Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-06-10
Perkins on the Road.

g. D. Edick had an interesting letter
this morning from W. T. Perkins at
Lake Bennett, on the other side of Chill
koot Pass, and we'll on the way to Daw.
son. The letter is dated May %, so
came through in a remarkably short
time. The party has nearly completed
it's boat and the hope is expressed that
they would get started from Bennett by
the Sunday following the writing of the
letter. Perkins says:
Heard from Guptill on Thursday
they are camped fourteen miles down
Lake Bennett, and reports lake opened
by them and they will move down last
of the week, but all must wait for lower
lakes which are from a week to ten days
later than Bennett. He hopes to got a
little better hunting and fishing. All
his party is we'll. Can report the same
for McKendry of Fargo, McPherren of
Mimic, Richards, Wilcox and Jerry
Hayes of Dickinson. Richards has gone
back to Skaguay and is going up to
Yakatat Bay to see what Green is doing.
Al Beal has recently gone there with
Green. I afficiuted at two Masonic
funerals last Sunday. E. "A. Ireland.
ex-U.S. marshal, Salt Lake, whose body
was sent out, and L.. Mclean of Rich
mond. Quebec, who was buried here
Thursday night. We had an informal
meeting of Masons-over 100 present
from ali over the world and decided to
build a fence around the cemetery where
Bro. Mclean was burried-had the
fence built last night and over twenty
five states were represented, and five
provinces of Canada, England,!A Australia
and New Zealand. I contributed a 16
foot 5 inch board in behalf Of Bismarck
lodge. North Dakota as usual was in
the foreground with Fargo, Dickinson,
Langdon, Mimic and Bismarck con-
%tributing and represented-only Wash
ington equaled here with five different
lodges represented.
II will drop a line when we pull out
and also from any available point down
the river. They have just established a
Canadian P. o. here and hope I may
get a letter out as I certainly have been
unable to get any this way. The lack
of mail facilities has been the one great
drawback to everyone. I have not been
able to get a line of any sort since the
last of March aud I know I have a
bunch of April letters at some point in
the trail. Since the war, newspapers
are coming fairly well-average about
two each week and sometimes three and
sell here for 25 cents each-get them
from five to seven days old. Seattle
papers of last Monday came this morn
ing and had the news of the naval en-
gagement at Manila; six days late only
and at once ran up the stars and stripes
in honor of Admiral Dewey and his
brave men. The magnificent weather
still continues but all are o looking
forward and worrying about the nos
quito PEST WulCL is uuc Ill JIG COuI66 VI
a week or ten days. We have no N. D.
news in the colony and all we have seen
in the papers is that the cavalry goes in
with S. D. under Grigsby and two bat.
talions of infantry ordered to Frisco, go
suppose the Bismarck boys are away ere
this. Should like to know how many
passed muster and who the officers are.
It seems strange to be away from home
when times are out Of joint. Attended
English service in a tent this morning
and listened to prayers for the queen
and in the sermon an incidental allusion
to the war of Estates and Spain"-quite
English you know. I am tented among
Canadians, Australians and New
Zealanders and as I overheard one of
them say-when the flag was up
"What's he got the flag up today for?
Some gala day I suppose You can
put the accent on. All in all, however,
they are very nice and my lines have
been drawn in pleasant quarters"