The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-27

hating to the K1ondike is easy IL You
4 All the right time. Getting to the
rtb Pole is another matter, because
weather is never very good al the
II But at certain seasons Alaska is
and beautiful, and those who have
years gone there on annual summer
sasare trips testify that they never
IND anything better
1.-The time to 10 is In our summer. This
sins the miqdie of June and lasts
Rough June, July and August. Daring
u lime IL is summer in Alaska as we'll
here
Mi IN making the start, you must
member that you must leave your
me long before the first IF Juno or
~ will not get there in time. The
d, II you go from the California coast,
Il take YOU surely twenty days, and
en- there is another journey of two weeks
3fore you strike the gold country.
Ito be sure, Alaska is all OF gold ior-
hiion, ana consequently all gold, hut the
Srby claims are all staked out and taken.
hsnow you must travel further before
reach undeveloped, unownnd gold
-
we're going to make the trip again
slouiu start now: The first Of hlareh
see me Wen on my way, AMI by
middle OF April I should expect 10
}pretty near the Yukon. During May
should be stalking out and bil;ldipg
when the freshets of June nal1e /
culd stand ready with my tools to
h the first wash of gold through
! gold laden rivers I shoi,jd olSn l,e
wv Ieaay TOT the melting of the snow
y but waiting for me,
PLEASANT ENOUGH.
Y Is iooiish 10 think that Alaska is
usfashlp' II you so in March and
4'h IN september, giving yourself
n TWO months in the @hionlllSn. You
4pV an lAe rough weather, AMI can
maps pick up enough to last YOU al
year But this is chance. Gold
f*l &c worked for by the sweat Of
efoW, aud the roughening of the
fsas IN Alaska, as well as here, and
fstaltt wa!ll in and come out Win your
tios iull. There are too many there be-
.syou,
iae Question was asked of staltnthip
Ely II there was gold enough ia ALASKA
sii who will so there this s9rlng
[lA!e Is, said he, "and can spea6 dis-
assledly because every passage on my
~ Taken for every trip until Sep
4Ssr. But | can surely promise that any
h who goes to the Yukon win come
- IN fun Pocket unless he gets quar-
|iDme ana takes to drink
lte most valuable claims lie among the
(s1en This river you must seek at once,
N Wien you find it you can cry Eu-
fn'
THE YUKON.
Ibis is the innortant rlyer ~ AIaskI
\ runs ,br,,,a,, ~. IN, s,e,.l. M,
|s.,s a.. lV'sn Aie soi' i'siu' PAS
IVY forty Mile and near Dawson.
As It's mouth at st. Michael's, where a
a'bottomed steamer m,st he taken and
kxrminat.s - a. ,,,. III -
Ne poid f,sl a. 'Ne ihier"r VI 'ne Ni'p
tar iayorlte trip for those going 10 AL
kcrcfCity This eu ,sLs alo, abo,,t I'm snvs
Y one travels over about lo0 miles
M n. ,is water route right 10 the heart
hweels of ~, sounely - ,, posslpte oh,s ~
faest river Known 10 commerne ana
Man ioei IL Is frozen over IL tht"s
neiII u'is &, ana ihen FOR few weeks II
sh water made de- nv % tb I'm n,,,ing Of The he
slsh this swollen stream experlmcnters
lastly sail.
Mler the middle Of August the Yukon
svaiiy shrinks, until the first of ser-
yteer II is dry in places. and you hear OF
s getting stuck in its bed. Then the
sesihs 10 form, and the unhappy Nes-
,Aat has vontured up the river is held
sae Ice until spring. while ia crew is
alale II rescued.
ksse Yukon trip is the cheapest, an. the
eoRfortable way Of going. But II
sst 10 ST. Michaei,s later than .Ausugt
Esyur chances are pretty POOR.
|yMenber that To gel To The irkon
rs You must travel from Seattle for
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