Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1897-09-04
TRAIL Is OPEN.
A Stendy stream of Humanity .
Skuguny-OuiIVie's Advice.

SknRuny-OEilVie's Advice.
Seattle, Wash, Aug. 3l.-The follow
ing letter, dated Sknguay, August %,
reached here per steamer Utopia on
Monday: The jam is broken on the
Skaguay trail. A number of outfits
have gotten over and there is steady
stream of moving humanity mixed up
in an almost indescribable mass OF
horses of all sizes, ages and conditions,
mules, steers, milch cows, goats and
dogs; also vehicles of every kind and
description to be imagined
a new sawmill got up steam for the
first time this morning. Rough lumber
is worth $27 per thousand, but it cannot
be got half fast enough. The city of
tents is not being displaced, but rein
forced by city of "shacks" of all sizes
and degrees. Skaguay is the boom
town of Alaska. Every man whose
heart failed him when he encountered
the first hardship has turned town site
boomer. Four weeks ago Skaguay was
not known; to-day there are not less
than 1000 people in addition to those on
ships in the harbor. They have sur
veyed off the town site, the first comers
having first choice.
There is no danger of famine here,
| though there may be shortages in GER
tain lines. On all sides smiling plenty
as is conjured by some enchanter"
hereabouts. Great piles of hay, grain,
flour, bacon, sugar and all the neces-
saries of life are in stock, apparently
| for some time to come
Seattle, Wash, Aug 31.-In speaking
of the Klondille gold fields, William
Ogilvie, dominion surveyor for the
Northwest territory, dscourages all
strangers from going into that bleak
country. He denies that any difference
regarding the boundary line exists be.
tween Canada and the United States
He says:
"Gold has been found in certain zone
in British Columbia, running through The
Carboo and Cassiar districts. Project the
axis of this zone northwesterly and W.
touch the Teslin lake, Hootalinqua river
Stewart river, Indian creek, Troandike
Sixty Mile, Forty Mile, American creek
Seventy Mile and Birch creek. Now, Il
is highly improbable that, gold being found
at all these points, the intervening space:
are barren and will 1 do no more than say
generally that we have a zone of upward
Of 500 miles In length, some of II in Alask a
more of 1t In the Northwest territory anC
much of 1t in British Columbia, which viii
yet be the scene of numerous mining eli
terprises, both on the quartz and placer
the former practically ineXhaustible. 'rh'
conditions, however, are most unfavorable
There is nine months winter. barrennes!
Is almost total, so far as vegetation anC
food are concerned, the earth Is bound II
eternal frost and the thermometer otter
reaches 60 and 20 degrees below Zero"
Washington, Aug. 31.-A new steam
boat mail service between juneau anC
Dyea, Alaska, the first stretch on th'
overland trail to the Klondike regior
was announced by the post Office de
partment Monday, 1t provides for thu
dispatch of the mails from Juneau
twice a month, Immediately after tn,
arrival of the mail steamer from Sea
! attle, and arriving in Dyea in IL hours
The mails will leave Dyea twice
month within about ~ hours after ar
rival from juneau, or in time to counec
with the mail steamer at Juneau for Sc
attic.