The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-11-24

many luxuries. And yet it is next. to
impossible to buy a pound of butter or
of sugar or a can of milk. The man
ayers of the big stores confess broadly
that they have these things in album
dance and for sale, but will part with
them only to persons who will buy
full outfit. Butter, sugar and milk have
been "cornered'' in this way, not by one
individual or one company, but by them
all, the small dealers having been
bought out or left to sell out until only
the big dealers have any of these things
on hand, and they have all taken the
same course with regard to them. But
ter when on sale in the open marker
costs 81 80 a pound, sugar 80 cents ana
milk rs cents a can. notwithstanding
the great scarcity and high price last
year, which might have been expected
to flood the market this year, glass mas
been a very scarce article until Wlthli .
the past ten days, when a scoWioao
arrived. Brooms sell at 81 80 each, a
common door lock at So. These are al
articles that were scarce and hlgn-
priced last year. Flour is plentiful at
IS per sack. Immediately prior to the
starvation scare of last fall, when Iol-
lowed at once upon the report that tn l
expected steamer could not get up the
river, the price of -four was put 30 a
sack Fresh meat, beef especially Is
on sale in abundance at 20 cents 10
81 so g. pound. Firewood costs $50 per
cord.
The Government has granted conces.
sions to individuals in the mater ot t
timber until tie miner and cltlzen u
Dawson alike are almost entirely at
their mercy Frank SIavin, the prize
fighter, has the exclusive right LOT IN
stance to cut the timber for nVe InlleS
I'D the Klondike River, beginning at us
mouth. Any other man cutting IN IE e.7s
preserves must pay trloute To MI sc
vim He is granting all corners Indl
right at the rate of IS cord palu 10
him. This is only one OF the tnouSdhu
irritating handicaps and hardshlps thal
are laid upon the miner and prospectof,
the one individual upon winch the
country depends for its development
and wealth. The Postotf1ce nuisance
Commissioner Ogilvie promises 20 ao I9
as speedily as may be. Inc PoStoInce
building. by the Fay, was destroyed IN
the fire and only some very hard work
by q good MAJ hands saved the mali
and fixtures. New quarters are be1ng
ranidly fitted up with a seemingly In
telligent arrangement of boxes for the
sDeedy distribution of the mall
A petition has been forwarded to OF
tawa asking that the new Yukon ter
rftory be allowed a representative
there. Commissioner Ogilvie and his
counsel have provided for the recog-
milton of American and other foreign
physicians. The applicants will be ex-
amined by a regularly constituted
board of physicians, and, passing the
examination, VIII be allowed to register
and subsequently practice.
William Meredith was drowned in the
llondike near the mouth on Bonanza
a few days ago. He was from Nova
Scotia.
Tom Fletcher was accidentally shot
by his partner, Jack Hartman. while
hunting moose on Dominion. He will
recover.
Henderson, who shot and killed his
partner, Peterson, last fall, together
with four of the Indians condemned
for killing a prospector near Tagish
Lake this spring, will be hanged here
on November 1, the warrants having
Just arrived from Ottawa.
Judge Dugas, recently appointed
Judge of the territory, succeeding Ma
guire, has arrived.