The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-09-14

"It Is virtually suicide to go to the
Klnndike Not one out of one thousand
will get anything. The people who MAKE
the money are: First, the Transportation
companies: next, the government a Ten IL
dollar miners license, and royalty OIL ~
per cent. J; and, lastly. the nospitAi.
left Dawson City July 10. Inere was az
indignation meeting called Ior 5haU nlgaO
to do away with the official robbery prac-
tioed by Canadian officials. The ofnclais
got wind of it and left the o1ty, poO d
fresh lot have taken their places.
"A miners license allows him 10 NUM-
and fish. A fellow who did not nave
license shot moose and a calf, Wnion ne
sold in Dawson City for $780, Inc au-
thorities got on to his not having q IL
cen SO. He was pulled. his pockets
searched to find If he could pay me i,,1
and over $500 was found on him. The
fine was made to tit the pile. and he was
also set up for three months.
EVERY body that strikes Dawson City
with money enough to take him back
again to the coast will get there as soon
as possible. There are lots of women in
Dawson City. Respectable women are
other females are tough lot. was
taken sick with jaundice I came back
to the coast by way of St Michaels-
/. 800 miles in a rowboat, then about
eighty of us "held up" the steam dredge
Loyel Youngs and forced them to carry
us to the coast at a rate of $15 head and
board ourselves.
you see the steam dredge was built to
find gold in the river. 1t didn't find any
more than we did, SO it started freighting
to keep up expenses. They had no license
to carry passengers, and were greatly
tiokled to have us bully them into carry
ing us at good fare. This cleared then,
from seizure
ION the steamer Larado the purser,
came into the cabin and said: .
We want to make good showing IN
the papers at Seattle. Now. have got
to my charge about two hundred pounds
of gold dust. / want to put you fel1o VI
down, each one for good round sum.
1t won't do any harm, and will helE
u.s."
"Then he asked foplQrn, ragged fell
low if he would put him down for BIO, 600.
The ragged man smiled In ghastly way
and said yes. The next went down or
the list for 5000 and soon. When they
came to me was mad.
+" Tt was just such rascals as you.
said I, hot clear through, that Drougn'
me out to this earthly hell. won't help
this trap to get poor fellows to patronlze
your steamboats,
"Well, when we landed at Seattle tne
newspapers had big account OF tne Ia
RADIO landing with $50 rich miners re-
turning from the gold fields with over
million in gold nuggets and gold dust.
81 never heard that the war was owe.
until we landed at st. Michsel's. WheI
the purser published this big yarn ne oie
not know about the miner and his squav
wife having the 100 pounds of gold dust.
my advice to anyone thinking abou
going to the 1londike is to jump in IN
sea, smoke in a powder house, go bal
looming or raise Spanish flag on Am nal
can soil-in fact any manner OF Vlolen
taking off is preferable to the lingering
suffering and madness of trip to tina
hell on earth, the Klondike.
II want it published in the Tribune be
cause it's true" continued MI. Hooper
| "I'll back every word OF 1t. lt's o--'
shame to fool D or fellows into losin!
their lives and means in order to enrich
few transportation companies. I'll max
an affidavit, If necessary.