The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-11

on al SIDES 10 an alarming degree. The
country is rich. but IL is almost worth
a mans lie % so in there and dig on,
the treasure"
THE GRUB QUALIFICATION
s. r Churchill OF The provincial mount
ed police. stationed a: Dawson Clsy. says
tina, official information has been re-
ceived there that inspectors had been sp-
pointed az each Of the several trails and
rivers leading % the new gold fields
with instructions 20 lei no one pass who
did not have sufficient food in his pos
session 10 last a; least eighteen mOnihA
This viii work hardship on many who
have gone % the north since the excite
ment began with money. intending 10
buy food wAen they arrived al their des
tinstiOn.
Mr.. Churchill il interested in some
valuable mining properly on Bonanza
creek. and is returning for the purpose
OF purchasing supplies for the develop
ment OF his claim in the far north. He
has been in the country three years ana
VIII return in the spring after ms. sins
the necessary purchases.
Mr.. Churchill says there viii be gres,
amount OF suffering This winter on ac-
count OF scarcity OF food II is impossible
to buy food at either Circle City or Daw-
son a. any price.
II am entirely satisfied with the coun-
try. and viii lake number OF my friends
with ME when le,urn in the spring"
There are only three hotels IN Daw-
son City. and meals consisting Of bread.
coffee and baked beans cost l.50. which
is considered cheap. Lumber costs $3.50
per 200 fee, and hard to get a. that
The Cleveland mas on board ;hree men
from the sealing schooner Aurora Borea-
lis. who We're lcst from the vessels dur
ing the dense fog OF last month. The
men were for three days and nights IN
an open boat withou, food or water,
when finally the fog lifted and they pa;
lnto Dutch Harbor. where they boarded
the Cleveland and worked their passage
10 this port.
MORE GOLD THAN GRUB.
Captain Hal. master Of the Cleveland,
says
Two important facts should net be
forgotten when Ne tell anything OF the
klondlke. 1t Is impossible. I think. 10
eXaggerate the richness Of the country.
and quite as impossible - overestimate
The dangers and the prospective dIsss-
,ers at Dawson.
While Ne We're in ST. Mlchaels. the
angry gatherings OF the members OF toe
National city and South Coast exped.-
tons showed that troublous times are
ahead there as well as on the Kiondike.
1T is my belief tina; the vessels that
are 70 return this fall Viii come heavily
laden with gold
This coming winter there Is cold and
hunger for those who venture 20 the
gold fields. l have authority FOR what
say. ] know from my own observations.
from the accounts OF uninterested per-
sons and from miners. that there win be
distress and terrible times in Daw~on.
We are bringing back comparatively
h;ile gold. The miners on board are ex-
aggerating their possessions d. not
believe that there Is more than $50 900
IN the party. They all tel the same
story. Every person who can leave Daw-
son before the winter viii 10 80. There
are no longer any supplies. Many ~
the mos. abandoned characters are hast
cnlug - ire mines and there Is certain
- be serious trouble.
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