The herald., 1898-01-25
The Passport to tile Yukon
Gold Fields
PROSPECTORS NOT PROVIDED
WILL BE TURNED BACK BY THE
POLICE
All Returning Miners Agree That the
Order Should Be Enforced to
the Letter
Special to The Herald.

special TO Inc f1eFdlu.
VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. 24.-Geo. A.
Barrack and F. E. Berry, who come d.
rect from Dawson, were among the ar
rivals here by the Topeka early this
morning. Berry is a Seattleite, who has
been buying properties on Bonanza and
Ell Dorado for mercantile associations
and returns north in few weeks. He
says that provisions will undoubtedly
be short before the spring importations
can be received, not in Dawson, but
among the people camped on the river
here. Berry and Barrack declare, that
privation may be anticipated.
In consideration of the hardships en-
tailed by many having gone inadequate
ly provisioned, Major Walsh, exercising
for the first time his wide powers as
administrator of the Yukon district, has
issued an order to all police and customs
officials between the seaboard and Daw-
son to allow no one to pass who is not
provided with one years supplies. This
order is to be enforced to the letter, and
all returning miners agree is both desir-
able and necessary.
'People seem to imagine that when
they reach Dawson their troubles are
over" said Mr.. Berry, "but they only
then begin. Don't misunderstood me-
I am not running down the Yukon, for on
the contrary, I consider it a splendid
country, with great riches in quartz
mines as we'll as the placers; but the
country is very rough and difficult one
to travel over and one has to endure the
greatest hardships in prospecting. Con-
sequently only those who are well sup
piled can hope to do WELL"
Mr.. Berry brings the good news that
one Canadian mail has by this time
reached Dawson, Pierche, the carrier,
getting through with about 700 pounds of
letters. The 1900 pounds Of mail at Major
Walsh's camp on Little Salmon should
be in Dawson by the end of this month,
as the administrator was only wait
ing for eight dog teams. which were met
at La Barge. On January 18th Nc
Gregor, the mining superintendent, was
met at White Horse with more mail for
Dawson.
In Victoria today the board Of trade
passed strong resolutions requesting the
Dominion government to close at once
the Dyea and Skaguay pass, nor reopen
them until the inspector accompanying
Canadian bonded goods through the
American strip be declared unnecessary.
Oscar Myers, president of the Dyea-
Klondike Transportation company, was
on the Topeka on his way back to Port
land after having inspected the work
the company is doing at Dyea and their
tramway. The wharf is now ready, and
should nothing occur the portion of the
aerial tramway over the summit will be
in operation early next month.
On January 18th a man named Lopz
started with a team of dogs over the
summit of the White pass. A blizzard
struck him and he became too exhausted
to proceed. Here he was found by some
men, who built him a snow house and
started out for help. Lopz, feeling bet
ter, however, started off again on his
journey. The unfortunate man was
found insensible and frozen near the
lakes and was put on sleigh and taken
back to Skaguay, where he died.
ALASKAN RATES
CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-(By Associated
Press.) Eastern and western roads will
take up the question of rates to Alaska
this week and an effort will be made to
agree on through tariffs to Dawson City.
Tomorrow the roads of the Western Pas
senger association will meet and discuss
the advisability of asking the interstate
commerce commission to suspend such
parts of the law as will enable them to
meet the low rates made by the Cana
dian Pacific without subjecting them
selves to the penalty of violating the long
and short haul clause of the Interstate
commerce law. On the day following the
roads of the Central Passenger associa-
tion will meet for the same purpose, and
on Wednesday joint meeting Of east
ern and western roads will be held. There
is no doubt that the western roads will
tomorrow ask the suspension of the long
and short haul clause of the interstate
commerce law. AS matters now stand
the roads of this country are not able to
meet the competition of the Canadian
Pacific without demoralzing their local
rates. The Canadian Pacific insists upon
of its differentials on Alas
ka business, Notwithstanding the fact
that it has as good line for this bust
ness as anybody else. The western roads
will, after everything else has been tried,
meet whatever rates the Canadian Pa
cific may put in. 1t is likely that the
roads of the Central Passenger associa-
tion will act in the same manner as the
western lines.
DEAD REINDEER
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Of a herd of
,orty reindeer which left Finland more
than a month ago only fifteen reached
here alive, the others having been ex-
ecuted by the rolling of the ship. There
we're no cattle stalls in the ship and
the reindeer were tied to stanchions.
They were not a part of Uncle Sans
purchase but were bound to the Klon-
dixie to be used as beasts of burden by
private individuals.
Alger Improving
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