The Southern herald., 1897-11-12

TACOMA. Wash, Oda6. Isg7.

AHe most y hac the ClHHtu-tN AnNl
m1nufaetursr, Mr. A. f. Spawn
All the meats, vegetables and fruits
used a, the dinner had been tIeale,
by Mr. Spawu's process. Then
Was as follows:
NegetablesNegetable soup, Sara
tosa chips, Irish stew, FIied pars.
nips, Sweet potato patties, Potato
pan cakes, Cold OK tongue, Stewed
onions, Stewed squash, Apple pie,
Pumpkin pie, ,Siewed peaches prun'
rs aud apples, Coconut cake.
The soup was delicious, and a
Dawson City man who was one OF
the guest, said it would bring s. a
plate at the gold diggings. The
Irish stew, Saratoga chips, fried
parsnips, onions and sqursh were
quite as pleasing to the palate as
the same dishes when served with
out being treated by the evaporat-
ed process, The pumpkin pie
was wonderful aud the prunes
were declared the very best ever
tasted by several expert, in the
tvaporaled and condensed fruit
lines, who were present for the pur.
pose Of passing judgment upon the
excellence Of the "Klondike" din
ner.
About half hour before the din
ner was served Mr.Spawn carried a
few little sacks of evaporated goods
to the chief cook, and the dinner
that was quickly served" "astOnished
the natives" In the speech,mak.
ing which followed, it was ficetious-
ly remarked that, hereafter, in
going to the KlOndike all that a man
would have to do would be TO cram
his pockets with condensed food
and drink little water after eat.
ing few evaporaled crumbs. The
treatment Of tbs meats, fruits and
vegetables by the evaporating pro.
cess reduces the weight ten.fold,
thus enabling a man to carry a
| of a ton of "spuds' as part ofhis
Klondike outfit. Throughout this
part of the couAtry farmers and fruit
raisers are eyaporating their pro-
ducts for the Klondike trade, and
the latest and most improved ma.
chinery is being put in to meet
the demands for goods in this line.
Condensers and evaporators have
been put in throughout the Pacific
Northwest with headquarters fOr
handling the prepared goods at Ia.
coma. The ships which leave with
grain and lumber on long voyages
also use large quantities of fcondens'
ed and evaporated goods. But the
greatest benefit to be derived i'm.
mediately from the extensively
manufacturing OF condensed aud
eyaporated foods at Tacoma is sup
plying the klondike trade. Klon-
dikers should be careful about the
quality Of their condensed foods
Ny adviceis: Investigate thorough.
ly and take only the best" A
wise selection ofiood supplies, will
in a pinch, save the life of many d
gold-seeker.
Cal Barlow of this city came
down from the Stikeen trail to-day.
II believe" he said to me, "that
most Of the Canadians will head for
the Stikeen. Some of them are al
ready there. The distance from
Fort Wrangel to Telegraph Creek
the head of navigation on the Sli.
keen river, is $50 miles. 1t is ljL
miles more from Telegraph Greek
10 the head Of Teslin lake. The
machinery for a saw mill and two
river steamers is being lugged in
now. met several Of the i'll .fated
steamer Bristol's passengers UP
there. They have been trying fol
four months TO get to Klondike and
are now about as bad off-if moi
worse off-than when started. They
should have waited for spring. The
current of the Stikeen river is swift
and navigation on it cannot be open
ed until May. 1t closes again il
December. Much time and trouble
is encountered getting up stream
but you can come down in a jiffy
without steam. All you have to do il
TO steer and run with the current. ,
The freight on ton of goods from
Wrangel to Telegraph Creek is $50
for horse, mule or COW, $50; for q
passenger $40. The charge from
Tacoma TO Fort Wrangle, Juneau
Dyea, Skaguay, Haines' Mission o
Chjlcat al the begiuniuu of ih,