The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-09-16

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bath house built on scow il the riv-
or; Apple has started in business;
McCulloch, formerly Of Writ & Nc
Cullouch, has saloon, drinks sell for
Soc. Meals sell for $1.50, shave Soc,
bath $1.5O. Bartenders get $500 9
month. Wages are SIS per day. I
am doing we'll painting signs; have
bought q lot, built cabin, and own a
half interest in q claim, out of which
I expect to make raise this winter.
Tell Crews that Pound has at last got
into good location on Bonanza Creek.
All the Juneau boys are doing well; in
fact, one would imagine he was in Ju-
neau, by the number Of familiar faces
he sees.
Tell Rice his men are here at last
and putting up the brewery. If they
had been here six weeks ago he could
have cleared $1,000 per day, the
weather has been intensely hot and
beer would have sold better than any
thing else, every one Graves for it.
They will make it all right now. He
tells me he has not enough malt and
wants Rice to bring in malt with him
if he comes. In the restaurant eggs
bring 81 each, all other food articles
are cheap and one is foolish to bring
them in from the outside. Cigars
are alright. WhiskeJ sells for $40
per gallon, plenty here. A funny
thing occurred last night. A fellow
out with his girl and they we're eating
at different tables in the restaurant.
She told the waiter she wanted two
eggs for her breakfast. He overheard
it and bought all the eggs in town,
four cases, at ST. an egg.
Since we commenced to describe
Skagway and the conditions of life
there, the population has been aug
mented by at least 1,50O souls, and
live stock in proportion. The Villa
mette with her 1000 passengers did
not arrive until we had gone to press
last week and since that time several
other boats have added to the mass of
humanity congregated at this point.
Such sight as that provided at the
head of Lynn canal has never before
been witnessed in our time. Reflect
a moment upon what is taking place.
For weeks past, Alaska has been the
topic of conversation throughout the
world. From the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, from Winnipeg to New Orleans
and even throughout England and the
Continent, the absorbing subject has
been the gold fields of the Klondike.
The arrival of the Portland and Ex-
celsior with a portion of the gold
mined last winter, famed into blaze,
the slumbering interest which existed
with respect to Alaska, and when the
rush once commenced it was very
few weeks before it developed into a
veritable stampede until the trans
portation facilities of the Pacific coast
were altogether inadequate to cope
with the volume of traffic which was
presented. Where does it lead? What
is the objective point? The head Of
Lynn Canal 100 miles north of Ju-
neau, either at Dyea or Skagway; here
the travel at salt water ends. The
numberless avenues and arteries of
travel through the United States all
converge at Lynn Canal. This vast
traffic this dense crowd of people
this mass of gold seekers, all come to-
gether at quiet, picturesque and
peaceful bay Nesting at the foot of
frowning mountains. This is the long
looked-for goal to which thousands
have been looking for months. 1t is
true that the difficulties of the journey
have not commenced, but that makes
no difference; one stage of the long
trip to the gold fields may be said tc
have been accomplished when the salt
water journey is ended.
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