Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1898-02-11
ALASKAN NUGGETS.

ALAOkAN NUU(IElS-
For nearly 400 miles from the mouth
of the Yukon there is not stick of
wood growing within 90 miles OF the
banks. Driftwood is the only fuel for
boats.
The aerial tramway over Chilkoot
pass is now completed. The time from
tide-water to the Yukon headwaters is
thereby reduced from one month to
one day.
Supervising Inspector General Du-
mont's order to dismantling of their
wheels all stern wheel steamers going
by sea to Alaska is raising protest
along the coast.
w. NJ. Rudio, of Long Greek, Or,
will in May take from 100 to 500 FIVE
year-old steers to Alaska over the Dali
ton trail. The outfit, landed in Daw-
son City, will cost $4,000.
Harold Barlow, a son of Prof.
Barlow, a young man about 20 years
of age, died suddenly at Skagway
on Jan. 25th, after an illness of one
day. The body was brought to Ia
coma, on the steamer Rosalie, for
interment.
The Canadian government has let
contract for building a railroad 100
miles long, from Glenora, on the
Stickeen river, to Lake Teslin, on the
Yukon. The subsidy is 25,0OO acres
of land per mile, located ON the Nc
Kenzie river. Road to be finished by
September l, 1898.
Kotsebue Sound, north of the
Yukon, is said to be richer than the
Klondike. Five great rivers empty
into it. A ship dragged its anchor in
the Sound, the Hukes of which were
gilded with gold. Reed, at Ainslies'
mill, is building steam schooner to
prospect that region.
Canada has issued new placer min
ing laws that are stringent. A miners
certificate costs $40. A creek, gulch,
river or land claim is 250x1 900 feet.
A claim must be record ed in ten days.
An entrance fee of SIS must be paid
annually. A royalty of 10 per cent. of
the gross output is levied.
The Dawson City News devotes most
of its space in one issue to "The Ten
Danger Spots OF the Klondike, Alaska
and the Yukon" Danger spot No. l
is "a bad outfit" giving strong points
to prevent fraud: "His life depends
upon his supply of goods" Danger
spot No. 2 is packing, with full details
of the danger. No. 8 is devoted to the
choice of the outfit of clothing, drugs
and tools. No. 4 relates to the un-
seaworthy boats. No. 5 is devoted in
detail to the dangers of Yukon river
navigation. No. 6 relates to White
Horse Rapids. "This is the worse of
all, says the mentor of argonauts. No.
Z tells of Lake LaBarge and its
treacherous puffs of wind. No. 8 dis
courses of Thirty-Mile river, its rock,
ice and puffs of wind. No. 9 tells of
Five Finger rapids taking its name
from the fearful rocks in the river.
No. 10 is Rink rapids after which to
Dawson and on down 10 Circle City
and Fort Yukon is smooth sailing"
A Chicago woman, who signs the
impressive name of "Mrs. Caroline
Westcott Romney, manager of the
Chicago Woman's Klondike expedi-
tion," has written to Portland to learn
about rates for numerous party of
passengers for Alaska. "I have" she
writes, under date of January 80, "a
party of $50 ladies (and gentlemen),
few of whom expect to take with me
to the Klondike in the spring." Then
she unfolds her scheme, and naively
admits that she is in it for profit in
the way of commissions, ETC., and
intimates that she will patronize the
transportation company that offers
the best inducements. The letter
came into the hands of Agent Poston,
of the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany, but he did not feel authorized
to deal with the proposition, and re-
ferred it to General Passenger Agent
Hurlburt of the o. r. & N. The cor
respondent bases her appeal on the
cruel news that another transporta-
ton concern, with which she was
negotiating, had threatened to ad-
vanced its Alaska rates before she
could get her party fully assembled
for embarkation. That threat carried
with it the promise that prices would
soon go to 5000 or 81, 900 for passage
to Alaska, leaving the inference fairly
clear that one should bite early to
avoid the rush of gudgeons.
THERE is some mystery surrounding
the disappearance of Mrs. Bernard. of