The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-09-30

very reasonable prices provided they are
prepared 10 pay down some money as
guarantee OF good faith Mine owners
here viii not give long options otherwise
There SIS need for great deal OF capital
here and there viii be Opportunities Tor
investing 10 advantage for some time.
TO the outsider Do might seem that
enough money IS being taken out TO sup
ply the demand. but this is not go FOR the
bulk of 10 is carried away each year by
tine trading companies and by those who
are selling ont ami leaving the camp for
god.
PLENTY or FOOD.
Unless there shall Doe a great number or
pe0ple coming in over the passes from
now on without outfits. food Will he
abundant in Dawson next Winter. AL
ready tweuty--iX steamer loads nave
come Mp. and many boats are on the way.
a number OF steamers are stranded along
the river ON bars between here and Mum
ooh These Will be sources OF consider
able amounts of supplies for the lower
river Many or the steamers bound for
Dawson bring loaded bargcs I'm tow part
way and leave them at stations beiG"
here AS has long been the custom
many steamers on their last trips VIII
sion as winter comes on I'm the river be-
low here. So altogether 81 looks as If
thprc will not only Dee am abundance or
supplies. but that they Will Doe pretty wei
distributed along the river. so that dis
coyerers of new disgings will be IN easier
reach of food and tools than has been
the case in the past
D. is possible and quite probable that
some of the larger trading companies Will
endeavor 10 combine 90 hold up prices,
but vile this may be done with some or
tine staplos. 10 looks ass IF most articles
will Doe much lower than they have been
of late wears and This is true OF all
meats. Bacon sold last year az the big
stores az fifty cents pound. but for t"o
months it has been offered ar thirty cents
and less. Lately considerable or IL mas
gone ut fifteen cents Fresh beer ana
mutton. which sold at SL2j per pound in
lime Is now offered an FIFTY cents All
summer long the Indians have oeen
b~inin.r .n moose. sometimes as many as
fftv I'm a week and ass consequence me
owners of beef cattle have been refrain
inc from killing Large quantities or nsh
king salmon. dog salmon ana YUKON
trout-have leel caught IN the rivers
and the retail price now Is three pounds
for fifty cents Soon caribou VIII begin
10 come I'm. There are being killed mere
about three beeyes day, but as theIe
arc 1000 head OF cattle here or ar Fort
Selkirk and on the way, the demand VII
have 10 be increased and prices VIII
nrobablv fail TO twenty-five or thirty
cents q Mound As I wrote TO the Herala
last fan this will leave a splendid mar
Gin of profit There are also some 200,
eheop on the way and 80 live hogs are
being brought down a. scows.
CHICKENS AT So EACH.
The frst chickens that came 10 Da"'
son. about a month ago, sold as hlsh @s
sl2 each. but the price has IaHen 10 80
A dozen or more men have gone out I,
bring i'm chickens. turkeys oysters ah'
other Injuries IN large quantiues.-Chrls So
mas may be celebrated this year on u,
Yukon in proper fashion. Last year a.
christmas dinner ! was treated 10 some
frozen Yukon trout. and canned plum
budding. There We're no delicacies 8nt
| nothing 10 drink except hoochinoo. anl
fha dav was anything but merry alons
! the creeks. Fires were III IN tho pits OF
Christmas eve, and the MINDLESS turned
as usual the next day
Bananas and oranges sold here at :
| each six weeks ago. but now the prlcel
have fallen 10 about 81 a dozen. fresi
VEGETABLES. particularly potatoes ana on
! ions have dropped from 81 20 80 cents
mound. Meals at the restaurants con
| Time 10 fall In price and improve II
| NAIAANff 81 49,
| prices now.
| Great many little patches OF groun
| have been cultivated this summer. an
| radishes. peas, turnips, potatoes an
| other vegetables grown. or course IN
, quantity has not been large, but II ma
| been shown how easily little gardens ca
! be cultivated. and no doubt much NOR
| viii be done in this direction next sum
| ner Besides this considerable quaint
ties OF potatoes and other vegetable
| are being grown for the Dawson marke
! ON the upper river about Fort selkirk
DOGS WE'LL CARED FOR.
| The dog OF the Yukon Is a fOrtunat
| beast. Last winter. no matter how muc
| food cost. the dogs were well fed. Mo-
| there are several hundred horses an
| mules in the district. which are kept IA
on the luxuriant grasses along the creek
hut when winter comes there will b
| little feed for them, and they Will b
( killed-an except few-to make food 70
| the dogs during the winter. Then bac0
! promises 10 be cheaper this winter tina
| any other staple. and this is one Of III
| favorate foods for dogs on the trail.
This IS all a very good thing for IN
/ miners. for Il means cheaper freight
| and the working OF more mines. and
, means, too that fewer men will rui
/ themselves by carrying packs or drasgin
sleds heavily laden long distances.
the government would build roads an
! provender were brought in for horses
! most Of the hauling to the mines in wiz