The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-29
MIL DRIVE PEOPLE cRllI.
A E.~esrsGssg Letter WRITES Yrsn
Davsoa by &aAs<y nasStngsos--
Evap~sat~A yeg<tabses Are
w~rfh Their WEIGHT ~ C~sA-

One Of a.,s most encouraging istters fnz'
has come out from Dawson this year Was
received yesterday by Yoeks A. Baringson
from Eis brother. sidney harrington, who
has been In the kiondiks for the IEss fsifsa
months. The firx letters written out BY
young harrington had rather ossas
streak running through them. bot 10 tho
letter received yesterday Tn. blue streak IL
replaced By yellow. Darlington thinks
that the amount Of gold that VIII come
out will drive the pcopae OF The States
crazy with excitement.
His letter 10 datsd February ard Is eue
OF the latest received here. II ts al follows:
.As / have chance 10 yet few lines
out will take advantage Of /; and write
you letter We are all enjoying the sess
Of health ard have appstitss BIKE Puget
Sound deckhan5s Tbs only drawback IL
that our Appesisss are greater than cur
supply Of grub can stand the cold wealth
er and shortage Of supplies. an am satis-
Ned that We vii! make big cleanup here.
George, Chris ard the rest Of the boys are
already figuring On how they are going 10
spend their money. ~ for me. ! am goans
20 the Paris exposition. and ] VIII make
some OF these marks think ! am the
Prince Of waIes.'
When FIRST got here was little hias
ard homeaiek THIS has all left me and ]
think now only OF what We viii take our
al this counfry. When we frsf got here
the only creeks that were talked about
were Bonanza and Eldorado Now there
are q dozen creeks thar will pan oas jsist
81 rich Ali-Go:d. Sulphur and Meadow
creeks are rich. II Is no longer q guess.
but a sure thing. "a they have got down to
bedrock and the yellow stun II there In
plenty. Moosehide ard Too Anch-ssold
are also good To tell the truth. think
that every creek In this district has sold
enough to satiafy all Of us. IL Ed 1.-THE
writer's brotherb has not already tied zap
our claims tell him not TO DO 30. as they
viii BIZ worth twice as mich In the spring
N they are now. All of rs want 10 Set as
much out Of them AZ We can.
'.You cannot imagine the amount OF gold
that will come cut Of tssis country In the
srr3ng. tell you II viii drive you tender
feet crazy to see IL packed ap like Wnidey
island potatoes.
I'VE will manage to pub through on our
supplies. but wifi he down TO bacon and
beans ~aea The first boat comes up In the
spring We had quite a scare In The early
winter. but there was more plain grub
cached away than many Of US thought.
but II IL all plain There Is "A Soaa deal OF
scurvy here ewing to the scarcity Of fresh
food. II 10 almost impossible to get hold
Of any fruit. vegetables or potatoes. Tell
Ed to bring plenty OF apples. prunes. spuds
and onions. Evaporated vegetables are
almost worth their weight in gold.
II suppose you hear Of the Seattle boys
here through their friends As there are
70 many al them %au't attempt to men
tiun them In detail. Frank Egan il at the
diggins. Jack Levy Is holding the Move
down in Dawson City. l think he viii be
S.a r4.sf
first boa: starts down In the spring This
II the first time ! have been in Dawson
since last September and IT, seems uka
Seattle To zee SO many familiar faces.
! think one-haif the aeopie here are from
the Sound. ] hear Capt. Green hss struck
q very good thing. he sure and tell every
one 10 bring y years supplies with them"