The Republican journal., 1898-08-25

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-. way the song reads and it,
75y tinds an echo in the feel
--.s. iaturning from that region
Las been represented as crop
The ground, but proves to be
-e locate in many cases as
III, ected Should one go pros
NE cough and rugged sides of
-IL..u.
some facts relative to the
r-.4uS. a representative of the
...I-5 i.pon W. |. Burrill of Cor
-s.sg recently and was made ac-
.. 9-l something of the character
-..l country and the conditions
left Maine Feb. 9th in COM
... II. t. Mcdonald, Captain
lald. Thomas Haugh, Chas.
belfast; J. F. Stephenson,
Goodwin, Lubec; Dr. f.
'uity Gordon McTaggart,
supplies amounting to six
....H.c naSed in Vancouver, B. c.,
.pn a steamer on which the
.. ssa-e to Skaguay. At Van
3uHld was taken critically i'll
1lIand was obliged to return
sequence. Thomas Haugh
eS beyond Skaguay and to
nigh elevation over which
lad there, realizing some
IS and fluctuations in store
ltoIereaching Dawson City,
tae states We're good enough
turned about. Stephenson
lpon arrival at Lake Ben
dong It'll another.
- If the supplies to Lake
j distance of - miles cost
ION, and this distance was
most trying part of the whole
unett the work OF building
..- mmenced with a will. 1t was
us may be readily imagined
Insiders that the largest logs
sore only from y to II feet in
ia butted, with numerous
T.e logs We're finally cut short
M the scene of our boat build
4adled by means of ropes to
nsl yard, mounted On block
,.r.gr me man could stand beneath
-1Eaer stood on the log and the
.l-gQg the handles of a saw similar
1,s IT. though having teeth like
midtown saw in saw mill, pro-
IL saw the logs into boards. 1t
means an easy task and the first
u ndered fit for nothing. The
nallv built and launched and
mmeneed. When we left our
were hundreds of boats sailing
outlet of the lake, and on its
- eet 200 people We're building
citing ready for the journey.
alderman, six miles from Lake
tueIe were as many more.
FW7e Horse Rapids, through which
-id seeker passes with fear,
lis boat loaded with supplies,
artly after leaving Lake Ben
4pids are rather dangerous;
perhaps 80 feet wide, and
pendicular cliffs. Many have
Favi here and their bodies never
Mrs. II. 7. Woodcock, who
ashland went from Ripley,
>tinction OF being the first
the nited States to pass
e-e rapids with boat.
laug trials and hardships the
eJ at Dawson June Is and
F If quite a number of
whose abodes consisted of
o4 houses. placed here and
fie effort, apparently TO OBJ
..- Tues. The city is located upon
M and embracing twenty acres,
SOFT being OF muck and the
de in puddles where the ice
y. i been acted upon by the
LAY t0 cause it to thaw
different from what it has
.a though gambling places
upeu, and liquor is sold to all
price Of a drink, the city is
1ieJ. In The two weeks passed
l.rTill did not witness a dispute
Wld talk In fact, the town
. -Nau some of the sleepv places
. View England.
lave been made for MANY
-.-rv direction from Dawson
md these Jrawinos are in tht
te gold commissioner, who
...- -.as for any work that he NAV
ur claims If called on for
.-in1, rao,ardioo claims in any
..qali+v if i.tEa fees first and
t.a ICES tbe better the informa-
.ui want 10 Ne = miner Won
.. IN tor a license and S15 70
s,n4 1aoordad If Won want
Is. a.. 4 claim Won can nnlv have
f.4- alnn9 the hank Of some
.... rAndin@ibark ro tha biob land
..,st l. 6',t q faw rods away
.n.v +ake mn ono claim in a
l.. nnlv fnnr ANYWAY You
..- .,,lr CLAIMS tbraa mnntbs ont
.r.. ~ rhav revert n rbe oneen
-,s lem claims on a ereek can he
t. nrnsnective miners and the
.es .. ,+,tba ouean
,..es a. INV ,,inino in s,,nuar
-..,--r Tia ,yorl, l. Terfornad in
e ..s [lr,ina tho summer months
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