The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-09-27
TYPHOID RACES N DAWSON.
CnxsERyATTyE TALK ON KLoy.
DIXIE BIZ EXPERIENCED MINER
y. X. Adams. yr-. Explains Why the
Water in the Mining Camps Gre
ases Disease Filters Threugk

MosS-Sevenseen Die in 0ne Day.
-1e large az-b@- - ASS G. tyrEzc23 g
vs- Ea3 otds- --aIar1al DISEASES - DSwss9-7
is reysgrs&- By ~vsry ia-sE25-g steamer
src-s Alaska, = causing -zzcz alarm AHz21ng
ne friends azsEz relatives q TIE G4Ey a.
seas o1ss III TIC Yukon- MI J X Al
ans. y 8 returned Ezgn4-xe wza-s sssa
ey P0sz-Tn.saSsgeEesr reporter yesterday,
admitted TEgss -z2cA ssekoess ex-st@- zAl
tzrc2ga zsa 51ssrsc-s tributary "a sAs IT.
kou 2tT-zoGt1rg K fgcs1e5S4Ey 70 ne BAD
wafer - thar eoxGt-y. Sg=4slzg x Tie
sanitary c9a1-tsaa G. Da1S21. AE. Adams
SAID.
Ute mountainous nature ard 1ig1 .zEs-
tEle q sla County about D4VsSoT3 a1T@yS
zsS9-es ga01, as&s-Ey. oEGcs-g ar z s2ra-
terscge7 By -ne had water Of &a& ec1-s-
tTy. being nothing more than szE-2ce VA
Ter and full q gnasar1z2 and ot@=- 1as@sAse
germs The 1ater question ~ -s&asAA ~.ai
siwzys - AZ 1ra1S%erz1g. cSrzaGgtrE4-a.
7H@ II a-s2e- % understand = REG 4T1s Sc,-y=
i llTtls explanation. namely As yea SI2N.
ground ~ haze = <r1Zs1 sod Ire EeAr
ragsEsd. So tsas springs 81 deep ssaEe% %2isE
courses az AZ .ETrsoss4niity-
The surface D tae g-1sizs1. O. alLss and
II valleys - covered with "a thick layer
- n1ass, Peculiar 30 that eo1ztrTs AID
which IS 4 nou-ccz1z1sor CT asa-. During
TIE summer months TIE hsas - ne sI1
Rats t1e frozen ground under this raoss
- d depI1 IF Egeiye 10 tEe1rg-f51r inches,
and wEere his 1Eoss - exceptionally tE.cAf.
Tie heat ~ ti1s SUI DOS not - sSForsa Inc
thickness q t21s moss Il ls t79 melting u
t1e frost n this r2ozS. ana grurEa. ae3oE =.
nat furnishes ne os5y water sHgp4y q
The country. Whs2 yen sti3 further SCI
sI4er that thIs M<Ss IS the breeding place
f1r TIE rsyF.zIS CO raGSi szEt5ES, gr12tS and
oiasr insects that make life 4 burden =
summer. you wl.. bsgia 70 understand ny
ne wafer. after rereolAt.ssg through All
tea, Il practically the cause Ter al tA9
prevailing diseases that abound n that
cCuc-Ey- The miners as a class aFs nigga
tory ard largely CT the wing II search c1
new fseIds for r1sFac..ry. hence have net
tat facilities for either dlstilling Or boiling
this water. and L Is used for all purposes
as Il flows. Taey become Used 70 Il and
while many do not suffer from i, appAr-
emily, ye. I have always maintained tina.
II cannot help laying the foundation for
troubles hat must SHOW themselves n a.
ter years IN some organic form
Excitement Over Many Cases.
