Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-01-24

whom he introduced his friend and
who shook their hands. He eyed them
closely, and with the uuizZical ex-
preston natural to many of his people,
said:
And these are the laddies We wrote
me about? We said they were likely
| broths Of the boys, but, Jiff, We don't
do them justice; they deserved more"
Tim is always full of barney" ex-
| planned Jeff, who, it was evident, was
fond of the merry Irishman; 80 you
/ mustn't mind him and his ways"
! Roswell and Frank blushed at the
pointed compliments, and addressing
himself to the miner, Tim said:
I've engaged quarters for ye at the
hotel, but didn't know whether to take
a whole flure or not; come wild me-"
! 1t was only short distance to the
hotel, where the youths found better
F., accommodation than they expected.
The meals were good and the charges
| moderate. A brief conversation
! brought out the fact that Tim McCabe
! had not dollar to his name, and but
| Tor the coming of his friend he would
not have known where his next mouth
1ul OF food was to come from. Moth
! lng, however. could dampen his over
| flowing spirits AS for Jeff, he was
| glad in his heart that his old friend
was impoverished, for it gave him the
pleasure of providing for him He had
returned from the Klondike region a
| lew weeks before, being one of those
who met with poor luck. He had
taken out quite a tidy sum, but his
companion robbed him of it and the
small amount left barely kept him
afoat until the arrival Of jeff Graham.
The old miner showed prudence in
bringing a plentiful supply of funds
| with him, aud since he expected to
!, take back hundredfold more than he
| brought, he could well afford to do So
| Slowed away in his safe inside pocket
was fully $4,000, and inasmuch as gold
is the coin of the realm" in California,
as wall as in Alaska, the funds were
| in shining eagles and half eagles,
rather bulky of themselves, but not
uncomfortably SO.
The experience CT McCabe and Jeff
prevented any mistake in providing
their outfit. The, hal good, warm
flannels, thick WOODEN garments,
strong shoes and rubber boots. Those
who press their mining operations dur
ing the long and severe winter gener-
ally use the water boot OF seal and
walrus, which cost from 50 to SIS a
pair, with trousers made from siberian
fawn skin and the skins Of the marmot
and ground squirrel, with the outer
garments OF marmot skin. Blankets
and robes, of course, are Indispensable.
The best are Of wolf skin and JEFF paid
500 a piece for those furnished to
himself and each of his companions.
The matter Of provisions was of the
first Importance. A man needs good
iy supply OF nourishing food to sustain
him through the trying journey from
Juneau to Dawson City, the following
being considered necessary fer an able
bodied person: Twenty pounds OF fiOu,,
II of bacon, IL of beans, 4 of butter,
of vegetables, of sugar, of coffee,
5 of corn meal, l pound Of tea, cans
of condensed milk IL pounds OF SAT-,
with little pepper and mustard.
Because Of the weight and bulk, Jeff
omitted from his list the tea, the con
densed milk and butter, and while the
supply in other respects was the same
respectively for himself and McCa1e,
that of the boys was cut down about
one-third, for besides the food sne
party WAS compelled to take along a
frying pan, a water kettle, a Yukon
stove. q bean pot, drinking cup,
knives and forks and large and small
frying pan.
Since they would find good raft
necessary, axes, hatchets, huntng
knives, nails, $50 feet Of rope and two
Juneau sleds were purchased. To
these were added snow shoes, a strong
| duck tent fishing tackle, snow glasses
! to protect themselves against snow
! blindness. rubber blankots. mosquito
netting, tobacco and few minor ar
/ ticleS.
The start from Juneau to the gold
| fields should not be made before the
beginning of April. Our friends had
struck that date, but the headlong
rush did not begin until some time
later. One of the principal routes is
from Seattle to st. Michael on the
western coast of Alaska, and then up
| that mighty river, whose mouth is
near. for nearly 1000 more miles to
| Dawson City. The river is open dur
ing the summer-sometlmes barely
four months-and our friends took the
shorter one to Junea on the southern
| coast, from WHICH IL ID dDOuI q eAiou
sand miles to Dawson. While this
route is much shorter, it is hundred
miles more difficult and dangerous
than by the Yukon.
From Juneau there are four different
| routes to the headwaters of the Yu-
kon all crossing by separate paths,
the range of mountains along the
coast. They are the Dyea or Chilkoot
Pass, the Chilkat, Moore's or White
| Pass and Takou At this writing, the
| Chilkoot is the favorite, because it is
better known than the others, but the
| facilities for passing through this en-
trance or doorway to the new Ell Do
RADIO are certain to be greatly increased
/; at an early day.
IT was learned on inquiry that an
| other day would have to be spent in
| the town before the little steamer
would leave for Dyea While Tim
| and Jeff STAYED at til hotel, which
was kept by German, talking over
| old times and laying plans for the
| future. the boys strolled through the
| streets. knee deep with mud.
The curio shops in Front and Seward
streets were interesting, and from the
upper end of the latter street they saw
! nath leading 70 the AUX village.
whose people claim to own the flats
at the mouth of Gold Creek. On the
high ground across the stream is a
cemetery containing a number of curl