New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-10
wsoN CITY,s FOOD PANIC.
A PLACE WHERE ONLY GOLD IS CHEAP.

hardly out OF tho merry rush OF wniers when I've we
running down the comb of a hogback toward ne
river signalling to stop They LOOKED stbo NIKE
clothing and Skin were smoked to the same dun
tint. .,o ,f,orr called
o1!S oh. yes. Have You been wrecKedT'
mo. We arc going out and this Is where the
They They we're the advance guard of returning
beginning OF y the waSe s ha.
There's nothing to eat at DAWSON n In ny water
Steamers are al held back ny e% more
Each ui,'i had small pack on his back. which
about twenty pounds OF provisions 10 tne MAJ. az
Ice was forming along the edges OF ola ' from some
where out OF sight above came the continual
honklng OF wild geese and sandhili cranes
PREFERRED FOOD TO GOLD.
for the night half hour after we camped tour
more Klondikers came pulling 6oat up we noint
and go ont over the Dalton trail One Of them
said he had claim on BONANZA Creek ana rom
& 900 70 SO COO but that ne could not buy pound
of food He expects to return IN me easy "a in
Dawson so on" "l,v" he said, us gold A dollar isn't
good for anything but good supply u "o''
"S %ear Five Finger Rapids herd Of forty ~
cattle which the owners were prepas 1rnn,,ns
RgtSns rhe @ CENTS w"S ,"f seS Fly miles
further down the river We found two more se he,ne
"a asao point price Of beef had
risen to Z cents pound by tse 500 sheep also
pn Tt9rr Gn r was Of el" day and mutton
worth = cents p0%dddu ar fS a, the mouth
Of the Chiikat River and had then been ar,Ve IN
across tho pass Of the sane h aae,t River This
traiI follows closely the l4st meridian wncn Is me
boundary line between Alaska and Nortnwost te be
rltory There was good grazns sYr in making
W hs trp from salt water to Fort sekr was 1--WE
six week. B bsr fo" To t hsaq about
head and the cattle will yield abou, s9N ,st fresh
W. to1 VA odvancrd &c somewhat above 81 %
pound as It was sold from the block.
Walk BACK TO SALT WATER
Along tho Intervening nearly two hundred TILES '.s
AGng b bg Fort sekirx and Dawson Cy we
met every day men. gepeHaly mr., nnuDo small
soa Tho mp-rivcr boats by the way are OF an
entirely dirsrent kind from those rsed IN dug
nmf ,s hest adapted for the former purpose ,ho
So several times every day men shouted l'o'" '"o
Better go back TIL spring. II you hayent any
provisions y2n , w t' sWay s1G you G
n was not cheerful outlook. ard ! confess rnss
times since my a a1rya bre frs upon me- OF
some things there IS plenty sugar IS ohiy ~
30 cents pound ana any one n rsn bit no other
Aiasha G nnn me had at either OF the two princi-
pal stores Of the place Two qo''n no sellers OF
course cornmeal or any other grain product wpa d
be just as acceptable 1u he e1 zen Nv outsiders
to lIyo on canned goods. piiot bread rravme u PIC
could not be consd' rcd as none can De hao
GOLD CREATES LITTLE INTEREST.
The noople Of Dawson Cl;y could not be called an
eotten ali about the value Of gold as they used 10
know IT, They talk or claims ,nat 2 ashn Amos,
Gisgnsted way. There many such mines, ou,
the keen edge Is all worn of OF the eHel'ee "a
gett ,t b, n1 tbev would engage move so much
Worthless gravel at so much day 90 wnat G99@
,Ths b haTber who accepts your 81 30 for not very
dlabopste service appears to wish that the crowd o,
people mostly quit business d meal but is
naming has raised the price 10 - %, feed then,
g lsnger There are two three large log build
ings with hotel signs in front If you sPpS e rste
Of 81 night IL you furnish your own blankets out
YOU can get nothing to eat ,,ou ,,. ,evcor,.
ora Who have made their dollars only by days OF
hard work turn them loose apparently wirnous h sI
epTy 70 that time during the Rebellion when the
people lost all faith In the Confederate "' nj, h,v
stun 70 eat and the present time and th icy
clamor to buy the few articles ina, are anporeI for
Which they have no use and all sorts of old REM
nants of stale articles OF food'
FABULOUS PRICE OF CANDLES
An unconsdered thing that has suddenly risen 70 10
a. heer offered for four boxes-someUhat more
than 81 apiece for the candles The lack OF ths ore
lions the coming winter as very lie m ha,n s- San
be done without light. most Of me Work 6eihg p' ha
ing rq baen ,n Used in undeground work win
be substituted for candles TO some extent aichongn
wherc owners neglected to order ther goods early.
cannot he worked at all. and the lack OF supplies
,t,l OUTPUT for winter. some
mon conceived the idea of buying up all the tdllow
t th,t could he Obtained in the camp under the pre-,
convert II into candles worm seVeEai uo"a's
The frs, sush ice has begun running in the river
From the mouth Of the >londke IS diScna god
masses tina, go whislng away down The Yukon TINS
II without much difficulty: but With every sneceed
iag day It will become harder II vas something o:
a surprise on reaching Dawson City 70 learn that
the weather already touches zero at carry morning.
year ON the Yukon Men 90 about their work with
out the slightest inconvenience from cold. Inc ar
the trails are In excellent condition There Is some
hing II ne climate o0 0s ,n Ts n c Snf hs Sood
comes 10 the surface. "a Is shown by little scratch
The hand that rs|es n onma a 10 61p HS
arc living In tents and many OF them VIII continue
DO the winter hroogh ere man n saf hun
With only a single pair Of blankets TO wrap him.
ard never pack them blankets on trip OF that
kind" says an acquan,:nce who meets him and
he IL IN sober earnest. I've slept without blankets
a good deal colder weather than this" ne explains.
ANXIETY ABOUT THE BOATS.
The question on every tongue now Is viii the
hoars yet in and II any do come, how many will
there be and to what extent will they relieve the
suatono 90 The widest diversity OF opinion prevails
a. 10 the amount OF food in the camp. Some say
there IL no, enough 10 last I'LL Christmas. while
o,hers think that with the closest economy there
Will be enough OF everything eatabe TO carry the
camp iii June 49, when the frs; spring boats
nectaJ All mite I'm tho belief that there Ia a crisis
at hand and that many will suffer. The unusually
low stage Of the river during The latter half OF the
GOA son has prevented the boats from coming further
than Fort Yukon which Is four hundred miles be-
low Dawson city. Fnit on their failure 10 ascend
further the boats have not been Idle. They have
been kept busy transporting goods 70 Fort Yukon
and there il now cached at that point many thou
sands OF tons OF provisions. With the opening OF
navigation next June the boats will forward the
supply az Fort Yukon very RAPIDLY. Up % this time
there has been delivered Dawson City less than
han the supply that contemplated for the win
ter with the river running fun OF slush ice and
with no rise 81 water 10 give the people hope that
any Of the hoats have passed The Fort Yukon bar,