When lstt Dawson there was consid-
exab.e excitement over the number Of CASES
Of typhoid fever. Tae Ca-ho4ic hospital Was
overcrowdea wiIh fever patients. and the
deaths were averaging four rlgn-. Sew
enteen died in Gle night, bu; that xas All
exceptional number. Here again the cpl
demIc was attributed 20 the surface water,
which every body has TO Use, as Wen as ne
&C ton Of the 10. sun On TIE swaDpy gTouni
Or fat Oh which Dawson Is built, The stencil
% which al certain points Is almost III
bearable. TIE sanitary condition OF the
place is poor. and but little Or 10 effort
seemed 10 have been made BY the autnori-
ties IL Improve matters.
IL is really 700 bad that so many exag-
geratsd stories about Alaska and Inc klors-
dixie country are allowed 20 see the i5gaE
OF day through the columns Of the daily
papers and are thereby given an undue
prominence" continued Dir. Adams, when
asked for 4 conservative estimate OF the
present condition OF affairs on the Yukon,
and what the prospects were for the fE-
ture ot That territory. Mr.. ADAMS has
had several years OF hard experience as a
nisser 81. the Yukon. both on the American
and Canadian sides. ana being intelligent.
conservative and a Keen observer OF men
and events, he Is in a position 70 talk M
derStandjneiy Of The situation IS * exist
Cd when be left Dawson az the end OF AL
gqs,
cont due1, cautiously, - mean those ex-
trerne statements that appear almost daily
| in prins. which either represent the coun-
try vast. lmitIesS, giittering Edo
| RADIO. or go TO the other extreme as me
| result Of disappointmen:s and draw dole
| ful picture. 9amning the country and ev-
erythlns IN 1, as snare and 4 delusio1-
The first have for over year been given
too much latitude and prominence the
fairy tales Of the vast ard easy fortunes
| made along the Yukon having much 20 do
| with aIiuring thousands OF men into
| country which. 20 those not properly quail
q :
| the grave. The result has been that this
| last spring and summer witnessed the ar
rival al Dawson Of over 4o..a men. OF
| which number x is safe 20 say qhat fully
8 90 had no business there. and vii have
| TO be out OF IL before the river closes The
| stories Of failures that cause the iDdi-'
| vidHals 20 see nothing good in that coln-
! try are equally reprehensible. though they
viii never deter those mentally aud phgsie:-
| ally qualified 10 meet the demands OF a Sc
we're climate.
A Happy Medium.
| There Is a happy medium in all this that
| can safely be applied - Alaska and the
| Northwest territory. It Is mining coun-
| Try. pure and simple with ali the Difficult
| ties thai usually attend the opening up OF
| new mining camps, greatly aggravated by
| extreme climatic conditions. The sta-e-
| nent repeatedly made that the country Is
| fun OF gold is true 10 a certain extent.
hnt up to the present time the cost Of pro-
duction has exceeded the output and !
| think / am safe in sayi1g that so Ear il
has cos, fully s. for every g. worth IF gold
| dust brought out from both Alaska and
the Canadian side. The wfuters are long,
| the nights Intern jnable, the cold is bitter
and intense, provisions are expensive and
hard 70 transror, 20 the mines and every
| thing tends TO make the life Of a miner
up there one Of isolation, pr!yafioa an!
haTdsh1ps. without one redeemine feature
ana with no Assurance that ne will sue
coed IA the epi. Consequently. the conn
try requires men Of nerve strong corsrf,lI-
lions and cheerful dispositions Tnav must
| DC willing 10 face repeated disappointYneuts
until such time as luck may turn up a
trump card IN their favor and enable then,
10 get back into civilization with a ralr-
sized sack II is gamble from first "a
Lass. Where ore man strikes IL rich many
fail. OF course. am speaking Of c0ndi-
ions : I have found them during a -arin,s
Qf over three years. The wonderful strides
in the modes of TRANSFORMATION from 1ar.
20 Dawson must necessarily have much -
DO with the rapid development q The err
tire Sorthwest but 3oubf IL YOU viii ever
again see such a wild rush tn.o that cofIF
ny al wss witnessed last winter ana a.
Ing the early part OF this yeae"