The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-11-09

at most. aud practically August is the oniy
Iuontl ia which prospecting can De done
witt anything ike comfort and rapidly.
IuI.'t worry about the gold. It's here.
Don't be ia a hurry! There Will tie IN
| abundance of it left for many years Tie
nv..r VINO wait patiently To equip them
| se!vc. So as To live at the best Ia this 'er
ribly trying climate, who take sufficient
cIcthing and bedding and provisions. AMI
WIZ patiently take enough time to nave
| their supplies properly handled 50 mat
they may be in good condition when they
| finally reach their destination, are the men
t'wh) VIII succeed in Alaska.
The race here will not be to the SPEEDY
ones. the rash ones. who rush away from
/ civilization, with scarcely thought OF
preparation, but To those who cautiously
arrange for those wants and comforts pecu-
na- To- each person wherever situared, and
| wa VIII thus he aide to make home
! wherever they go. These will have the
| rowc- and facilities for concentrating their
efforts upon the one project of getting gold,
! and even if success does not come at once
I they can wait and compel it.
Thuse who rush into the country with
! out proper prepa ration must devote most
W tHtl'- IL tCi al " ctt stAb
| sistence. and tor many years that viii lie
| the vita question in Alaska. Pack trains
| and river steamers can never supply the
demand of the i-nPrOvident. That is 10
| he the drawback in Alaska. II can never
| be- country for railroad operation, nor
| can large supplies be raised On account Of
/ tie shOi tness of the growing season. All
supplies must, in the main, he packed r
matter how. much the service MAJ be- n
creased. 1t VIII always fall far behind the
demand rs long as there is new ground -
Feep up the excitement and consequent
influx OF new people.
The increase i'll population. So bong as
the gold excitement lasts, VIII rrOtab bly, be
just as far ahe3C OF the mea rs OF supplyas
it has been this summer, and Consequently
only these who 20 thoroughly prepared
ann wholly independent of the trading
posts will he ready to withstand discourag-
ment and the loss OF time 50 inevitable in
this country
Before our embarkation for Fort Yukon
the situation in Dawson had changed io-
the better as regards supplies. Two hun
dred beeves had arrived over the trail, aI.c
1T was reported that 500 mutton carcasses
wereoa the way along theriver. The Stick
Indian who brought in this last item CT
news is nntCrioUsly unreliable, which makes
the prospect doubtful, but nevertheless the
report had a wonderfully frightening ef-
feet on the community, for that much fresh
meat, together with the salt and canned
meatsOn haHd, would go a long way to help
out the city's larder.
1t must not be denied that there exists
the grayest danger at DAVIS son of intense
suffering for lack of food, and if the river
freezes soon, as there is every prospect
that it wiz, that only comparatively
few can get down the stream, nothing
short of n miracle will prevent the kind of
of trouble which makes men forget that
they are other than beasts in their fight for
life.
the people "outside" can hardly realize
whattt allmeans, and perhaps before more
news can go ont the calamity win have &C.
CURED. Every argument, every influence
should beused, and by all possiblemeans the
Government should be induced to act. and
act quickly, before il is too late. 1t will
take months. even after the work has be
gun, before supplies can be gotten into the
Klon,like, and every days delay means loss
of life and incaculahle suffering.
A word as to the houses in Fort Yukon
They are sQuatty log affairs about 20 feet
long and 2U feet wide, each with low, flat
roofs mace Of poles and moss ami a thick
layer OF dirt ON top of all.
The .faTnily plumber that is usually
relcgated to the attic In civilized coun