The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1897-12-29
NO STARVATION LIKELY
People Fresh From Dawson Say
There's Nothing to the Scare.
FOOD ENOUGH TO LAST
The Only Scarcity Is in Oil and Candles.
The Government Relief Expedition
Declared Unnecessary-Burn-
ing of Church.

Seattle, Wash, Dec 2S-There will be
no starvation at Dawson City this win
ter and the sending of a relief expedi-
ton by the United States government
is unnecessary. This is the unanimous
expression of 80 persons who arrived
here to-day from Dawson on the steam
er Al-ki. They came TO Dyea, where
they took the steamer in different par
ties. The last party to leave Dawson
left Nov. %. All of them came up the
frozen Yukon and out over the Chlcoot
: pass. Those coming out we've: w. w.
Cleveland. L. w. Fox, W. E. Knowles,
5. @. Conman, c. Dugan, b. Murnin, j.
J. Mckay and his wife. Dan Egan. w.
A. Keistling. b. Anderson, A. He'd
strom, w. Falker. j. ID. Barnes. IL.
: Dobson, George Monroe, s. w Foote,
W. ]. Christie, NJ. b. Crane. c. j. Chris
tiansen. L. L. Remand. c. Z. Phillips T.
y II. Mallory. Con O'Brien, l.. D. Bar
rmgton. James Heating, A. l.. Cheney,
Ii. G. krock, +. A. Lather and j. Dob
binsky. The last to leave Dawson were
Dan Egan and w. A. keistling They
made the trip from Dawson to Dyea in
the remarkably quick time Of 23Ia days
j. ]. Mckay and wife made the trip in
rs days. They passed about 200 peo-
Z pie on the trail Who were headed for
civilization.
n Concerning the food situation at Daw-
son, all say that there is more alarm
felt over the situation outside than is
felt by the people of Dawson. who,
while they have no large surplus, have
sufficient supplies 10 last them until
late in the spring. Whatever danger of
starvation existed has been averted by
the exodus of a large number of peo-
pie from Dawson to Fort Yukon and
the departure of a great many people
up the river to the coast.
As has been reported the most serious
shortage is in candles and oil This
VIII reduce the output OF the mines as
an absence of artificial light will pre-
vent their being worked To their full
capacity.
Edward Conrad, when asked If there
is danger OF starvation at Dawson, re-
piled emphatically: No sir there IS
not a great supply of food, but there
will be no starvation
z When asked for an opinion upon the
government relief expedition. he said.
1t is a humbug and 1 doubt if it can
get down to Dawson before the ice
breaks. The men who came out and
say that starvation turks there are men |
who were only there few weeks, got
discouraged and homesick and cry star |
walton as an excuse for coming OUT
Conrads statements so far as they re-
late to the improbability of starvation |
We're endorsed by all the other arrivals |
seen.
But they qualified their statements by
the assertion that the present supply of
provisions would be exhausted by
spring.
E. harrington said: There is no need
of anyone worrying over their friends
starving. OF course provisions are not
plenty and supplies should be taken
In in the spring, at which time all the
provisions in the country will be eX-
n ANFN.afa lFttl g.Fs IL.
claims, Mr.. harrington said: For some
time before i left, the commissioner
office was unable TO accommodate the
miners. The men stood in line for days
with the mercury at 40 below zero in
order to file. The biggest sensation in
the way of strike was, No. IS on Hun
ker. 1t paid $45 TO the pan. II il had
not been for the exodus to Fort Yukon
100 claims would have been worked on
Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker creeks
this winter
>. W. Foote said great many peo-
pie went past Dawson in boats with the
boating ice, unable to make "A landing
Many people are living in tents al j,
Dawson, though the temperature is :
away below zero. Good strikes have .
been MADE on Lucky creek, a tributary ,,
II All Gold. Sulphur creek is also turn
ng out nne On the way out we en-
,ountered good weather nearly all the
ime. We left Dawson Nov. 81 Part
II the way we threw off our coats and ,
vent in our shirt sleeves and bare ,
lands II was only 10 below zero then }
At the Chilcoot summit we encountered !
fearful snow storm and Were lost for !
! time. 1t lasted all the way from the ;
lead of Linderman to the summit. one
nan went ahead with stick poISing i
{ into the snow TO find the hard path
o walk on.
Beef and mutton at Dawson is being
oid at ii 10 $3.50 per pound. Nothing in +
ne food line can be obtained from the a
ompanies without an order. Flour was q
cling from outfits at $100 per sack. 4
Fhile bacon and beans brought 81 to n
lzo per pound. There was plenty of h
ug ar at 80 cents per pound The r
ialms are all taken TO within radius I
40 to so miles of Dawson
j. ID. Barnes stated that the Alaska
commercial company and the North
american Transportation e Trading n
ompany have declined to receive any e
1ore gold for safe keeping for the min s
re-, as their safes are full n
T. II. Mallory believes the OUTPUT next =
eason will be between S15.0oo.no0 and 4
=, QUO. Ooo. ]. J. Mackay estimates 1t at 3
], 200, 900. :
On Nov 20 the English church. known
the "hlondyke,4 was destroyed bv
re- Two or three adjoining cabins
ere also burned. All the creeks in the a
>londyke district are reported as turn
lg out well. About 300 men are eamped
[ the mouth of Stewart river. which I,
.ream they will prospect this winter Il
70 new gold discoveries are reported !.
The amount Of gold brought out from !,
lawson by those who arrived TODAY is u
itimated all the way from 10000 Ia q
90. 600. Nearly all of to-day's arrivals
III return early in the spring after pur e;
laslng new lot Of supplies. T
Canada is willing -
w asnlngton, Dec. 2s.-Canadian Min 90
ter of the n GiFt1v ,ra