Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1897-07-30

large enough outfits they will be all
right. If not, and they run short, it
Will tax the stores now in the country
to supply their necessities before the
opening of next season. We are now
advising people to wait until next
spring. But it is impossible to stem
the tide with advice, no matter how
good and we'll meant"
The latest of the Klondyke trans
portation schemes is being engineered
by Capt. Herman, of the firm of
HERMAN & Mills, OF San Francisco.
He has been approached by a number
OF persons anxious to 60 klondyke-
ward, and in response to requests has
mapped out plan for reaching the
diggings by the middle of September.
He will charter large sailing vessel
The party consists OF sixty men, each
OF whom will take one ton of pro-
visions. No one will be permitted to
60 unless he takes this quantity.
Each one will be charged 1925 for the
trip, and Captain HERMAN thinks
that for this sum he can land them in
Dawson City before September 20.
The ship will carry large lighter and
steam launch, which will be used to
tow the lighter. Captain Herman
will return to San Francisco in the
vessel and the party will be conducted
to their journeys end by an agent of
the firm who is thoroughly familiar
with the river.
Wilbur Cornell, a pioneer news
paper man of Oregon, who has been
on the upper Yukon the past five
years, writes the Spokane Repiew:
"The prospect of hunger and starva-
ton is appalling. 1t is impossible to
take sufficient provisions in there to
supply the winter wants of large
number of miners and adventures.
There are few boats on the Yukon
sufficient only to take care of the
normal demands c. the sparse popula-
ton; and the overland route by way
of Dyea is exceedingly laborious and
restricted. Even if one were provi-
dent, and should take in sufficient
supplies for his own requirements, he
would have no assurance of being able
to hold his own provisions. AS long
as there was food in the camp it
would have to go to hungry and starv-
ing men. Communities menaced
with great danger make their own
laws, and the supplies OF the provi-
dent would be seized by the IMPROVE
dent. The stories of rich placers
which drift out from Klondyke are
enticing, but before another year has
passed, many an adventurous gold
hunter will wish himself back with
the comforts of civilization"
L. NJ. Turner who has spent eleven
years in Alaska and the Arctic regions
in the employ OF the government, gave
some information and advice that in
tending prospectors might do we'll to
heed. He said: at is about time to
call a halt on this mad rush to the
Klondyke gold fields. Hundreds of
men are going as far as they cali, rely
ing on others to help them. That
help will be meager enough, and
scores will certainly endure hardships
that death alone will relieve. The
transportation companies cannot pos
sibly accommodate the number going
by way of st. Michaels. The small
river steamers will not afford room for
one-third the number going by that
route. The provisions will have to be
furnished by the transportation COM
panies, and two-thirds of the pas
sengers will board at st. Michaels or
along the Yukon, and they will not
see Dawson City until next spring.
Many of those who go by way of Dyea
will be compelled to winter at the
headwaters of the Yukon. The spring
is far the better time to make the
journey, with the crust on the snow,
and frightening days, while now
swamps, hills and rough roads, with
increasing cold and liability of frozen
streams for the later ones, will be
matters to convince those who will
not heed until brought face to face
with these obstacles. No person
should 60 there with less than Al to
ST pound of provisions for each day he
expects to remain in the country.
The actual supply for each person
should amount to fully 1000 pounds.
Highly carbonaceous food should
predominant. Stimulants of alcoholic
character should be avoided. One
pound of tea is equal to seven pounds
of coffee for drinking purposes.
Abundance of cranberries may be pro-
cured, put in water and allowed to
freeze. A chunk can be broken off
and cooked. Bluebersies are also
Abundant