Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07

school of this character in Alaska and our
headquarters will be at ST. Michaels. We
shall open school for white children ex-
clusively, and the white children from 9th
er missions will be brought to our school,
for the purpose is to separate all the
whites from the Indians. I have had a
great deal of experience in teaching, though
not. among Alaskans, but children are
about the same the world over. Where ]
taught last year we had / 200 children in
the parochial school. My companion does
not speak very much English. as she is
French. While I am Irish, speak French,
and we get along all right.
Not After Gold.
I'VE do not expect to find any gold mug
gets there, but we hope to win some souls
to Christian life and do some good to our
fellow beings. wrote to the mother pro-
vincial that we were glad to come into the
country and be of whatever service we
could to the cause. From what I hear, 1
believe the Jesuits will soon seek aid for
the establishment of proper hospitals in
the Klondike country. There is consider
able sickness up there and there are many
accidents among the miners. 1t is probable
that sisters from the far north will come
to the klondike hospitals because, as they
are Injured to the climate, they can do the
work with far less risk than would be in
Cured by sisters coming from a temperate
region. You may feel sure that as soon rs
there is need of extra hospital facilities,
some of the Catholic orders will be on the
ground and establish what is needed.
I'VE have made ample provision in ad-
vance for the clothing and other supplies
we vii! need temporarily in the new field
OF work. AS our people have had many
years OF experience up that way. we were
there is fine field for usefulness up there,
and We were curious to see the country
also You see, no one in our position is
forced to go to any such service. Such
matters are always left to choice"
Information. of Interest.
A transportation company Is sending out
circulars containing some information OF
interest to persons who think Of venturing
into the gold fields. Among ctner details Is
the following:
'"ro begin with, the Yukon country will
never be anything but a mining one. 1t is
a country of great mineral wealth, very
extensive, and the nature of the country
is such that 1t will take centuries to ex-
haust it. There is a large area of country
yet unexplored Interior transportation is
difficult. Cost of living necessarily quite
high; yet, compared with. the opening OF
other new countries. very moderate.
'The country is healthy, climate warm
during the summer the days are long and
quite dry, during the winter the days are
short and very cold.
1.-THE ground is frozen to a great depth,
prospecting and mining necessarily slow
anu heretofore the season IN
which active work could be done was only
about four months, but during the last two
years new method called burning has
been tried with great success. By means
of fires and tunnels. work is prosecuted
during the long winter. and the pay dirt
taken out and laid on the bank, all ready
for the sluice box when the water runs
during the short summer months. This en-
ables the miners to work the year around
to very good advantage and much to
their gain. The opportunities for good,
practical miners in the interior of Alaska
are considered good, compared with other