The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-22
Report Of Canadian Government Officer
Reads Like a Romance.
MANY STEAMERS FITTING OUT
VIII BE Almost Daily Service Seattle Police M
Council Rase Pey SEN Freneiecsns Cruz
Only American Ships Go.

Ncw York, July n.--A Herald dispatch
from Ottawa says.
Nov thai the dominion government b.
"a possession % auihraiie reports cor
robura,iye Of the nrsi accounts sent on,
OF the marvellous richn-ss of tho new plu-
Ger dleglngs In ,he Yukon and Klondyke
regions. the organization @, the district
u being completed Tw5 yoars aga The
department of thc interior despatched 10
force ol twenty northWas, mounted po-
lice TO Fort cudahy on thc Canaaisn sidc
OF the Alaskan frontier rhe officer IA
command. Inspector Constantine. sstab-
iishcd two posts. one AZ Fort cuddhy
ana one a. Foriy.Aiie er.1k. ana pro
cceded to administer hNs and colirct
revenues FOR tine customs department.
He collected about siSeo the nrst year
Encouraged by the prosp 'e:s o, revenue.
the government 10 is.6 npopiutsd D. W
/ Davis a former member OF parllnmcn:
FOR Alberta. 10 the position OF gstoms
officer for thr district ana his returns.
I
!, ctlons to about $500 This work Of
Organization was hrst suggested 20 the
government by the North American
Trading aud Transportation Company.
which was anxious thar the British tor.
ritory should be administered 50 as TO
guarantee the safety Of !ts interests. u
wpr not undertaken hy the dominion
authorities. however. untu The Surveying
parties then defined had with more or
iess difficulty located he ilis, meridian
vi west longitude which forms the
boundary between Alaska and the Cana
dinn Nor,hwcs, Territory. from Mount
50 Elias TO the shores Of TIE Arctic.
when this had bccn accomplished and
the erection Of police posts began. the
- umbllngs from Seattle and Ather Amer.
lean coast newspapers rca,hrd the ears
OF the government here. II was boldly
charged that the Canadians were grab
bing territory IN Alaska thai did no, be-
long to them wiliism Ogilvie. chief
OF the Canadian International boundary
survey. set all doubts at rest os regards
the Canadian posts by reporting tNat the
observations OF the Canadian aud Amer
lean parties as 10 the boundary differed
only a few feet Six feet at Forty Afilo
ana the same at Cudnhy Since then
nothing has hocn heard OF the alleged
grh ogilvle stayed in the country last
wintrr and busted himself In stalking
of claims for miners In .hs newly dis
covered placer grounds. the latter being
well IN Canadian territory, and the rivers !
ana creeks now into tho NuKon from !
the east-namely. Bcnantl Bounder FL.
dorado. CNrmacite, Kloniykc and stew. |
art or the mounted police who formed !
Constanune's first detachment no, one |
re-enlisled upon the expiration os their /
terms this spring, so IN entirely new
force had to be sent mp this spring II
was not expected that men would con-
tlnue to work for The government at 81
per day when wages III around them
we're $40 and S5 Five OF the returned
policemen are reported TO nave brought
back Ssd0OO0 as the result Of their work
In their spare hours on'tantlue's last
report, which has Just baen received,
says that he IL building thirl post at
the mouth OF the Klondyke. which flows
into the Yukon east about 50 miles south
cast OF Forty-Mlle. He asked for a
larger force. In this his suggcstlon has
been anticipated, as well as IN the APP
polntment Of gold commissioner. while
a Pacific coast firm IS being negotiated
with for the supply Of steam yacht
to ply as police boat between Klondyke.
and CudOhy. ogilvie was or
lcred 10 return to Ottawa last fall but
Instead he determined 20 remain in the
and forward TO the government
a full report Of his doings, from which
the following are extracts;
Starting from here. say December l.
II would be February before l reached
Ottawa. and during the 81 or 10 days of
this time would be exposed TO much
cold and hardship ana some hazard from
storms. hTe Journey has been III, de and
| would not hesitate to undertake 1t
were Things more seasonabla mere and
dog food plenty, but 1t would take at
least $1,000 to equip us with transports
and OUTFIT, which sum | think | can
expend more In the interest VI the coun-
try by remaining here and making
survey OF the KlondyIe-l misp,onuncla-
tion OF the Indian words Throndak or
Quick, which means plenty OF fish, from
the fact that it is famous salmon
stream.
1T Is marked Klondyke ON our maps.
It joins the Yukon from The east few
miles above the site OF Fort Reliance,
about 80 miles above here. The discovery
Of gold in the branches of this stream
| believe was due to the reports Of the
Indians, A white man named ]. A. Car
mich, who worked with me In 1851, whs
rhe first OF take advantage Of the iumor