The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-20

~Ex-DeF@crive Charles Phillips, Of Seat
/ tie IL TOW at Lake Izr1s-mau, having
| gone over the Dyea trail.
Frank Scott, OF snohouisa. has settled
| In Skag1ay for the winter.
George AIlen. OF Snohonfsh. has a tin
! shop al Skazuay, and Is making money.
AS compared with the White pass. they
| Rave been getting over the ChEkoot pass
/ IN gccd numbers. AT Lake Lindermsn,
1 on September 1. there were ies tents. rep
/ resentinz probably 20 people. But il IS
I eniy recently that tsls pass has been trav-
/ e!ed e anY great extent The great rush
has been 20 Skagusy. Those vino now
/ find x lnpossihis 70 get over the White
! pass are too late 70 try the ether. though
/ much CO the travel heretofore has beea
| OF persons who have first tried the Skag-
nay trail
On the Skaguay trail many have given
I'D ~ Despair, and many others are BE-
/ ginning 20 see the hopelessness OF the task
before them. There are very few now
beyond the summit and / do not think
that 70 exceed a dozen more outfits will
get over the trail IN time 10 get down the
river
- & Smith. c. z. CuInsrson and s.
r Jackson. Of Kent. VIII have their out
At az the lake probably by the time this
r. written ]. A Costello and L. c.
Bransons Of Seattle. expect 10 be there By
this time, as DO also l. j. Waller and
Roger ). Greene. jr.. OF Seattle, who have
the last Of their outfit OF 2 so pounds now
landing at the lake.
tiayworth. the real estate man of Sc
attic, hopes to- have his outfit of loo
pounds over in time TO go down the lake
Pete and Pat Boyce. OF Snohonisa
VIII have their outfit Of 2.400 pounds at
Lake Bennett this week
II. c. Petit Of Snohonish. now has
his goods AZ the summit end expects TO
49, - -
The Seattle party composed of A Baker
formerly deputy sheriff: Sam Archer and
Charles kalberg are similarly situated
James Hagan, formerly sheriff Of Sno-
honiish county. and Harvey Horton. also
on snohornish, are at the summit and
hope TO get through The death of Mr.
Van Buren,, who was a member Of their
party, has caused some delay 10 them,
and necesSitated a change Of their plans
but II Is likely that w H Davis OF Sc
attic. formerly OF Everett, will now Join
them.
Lew Garfnkle and Marcus Mayer. Of
Seattle. are still this side OF the summit
and VIII divide their outfit and make an
effort 10 get one of them In. Many are
adopting this plan. and IL seems to be
TIE sensible thing 70 do. or at least would
have been some time ago.
The party OF which Arthur Z. Griffin
and Faicoa Jcsin, OF Seattle. were men,
bers, has been divided. and Grifin and
Josiin expect TO have their outfit at the
le Ike by September 10
Or. Falkner's party, OF Seattle one of
the largest parties 10 undertake the
White pass. Is still this side of the sum
NIT with hardly a possibility of getting
down the river this fan The same Is
true of the Terry Kittiage- party, and al
so Of the party Of which Mr. Young for
merry In the Great Northern city ticket
office at Seattle. Is a member
William II. Hughes and his partner.
Davidson, formerly with Lowman &
Hanford. will not get through. and ex-
pect 10 winter along the trail George
OToole, also from Lowman & Hanford.
hopes TO get through. but the chances
are against him.
Frank Fl. Knapp. the Seattle attorney.
Is at Porcupine hin, and will not get
much further
wv. III. Weldon. of Seattle. manager
of the Arctic Mil Company, has reached
Lake Ltnderman with his saw mill ma
ehinery. going over the Chllkost pass
transporting 1t over has been a difficult
task. although the mashlne-y was knock
ed down In as convenient shape as pos
sibie, the heaviest piece Weighing 30
pounds. The company is a Seattle cor
poration. c. J. Smith s. II Piles. Don
worth & Howe and Charles Watson being
among the stockholders. II was the
q .ginal intention OF the company 10 take
their mill 10 Dawson City but In the light
Of information received since. Mr. Wei
bon thinks IL likely that he will locate Il
on Stewart river.
Among others who have reached the
lakes over chilkoot pass Is the Seattle
party composed Of Matt j. McEIroy. A.
G Crokall, Frank Nixon win Goodrich
and Chester Shaw Another member Of
their party Is Wise Mike a diminutive
trick donkey. which they will take TO
Dawson In their boat. The party headed
by George Foster, of Spokane, and that
composed Of III. G.. Crock and s Bufford
OF Snohomish county. are also ready to
start down the lakes and expect 10 leave
IN their boat about September L.
There are probably upwards OF 1000
people now on their way TO Lake Under
ran on the Chilkoot trail and while
the stand much better chance than the
5000 along the Skaguay trail. II Is not
likely that 20 exceed g per cent. Of that
number Will reach the lakes this fall
After Drawing the terrors Of the noun
tain passes and reaching the lakes nv
either trail. the klondiker is met by two
OF the most serious obstacles of his whole
Journey. First IS the difficulty OF pro-
curing A boat Formerly a boat which
would be worth probably So on Puget
sound could be bought for N25, but the
price has steadily advanced in response
20 demand which II Is impossible 10
supply, until Tow SAGE. 500 and even $500
are offered for a boat and not one man
out Of twenty is able to get one made AT
any price or course most anyone can
make boat il he has the proper tools and
facilities. but the timber IS 20 small ana
hard 20 obtain. that Il takes three men
from week 20 ten DAYS 20 make IL. and
they haven't that much time TO spare
now.
The next obstacle TO BE- met and o,e
which cannot he overcome by any human
ingenuity, is the wind. Il Il irY,DoSsshIe 20
SCI boat across Lake Bennett In the face
~ a north Wind. and as the north wind Is
the prevailing wind AZ this season OF the
year. TIE gold seekers are frequently hung
fsp AZ the head of the lake for days AZ A
time, waiting sor the wind to sAafe. This
was the case from the tih % the Tth OF
this month. whiie was A. the lakes. and
Il wss nor until the Oh that the wind
changed 20 the south.
in short & may - said that. IN the fare
OF Obstacles 70 be met. tho@e who are on
th.s side ~ ttee summit on rhe White pass
VIII ro1 get down the river THIS fan. ara
Ok taose on tire Cnlik0ot trau hardly on.
in teu WI &: 20 leave he lakes
Considering tba number who have an-
3ertaksn 20 make ne trip. and the great
hartishtg,s - he endured tha number -
fatalities, and even The amount 81 serious
illness has been rl8rkably small John
RoTHi-e Of Sesttle dted a. Lake Under
rssn ore day isst week. He was connected
with ERE Royal dairy ia S atfle."
n an earlier Iesser. unfer date - Seu-
tsHtser s. CORE sFe3u}eut AZ linden, ~ (
writes = che Humes-f.y->ons party as fol-
lows
'.Fellovsnr the launching ~ ,he posi- /
lH,eltgcnrcr et Lake Lsnde-rar last 1