The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-04-09

be chopped through the Zee hurunocks
with axes 70 make possible the passzEe
% MS dog team and IT'S load. A. PeiIy
Nr. Days only companion concluded that
ne mad enough % IL. and remained. Day
making tire rest OF the journey alone.
His dog feed became exhausted and MS
own provisions ran VERY los but xtth
some assistance from outbound parties
whom be met he managed TO get through
without serious hardship. At Forty-siile
all the provisions proeurable was part %
a sack Of -four which had been wet and
Was oaked and mol5y. but IL was better
than nothing and with this addition TO
his stores Mr. Day got through 20 Circle
CITY. Al Circle City he secured -four and
supplies 20 last him back TO PeIIy. the
only other point on the river where sup
plies were pr0curaDle. Flour al Circle
city Is selling at 81 per sack. at Kiondike
there i none procursble az any price less
than 80 per sack or 81 per pound, and
then only when freighted In from some
otaer point man named Mckay took
down small quantity from Pelly which
was eagerly bought up at so.
AZ Forty-MiIe Mr.. Day paid sai5 for
dog feed, consisting Of ham so rotten that
II cannot be boiled indoors. but must be
cooked In the open air because OF its intoI-
cradle stencil, the price being - cents per
pound. AT Circle City Mr.. Day offered
~
any price. -Four days below PeIly he
met Jack Hayes with the mails. and by
this time he must be very close TO the end
OF MS journey.
The Thorp party left Klondike ore day
ahead of Day. but he and Bine. subse-
quently overlook and thereafter Travelled
with them At Pelly -four Was procurabls
al SIC per sack During the last nine days
on the upper rivef and lakes high winds
and deep snow were encountered, and a
storm was raging when they reached the
summit which. had they been an hour
later, must surely have stopped them and
forced them 10 seek shelter.
But few ingoing people has yet cross
ed the summit, probably not more than
a dozen or fifteen. OF these Messrs. Stra-
ven and Lesikatos being the first met.
Sheep camp presents lively scene. the
tents covering all the available space on
each side OF the creek. Archie Burns
tramway is partially buried In the snow.
and everybody is awaiting the oppor-
tunity TO cross the summit"
Mr. Day viii start on April IL on the last
trip required under the existing contract.
and upon completion OF the service will
probably return 10 the interior on his own
account
Mr.. Day urges that the department should
authorize the opening OF the mail sacks at
Franklin and at American creek. both Of
which are on American soil AT present
letters for persons known 10 be at those
points are necessarily carried hundreds Of
miles beyond TO Circle City. aud are then
practically no nearer the addresses than
here, for the returning sacks cannot re-
ceive or deliver them and they must take
chances on private carriage and delivery.
Again many people viii leave Circle City
this summer for Dawson: mail matter In
tended for there has no chance for delivery
which shall permit the opening Of mails at
Dawson and the retention there of such
as may bc addressed 10 names known with
in the district.
Ed Thorp who with the rest OF the party
which left Juneau June % with band Of
cattle spent most % the winter at Daw-
son City. He says that the cattle venture
while not In financial sense as profitable
az might have been desired. was still a sue
cess. and the experience gained viii prove
valuable In future enterprises of this char
acter. The party was on the road four
months between Juneau and the mouth of
the Klondike. Ed Thorp expects 10 take
In another lot Of cattle this June. Much
Of the beef taken in by the Thorp party
was sold on credit, with the understanding
that few days notice Vas 10 be given
when payment was desired. Many Of the
debtors were not possessed Of a single dol
lar. yet when notified that the party was
shout 70 return 70 JUNEAU. each washed
from HIS claim. in less ;hAa twenty four
hours. n sufficient sum % iqu'dzte his Ia
deetedneSs; IN some Instances i6A George
Stewart VIII Thorp A Nd, and I,oIis
l. Plant are members u the Thofp patty
who remained on the Kiondike
Notes From the Yukon.
The lowest temperature recorded at
Circle City this winter was ~ degrees Be-
low zero.
Wages az iSioudlke have been as high
as SIS a day. bat this price win undoubted-
~ be lowered by the arrival OF the parties
now en- route.
The DAYS are now growing longer, and
| daylight Is taking the place OF moonlight.
: welcome change 20 the travellers.
| Tho establishment Of postoiIlCe and the
| appointment Of resident gold commits
sioncr AZ Dawson City Is expected AT an
| early date.
\ number OF natives hold and work
| claims in the Kloudke district the Cana
dian laws allowing them fall privileges
| The settlement At the mouth OF tho
| klondike Is very snail as yet. its business
| concerns being confined 20 store and
| sawmiti The mill owners have contracts
| for building a number % houses this
| spring and Dawson viii grow RAPIDLY. The
| Alaska Commercial Company and the
] North American Trading & Transporta-
| ton Company VIII have stores at Dawson
| .his summer.