. In this ne was
supported by the United States Customs
Inspector who was taken on at st. Marys
Island. This inspector considers that the
merchandise is in transit and has a right
to go through unmolested, the same as if
landed in bond or at Dyea. He says
Jones, the customs officer here, has no
list of duties and is helpless to collect at
Dyea or any other place and will remain
helpless to collect. Ex-Deputy Hammond
was ordered off the bridge, and he went.
No duty is being collected on the goods.
HAL HOFFMAN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
GOULDS NOT INTERESTED.
they Will Have Nothing to Do with
Gas" AddiCks' X ondike
EnterDriSe

NEW YORK, N. Y, Aug. 90 George
uould took hanl in klcndike. Thursday
oy reremptorily ordering E. F. j. Gaynor,
AUDITOR OF The Manhattan Railway, TO re-
ufe from the treasurership of the Yukon,
earloto and British Columb bia Gold Min
ing ana Development Com pany, OF which
uas Addicks is president, Gould is in
Europe, but he cabled the order to Gay
nor 1t ls understood that Gould OBJ
!eo'eo 70 Addicks' boom advertise ments
pfeolctlng immense strikes, and did not
want the Manhattan roal identified with
the com pany through its auditors con-
neetion herewith. Frank Gould said to-
day:
Some misapprehensions arose because
Vi lne name of an employe of the Manhat-
'"h Il evated Railway Company being
connected with the klondike company.
None OF ;he Goulds are interested in any
A!cnulke enterprises. Because of these
III ihisapprehensions Auditor Gaynor was
asked TO resign from the Klondlke com
pany. He has done So"
Gas expects, or saws he expects his
representative in the Klondike. ex- -Gover-
nor Mcdraw. to secure claims of fabulous
richness, aid has been making represen,
Iauons accordingly, flooding the New
York and other papers with seductive ad-
yer sements OF grand prospects and offer
ing the stock at 81 share.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
TO MAKE A NEW TRAIL.
Plans to Follow the Course of the
Stckeen River Into the Yukon
Country.


PORT TOWNSEND, WASH, Aug. 90
If success crowns the efforts OF a party
among the $50 passengers for the north
on the Al-ki, by the time the spring rush
for the Klondike begins there will be an
other and perhaps the best trail into that
country. The advance guard of the pro-
moters of the new scheme which prom
ises to make travelling to the land Of gold
an easy matter consists of Messrs. Thomp-
son and Remington, representatives of a
syndicate OF Montana cattlemen, who
will, if practicable survey and put in
trail connecting at Fort Wrangel and fol-
lowing the course of the Stickeen River
into the Yukon country. The promot
of the trail have been assured OF the
practicability OF the scheme by old Alaska
frontiersmen, and will, if successful. be
amply repaid for their outlay by collect
ing tolls from those who pass, and at the
same time be in position to control a
monopoly of the fresh meat supply OF
the entire Klondike country. In course
of time, if the route proves success, the
trail will be widened into wagon road
ana a stage line established.
Another Alaskan road promoter to 60
north on the Al-Ki was J. P. Mccormick,
representing New York syndicate which
intends putting in steam tram to be
utilized in hauling heavy loads from Dyea
to the summit, obviating the worst part
of the Chilkoot Pass trip.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
ON STEWART RIVER.
Description of the Country Where
Some Rich Strikes Have
Been Made.

Stewart River is the largest tributary
on the eastern side of the Yuko n proper,
that is below the junction of Lewis and
Pelly rivers, until the Porcup pine is cached,
which comes in at the great bend just
under the Arctic Circle.
1t is seventv-five miles above the K on
dixie and about ten miles below the m ou h
of White River, which emptles into the
main stream from on almost exactly op-
pos te direction to the Stewart.
1t takes its rise we'll up in the Rocky
Mountains, and just over from the west
fork OF the Peel River, the principal branch
of the Mackenzie.
While the general course of the main
stream and its principal tributary, the
Beaver River, have been known mostly
from Indian reports for two score years or
more, but little or no exploration has
ever been made OF the ad djoining country.
1t may be said, however, that it drains all
the region west of the Rocky Mountains
between the Peily River and the Kion-
dixie. an area of ahout 33 600 square miles,
or about as large as the State OF Maine.
In the earlier days trading post, the
old Reid house, was established about
eighty miles above its mouth, through
which something of detail was learned Of
the country in the immediate vicinity
especially on the south side of the river,
where, as along other streams in this sec.
ton, the mountain slopes are not SO for.
bidding as on the north side.
From the first the presence of gold on
the bars and shoals OF the river was well
known. but little or nothing was done in
the way OF prospecting proper, that is,
going down through the older gravel de.
posits and bedrock in search OF the pre-
cious metal.
Within the last three or four years, how.
and men with rockers have washed out
$40 and SIS day. These were mostly
those who stopped over on a venture
while en- route to Forty y-mile and othe,
points below, and their work was confined
to the lower section of the stream. Sew
eral OF those who recently came down
laden from the Klondike had tried thel,
luck previously on Stewart River. Among
others, Messrs. Picotte ana Marcier, VINO
for some weeks took out with rockers an
average Of Sis a day about twelve miles ur
the river.
The recent strikes show that, taught BY
the experience on the Klond:ke, the min
ers understand better how 10 work III,
Stewart River deposits. and large return.
may be looked for as the result Of this sea
sons work. The main river is approxi
mately about $50 miles long. and tn,
Beaver, its longest branch. about $50 miles
in length, while there are other tributaries
OF considerable length as yet unexpored
all OF which may hold in their untrieo
beds treasures as rich or even richer thar
those lately unearthed on the Klondike.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
A LULL IN I He RUSH.
kIondIkers Are Not SO Numerous
Along the Water Front.

