Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-12-01
STARVING IN KLoNDIKE.
The Land of Fabulous Wealth nd FamIsh
ing People.


The Land of Fabulous Wealth nd FamIsh-
ing People.
Seattle, Nov. 29.-Twenty-five men
arrived here today on the City of Seat
tie direct from Dawson City. They
were divided into two parties, the last
one of which left Dawson City octo-
Der 6.
Among the party were Thomas Ma
gee, sr., Thomas Magee, jr., of San
Francisco; "Swiftwater Bill" Gates,
Joe Boyle, William Huskins, F. Eckert,
II. Robertson, NJ. Raymond, Bert Nell
son, John w. Brauer, w. II. Chambers,
E. w. Pond, E. Ash and others. They
have $50, 900 in drafts and gold dust.
All tell stories of food shortage in
Dawson that is almost famine. The
last person to leave Dawson was Jack
Dalton. When Dalton left the steam
ers Alice and Bella had reached there
loaded lightly. 1t is said that the
Bella's cargo consisted of whisky and
billiard balls. She brought no pro-
visions.
The Canadian mounted police char
tered the Bella and gave all who wish
ed free transportation to Fort Yukon.
The Bella is reported to have left
about Oct. IL with 200 men.
According to statements made by
members of the Dalton party there is
1, -
kin dthis winter in Dawson. Men were
gathered in groups and eursing with
might and main the new comers that
were constantly coming into the Klon-
dixie, loaded with scarcely any pro
visions.
The mounted police were offering
free transportation to the grub piles
further down the Yukon, but to count
less hundreds who had labored hard
all through the summer accommodating
grubstuke, the prospect was unin-
viting to say the least. These men
figured that it would take all their
savings in gold to pay their living ex-
penses at Fort Yukon during the win
ter and that in the spring they would
not have enough gold left to pay their
passage money back to Dawson, to say
nothing of purchasing enough food to
subsist until they could get started
again. To these poor fellows the offer
of the mounted police was no better
than the prospect at Dawson of being
compelled to winter on half rations
until the supply boats could reach the
diggings in the spring.
John W. Brauer, the United States
mail carrier who left Dawson, Septem-
Der 27, said:
There is only one salvation for the
miners who are now ut Dawson City,
and that is for them to undertake the
awful winter trip from Dawson tc
Fort Yukon, a distance of 400 miles
There is food at Fort Yukon, there il
none at Dawson, and just as sure a:
the stars shine, terrible suffering viii
be the fate of the Dawson miner unless
he leaves there before spring. | viii
MAKE my SldbcLlthI I cOhoSlN NuuiNSs oh'
say that when | left Dawson the mer
had on an average four months foos
supply, Some had supplies for onl.
one month, while others had enough
for four or five.
'sThe last restaurant closed tn,
night l left, 1t had been selling moth
ing but beefsteak, for which tn
hungry paid $3.50.
"When the people realized that tn,
boats would not be up the river, the,
knew that starvation threatened them
and the great stampede began. Th
first to leave went to Fort Yukon.
guess there were about ten in tn
party that left the first day. One boa
came up from Fort Yukon with severa
newspaper men aboard, among ther
being Correspondent Sam Wall and
Mr., McGilvra. They brought the new
that the Hamilton had unloaded all c
cargo and tried to get over the ba
light and failed in her efforts, thoug
she drew but two feet of water. Thi
news increased the excitement an
made the rush toward food-centers a
the greater"