Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-08-30
FEARS OF A FAMINE.
Impossible to Got Sufficient Food 10
Support KlondIks's Population.
MILLIONS /, GOLD IN SIGHT.
Hut the Rush his s,asen Will Iur-
nl,h Many Victims to CANT
Starvation.

FAN tRANClbUO, Aug. CIV. A.
RYAN, one OF the special correspondents
of the Associated Press now en- route
to the Kiond.ke gold fls,ds, writes
from 81. Miohaels island, A sska, under
date of August Is. He say:
Nearly 800 impatient gold seekers
are fretting here In enforced idlsness,
awaiting ihr arrival of Yukon steamers
TO transport them to the upper river,
Dawson aud the diggings nt the Klon-
dixie. Or this number 100 c-mo on the
s,eam.hip Portland, and lib on the
Excelsior. There seems to be little
hone for SPEEDY tfDusier as the p.
r. Wssre OF the North Americsu
Trading aud Tfansp0T alton company
IL now more than u week overdue, anu
,ucu wiDustoi ms are prev iilirg TINT
ms company. new 8 eanier, Chsrlet
II. HamiltoD, cannot possibly venture
out. For two days she lay upon tn,
rocks threatened with destruction,
pnd was only got out OF danger
waterway. Two daye after she wac
Luscf ed she was blown ashore. The
damage TO her hull will postpone her
departure Tor nearly week. The nigh
winds Will niso prevent the Portland
from unloading or transferring her
p5s.enRers.
The passengers OF the steamship Elk.
uelsiOr are compelled 10 remain aboard
the vessel until the ARRIVAL OF the
sieam.rs Alice and Bella, due about
IN, 10Th inst. The waiting passe ngeIs
hsvs this thought to beguile them,
tnst there 10 grave uanRer OF famine
On the kJouuiks. According to all
reports from the upper country, 1t viii
he impossible to Isnu sufli cent food at
Dawson 10 support tue population al.
ready dependent on that base u rup-
plies.
During the voyage OF the steamship
Excelsior to this port, an assoeistio
Tor mutual btneflt anu Advsu tsge was
formed u the pues engers. Upon the
arrival at 81. MichRsls, reports were
80 diecoufaRin Ing as to food supply that b
special meeting OF the assoc, ation was
held and committee appointed to
wait upon the Alaska Commercial
company anu demand that each pa
seuger be all wed to purchased years
supply OF iood ct this plaue, and thar
transportation be furnished for the
same. The managers are at Present at
Dawson, snu are not exI euted bach
before the latter part Of this month.
II. I. Lyug, local agent Tor the COM
pspy, declares that there will be II
scarcity OF provision al Dawson. 40.
cordipv TO his official advlces there att
from 1000 10 8.OU0 idie men In Daw.
son, anu new parties arriving ever,
day by way OF Chilkoot PASS. he
teys that the total amount OF freight
landed In Dawson tots year Will not
nf M IA trl. n mi
only 1900 Will be PROVISIONS.
Miners returning from the upper
country who left the Kloniike Ia The
middle OF July say tuat provsnder
wBe already running very low, ana
that it went out OF the warehouse JUS
about as fast rs 1t WAS put in of the
steamers.
They say that the old-,imers realize
the situation and that the cow river
boats will bs crowded with men eager
to get to some place to winter. Dls-
tress and death are predicted by them
as q result OF the KlonGike orszs.
Willism OSiivle, dominion land
surveyor, has made census OF the
production OF tue new fieIda and finds
that twenty-three lclaims produced
1913, 900, and Gays that $4,000, 900 is no
exaggerated estimate OF the amount
tnat will be produced by the $50 claims
On Bonsnza, Hunker and HI Dorado
III three yesrs.
No new discoveries are reported
from the upper country. Tbs hill
elder soutting on the richest clsime
on Bouar "a and Ell Dorado have been
s'sked cfi and several quarts claims
have been filed upon them in the
same vicinity. The rock taken cut
OF the quarlz claims 10 rich, but the
hillside claims are not showing up
much. Dominion creek, a tributary 10
InVian river, has been staked Of Tor 3
cistapcs OF twenty-five miles. Tn.
commoH report among returning
rinefs 10 that there IL nothing tn the
country now worth having that has
not been staked of, anu that the own.
ers Will refuse fabulous prices for their
claims.
WARNING OF DANGER.
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 29.-H. A.
Stanley, VINO went to st. Michaeis for
the Associated Press, returned to this
city Oh the steamer Portland. He says:
~ have besn seven weeks at the
mouth OF the Yukon, at 81. Michaels,
where l saw nearly all the miners
coming out and interviewed them. AS
result, 1 feel II my DUTY TO advise
everybody to stay cut until next
spring. Wild, aud In many cases, ex.
nggerAted repCr,s have been circulated
since the first discoveries wers made.
The etrike, however, wac, aud IL, one
fthe greatest, ~ not the greatest in
the WORLDS history. Probably $1,000
600 WIS clssuei up this tprius, anu
next spring look ior from $1,000, 900
to $7,000,000.
"ths fields have hardly opened up
as yet. but those going In now must
bear in mind that everything In that
region WAS staked long before any
reports reached tho outer world, anu
that those going In now must prospect
for themselves or work Tor the owners.
No new strike HAD been repootrd up
TO the time Of my leaving, aud an
other may nc, be made for ive years,
although Alaska is an enoTm u
country anu will yet, believe, pro.
Guee more gold than we dream OF. Hut
II lie also In many why's . BLEAK, barTep,
desolste c1uDtry--a country incapable
OF supporting any great amount OF
animal HE, ana q cjuntty OF such
rigorous climate, both winter snG
summer, that none but the most hardy
can possibly i've In H. Even they
must have an abundance Ui fooi an