Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-09-17

OF his death, and no one knows what be-
came of it.
The whisky traffic into the gold re-
gions has assumed enormous propor-
tions. One boat on the river, having
more cargo than she could carry ND. de-
stroyed portion of the provisions
aboard in order to take on a larger shin
ment of whisky. AS an inducement it is
said the company was paid an enormous
rate for the transportation of the
liquor. Several instances are related of
people going up the river who have sold
or left behind them provisions for the
sake of taking liquor, which sells at an
exorbitant price in the mining region.
Captain Hall of the Cleveland is most
emphatic in his statement that intense
suffering will result at Dawson City and
vicinity this winter on account of the
scarcity of provisions. Half dozen
newspapermen paid 800 extra and went
up ON the Hamilton.
Captain Hall thinks the Portland on
her next trip will bring down a million
dollars.
Charles Engle of New York city, who
has been in the Yukon for three years,
came out with his wife and four children.
He sold out his interests there and prac-
tically fled for fear of starvation.
Another of the Clevelands passengers
was Hans Anderson of Tacoma. He has
been in the country only since last
spring, but will return next year with
sufficient food to last for three years. An
derson brings with him about $1,000 in
gold dust and nuggets.
+. r. Churchill of the provincial
mounted police, stationed at Dawson
City, who came down on the Cleveland
is interested in some valuable mining
property on Bonanza creek, and is re.
turning for the purpose of purchasing
supplies for the development of his claim
There are only three hotels in Daw
son City, and meals, consisting of bread
coffee and baked beans, cost $l.50, which
is considered cheap. Lumber costs $l5(
per 1000 feet, and is hard to get.
Among the passengers on the Cleveland
was Charles Ross, whose home is in tn,
Northwest territory. Ross accompanied
the first detachment of mounted polio,
into the Yukon country and has beel
there ever since.
| Ross believes that the American sid
of the line offers the best inducement
to miners. He visited Forty Mile creek
and the camps on the tributaries, an
found them practically deserted, every
body having gone in the rush to tn
Klondike, abandoning claims from whic
good pay could be realized.
Albert Bryan of Seattle, an electrician
who had been working at st. Michael'
returned on the steamer Cleveland. Bry
an said in an interview:
"The river steamer Hamilton, upo
which we were working, started up tn
river on the 10th. About go of the pa
sengers on the Cleveland and Excelsio
on the up trip pooled their fortune
bought the river steamer st. Michael
and barge, for $4,000, and started u
the river. Each of the 60 men took loo
pounds of provisions and tools. ?.
Richardson's steamer, which Capital
Worth is to take up, was about read
to start up the river when we left. 81
had full cargo and could have an
number of passengers, for there we
many there who could not secure al
transportation.
every one who came out that l sa
reported that prices at Dawson City a
away up, and in fact no supplies CO
be bought at any price"