The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-29
TALES Of THE ARABIAN nights [Qpa[p.

town. There * wUii-estahlsShSd Nelief
that i.adae and Harris Viii not secure the
patent 70 the tcwnstte from sae Canadian
government. Owner Wilson. OF kIondike
CITY, better known lsousesown. II also
very uneasy. The palsey ~ the Canadian
government. Il is said. is agains. granting
= tawnslse monopoly at Dawson. and II is
eelaevess iaat saaatteT's rights viii be de-
ciared IN effect. This has caused a great
many Sua&tters to erect temporary hniid-
iugs on Latae's uneccupied property. Of
which there Is a great deaf 4 number %
rough cabins have gone up on loss srouad
tewn and are now oertspicd by the squat
ters- Ladue and Harris have cleared no
from sss.ea Ia Sa.n0 at least on tawnsite
property. Values have gone ouf of sight
ssnee Laiue sold his Front street lots.
CORNER lots the main street will hiring
as high as NS.sa now. az course isldes
did not guarantee any titles. but gave quit
claim deeds To everything. II Sauatters'
riSfss are put In force. those who have pus.
chased isadae'S lots and erected buildings
"lii Ne permitted 20 retain posse~sian hy
paying small additional sum Ia the goy-
erilinent. l&adue will lose heavily II tho
to"nsiie business goes against him as he
mas considerable onoesrupied property
came out Tor the purpose OF stopping
TIE safe Of several claims which turned
out SO rich after wersi was sent out Ia
sen them that small fortune Is involved
IN stopping the sale. This brings M n
point That will he interesting 10 these Who
mink they have purchased wildcat prom
eftits ana 10 TIE mea who think they have
sosa them. Several claims y hlch wer., In
'ae hsts brought oat ny 'wiidcatters. have
proven Immensely rich ANY of the ,~laims
arc liable 20 turn out bonauxaS man
on sulphur creek recently sent n,a, wara
10 friend 10 sell HIS claim for 81 an. He
nav 'e' uone any work cn Il. but few
DAYS before We left, decided to sink a hole
Jhst for fun. He crossed over To the othar
saee OF tue creek from which the pfospa,.t
ffoies had been sunk and wetf Down "a
oyarocH tie found pan after pan thai ran
as hish as so. Then he began 10 walk M,
,o'' uoMh me creek asking people TO kick
hisn' ire had disposed of a claim thar
y, ~ WORTH fortune for the paitry sum az
'he Ais-i"teresttng CIsau-tp.
nave been asked the question
HOW much will the spring ..Iea,,.,,r
amount tor once. /, has been mn, - ~
hundred times. Ii is estimated bv re,ia-
pse authorities at sfi.oaaam From fba
number OF new creeks that ara hsing
worked and the great promise OF the al
pSa .lzas would say that at least saa :
," Wolff DC washed out of K.ond.ka
a' 80, h'apS nufing May and the first few
weeks or July The most gold of fo,raa
VIII come from Eldorado creek. with pa.
hSiiza a close second. bunker is In my
opan'oE. the third producer Of the cauntre
anu foihlnion and sulphur aiIl turn nut
apoei me sine for fourth place The Mig
anu i.-t'ie Skookum benches are being
extensively worked and wosi,i nIae, ,ha,,,
next In the list. Then comes Has, All
1o'd. Too Much Gold. Last ,,hane.. goul-
atss. cheap Gulch. Gold Bottom. r.r,ho,
ana quartz, IN the order nalnesi There ara
many other creeks, but NOT enough /.
nho~h anout their probable outpu, Ia l,sr
them IN order ~ aS
al Of the tickets for tho f;yx, ....
20 go down the river for the North Amer.
ieah Frahsport ation and Trading romn.n,,
ana me Aiisha Commercial company havs
osen sold for weeks The nioneer yukoa-s
efs are the men who are most onxiaus s..
come out Other tickets are held b, t.n-
usiieet Whe nave struck II rich In various
PAGES wh.fe the oid-t timer profan,v ,n.
down his pick after going down a f.rs 60
siea hhding nothing The comnanies vat
s"' t0 each ticket and I nnfisraana a.
a.usits nave been accepted on abn1f ~,
inere Is great rivalry between the co,,,.
narlss as 10 whose boat gets down tha
river tirst, az all of ihs. kloudskerx 49,, J..
ae IN the first crowd 10 reach s..t,,a
Ickets are likely To command q n,a,,,,,,,
= one OF the boats leaves much IN All.
tai4ce OF fho other. I don't know u,ha.
80 tuf company asks for carving vo,a
.usl. PM II viii probably be quite hfvt,
WI pc great aggregation OF wealthy
~ tnar VIII strike Seattle shortly after
ne middle OF next July. The town Wan,
- JUS attractions. VIII hardly he aha -.
sane care OF the money they viii have -
sfthu' Ana that brings up another ,,,as
deal '"oosht great
Mni me miners and the wealthy trans.
hortatioa companies bring our theg. $50,
OF goidf The story of the war ,f,at a. s.
On with spain will undoubtedly per =.
lawson before The first boat starfs r. u.ss
ger 'herc IN most exaggerated form aas
INV ne question or Spanl@h pfiyafeers see,
IN, ,a,.n American, l,or'3 10 prey unon
fn,a ~ .. ocean STEAMERS az they nass
NV, - me North Pacific near I-naiasks wu
pc gwen great deal OF proustnen1s - -
prominence, perhaps than the fac, a..
no gold hes.s will be well nyotss.s, ~, ~
,hlted states cruisers and 80. -
Icy that the privsteers VIII no, Go, -.
$50 waters " the miners .hgnt ~,
wJ,t nave struggled hard for
VII stand any chance Of n,s~f,~ 49,.
a .r hands they Will leave Ina h,,,,, Us.
as'ei, siesninss In safe hands or wat, ~.
. 81 means 1f reaching eisrsItxalto,, w
! .. ~, , Inner overland trip III, The y,ka.
nai.a rlnRef rapids and then across 49,.
faksr -. .l 20 hasnes urissxion. will ~
b'Nrh ~ some Of thu rich miners - ~ -.
seiIe gets 10 the Kioneske ,r5,s" 80,
out that way ana come
Another feature tina, MAY 49,, -
a'houh, OF gold that comes o,t s,n,,,a'-
= 'te Iatt that letters OF ereai, Ia. 49,.
a a.'es nave been Issued nv the trsn.ns.
aat.oh companies on their Dawson sysns.
ihhs VIII necessatate more coI,g far iaxai
sthher tnan ever before The sgen,. go
seen notified Of the probable drain an ,ses,.
supi'iy from this source and viii hold hars
considerable gold. o o"'"
sn""da for Canadians.
thefe u an Incident In my recent ex
p'fieh'es ~ Dawson which show j "a. wav
al american - Treated in the lsns3tke
ia@ nrst legal ease ever tried In ID, u,s.r
came ND b+fore Judge Mef;liire few .fays
fs'fore started ogt II was entitled s.sh,iae
aenfrel w. Cooper and Was an ss.+fcn IA
restrain from sjecEment from a Dfo@oer-
Gus Daw~ou restaurant Second street
j was allowed 20 iie the raes. bat when i,
came M for trial w4ss not allowed h, r.ss.-
resent any client. Nome tut Canadian law
we're allowed TO practice here Wax the way
IN which ttleS turned ne down The client
mad 20 plead his own case. with rich rag-
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