The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-17
HOW GOODS ARE SOLD
NOW IN DAWSON CITY.

], H Holmes. OF Helena. Mont. left Sc
attic on March FOR Dawson City with a
stock Of goods which cost him $s.Sa He
reached his destinations with the stock in
safety and returned yesterday on the City
O. Seattle. He cleared nearly sieo on the
venture and Will return 10 the klondiks
in fifteen days With another stock, which
he VIII purchase IN Seattle. He declines
70 make known the nature 81 the stock %
goods which he VIII take through 20 the
interior. but he IS confident that his Sec
end venture viii be mere successful than
the first Mr.. Holmes exhibited 10 Post
Intelligencer reporter at the Hotel Bruins
wick last night a receipt for the gold which
he deposited Al the assay office, alad IL
bears out the ;rutafulness OF his state
ment- To Posi-InselliseDcer reporter Re
said
The stock Of goods took from Seattle
consisted of gents furnishing goods. foot
wear. etc. / sold hats which cest me Sic
per dozen at 81 each, while shoes. which
cost me S2,2S q pair, brought SIC. Prices
OF the other articles were In the same
proportion.
My partner Is now az Dawson operating
tin shop. the equipment Of which We took
IN az the same time. l have no fauE
loo men who stood about Dawson City,
with their hands in their pockets. doing
nothing have sold their outfits and have
pushed through TO St Michael. intending
TO return on one OF the ocean steamers
Alaska is new country and energy. push
and patience are absolutely necessary iii
order 10 be successful.
~ sneak the truth when say that 900
was brought down on the City Of Seattle
alone. The Butler boys brought out $i2s,-
600, Ed Levin $looeoo. and Black sullivan
Sso0Oa.
The other men had amounts which varied
from $3.50 10 $1,000. While In Dawson /
saw a pack train of eight mules come
from the gulches and there was 30 pounds
of gold on the back Of each mule.
when I left Dawson the river steamers
Hamilton, weare and Bella with s1.ooo00
aboard were en- route to St. Michael and
the gold is due 10 arrive here almost any
time, / believe that the seasons clean up
will not be less than 100000. while other
people think 1t VIII be much greater"
Before going 20 the klondlke Mr.
Holmes. who is not ye; Is years Old. was
manager OF the Elkhorn Trading Com
pany Of Montana
Prices of Provisions.
The army Of prospective klondikers that
foa.ed down the Yukon Immediately in the
wake OF the outgoing Ice found good
market at enormous prices for the provis-
ions they had to sell. A list Of prices paid
was obtained yesterday by a Post-Inlelli-
gencer reporter. II follows:
Flour S. 10 $40 per sack: bacon. 90 cents
per pound; ham, sl.75 per pound; beans, 30
cents per pound rice. So cents per pound;
butter, s. per pound; eggs, $50 per case;
lard, 70 cents per pound; fresh sausage.
Y25 Der pound sugar, 81 per pound. con-
densed milk. $3.50 per can; HOLSTERS. So per
cam syrup. So per gallon: oysters, SIS per
can: oranges, 81 each; canned meats. s.
per can, onions l5o per pound: cigarettes.
So per Loo: whisky. $50 10 SO per gallon;
coal oil. $50 per gallon; shoes. sl3 per pair;
gum boots, SIS; dressed lumber. 800 per
leo; rough lumber. 500 per 1000; cheap
cigars. $3.50 per l.ooo.