Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-11-29
At DAWSON.
40 S PLENTY, But FOOD SCARCE


siilis' ,i,,tded into two parties tle
M we're u ,.ft Da wson october
!, one Of whi'h - az Thomas
=, The party oo',a'' IL. 81 san
ID q, Thomas Magee Jr'' VI .'''
laees %" ..co-ift,yuter Biz Gates'
ganeseo' ~, 1uskings, +. Eek
poyle, Wllliai' n1,,,,no,d Rert
Robertson H. i'''' GU.
H. !" ,,hr w. Brauer, w. H. Ihaiii-
Ns9h' pord. Il. Ash, j. Gillis'
IN, Z. W. - AIcGraw, Jack Dali
Somas WILSON, -. ceiine To-
u,llam Leck, Artiui -,
TO- ",,hprn. j. Smith, L. ""iie'i'
eph Fai' They came out over
In sNE ,..u
~ are reported 10 ha'e -
I"' ooo in drafts and goiu uuS''
A.in '''''ss Of n food shortage in
III fell stories "a - +, famine.
pRsVn tha' 80, ~ 10 leave Dawson was
me last person W nai,nn left. the
Nj patton. N"ei' ,G Bella had
ramers Allee q ti.ht n is said
,Sthed there. i0aueu rsn consisted of
IN the Benz lis She brought
sli.y and billIdIu D''''''
y proyisions. ,,aa no,ice char
ne Canadian Hs ,,avn all who
I'd the Benz nm -, Yukon Tha
Ind free passage W - iaft about
| IA is reported SO . No.
,+ober 18th WIN W ,,a,ts made nv
According 10 inc 49,, ,ea,.,,, tbera 10
-Tnbers Of the Ddis"'t 80 aarious
rbe to be troup'v VI na,,,son RiIIv
I'D ms win" "nn Of the men in a party
llk told 9he Ui he met at Italia
4 has
nN an the food famine, Men were
s@ in groups and cursing with
rntltu vein the newcomers that
1-,hi a ilt coming into the Klon-
w yu gn5"d vith scarcely any provi-
tie, 'AN'N
80 ourtad police were Offering
lP nsnnrtotion to the grub piles
N, na, lawn The Yukon, but to the
l lIt. hundreds who had labored
n.I' ar tbrourh the summer accumu-
a aa rrub stake. the prospect was
uln ns,,irg 10 saw the least. These
Y. ln, ss,T'd that IL would take them all
"a Nun In gold to pay their liv-
lH .rnense nj Fort Yukon during
Ia,rr and that in the spring they
M not have even enough gold left
w. ~ naesorr money back to Daw-
pP' sav nothing of purchasing
,o,5 To subslst until they
"a "a, started again. To these poor
ar.rs me offer of the mounted po-
\. vas no better than the prospect
.n'..,or ~ being compelled to win
balf ratlons until the supply
80 eonid reach the digglngs in the
,J,-
f"s' ,r,,r, room ppouTUM
I'M. @. ~ ,,,aI, rr.n
thomas Masee Sr., tne VII, N, nt'
cTiiallst OF san frahciseo, VIM e"h,
iva from DAWSON on emv ~ ~
Rattle, IN an interview WIZ M -
hsgondent Oh ule a . III
lii the eXcitenleht W. VIZ ,a
" q the steamers W piins ~ D Wy
DAWSON continued Mhe.i the h,,n,
Wy ley. me noIlee .ooh ma ar 81
. Two Gays ol the s.oies aiu naaLa
te'ss Of the Northwestern anu a,,1na
Nnmerelal company us 90 ~,
ny flour was sehlns ~. "a
Eid ana one sack Oh my pouiiu'
40 plans had yet been formulated
avert the starvation OF , rhose VIM VIM
u snort OF proNlslols' lhuse WI
slpnei nave not much syinpa.hy WIN
rse VINO are snort because y, us
I Wa' 'ly ,h"y ni,itIs 80 o,,,,onsh
Wy IN win i,tt'e ioou' ",huuSn
lllahuy warmed u. i.ahg neii t 49,, VI
s'lhg Nm, a Ere1t scaroi'y' II 'io' lam
z WI prevail
y mao not neen discovered up 70
N,ptt loth VINO shot the TWO men
~ iAN o VIM WeIt cnus"t sten ,h,.
~ Vhe was iounI uea9, Ihe o'me'
NV say wouhneh' Whn u,eu AZ nv
,- .l..l, hosl.,lu,. II Is pet'eNsu III.
49, uLsaI,i-n'pil eNists lor M re
W. u',lhE Wv u tiicNvs' II
~, ,.-.'. .l' I'LL VI hu'ltiis phr'i.S III wv
ri rri y me- pV carri i'3'o out was '''N'" "
lysenterv and recommending fever
~ general al Dawson last summer.
liG We're caused bv miasma from the
finp m which the business town is
lli and the absence Of drainage and
sfage. These conditions will be
rnty Intensified next summer and
s1emlc is predicted. The river
w Is bad, but there Is one fine
ns m water out at the Catholic
1ssnL
sGh'ng was Talked of but the grub
s'on The solution will probably
public committee to gather up
uhMry or enforce contributions. the
,@ thus gathered to be publicly dis
tsd and paid for by work or cash
nose to whom II is given.
ne Yukon river practically closed
w shout Sentember 3Oth.an again
~ October 25th. hut the ice ran out
: IN and left the river free. so that
" helated parties who had taken
- nsks n being left ont in the will
~ most OF them short of pro-
n
/. = ,he river twice was a phenome-
HrIcr H r,,v 10 occur before"
WILL SllIZE SUPPLIES.