Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-03-22
WRITES FROM DYEA.
J. K. Martin Sends a Letter
to Little Fails
Friends.
The Party Was at Dyea Two
Weeks Ago-Ready to
Start Inland,

Start Inland.
M. ". Wetzel received letter Satur
day from j. X. Martin, one Of the
party who left here for the Klondike
in February. The letter was dated
at Dyea, March 2, and the Transcript
is allowed to take the following
from it:
We are now camping about there
miles from Dyet,' and waiting for
our freight to be transferred from
the docks to Dyea, distance OF
about three miles. We have been
here three days and received two
packages of freight. but think the
the balance will be in tomorrow
morning and then we will cart it out
here. There are seven in the party
now, and we have six dogs; they do
fine work.
This is a great country. and you
see all kinds Of funny things and l
have thoroughly enjoyed myself SO
far. The boat trip was a corker. l
wish could tell you all about it. but
the candle is getting short and l
have to battle my ankle vet. Met
with an accident at S'attle, but
guess I will Come out all right.
under the succeeding date he con.
tinues
Ihave just got in from the docks
with a sled load Of freight. Mike
and Wilson avestarted for the sum-
init or topof Chilko"t pass with two
dogs, and I expect them back to-
morrow night. They have gone up
to inspect the roads and SEE whether
we had better hire our freight hauled
or do it ourselves. We ere afraid
the canyon will break up, AZ the
weather is very warm-thawing
every day.
Frank Whitmore went to tho post
office to look for mail for us. They
form in line and take their turn to
get in the rus:uffice, same as every
thing else here. II a man gets In line
about O'Clock he will get in the
postoftice about 1 Or 4:3O. Most any
time YOU go by the post"ffice you
will see line of men that will reach
down the street Il block. This town
is fully two miles long. and up in the
main part of town fully six or eight
blocks wide, but most OF the way
Just one block.
Rutgers Is in the tent sewing mp
his clothes where he ripped them this
morning packing freight. He and
Bald win brought 700 pounds from
the warehouse out here hisforenoon
n distance of three miles. Rutgers is
doing fine and seems to stand it well;
all the rest OF US have colds.
Wish you were here to eat with us.
Rutgers and myself are cooks; fried
potatoes, onions and bacon mixed,
hot biscuit. butter cold ham and
tea-what better could a man ask
f.,r?
Ihave pretty near quit smoking
but have IL pounds of tobacco, and
the duty to take it across the line ia
20 cents pound; guess will give it
away. I understand there Ia no.
duty on clothing but it will run about
70 per cent on our provisions, and
we must have three pounds per day
to the man for one year before the
officers will let US cross the line, and
our granulated, evaporated and
crystalized food does not count, 80
we have to purchase about go
pounds to the man to make us 100
each.
met a man from the gold fields
today, and he wac purchasing pro-
visions to 70 back with again-and
he had the gold dust to d" 1t with.
I have talked with several business
men here and they say you cannot
get much out OF the men who come
down, but that they all have the
dust. The Yukoners report the
roads as heiug a fright. and A6y it
is one solid iceberg, but one OF the
men who camped next to us has
been in az far as Lake Togish. and
he says the roads are fine, and that
they are trying to scare everybody
out.
But am going through (eyen II
I come back brOke) II have my
health.
About Through at Grand
Rapids.
Grand RanidA Minn March IL