The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-07
EDMONTON R0u re SCORED.
According 10 an Ex-Member on the
Canadian Mounted Police. Ii Is
observation-disclosures

An ex-rnernber Of the Canadian mounted
police. whc is now a resilient O. -. PAU.
was recently interviewed by the Globe OF
ihat city ~ relation 10 the practice hiii'y
OF the Edmonton route 90 the hlondiEe,
assd particularly 70 the measure Of success
that may attend the expedition that IS
proposed under the direction of l.. Var
molts hoat which a great deal has been
published The scheme ts one that was
advocated by Arthur Jordan. VINO was IN
Seattle several months ago ard who dis
c,Ix<td .hc scuts in an interview n re
Post IntelligerCcr in which h stated that
he bad several times go1e over the route
and ihat Il offered practical solution %
the question o. 4 winter entrance to%t6e
Ipper Yukon. The ex~moGnted policeman
said:
There has oesn a great deal said about
the Edmonton roatF - the Aloudika and
I nav. sesn its prac1 ABILITY advocated in
humorous articles. hGs meme Of them has
impressed NE as having been written ~
one wao had asd good opportunities Z
kntvt2- whereof rs wrote. II fact.
an article ;hat ap2e AIRED IN nc Hamilton.
Who accompanied CSspar Whitney on a
part ~ his trip 60 TIE Barren Lands,
should Rave Seen. IN ms opinion. officially
s,,,9uressssa as being calculated - lead
r,}s ;o.9 disfieuitIes from wllrh they Mould
aud & very harsi - eXlricate themselves !.
FOR II q waa 6ods himself 40 "a that coun-
try without means ne IS liable - have
trouble getting cut Z =. IS facilities for
earning money are vWgy limited NJ.
Nfeutng who wrote the article. stated that
a8 tNst Was needed was q E~CSf csenStitu-
fsA~ sss3e exF>srtsf.rs n @aatinE ard g. nv
eos ans sbaFt S1@' NJ this latter tep
secnud-CiASs fare - Edmonton wAS 20 cost
So - Now & = conceded hat every uas
Eolug - sae kio13ke should take A. least
enough provisions. etc. - last at~r enc
wear. ne g.sx!ect 20 Go te.s has ca0~-1
the exas7 q trouble 3; Dawson Nr.
Herring te&ss prospective ktoudlkerS ~ Z
shaw een bay she,~ canoes n Eiu1enf0n
asssf rae5r provisions along tee routs from
t~e ff1sSou fssy posts k'sow fer a fact
thae +ha~a are net usr haye taRre be@r
last @@veg 81 eight years A. ger TIE pro-
VISIONS trzt sAe Hudson Ray Company
viii sa;f yea n the Mckenzie district [
ear ontv say G14t taey w.u uot Keep y1a
f~-ra Starving very lnSE, Tor lCHv are ret
:he~e % seti pros .sltsUS 70 watce VGen. ard
MAKE 20 mistake acoGt doing l.. ten't
SaapaSs here - = post iu the W1s1ia 90 tne
nv FariT SIsr rgSEr. when tAeT receive s1e5r
yearly supplies. Will n. he almost entirely
cleaned OAK IN ths ee1rse q t1ezr regular
e1xntss- thai IS. trading win In2.Ars q.
ktnu1jke ggoHes-
Mr. N6yninE advises canoeing 2. I'm
the Ayh4AaSea jan1lng. ana s5ates talst
"a eFi8a = ntCeSSsTv % Fort NcTbt.-sss.t
Ire E=cssA.e - take tEs quantity = sap
ystia~ necessary. ! would take exception -
th,s statement Bet Nessa t1e tsra-9 = -
t.}@ sud Fe-t ArAsaETay tEere are nrsstv
r3.4fz oE NTFN ea<8 rapids. tsgatsEA p 14tef
ea=~ c5gse>Fe and most experienced traders
GAsg.k tAe services OF q ss.Srsman wlth a
k.assSsa kaswascxs - "a sss1 SSssA-