The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-03

with this sp,cndidly crxanised body uf
ynehs & sxersiug himself 70 hia u<noak 70
make Is - easy - cQnsIxtent With his
efdeFs fnr al incoming Parties On x4efr
Way 20 the north. Cart Ssarssea 10 here
under orders 10 haisd fourteen heats Tor
The mounted rcsice. eight Of these to b
thirty foot long. for fresghtipx purposes.
ard the remainder 10 be small detachment
u ats Cap. Sta eeS hs. fourte~n men
under him constructing these boats eiRht
being members OF the regular force and
six mechanics. When the river opens tho
larger heats win be used to carry provss-
ions for the mounted police into Dawson
and viii also carry relief provisions
IN case OF q shortage en- the Yukon
Capt. Ssarues has located his pest On the
fcu.-rniie timber limit sold hy his Rcv-
ernment. and Ii building his boats from
the timber thereon: ne has made applica-
ton for a thrse-auarter mile reservation
around his pest and expects that his row.
eminent will make good this three-ouarfer
mile TO the other parties by extending
their limits north or south OF their orig.
inai lines.
As Lake Lehsrge is the last point to
which pack or draft animals can be
used, all horses or mules are either turned
hack or given away. IL abort az feed as
no one here can be found willing to Invest
in them. Our maa yesterday visited all
the camps eager 10 exchange a six-year
old mare. set OF harness and bag at
corn for one fisty-ponnd sack OF Hour. He
found no takers. Oxen. however after
serving the purpose OF the trail. can hs
butchered here to advantage. We butch
erred oar three steers. the last one yes
terdays and their meat Is proving treat
20 everybody who has money enough 10
buy pound OF it. While not by any
means fat, and in fact one OF them. "Old
Iarrx ~ S>1t~x
neat sells readily at from 8 TO 20 cents q
pound. What meat Is not sold win -
1erksd and sailed and taken into the
Yukon country with US.
The Salmon river excitement n all tho
talk here. and many conflicting reports
are coming In by returning pruspectcru.
the consensus OF opinion being that the
whole affair Is n put-up lob. q land
scheme with town-sitc hoom on the
side. and that the report was given out
ny number of schemsng men In Major
Waish's rarty who. being well supplied
with Kiondike nuggets. made a show Ut
II as coming from Walsh ans Lake
creeks. and soon had a stampede started
Many OF these poor prospeetors came all
the way from Bennett and had a wild
goose chase. spending time. provisions
and enc' sy. Walsh creek was named AZ
ter Phil. Walsh. member OF Major
Walsh's party. but no relation, and this
unfortunate circumstance gave rise to the
rumor that Major Walsh was guilty OF
starting the rush and fostering II to his
own benefit.
The days are getting pereeptibiy longer
every day and we are now enjoying about
fifteen hours OF continuous daylight Day
breaks shortly after o'clock in the morn
ing ard we have daylight at 4. while Il 10
light enough ut In the evening to read
outside the tent. In very short time
candles can be pu. away for good until
next winter.
In view Of the many runners OF war be.
tween the United States and Spain the
scarcity OF newspapers Is one OF the great.
est privstions OF the trail and every new
conner is eagerly questioned a. to the lat.
ess news and for the latest PAPER. Tho
Pr. Is asked for on all sides and copies Of
1t. three weeks old. bring II q copy readily.
and dozens Of them could be sold at that
price II brought In. Today In the 18th and
the las; copy OF the Post-Yntelligencer 70.
ceivei here Is dated March T. but Il Ii full
OF live news for US and s copy Of the paper
is,treasured and passed from hand to hand
with the care OF gold nugget. Every
body here Is anxious TO hear OF Uncle Sam
giving Spain well-merited drubbins. and
were in the states. would offer my SER
vices again TO help do IL.
We have had an unusual thaw n the last
two days. yesterday the thermometer 90
ing up 20 50 In the shade. II went down 70
IS last night ard so renamed all night.
Should this warm weather continue =
week II will open the rivers to navigation
several weeks earlier than usual and check
the progress OF thousands of men now on
the trail on lakes and rivers. Not ant1ct-
patiny this early thaw. was making ar
rangements 10 leave tomorrow for trip to
Dawson City over the Ice, pulling hand
sled with provisions enough to last the
trip In l must now walt several dAss and
should VIC have sharp cold snap for sev-
erai days and nights. Will start. "a thea
the trail on the ice will be In better condi.
ton than ever. r.. Il. VISHAAA