The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-01

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this winter. No shortage Of the miners
etandhys-bacon. beans and noey-win d.
snin,sh tho gold product Of the season OF
16eg-9. Davson'a warehouses will not bold
siI Of The provisions that are beng taken
into the place: new ones win have TO Do
erected and the Old buildings Hfdensd and
tfoadened.
Beef cattle by the thousands are TO Be
taken over the various trails from the
noaet 20 che m.res. catsismen nave seen
ID ssss past the profit there h to be made
ii DRIVING fat steers 70 the Dawson miners
narks;. G. W. Tisebo and Pat Calvin.
both well known In the valley OF The in-
ken. ara preparing TO do the biggest thing
"a record In supplying the Yukon with
I'D c=lsis. They have purchased LID
Mad az fat beeyes and will take them ever
she Dalton trail TO Fort Seikirk and thence
- steamer to the gold fields
whi.s Tnebo and Calvin are entitled to
take the front Of The procession on account
a the magnitude OF their undertaking,
ncore OF cattlemen have announced their
determination 10 take hand Ia supplying
the reid miners o. Alaska with fresh beef
An ordinary xxed band runs from - TO I'D
head Putting all OF the little enterprises
4ae~ther with that which has been under
taken by Thebo and Calvin and T. Is easy
% foresee the time In Dawson when cut
= tenderioin steak will sell for something
1oss than s. in dust.
The handling Of the immense hand OF
cattle which has been purchased BY GaiviH
and Thebo will require a small army OF
men and camp equipment In proportion.
1Gr. Thebo will personally snperiniend tho
moving Of the cattle over the Dalton trail
He has been a frcnfiefsgsn for many
years past. engaged In the cattle business.
He believes that he can start his drove OF
cattle from Pyramid harlor by June ] and
nifty days later have them going down the
river TO the mines on steamers and barges.
Mr. Thebo has purchased the majority
~ the cattle Ia which he ard Mr.. Calvin
are interested. III. has put In the most OF
his time for the past three months doing
etffle else. Montana. Idaho and Oregon
have contributed the bulk OF tie 1.Jtn
head. They are s'aIi-fed animals. fat
IL winter feeding can make them. none
weighing less than Lao pounds. I'VE VIII
aathsr half the herd On the ssaHd." said
1Gf Thebo at the Butler hotel yesterday.
10 H.laes Mission or Pyramid harbor. We
have chartered the barge Skookum. Of Ia
coma. TO make one trip In May for us. She
Al great big barge and has room for 100
Mad Of cattle. These will be taken first.
~ room az they are safely landed and
started we will begin 10 make preparations
70 handle the balance. They will be
shipped by steamer Ia Pyramid hsrbor."
Mr.. Theho will have with him not less
4haa seyenty-fve men In the handling of
This immense herd of cattle. Many Of
them will be men whom he has known on
shc cattle trails between Montana and
California In years gone by. They are for
the most part large. hardy. muscular men.s
Injured 10 all forms OF exposure OH tife
trail and Of frontier life. Fer such
number of men will be required a large
amount OF stores and supplies and means
% carry them along the trail For thfs
purpose several trains OF paekhorses will
b. employed in the expedition seventy
I'VE head Of horses will be employed.
The country lying along the Dalton trait
II well adapted To grazing. II Is rolling
country. with rone sparse and some
BEAVER timber During The summer grass
grows iuxuriantly. forming fine pasiurage
Tor stock. This will probably be Kept
closely cropped this season. owing TO the
number Of expeditions that viii 80 in and
come out over the tran.
Mr. Theho said that the cattle will he
divided into bands Of rs each. that II IL
1mpracsicable To endeavo- te handle them
IN larger lots than this He intends 20
etart them over The trail about June and
believes that sixty days thereafter Re will
have the first instalInsent cf the cattle IN
1aws7n. OF course. IL viii be hss purpose
10 move them as rapidly as possible and
stu - keep them In good condition.
A steamer Il now being h,.sit a, san
Francisco for Messfs. Galvin and Thebs.
10 be operated IN the upper Yukon river
u viii primarily be engaged In CARRYING
Their live stock from Fort Selkrk PAS
eenxers will lie carried coming our over the
Dalton trail from ths gold mines.
Mr.. Calvin has already started oyer the
trail for Dawson. Mr. Theho has NOT vet
completed all - his arrangements, bu, vii.
90 &c within the asxs few weeks. He IL
making Seattle his he headquarters.
speaking Of the heavy shipments %
eesf TO Alaska. = glance at thu average
mans butcher blu. or a scrutiny Of the
LEGAL market reports. will disclose telling
evidence OF the appreciation OF all kinds Of
itse stock since the rush TO the kioodske
eeSAn. Beef. mutton and veal have risen
rapidly since August last. The man who
used 10 walk away from butcher shan