The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-04-03
The Rush to the Fields Of Gold.

Hvou s,art on inc tran in the spring, they III
I up WIN any Inconvenience just SO they ,a
get to go. Groceries. hay, gram ana mmh.
are the most of the solid freight cattle nn
no,ses are going up In large numbers. MI
,reisnt on any kind u hotse from Seattl
10 SkaBuay is $50, dog $3.50
Each mans outht has mis- name pnInted \
y. ihelf bedding mostly consists OF a 'tsleer
ing bag and good heavy blankets viii.
~ roiieu up neatly and put into case
sack svmsuinies al IS made Of rubber nm
again oil oil cioth, with a draw string NJ N
TOP, which Is generally fastened with Il lock
4. VI course every man has his ''canp stove
is easily carried. II $50 L - - =
10 show how the tide OF travel has sol il,
~ Is only necessary to state that from ON
| 20 three. boats leave every day from Seatt
| offered them each trim 80.
seattie Is doing the 'outAtting business
Oh the coast, while on The British side Van
euuver attends TO the Canadian trade.
| livery lodging heuge In Seattle Is iamme,
4 WIN horlbtrn-bound gold seekers
| ~ Is lawioss town. and troops have bcol
s s,nt TO protect the better cluss OF citizens
| the sporting element in Skaguay are the sciigl
et the sporting fraternity oil other places m,
J are low, mean AMI cut throats enough TO tax,
4 edre o. themselves. hence they need no pro
, se.tien Ter their own personal benefit. hut III,
pIester CLASS OF citizens want protection from
TINS oody OF blackguards and scoundrels
nnNhec thcle sam lad 10 send some OF III.
i po!3 in blue up there.
4 -
uo Gus III Skaeuay Rnbberics are of dail,
ocfitrcnce, and already the town has beer
IN, scene Of q double murder.
HotWithstanding all reports to the contrary
inete VIII be no danger of people in Dawsol
starving.
OF course Seattle and Vancouver, b. C.. ar,
a. u, i9,sterheads. This IS TO be expected. since
the biggest finds, or strikes, have been lnudt
| ~ SGnaua, or, Bs the Canadian FOLKS say
tie hlcndiko is in Canada,' aud the mer-
ohaits on the Canadian side Go not relish The
upit f,er. A..
trade. Eut Seattie-wel. iii tell you a secrc,
II you promise not To tell--Seattie ia. hanlltnp
more trade In the outitiing business in one
in month.
The latest news from the frozen Nortl. Ia
| that hig find has been made ON the Amari-
can SIDE and all that remains now is for u
steamer to bring the news that 1t is so, and,
piess you, there Will be another town on tho
Amer ican side that will rival Dawson itself
skasuay, the lively town, is the head OF
navigation now. About 6e91 men are canped--
you may say--waiting for the Ice and snow to
melt SO that they can sc. through tho passes
IN the mad rush for fortune people ara
coming from every nook and from he four
parts OF the Garth II is rumored in Vancou-
yer, h. c., that 5000 Japs are being formed
N Jaran, as colony, by syndicate, to go
10 the Yukon or klondike diggings This IL
true, VIII be the cause OF serious trouble be-
tween the white men and the laps, as white
mon can not work for such low wages as tho
japanese do. and subsist From what / can
the klondike circle, do not believe that Il
Jap or Chlnaman will be allowed TO enter the
iar Northern gold mines In order to pit them
selves against their white fellow men No
Cinnamon or laps should be allowed mining
privileges In either America or Canada, for
u they are allowed to enter all classes OF vo-
cations and professions, they are doing
now, in few years the white man on the
Pacifc coast will have realized that II is too
late. There are too many Cinnamon and Japs
on the sound.
gentleman friard nf vritar
Just come out from Dawson, and he informs
me that the stores have no supplies left but
the ihdlNpual miners nave a considerable
stoca on hand New arrivals have beer In
duced, by temptlng offers ~ prices, TO part
with portion of their goods SO that there
has hccn such a distribution OF the neccssa-
OF hunger before fresh consiEnments are re-
ceiyed III the spring. or course groceries are
hlgl y Dawson, Flour sells ior 81 a pound.
very scarce at this big prioe--.whle other ar
t.clos OF food sell al a proportcnally high
rate. In the one restaurant still open In Daw-
son City IL costs $3.50 for a meal OF bacon ana
benns. Last summer there were three res
tairapts In the town. but the difficulty of OBJ
tanning supplies obliged two of them to
close up.
~ Fort Yukon there Is plenty OF food which.
in case of need, could be fre!ghted up to Dnw-
son. Moreover, the situation was materially
relieved last fall, before the river froze up, by
the removal of about 1000 people from Dawson
to Fort Yukon to spend the winter. besides
the number which came out into civilization.
There is. from the best OF reports. no founda-
ton at all for the allegation that any one Will
starve In Dawson this winter, though prom
incnt paper published in Seattle tried TO gain
some publicity by declaring In scare heads
tina. starvation was to be the fate OF the peo
pie in the Klondike country.
as stated before, the hotels and lodging
houses in all the Pacific ports. from pa,
Franc sco to Vancouver, are jammed fun OF
people ready to sail northward MS soon as the
winter breaks up
As t. the winter occupations and amuse-
merits at Dawson City, the people manage 10
pass ttn time agrecahly. Until last fall they
enjoyed the pleasures Of dance hal! and
variety tbeater nut thesl fell victims OF the
firolug torch--as is supposed. Gambling md
card playing of all kinds is tho universal pas
time ii, III the famous ice bound town. There
arc in Dawson about 200 women; probably II
$1,000 nj these are the wives Of miners.
There Is not piano In Dawson City. ard
thvJ are 90 De heartily congratulated on the
fact ns they are not compelled 10 listcn TO "A
Hot Time IN the Old Town Tonight. 'Tate
Back Your Gold" e:c. SIM the man born
down In Arkansas would be in his element !
ana glory, AS almost every other fellow going !
IN Ncrth has his beloved FIDDLE.
Dogs sell from $3.50 to $500 apiece. II is a
very common scene on the streets oil Sedttie
lr Vancouver to sec four OF eight dogs hiteh-
ed to sled pulling IL through the streets. On
,nc dog team the owner had the following
sign fastened OH lis team
1--WE are orphans. Who Will buy US. we go
straight To Dawson. Here we are, To paw
son Is our cry.
i:yoiy store has this sign in big letters on
In building;