Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-09-17
DAWSON LUXURIES.
Some Pianos, a Few Pictures, "a Little
Champagne and Fine Bars

! Allci tndl III i pretty ndIu 10 lclI now
many there were. Ii was practically
/ deserted in short time. All the
things they had there, pi amos, pictures,
etc, were taken up the river this
spring in the a. c. T. company's boats.
/ They have all kinds of pictures there,
oil. water color, etc. The saloon peo-
pie have them mostly.
They have nicer bars there than We
have here. One of the bars there cost
$3.50 right in San Francisco. 1t be-
longs to Leach ~ Ashley. Joseph
Cooper has bar bought in San Fran
cisco last spring which cost about the
same, 500. 1t Is a fine thing with
mirrors and everything.
| bought of a fellow there in San
Francisco two years ago last winter %
or 30 pictures. They were water col
ors. One of them took first prize at
the mld-winter fair at San Francisco.
II was landscape. ! don't know the
painters name. don't know who
painted any of the pictures.
The dance hall was owned by Harry
Ash. 1t is 40xS0. a frame building
covered with white drilling They
have al orchestr. at the dance hall. |
never was in it myself. but have heard
the music. should think there were
"a horn, piano, violin, etc. There may
be fifteen or twenty women there
There is no admission fee. You just
60 in and dance and patronize the es.
adjustment. Everything is 80 cents a
drink.
They don't keep champagne in the
saloons and dance halls, only at the
trading posts The women get a per-
centage of the receipts for dancing
with the miners. Frequently when the
miners feel flush they give the women
nuggets.
When | left Dawson there were ten
saloons and only three restaurants.
One restaurant belonged to barber,
one TO an Italian whose name don't
recOllect, and one TO an ironmonger.
They charge $50 for meal which
consists of bacon, beans, bread, coffee,
a piece of cheese and dried fruit. The
restaurants were well patronized. They
sold everything they could rake or
scrare.
The trouble was they couldn't get
enough supplies to satisfy the demand
for meals Bacon was 81 pound
eggs were as high as s. a dozen in the
winter. a man could get just what he
had mind to ask for his outfit when
he came up IN the spring.
There was trouble in getting help to
do anything there. You got a man
and kept him a day or two and he
would get the general excitement and
of he would 90.
The A. c. +. company and n. A. T.
company both made two trips with
their boats there. They each keep gen
eral stores. Flour is $12 a hundred
pounds; sugar 20 to 25 cents, 20 cents
for brown and % cents for graduated;
rice is 20 cents pound; oatmeal %
cents condensed milk 60 cents can;
butter S2.5 a roll; beans 12I cents
salt Is cents. dried fruit % TO 80 cents;
apricots 30 cents pound; tobacco sells
for $3.50 a pound, chewing and fancy
brands of smoking; plug cut is - a
pound; cigars wholesale are 800 to $3.50
per NJ; single cigar Is so cents, it
would sell here for cents.
Blankets run all the way, for a good
from $40 to $50 pair; Hudson bay
blankets sell for $50, which you would
get for about 81 in England; a good
linen shirt will cost you s5 suit of
underwear about $40; canvas OVERALL
from 81 to $3.50; boots from so to
$l2. The common stogy shoes are
worth s. to 1920 which would cost
about 81 here.
A suit of clothes brings $50 to $50.
There are no tailors there yet. These
clothes are custom made winter clothes
the same as they keep in the cities.
They are largely remnants of clothing
dealers old stock.
For winter wear the overcoat if you
wear any, are the parkies, which are
made out of the Siberian deer skins and
have white spots on them. There is
no cloth used IN their manufacture
The fur side shows.
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