The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-11
NO SIGNS OF ABATEMENT
The Klondike Epidemic Contin-
ues in It's Most Virulent Form.
MEN EAGER TO GO NORTH
Mike Beaulieu Will Head Party of
Gold Seekers, and Will Cave Has
Gone Dogs of All Nations
Pass Missoula

Missoula. Jan. 1O.-The Klondike cpl
demic shows no signs of abatement in
this city and the list of prospective
klondikers Is increasing all the time.
Mike Beauleu is now QUILTING for the
North and will lead a party of about
eight men. who will start early next
month or late in the present month.
{. The outfit Of this party viii be COM
plete and VIII consist of all the neces-
/ sary food and clothing for a year at
( least. Most of the members of the party
have seen actual experience in the
mountains and mines and the crowd
will be prepared for hard work and
rough fare.
VIII Cave started yesterday to rejoin
his party in Alaska. He will probably
meet some of his friends at Seattle and
these will proceed with him to Alaska
where \. b. Ferguson and others have
been looking out for the interests of the
party all winter. The party last sum
mer took in lot of supplies which it
was their intention to trade during the
winter for mining interests and from
the reports that have been received il
is supposed that the negotiations have
been successful and that by the time
the party is complete there will be
plenty oil work for them to do in the
way OF actual mining. Mr. Cave, dur
ing his stay in Alaska last year, ac-
CURED interests in some promising
claims and he expects to take hold Of
the management of these at once. His
prospects are excellent and his friends
nave confidence that he will succeed in
the Northern field.
Not west bound train passes
through Mssoula that does moi have
among its passengers at least one party
OF klondkers- These men come from
all parts OF the country and represent
all classes of people. There are mer-
chants and clerks bankers and book
Keepers. farmers and mechanics Specll-
latcrs and a few miners There has
been IN the past month large number
OF gamblers pass through here on the
way northward and the indications are
that any sort of n game can be found
when the Montana element reaches
there. There will be as many WAYS to
lcse money as there will be to make it.
and the chances are that ii will be much
easier.
The collection of dogs that has passed
through this city on the road 10 the
gold fields has been a large and varied
ono. Each party has its own ideas of
the sort of dog that is best suited for
operations on the trails Of Alaska. and
the canine outfit that accompanies each
represents this idea. Some have taken
the largest dogs that could he obtained
duu utfefS nave CHOSEN small animals.
Probably the best dog team that has
been seen here was on the west-bound
train yesterday. There were four of the
dogs and they were well matched
They resembled Scotch collies, but were
a little larger than most of the sheep
dogs that are seen here. They wore
their harnesses in the baggage car and
seemed to be about as comfortable as a
dog can be. All the time they rubbed
their noses with their paws in the en-
deaver to remove the leather straps
that circled their faces. Will Cave took |
with him three dogs from the Missoula
pound and the baggage car had the APP |
pearance of travelling kennel when |
the load was all on. The baggagemen |
are not having an easy time these days. |
All west bound passengers take along |
the full allowance of baggage and |
many Of them carry excess. This inn /
mense amount Of stuff. added to the !
dogs that accumulate as the train |
passes westward. makes the baggage /
car anything but d pleasant place to /
ride i'm