The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-04-06
MR.. VESTS DEAL IN EGGS.
Took "soIid Meats" TO the Yukon
and Brough1 Back $G,321.

and BrOuSh1 Back SO,J&I.
From the Seattle acknowledgement.
Nearly every man who has come out OF
Dawson during the past two months or
more has had some thing to say of the
frozen egg man" rhey met him al va
rious points between the Chilcoot summit
and the Yukon river, trudging along with
one companion and four dogs, pulling a
cargo of frozen eggs bound for the Klon-
dixie Eggs at Dawson are worth 81 or
more each, and this hig1 price prov ed
such an incentive TO a Portland man that
he resolved 10 freeze LOO of them ana
take them in. The egg man has been the
source of no little amusement for the
Klondikers VINO have come out. They have
frequently laughed at his foolhardy specu-
lation. and often predicted his failure. He
has been a prolific landmark, and one OF
the stock questions which the Klondikers
have asked each other here has been,
Where did you meet The egg MANI"
The egg man is in Seattle. He has sold
his eggs, and returned with a sack when
many a Klondiker might we'll envy. His
name is Charles Vest. Vest left Portland
last 0. ctober OF the steamer Elder Before
leaving he obtained LIB dozen eggs. lie
broke nd packed 1,z4S dozen eggs. He
ing one g allon each. or six dozen. The cans
were seale d, frozen and put on ice They
weighed 2A5 pounds in cold storage.
With one l nan to help him and his dogs,
Vest hurried the eggs up to Sheep Camp
and buried a. EN- in the snow. He put
four cans in a ack and tide the sack over
the dogs backs. Each dog carried TWEEN
ty-eight pounds in this way. once over
the summit, the c, rs were piled on sleds,
pulled by the dogs, and the journey con-
tinued.
Several adventures befeIl Vest and his
companion on the way On Dec. p they
stopped at a cabin and bought supper and
lodging They bought 81 me moccasins of
one of their hosts. In a ne morning one
can of the eggs. now becoA ming more and
more precious, was gone. Vest had his
suspicious, but had no evideA &c. He ask
ed his host about the missiL g can, but
got no satisfaction, although his suspi-
cions were confirmed. There we re others
camping at the cabin, and from & 1ese two
OF three days later Vest obtained corro-
beFatlVe evidence as TO the guilt of the
suspect. The thief had gone toward the
coast, but Vest followed him and took
him before the police Confronted with
the evidence of his crime the fellow CO n
fessed The police decreed that the mai
should be punished by giving up his out
tit TO the man he had wronged This
Tor the can of eggs, or 81, 10 in all
At ThirtyMile river an adventure of a
dlnerent sort overlook the egg man \
raft was built to float down the river. Vest
stayed on shore 20 line the raft down. and
ms companion was aboard the raft The
ice at once place was not strong enough to
support Vests weight and he was forced
TO let the line 60 The raft went spinning
down the river at a fearful rate the anx-
lous owner running along shore to keep I'D
with IL. Suddenly rock trimmed with ice
appeared in the track of the raft. In a
moment the raft had dived under the ice
the rider had jumped for his life to the
rock, and the cargo had spilled into the
swift stream. The stove and tent of the
men sank, but the sacks of egg cans went
floating down stream.
Ii was bitter cold, but the situation was
desperate. Vest did not ponder long upon
what 10 do He plunged into the stream
and pulled out the sacks one at a time To
do this he had to run along and into the
stream for a mile and a half. His clothes
froZe 10 him, but he saved his eggs Then
out a rope and lowed him ashore. Three
men who happened to be camping near by
gave the two wet men shelter until they
had dried and warmed themselves.
Sixty-five miles further down Vest reach
ed the Big Salmon, where Maj. Walsh
was camping. Maj. Walsh wanted sup
plies, and he bought Vests eggs at 50 per
dozen. The eggs yielded $5,21l, which,
added to the $1,l10, amounted 10 S6.321, as
the total product of Vests undertaking.