The herald., 1898-01-13
AS Mythical at Dawson as
Elsewhere
PLACERS PANNED OUT WELL
AND THE FOOD SITUATION rs
IMPROVING
Missionary Young Comes Down from
the Arctic and Thinks He
Struck a Hard Crowd
,ssociotad Press Snec,al Xv;re

Associated Press Special Wire
| SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 12.-Thirty
five men direct from Dawson City ar
rived in Seattle this morning at o'clock
on the steamship Al-Ki. These men
brought down 100000 in gold dust. The
heaviest individual owner of the gold
dust was Nels Johnson, who brought out
SAC, 900. Johnson is a young Swede who
went to the Klondike country over u
year ago. He located claim No. 29, above
Discovery Claim, on Bonanza Creek, and
shortly before leaving Dawson City sold
out for 1000, bringing $4,000 of this
amount with him. He was on his way to
Sweden to visit the scenes of his boy
hood and to enjoy his fortune.
The remaining $4,000 of gold dust that
was brought down is in small amounts
and scattered among several men.
James McCauley and Richard Butler
made the quickest trip on record. They
left Dawson City December 18th and ar
rived at Dyea in eighteen and half days.
Today's arrivals bring no new features
in the food situation at Dawson, but con-
firm previous stories that while provis-
ons are scarce, there will be no starva-
ton.
C. F. Treat, who has been the chair
man of every meeting held at Dawson to
discuss the food question, says:
IF necessary, a government expedi-
ton could reach Dawson over the ice by
using dogs, but the scarcity has been
relieved already by people coming out
and going down the river"
A. H. Peel and George H. Stevenson
made the journey from Dawson to Dyea
in twenty-one and half days.
"Our coolest day was 81 below" said
Piel. You may not believe it, but that
was our best day for travelling. We
started from Dawson with four dogs
and 100 pounds on our sleds, and travelled
as much as fifty miles day. That is
good travelling. but, you understand, we
did not walk; we rode
Sam Archer chacterizes the story that
the mother lode has been discovered in
Skookum gulch as a fairy tale.
At Thirty mile river Mr.. Archer and
party met a man named Vest from
Portland, Ore. who. with his partner,
was in a very sorry condition. They
were attempting to take to Dawson sew
eral hundred dozen of frozen eggs. To
escape sleighing along the river banks
they built a raft, intending to float down
to the Hootalinqua. Their raft had been
wrecked and they had lost most of their
provisions. their tent, stove. blankets
and tools. They narrowly escaped
drowning themselves.
A HARD CROWD
PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. 12.-Dev. DR..
S. Hall Young, who was commissioned
by the board of home missions of the
Presbyterian church to visit Dawson
City and other points in Alaska, writes
to Mr.. ]. T. Ross of this city under date
of Dec 1st, as follows:
when we arrived here short of sup
plies, as so many others are, we found
flour selling at from 1925 to s1.50 per
pound and other things in proportion,
and not to be had at all at the stores.
Only sugar could be bought and that
soon ran out. The strife for something
to eat is already distressing. Thieving
is frequent and no mans cache is safe
when he is away from it,
STEAMER SERVICE
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 12.-In few
| days the Pacific Coast Steamship COM
pany will make public the prospective
movements of it's steamships that will
engage in the Alaska trade. The Walla
Walla, Umatilla and City of Pueba
| will be the only vessels sailing from this
port, but they will connect at Seattle
| with large fleet and fter Feb 25th
| there will be a five-day service between
| san Francisco and Juneau, Dyea and
| Skaguay, by way of Seattle. The Cot
tage City is to carry the mail. and will
be the only one of the fleet to call at
Sitka. The City Of Topeka, on her return
from Alaska, will go to Portland, and
run from there to Alaska, making the
trip every fifteen days during the sea-
son. The Santa Cruz will carry freight
exclusively.