Iron County register., 1898-09-01
IRONTON. MO-. THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER l. 1898.

make $50 to $40 per day. Teaming is
800 for ten hours and no orders are
taken for less than half hour, which
| is So. There is the best of order
police on every corner. All kinds OF
business closes at II O'Clock Saturday
night and remains closed for "a hours.
The doors are open for people to loaf,
but no business is done. When the
time comes nigh for closing, people
the same manner that people rush to
get tickets for theatre. Gold dust is
all the money we have. Every house
that does buslnes has gold scales and
when purchase is made the purchaser
passes his sack over and the weigher,
who Is man or woman who does
nothing else, takes out the amount due,
and not one time have | heard a kick
or a question asked. If you go into
the A. c. Co.'S store to buy goods a
clerk waits on you and makes out
your bill. He hands you the bill and
goods and you then go to another de-
partment with them and give the weigh
man the bill and your sack. The
weigher never speaks to anyone unless
necessary. He takes out the proper
amount and returns the sack and bill
after it is duly stamped. This serves
as a pass allowing you to depart.
Money has but little value here. Meals
are 50. so, drinks and cigars so cents,
but better drinks cost $1.OO. One man
purchased half interest in a saloon
for $4,000 including the cabin.
1t is now time to get supper and
start on our 16-mile journey. Most
all packing and travel is done at night.
There is no darkness. | have only
seen one light since I came. That was
at dance hall where all is made as
dark as possible and coal oil lamp is
burning.
I have said nothing of drawbacks.
which are many. This country is but
an iceberg. Over 1000 people went
out on the three steamers I mentioned.
Many come here, sell their outfits, nev-
er put pick in the ground and go
back as early as possible. Many who
went out on these boats were we'll fixed.
When they pulled off shore all on
board cheered and were full and run
ming over with joy. Three thousand
people lined the banks of the river
watching them and in their minds
were many a sorrowful thought and
their hearts throbbed with pain. As
the boats swung off shore and the
band on board played Home, Sweet
Home" many were the tears that be-
dimmed the eyes of those left behind
and many with stout hearts broke
down and cried.
landed here with one years pro-
visions, sent 500 home from Skagway
and have more money than when |
started. I left Roseburg, Jan. 21,
1898, arriving in Dawson June 21st,
just five months later. I left Roseburg
with $50, $50 pounds of flour, the same
of bacon and few tools to build boat.
| landed in Skagway with IS, made
$50 cutting wood in February, outfitted
and started and bought and sold on
the trail. Two of us made $500 with
whip saw. | took a hand-logger's
license and made $50 on them selling
bills of sale. Made $45 at White
Horse rapids. Sold f1o6r at Indian
trading posts for $24 per hundred and
thread for so cents spool. and many
other things. Flour is $12 per nun
dred here and bacon so cents per
pound, but out on the trail it is all the
way to $3.50 per pound and the further
out the higher. One hundred miles
out meals are Sc each. Woman's labor
in Dawson is so per day for any kind
of work. Dressmakers get $50. Men
who run games in saloons get $50 for
II hours. l.. ID. Z.