The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1898-04-14
LIFE AT DAWSON CITY.
Interesting Facts About the Me- }ropolfs OF
the Klondike.

the KlondiEe.
A Journey of forty-fve mill from
sixty-mile Post brought us tt Dawson
City, the wonderful city OF the new
mining district, populated al most in
night. Although really $ixty-fTe
mi es distant from the Klon3lke, it Is
q t-pical mining camp, mi bus the
guns. The laws of the British! govern.
,nent are enforced at DAWSON, and
those laws prohibit the use ;of ire
arms; consequently few me}1 carry
guns. In and around Dawson at the
present time there are about four
thousand men and one hundrle led and
fifty women. Dawson, Of course, IS
very primitive and very dirty, although
from q recent conversation with Mr.
Ledue understand that every effort
is being made to cleai it. There are
large stocks of provisions in 4ll the
storehouses, and it looks as though
there could be no hunger in thA klon-
dixie. There will lie little or nP law
lessness, an | the e is probability OF
very little sickness. The Al Iaskan
winters are healthful. In September
can be seen quantities o. black ducks
vending their way southwark AMI
even on the streets of Dawso4 you
can sec the sparrow and hetr its
chirping. Here, as everywhere IN
Alaska, nature has stored her trea-
sures in safe of ice; in fact, one
writer has called Alaska the natlon's
icebox, but to me it represents the
future paradise Of poet and paiPter.
Nature has done much for DawsoA, but
the energAtieAmerican has done nj ore.
He has built wareh buses in whic}n ne
has stored acres Of food, bui t fom-
Portable log-cabins, erected thefsre,
established many saloons, bill4ard.
rooms and dance halls. The SUM + OF
money scent in these billiard sales sons
and dance halls are simply fabu+Yusi
fortunes changed hands every y Sght
at the different gamb ing devices. Al
poker in single night 100000 pre-
quently changed hands, it being n9th'
ing unusual to see $4,000 bet o3 6
single hand. Yet do not infer + on
this that all the miners are gambf &rs
Many of them never enter saloo] Of
dance hall.
! T have a little friend out there ar
old schoolmate, who is teaching schoPl
She hugely en- joys her winters thefe
| She is at Circle City. She takes !:
daily ride behind q splendid dog :s Sc
and, I tell you, IT'S great fun. 8
ride a while, and then you get ouSSS
run; then you get in and ride a,S
No one really knows what a asleigESs9
is until he sila2, la2s,-tlsad isl4:s 3 hns dog
team. The inhabitants manage to get
considerable amusement. They have
private dances, parties, and in the
summer time they even, have picrics.
The Arctic winters are most keenfy
felt by those miners who are obliged
all through the long, dark winter to
live in tents and dugouts.
Dawson Cityis rectangular in shape
It is laid out in town lots. Its streets:
are sixty-six feet wide. It is situated
on stretch of low ground on the,
northwest bank of the Yukon, just. be-
low the mouth of the Klondike. TOWN.
lots in Dawson City are selling now atli
$1,000 each. Up to the present time
55 cents at Dawson is the smallest.
piece of money used; it is called four
bits. Both Protestants and Roman
Catholics have already established
mission churches in Dawson. Thos
who visit Dawson next spring will see
O. live metropolis.