The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-03

lei the prospective Yukoner consider well
before he makes a start. This district IS
now an old one. comparatively speaking.
and the newcomer. unless by chance. VIII
ind his troubles only begun. unless ne. Is
fixed 70 buy a claim-which can be done
for BE- will have To travel a long way from
DE- wson. ard mostly over unblazed trails.
10 flnG 4 location. When I left men were
Drawing wind and weather 10 get on 10 the
extreme tributaries OF the klondike and
Indian rivers 50 10 10 and I5a miles away.
70 ind something that had nor already been
staked. Tseu, tee. the new Canadian min
( Ing regulations should BE taken into con-
siderdtion. Formerly the miner got so
feet up and down the creek, but now ne
gels bat 10 feet and has 70 pay 80 per
cent NJ the gross output 20 the govern
ment, and besides, half the ground on q
creek ss reserved 70 the crown. So YOU see
& claim must either BE- easy Of access or
very rich 70 Justify recording az all II IL
my Judgment thai inside OF two years this
action 81 the Canadian government will
cause 70 he discovered on the American
side greater kE9ndike than was ever
dreamed OF. I believe I know, but / DO
not care 10 publicly state where this new
EIaorado viii be / and others expect TO
20 III there next summer after the clean
up on Bonanza. In is not a guess, for
have seen the chunks of gold that have
come from there. Il will be Americas
turn next. No finds have been made on
the rivers above the kloniike. though
there was some excitement early in the
fall over a small find on Henderson creek.
inIle below the Stewart river There are
parties prospecting all the large streams
from the McCiintock river down. but none
nave gone far enough up stream to accom-
piish much. Next spring may see some
good hnds when the ice breaks, so thew
can get farther up
row aho4t this reported shortage of
provisions? Wen, I'll seli you provi-
SONS are not plentiful by any m<ans b,,,
thefe "iii be no starvation. The men in
there are not fools-they know bstfer tban
ahy5ody when their live. are in DANCER
II they did not have some idea OF how tbav
we're going 10 get through they either
went 10 Fort Yukon or Circle Cfty or
came out as Te are coming cut All these
men VINO came out are after supplies-na,
only for themselves, but for others. For
instance. / shah take in supplies for ten
men Of course We won't set in as early
a. soiae of these people who have mayer
beeh there. for We don't know as much
ABOUT winter travelling as they: but we viii
set tnSFe IN time 10 relieve distress The
reason prices are so high is not so much
from lie extreme scarcity as from the fact
iiat Prices are now based entirely on what
M
down the river. The commercial com
panies have nothing. ard the sneculator
rle man with large outfit. the man who
IS coming out-he is selling for all ne
can get Prices were lower when / left
Dawson than when ] arrived there. II IS
true thar In some Instances extreme econ
oHiF VIII nave 10 be practiced 10 tide them
over, but there viii be more Instances Ike
the man l heard with my own ears say:
" belly can rub my backbone from now
IN next June before I'll pay $50 for sack
OF Hour or 81 a pound for bacon And that
same man Is working lay from which he
says ne will clean no sf0U next June I
am glad the government entertains so
much regard for its subjects as 10 look
after their welfare in any part Of the
world. hut in this instance 1t is much over
done. In the first place. granting that
there may be some hunger 4 will be no
More than has occurred every spring since
1855 ana the amount OF relief contemplated
would supply thousands Instead OF the few
that Viii actually suffer. In the second
place. the means Of getting sha; relief in
has noG been properly considered Might
as well buy oxen as reindeer. and might as
well. OF better, buy dying machines as
oxen. Ter p. WI! fail. Men who have had
the actual experience could place limited
amount % supplies IN Dawson before tie
river breaks X supplied with sufficient
means ARD full pCw o act. Eut aot even
the Canadian government. with all their
men enure6 0 colo climates ike Mani cha
and Alberta. are able 10 penetrate that
country 6eSou1 Lake LetsTgc. even with
supplies fer 5te governor OF the territory.
Then what can the tend 13-t s%pe1: o ac-
comFi}sh o1 4 Ieyg Theoretical pFapc5.ti0n7
Z ICY are going 20 act. 81 them act AZ
ateo bCt ~ them have competent leader
al.1 adviser uegore they act a. all
Following aTr tae names ~ tie cabin
Passengers who came through 10 Seattle:
Mss lIta StsH}. o. : Tenant NJ. Came
ron. Mr.. Blake. Mr. Egesrt Mr.. Stetsou.
AiF Burke " e. AiutrEef a x Dla-
~. sd Coi 50. Eau!0z ~. II Koe!e u. n
}{tr&rcks \ + Sa3.tg.. L.. = Jones. G.. \
Howe As6~. J. N4reag. r Baskerville
\ = N.ohsf0. =. : RssuaT. :. L. Kasf-
man q. 4 Slmeyaeid. T. Alien and WIFE
KIN. X E3k'4r ] Hickman. G. II.
. Iammet J WtUsw=, Harry Janes. "
VI sSsos. r r. trseeha,a' e Van Al
ss.a> = rcaer. 2 Il y Council. &. T.
@ersess a Ee:h Z Er3y = joan
sea - 81 T. Erla " Ntcat T - WI
eoe. Mccormick :. L JsE " =
H,aH> T. f. Neraa'as. = Pearson. ;.
Lemke, q ~ Yoaae .. " r Johnson.
r. Il Ca.ss : " jaH1ssu. u Young
y sfsta : y Texas A McTlt4ve.
at-s - M@1aft & ? q Davis Mr. ~
Att r. = Feat + 2. Is~.. 4. -.
= VIZ s9a. = S5aw + Ei4rn = II
tNa~-srtai5 Tire *ar- rv~r's ~sE.t sec
r..,-.t4s- 80 ss~~se.s So S-a-t'e --..4tn<
r.r.:Y-'. res g. all for 'a,s qor:. Ten So
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