Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1898-04-21

DAWSON City, N. W. T., Jan. p, 1898.
tonight-baking bread. | have to do
most all day. Tonight makes six weeks
he has played at $105 per week. We
have spent $500 or more for CRIB"
canned cabbage, peas, corn, pumpkins,
simmer sausage and all that. We
bought two big broadrimmed white hats,
for hot weather next spring, 500. Every
thing costs plenty.
[ have located and recorded three
claims and Rube one. Weare in shares
on everything though, and so [ am in
on his playing. | have No. "a, Inde-
pendence Greek, joining Hunker Creek,
at 81 below. No. 2 on Pup, joining
Moosehorn at No. 8 in Henderson
Creek district, and No. on left fork
of Ensley Creek. I had to make a trip
of 100 miles, pulling sled from Dec.
% to Jan. Sd, for my Henderson Gre elk
claim, and [ 90 not know if it is worth
anything or not. | was offered $500 the
other night for my Independence claim,
but simply said $500 is not pocket
money for me-" | would not take
81 900 now. We are all waiting for the
anticipated spring rush of suckers who
for them. There are over 1000 claims
staked around here, of which, not to
exceed $50, are paying, all the rest are
cutters or unprOspeCted. Some may
be good. Some one of mine may prove
! to be good or else contiguous to good
property, in which event you will be
able to see the Paris Exposition. | will
feel very good, though, if [ escape from
here with $3, 200, and will not be sore
if | only have 81 900, for it's more than
| would have saved back there anyh oW,
and | have seen the greatest gold stam-
pede ever known, and can settle down
20 quiet dental practice and beefsteaks
with endowment. You can expect to
hear from me at any time along IN
Sept. or Oct, from Seattle or Frisco.
| presume Rube will stay year more.
| would if | were certain Of $1,000, but
less would not tempt me. Rube and L
will take up three or four more claims
before spring, and if things come as
| many expect, and the "CheeshOepOes'
are as big fools and as greedy after
Klondike mining property as all think,
we may realize 81 800 or more for each
claim. It's queer country. You see
some soak with his posterlor out OF
his pants talking about refusing S5,O0O
$4,000 or maybe $4,000 for his claim
|
any day.
Jan. 3Oth. Will take up the letter
again and add little more. [ am writ.
ing by the tiickering, sputtering light
made of grease and wick. [ am heat
ing water and will try and wash some
underwear | find that, when / have
worn them until they will stand up alone
and crackle when [ bend, they are usu
ally in need of soap. 1 expect Gardner
is long since at home, or on the coas
somewhere. At least he ought to be i
all went well. Painter is working on {
lay up on 4S, below Bonanza. The coun
try doesn't seem to affect HIM att all. II
two weeks more Rube and will have al
much cash as we left home with,-if hi'
job holds out, and it will, | guess; so yol
see that there is no big kick coming.
believe | can settle down to the comfOr
of a dental office all right now. The
; weather is not, nor has it been, any
! colder than right back in Wisconsin
with one exception, when it went dowI
! to 5O-55 in November. 1t is simply idea
winter weather, and tonight the mooni
shining in all her borrowed splendor
! Just as it does back there for sleighrides
[ have Just finished sraping and clean
= ing a moose tongue that / will boil to
morrow-iti is the last fresh meat we hav,
on nanQ, out Wnen IL SetS llltle cheape
will buy 80 pounds or so. 1t is now 81. 2
and $3.50 per pound, and do not like t
spend the money, seeing that we hay
plenty canned stuff and vegetables.
Feb. 25th. Hereit is nearly one montl
from the time started this letter and
has not yet gone. 1t goes tomorrow
: however. We are all we'll and feelin
5 good. l invested in a hind quarter o
: caribou meat yesterday, at S1.O0 pc
; pound. 1t goes right to the spot. toe
and makes new man of one. Rub
g and l have now oyer $4,000 cash be
4 tween us, besides six claims that Wi
, certainly bring something. | expect t
|. be playing violin soon, and ought t
!. make from 100000 to S150000 by tn
time 60 out. Love to all.
I FRANK Houston.