The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-03-05
mainly Is marching forward. but. Oh. 20

mainly 10 marching iorwaru' puts on -
slowlyl ,, ~
\ with exemplary industry and patience
they wend their way up the river. pull
ing, pushing. struggling. In some cases
fighting and cursing. II not too heavily
loaded, the third bridge from Skaguay
IL reached in six hours The distance 10
IL miles From there to the foot Of
White pass the distance Is three miles.
and 1t 10 reached in one hour, but from
this point to the summit, nearly a mile.
everything must BE- packed. and 80
pounds weigh q ton before you reach
IL Goods and provisions can be taken
thence to Lake Bennett without trans
ferring. Yet even there the wearisome
journey has but just begun.
1t is the prevailing opinion that the
three tramways on the Dyea trail were
planned more for speculation than for
actual service OF course the proud and
naughty packers hate them as his sa-
tanio majesty hates holy water.
The Dalton Trail.
The Dalton trail from Pyramid har-
Dor along Chilkat inlet and the Klahuna
river and thence up a gradual incline of
about 8, 900 feet around the Chilkat pass
to Dalton's house is considered by many
the best way to get into the interior. I
have just seen q man who came out over
the Dalton trail last month. He says he
found no difficulty on account Of steep
grades, but in many places fallen trees
seriously interfered with his passage.
"There were three of u.s." he said,
"and, although we were packed light,
it was no easy tramp, assure you. We
slept out of doors and in sleeping bags
mostly and did not suffer greatly from
cold. But my pack-well, l would have
sworn it weighed 100 pounds. When I
got to Pyramid harbor, the first thing
did was to weigh it. And what do you
think? Why, the whole thing weighed
only IS pounds.
"Why it is" he continued, 81 am
unable to say, but there is something
about the trip-the air or the monotony,
am unable to say which-that tries
ones patience awfully. I have seen
man get into a frenzy because he STUN
bAOu ONCi q iOCh VI lollOA tI60, OI
perhaps the constant tapping against the
body of something slung on his back
would seem to drive him wild with
rage. Partnerships have been dissolved,
long friendships terminated and obliga.
tions broken over the most trivial cir
cumstance. / have had to use all my
powers of self control before now to pre-
vent an outbreak that what little COM
mon sense l had left told me would be
as ruinous as it was silly. know no
reason for it except that the body be-
comes worn with fatigue, and this acts
upon the BRAIN"
"Are you going back?" 1 asked.
eyes, just as soon as can get stock
of goods together. There's more money
in selling clothing to miners than there
is in mining itself, although 1 have
claim which hope will pan out we'll.
By the way, we met Judge Mcclure,
who was on his way to Dawson City, as
we came out The judges first criminal |
case will be the trial of Lord, the bar
tender who robbed Niger Jim and !
other miners of $24,0
speaking or crime, the lawlessness in |
Skaguay has been much exaggerated.
Indeed l am inclined to think that a |
man is safer there at night than he |
would be roaming around the darksome |
thoroughfares Of Chicago. Nor do l be- [
lieve that the dreaded Chilkoot pass has !
any more horrors than the dizzy cobweb !
elevated railway at One Hundred and |
Tenth street in New York.
am told the Klondike boom is be- |
ing vastly overdone. The amount Of |
gold thus far taken away from Alaska |
Is small. The amount that remains |
here is an unknown quantity. Consid-
sring the cost of living, wages in Ska
quay and Dyea are less than in the |
States. Those who have just returned |
ell me that there are two workmen in |
Dawson City for every days work.
A. A Hill.