The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-13
'|)A AND ITS PEOPLE.
rAnaE INFORMATION Fer
.ew WHO GO IN THE SPRING.
ss TIE Developed Clafms On the
SEVERAL Creeks Have PanneA O1A
- Famous Eldorado and Be-
.eass-Kncian River promises.
Il. =. -Tntell.geneer Alaska News
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Is; =. os.-Tntell:geneer Alaska News
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.wanN CITY. " W. T.. Sept. o.
s ~ q - AZ Dawson City was originally
1870 by jos La Due and Harper. as
sst. The latter IL q trader and owns
1870 storss IN tns Northwest. They
81. - ffrst TO get ''tip" ef the great
-. e,d lost 10 tiu.s In securing 15a acres
y - A. a toynsste for It's an acre.
9 8. ssr1;s1 feet are now selling for amounts
- as.sr~ from s., 90 TO slses1. and an or
=. - hui;dieg lot on the edge Of town al
- - 80 az The mountain IL sold fos s25o
- rrrards. Last year logs sold for 81. ~
49, and now they command 81 and g.
- II the buildings are constructed Of
g. shevn on three sides and soiidiy
szs.kea with heavy moss. The roofs are
-. -. a poles. on which a layer Of moss
- n Eaeiaes thick is laid and then a
s.~., a. dirt about twelve inches deep
..sres 10 keep out the cold. II green logs
81 49, snat are not properly dried are used
80 crack and make reports not unlike
As.s.I sfof when the heavy frosts come.
n ~ the renal Ter OF the winter frost
3. - xnulsfe on the inside the cabin
- 4 4. impossible 10 get enough heat out
8 - ssoves 10 thaw the ice. Heavy en-
s..rmsu.s of earth piled UP against the
~ an the outside serve as additional
Z s-...ssiar ara lst the chilling blasts of the
100 v1..ter gales. A few saloons are
"a a. isrr Der With double walls. between
LA ~aw1us. and moss are tightly
..sssd but old Yukoners tell me that such
E~ss,rr. ed buildings are Inadequate
1870. the severe cold weather.
shcus n Log eabss,S and some 800 or 500
e. ccnstisute the improvements OF Daw-
q fsty. The buildings are on the streets
a vide avenue separatss the city from
4. r.yer bank The two commercial COM
.srges have built fine, large two-story
1890 and warehouses. The improve
.sr.s made by the Alaska Commercial
rsnpssy must have cost nearly sieessS anf
800 ~ he North American Trading &
<s,.r.aortstion Company were not much
=. srpenstve. To bald the commonest
"a "A lag cabin isxa4 feet costs from
s a IL 1900 anf the buildings erected by
: IS farmer company cover an entire block
a 8. al TIE mos. substantial character
-, Nancy and labor car build.
y,snf street il the principal thoroughfare
"a 4 the locality where nearly all OF the
s.ssrsxs is transacted and Is on the east
"a. facing the river. The street Is full or
ssrn fsmbers and chips. and carpenters are
,a,atnx from early dawn till late at night
s,srs,nr cabins TO accomm odate the de-
xseds az the trade. Mechanics are paid an
s.srrs xnr nine hours work and many OF
sssra are earning from so to So a day. In
,sssssr month the river viii probably
tsszt navigation will cease and cold
ss.,Aer vii. be in order until the middle
= rert MAY. Consequently all buildings
ans, be finished by the middle OF October
sud on account OF the great demand Tor
,ahsns. oarnenters are practically naming
,Assr own wages The streets are FUN OF
5tsuts. bus the Canadian officials are com
ssllIrz builders TO erect cabins on the lines
q tleir property. and In short time pdw-
40 City viii bear the resemblance OF a
Vel laid out frontier town. Aside from the
txa s..res. three or four barber shops,
haY dor3n Iaundries. five or six restaur-
III. 4 secondhand store or two. two saw
rms three butcher shops. two 5eweiry
sscfss dozen physicians and dentists a
svauiS AZ real estate offices, the principal
hasineno engaged In ia the sale OF intok-
.rsnfs. Compared with prices In the states
IN charges al first glance seem exoroif-
aas. but when the prevailing rate OF wages
Il from SO 10 SIS day Is taken Into con-
ssdefstion the charges appear reasonable
Neat II sold for Is cents pound, and at
ere tine during the summer ice sold Tor
ha d pound Some enterprfsing fellows
went down the river a short distance ana
fsand a small glacier. and realized neat
sim m selling ice TO the saloons. The
ksadr!es charge SIS for washing and
iuslnk white shirt. and . cents piece
for hannsls. Shaving Is 50 cents and
hair cut Is 81. rseaves Of bread. and small
caes al that. find ready sale At 20 cents.
Great Place for Dogs.
( II s my honest conviction that no COM
naHify or mining camp of this size ever
had 30 many dogs. 1t Is estimated that
fsfre are nearly 800 Of the animals In
Dawson City. and as many more In the
Mines The most Of them are fine appear
Es fellows, and I'm the cold season net
'selT owners handsome Profits BY hauling
ssas heavily laden With supplies 10 the adj
aeehs mining camps, In town they travel
e oomaaries ranging fro~1 ten 70 twenty
hs&a' and the moment they catch sight
= another dog away from his company.
~ PACK Will give chase, and II caught.
xhaie The ife out Of the ,.nfortunata
saN hsnts are SO common as not 10 at
asss passing glance Thieves These
s.ss are capable Of convincing the
80 skilled professional petit iarcen st
sasi ne docs not understand the rat rulf-
a.als OF TIE profession. They viii lay
- s1 "a ih sight OF 4 cabin for hours. wait
SGT the ow~ca 30 denart and then