Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-09-10
..,4 Of a Klondiker'

u .,ro Indians, the othei e's ~
win WV wing along the trail tor
t,ns with these Indians | lett
giles saturday evening and kept
DyeA .ss two THE ones all the
VIII ~ had no trouble as l saw
ans. having. l treated each
0'o r with consideration and
ina ad that courtesy counts with
O, ,.s;ns as with white people
ls re- ,.d;ans carried from I 50 down
| p4oor So ,., hro,cht about
49, oouuds, and you folks who
' 'bs to freight tariffs in the states
w, figure it up and stop kicking
r w., IS not one-third of our freight
'a,a, for three persons.
p,;c,s have been going up so
IN, that | have no idea what
~, ~, remainder will cost. Here is
.,o,her illustration of the law OF
supply, .,, and demand. When left
n nv, boats were being sold here
ID at Lake Bennett tor 500,
large enough for our party: Now
III 90 out and offer $500 for the
came boat, am treated as though
usre pauper and asked some
thing preposterous. As good a
hoat | bought in Portland, had 1t
mode TO order, knocked down and
da,ed out, with screws and bolts
complete, for SIS, and the demand
g, heats that day was very heavy.
I am looking up the rafting pro-
oosition and as soon as DR.. Beatie
and Jim Jackson arrive with the
remainder of the outfit, we will
start on a raft, unless | can secure
aboat in the meantime.
It approaches the time after
which 1t would not be safe to start
on a raft, and it is not SO long be-
fore even good boat will not take
one there soon enough. No one
here who has not secured a boat
has any assurance of going any
further this winter. 1t is not a
question Of prices alone, but physi-
cal impossibility for the people to
be moved over the line. They
come streaming along, each hour
increasing the number and the de-
mand for everything purchasable,
and prices mount skyward like
Fourth Of July rockets. Only the
rapfdity with which those rockets
go upward is but a faint suggestion
Of the teri fc speed attained in
prices.
A man came into camp last eve
ming and offered s. for meal,
anything i'll The shape Of grub. He
could hnd no one to furnish it.
offered $50 for a whipsaw.
There was no price would take it.
Our boat at Lake Linderman
will cost us at least 500, our duty
about $I25 to 1 so, our Indian pack
ing SIo2S, making about $I25o or
$500 just to take our $500 pounds
from here past Lake Tagish, where
the Canadian custom house official
is Stationed. The average duty is
Is per cent and all stuff not in use
SIX month is taxed.
The weather here and all along
from Dyea is hot in the daytime,
comfortable at night, and morning
and evenings. 1t never is very
aark, aud last evening. by MOON
hgnt we sat out of doors and read
newspaper print, nonpareil solid.
Perpetual SHOWS are all around
'nis lake, so that when the winds
dow the temperature is delight
July cool and invigorating. But,
WIN no wind and with clear sky,
Il is hotter in the daytime thai
any variety of climate ever heard
'ue theologians quarrel about.
LUIS camp presents an interest
'"g appearance. On all sides one
may see workmen building boais
ano scows and every available tool
aefe Is Is use. To get out lumber
W q boat 1t is necessary to go up