The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-03
SICKNESS ON THE YUKON.
AMERICAN DOCTORS PROHIBITED
FROM PkACTICIN. AT DAWSON.
suits Of Coming Winters Work.
city Oxercrowded with idle Men
-supplies Plenty and Reasonable.

The latest discrimination against the
Americans In the kiendke is told in a let
ter 10 the Post eliigeDcer from. Geor ge
r. Hale. written at Dawson Mir Hale
says.
The American physse.ans have been pro-
hioiied from prscttcing and this has been
81 summary brought about as 10 prevent
their taking care OF their patients and be-
ing compelled 10 turn hem over 10 q Ca
Lsdian doctor In the midst OF their sick
isss ana when tina life of the patient was
hanging In the balance. Considerable sick
nesS prevails al the present time, the most
serious complaint being typhoid fever.
From where have ny tent pitched on the
bLl | can every day see some poor fellow
being conveyed to the graveyard"
As 10 the progress OF mining there. the
letter continues: Tile producing miness
have thus far been principally confined to
sulphur creeks. though this season is go
irg 10 demonstrate that rich deposits are
on many other streams. On all the forego-
ing creeks ron iinds have been made in The
oenches. high up on the mountain side
when are being worked by the rocker, and
many paying the owners from 500 to 81 Goo
a day TO the unan- Every practical miner
possessed with the ordinary rustic has no
complaints TO make of the country and all
seem well pifased and believe In the future
or the camp; but from many Of the new
tei1efs who are unaeeustomsed to hard
SHIPS. and WHO have been eamped on the
wafer 'front.' and not spent day In the
nils. the howl goes up
AZ IS no place FOR people looking for work
Tot ihsfe are Tar more here now out If
employment than can find IT, and they must
leave Tor the outside before the SEASON
closes. Each day along the front one viii
see scores of 'chee-charkos.' az the ma
tiSss call newcomers, exposing their out
hts for sale. preparatory 10 returning. whil.,
many go on down the river intending 70
stop on the American side if IL looks be,-
ter. and II nor 20 keep on 10 St Michael
and catch steamer for Seattle There are
many more leaving each day than are COM
ing IN. ana by the close c Z The season there
WI be several thousand less people here
than now.
There is no doubt thar mere VIII be a n
abundance or supplies here this winter. and
al a much more reasonable figure than In
the past. The prices at the stores for staple
goods now are; Flour s. a sack bacon. 81
cents pound: ham. 90 cents canned corn
ed beef. Is cents 4 can. condensed milk ~
cents: tomatoes. u cents. ! was offered If
teen sacks OF -four az S. sack. and this
evening Al an auction sale forty sacks will
probably 20 for s. and s., each Clothing
les scarce and more difficult TO get, the
prices being about four times what they
arc In Seattle and in most cases for inferior
al Juneau for SIS than for So here
Mr.. Hale writes that bitter feeling
exists against the Canadian government.
but that the Americans say nothing lie
abominates tho SLOW handling of mail ssy-
ing thar one clerk from tie Seattle off,.
can distribute more than the whole tosa,
employed In this Office Several of the
Seattle boys viii go out this fall" III,
letter continues, among them being a f.
Griffin. The asprant for judicial honnrs In
the las, campaign. From the best snforrua-
ton obtainshie he has good stake