Along the Water Front.
The rush TO Kiondike was not very great
on the front Thursday. The departure of
the North Fork with the Mare Island in
tow gave the curiosity-seekers no occasion
to visit Mission-street wharf, and in
consequence their attention was directed
10 the Thomas Dwver. The latter came
down here from Portland under steam
and made tair- weather passage all the
way. few planks In her deckhouse
were stove in, but taking it all in ali The
stern wheeler made exc, llent time 10 this
port.
She il now to make longer trip how
ever. She is to be USED a a tend-r 10 the
steam schooner Navarro and will be
towed by that vessel 10 81. Michael.
On arriving at that point the Navarro's
passengers will be transferred to the
City will be made Should the river freeze
up the passengers will be fed and taken
care OF until their destination IS reached.
Only seventy-fve passengers will be car
ried on the Navarro.
The Cai1fornia-Alaska Com erciaI and
Navigation Company is 10 have two swift
river steamers constructed here this winter
that they may be employed ON the Yukon
as soon as navigation opens next season.
The boats will be taken in sections to ST.
Michael and there put together early in
the spring. The company building them
proposes to establish trading stations ana
stores aong the Yukon, and will also en-
deavor 10 send lis craft up the Stewart
and other aff1uents of the great waterway
of Alaska and the n Northwestern terri ory
If IL prove possible.
The steamer Walla Walls got away from
Puget Sound yesterday morning, but had
very few passengers en- route tor Dyea.
The rush seems to be over and the chances
are that very few people will leave here
for Dawson City before next spring.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21

of six feet one day III the latter part OF
June my pick struck hard metallic sub
stance. cried with delight to my part
ner that had located a great bonanza.
We both continued delving few mo-
ments more, but discovered the hard sub
stance l struck was metallic casket. On
the lid was copper plate bearing unde-
cipherable hierog'y phics, excepting the
figures 1741.' Upon opening the casket
we discovered it 10 contain nothing but
a quantity of dust and plain gold ring.
The day following we unearthed two SINH
lar caskets, also empty. with the e1cep-
tion of dust. They also had copper
plates with odd hieroglyphic' on their
lids. When l re turn home next fall I'll
bring the plates with me-"
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
Officlal OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

VICTORIA, r. c., Aug. 20.-The follow
ing seif-explanatory correspondence is the
outcome of the trouble the D,nube had
recently with United States customs of
ficials. Mr.. Earle is mem Der OF Parlia-
ment tor this district:
VICTORIA. B. c., Aug. 10.
To SIR Richard, Cartw light, Acting Premier,
Ottapa, Ontario: The Deputy Collector will not
permit Canadian vessels to land freight and
passengers at Skaguay Bay, the gateway TO
White Pass three miles from DYea. American
vessels do so. All travel and freight are going
that way. If possible get permission from
the United States Government for Cana
dian vessels to land at Skasuay Bay. 1t is
very urgent that such privilege should be Sc
cured Immediately in theinterest OF Canadian
trade and shipping. T. EARLE.
Tbe following reply is from the Cana
dian Secretary of State:
OTTAWA, Ontario, Aug. 20.
To Thomas Earle, N. p, Victoria, B. c.: Am
advised officially by the Treasury Department
at Washington that all vessels may enter at
Skaguay and American officials have been
wired accor dinghy. B..W. SCOTT.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
Minister Sifton Going.

OTTAWA. ONT, Aug. Cotton. Chf-
ford Sifton, Minister Of the Interior, has
decided to accompany Major Walsh, the
new provincial Governor of the Yukon
district. as far as Taglsr, so that he NAV
be able to see the condition of affairs con-
nected with the transportation of supplies
to the Yukon. The party leaves on the
Victoria Government steamer Quadra on
the 26th inst. for Dyea. The new regis
trar, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Aylmer,
has resigned his position. He will not be
able on account OF his health TO stand the
climate. Mr.. jennings. civil engineer
of Toronto, and surveyor OF the party, will
leave Victoria about September 26. He
will go to survey route for railway on
Canadian soil leading toward the interior.
Jennings is now preparing for the trip.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21

works on the Yukon country, and any in
formation the officials are able to give is
eagerly sought. The terms of twenty men
expire at the same time early next spring.
One of their number on Monday sent
Warden Sage a letter requesting him to
secure statement OF travelling expenses
of party from the prison to the Klon-
dixie. This was given to-day at $3.50. All
were disappointed, as each will have only
$25 in cash when released, but they saw
they Will get there somehow.
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
WALKED OVER FORTUNES.
Hard Luck Story of an Old Yukon
Miner Who Pfosp scted Through
the klondike.

