The Norfolk weekly news. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1888-1900, 1899-04-06
LETTERS FROM AFFAIR.
One From the Klondike, the
Other From Manila.
CONTAIN VALUABLE INFORMATION

Frank owen Gives Further Account of
the soldiers Life In the Philippines.
Narrow Escapes Heavy Fighting The
Dawson Man Repeats the Gold seekers
story OF disappointment.
j. u. Wright of this city has handed
TuE NRws the following letter written
TO his brother.in. law in Washington by
q brother In Dawson
DAWSON, Feb. i-Brother Will: will
try and write you n few lines to let you
know how l am getting along. am
we'll and hope that this will find you
the same. am working at present and
am getting sl,00 per hour, but tho
days are short, and have not seen sun
for two months. but it will soon be in
sight Now daylight means about four
hours here for tho six weeks, SO most OF
the work is done after night and before
daylight think that one winter here
Is enough for mo in this country, where
it is forty below zero most Of the time.
A fellow earns all he gets here. never
did days work until | came here, and
if nothing happens l will leave here
about June lst would come now but
don't want to walk There are about 100
men for every job so II you know any
one that is coming to this country tell
them to stay ut home. There is no chance
to get good claim for they have all
been taken long ago and no new ones
found
| expect the newspapers have new
strikes every once in II while, but 1t Is
all lies; there are not over 100 good
claims in the whole country and some
of them are awful rich, bat | suppose
Mccall has told you all about it. Lots
of sickness here, bad living is the cause.
| think it costs like everything to stay
here rs everything is awful high. |
feel easy as have plenty money ahead,
but did not have half enough grub to
last me one year. have plenty now
and good stuff too, plenty of fresh meat
anu CullHtu SopuS, bip viz bNSN 10 pt''
enough.
| will fetch you that nugget when |
come as | can get plenty of them the
size you said you wanted. have had
ijust one letter since left Blaine. That
is good for eight months.
Don't you believe n word about this
country, as it is II lie, 1t don't make
any difference what you hear there are
hundreds of men being kept by the city
of Dawson, Mt present, but you don t
hear about that, and all men able to
work if they had it to do
suppose that Thistle creek is having
quite boom Oh the outside, but it don I
boom much here. There is nothing
there, and that is the way that all the
rest of the creeks turn out so far
could have had II claim several times,
but don't want any unless 1t is some
good, and they are hard to find, MS
everything has been staked for two
years ago, around here. Charley and
Mack are both working, but don't get
to see them very often as work at a
different place.
get butter every meal, and it is
worth SO per pound, and meat was
worth 81 per pound, but it is cheaper
now as there is too much in the country
for the: demand. Flour and beans are
cheap, but everything else is high.
If / had,just what hay was raised on
my 40 acre hay ground, l would not
want anything else it is worth $3.50 per
ton.
Snow is about four feet deep, but l
have a. good cabin to live in, so don't
mind the cold much, rs the cabin is
warm but you have to be careful to
keep from freezing your face.
Will close for this time hoping to be
with you for the Fourth Of July. Your
brother, FRANK Fox.