the klOrdike.
JUNEAU, ALASKA, Aug. 12.-Charles
Sperry is an old Yukon miner. He spent
five years in thai frozen country. He has
been up the Yukon past the KlondIke
River, and has actually walked over the
stores OF gold that are now being dug up
by "tenderfeet" in the region around
Dawson City. When he thinks about it
now Sperry does not know whether to
weep or hire somebody to kick him. He
is the most disgusted man in Alaska to-
day. He is now operating a pack train
on the Skaguay trail over the White Pass
He is well known in Juneau and will go
into the klondike again next spring and
try to redeem fortune that was literally
overlook d. His story is an illustration
of the tact, made moe clear in the Klon-
dixie than ever before. that the oldest
prospector will not trouble himself to look
for gold where the greenest novice will
dig and find it.
Three of US prospected below the little
creeks that empty into the Yukon above
Forty Mile and below Fort Ssikirk," said
Sperry. We were in there two seasons.
We found gold on nearly every bar. would
rock a little and then go on up the river.
There is gold in tho4e bars yet do no;
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
HARDsHIPs ENCOUNTERED
Charles S. Whistler Is One of the
klondikers Who Does Not Paint
Very Glowing Picture

Very Glowing Picture.
PORTLAND, On, Aug. 20.-CharIes s.
Whistler of San Francisco, who laid over
"a Seattle since he came down from the
Klondike. ten days ago, is in the city. en-
route for his home. He is one of the few
Klondikers, having come south during
the past six weeks. who does not allege
being the owner of claim worth more
than a million.
II have a little more than cleared nv
Indebtedness in more than two and a half
years at The hardest work in the most Sc
we're climate on earth, +" aid Mr.. Whistler
10 correspondent. But when | square
my debts I'll not have nj ore than $4,000 or
$4,000 left. All this Seattle newspaper talk
OF every second or third man coming from
the klondike this summer bringing from
100000 to 100000 with him is rot The
Seattle papers have run this sensational
stuff to make business for the town, and
in that they have not failed.
"There is no denying the fact that the
K'ondike region is the richest gold field
ever discovered on this earth. Perhaps,
before the close of this century, it may
yield more gold than has been produced
by California up to date; but now it is
scarcely IN the infancy of its DEVELOPMENT.
There are lots of mines to be taken up;
there is ample work for thousands OF men
willing TO abor hard and forego all the
comforts of the commonest civilization at
the highest wages that nave ever been
paid for manual labor in the history OF
the world. B t the ordinary mans i'm
hginatlon is impotent to picture the kind
OF life that will be his until he gets there.
II am going back in the spring to work
my claim. which think is fairly good
one. If / am not mistaken l shall then
take out enough gold before the end OF
the summer to do me and my family the
rest OF our lives. But ;ell you at my
age, 45 years, would not live in Alaska
five years longer il were assured that al
the end of the m | would be a multi mil
lionaire.
Il want 10 tell you something though,
continued Whistler, that may enlist the
attention OF scientists. have partner
in my claim, which is at the base of a huge
mountain, with a fine stream of wafer
c.ose by. When we first began work we
used some dynamite 10 blast the hard
frozen ground. At depth of four feet,
unlike most OF the surrounding ground,
we found no trouble in digging with a
pick and shove. Upon reaching depth
The San Francisco call., 1897-08-21
SOUND CITIES CROWDED
But the Miners VIII Not Start for
Alaskan Gold Fields Until Next
Spring.

But tEe MINERS Will NOT start FOR
Alaskan Gold Fields Until Next
Spring.
The Umatiila arrived from the Sound
yesterday morning with fresh news re.
garding the mining excitement in the
north. officers OF the ship say the excite
ment over mining is very great, though
most of those intending to go will wait
until spring In all the cities of the north.
both in the United States and the British
territory, the streets are thronged with
miners, and in many Of them the Miners
have ad hard time in securing lod gings.
The miners who have made the most
careful study of the situation say they
have no desire 10 go 10 Alaska until
spring, but they want TO be near, so as 10
make start without delay.
The Thomas Dwyer has been made in to
an ark, almost the entire deck space being
inclosed. She came from Portland here
without being inclosed. and there is little
doubt that she will be able to make the
trip to ST. Michael in the same way. She
will be towed up by he Navarro and WI
run up the Yukon to Dawson.
The old coast and geodetic survey
! steamer Hassler has been bought by Ma
gee Bros. Of Portland and will run from
the Sound 10 st. Michael in the spring,
The owners have already sent the stern.
wheeler Eugsnie on the Bristol She will
| connect with the Hassler and run to Daw.
| son. The Bessie K, with the El Sueno on
/ board, will sail for ST. Michael this mo
ing with tuli passenger list.