The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-05-12

others and pointed at them the finger of
scorn, which made two factions; others
would not take sides with either. forming
third, but friendly with both And the
men-well, you know what a man is--he
sides with all three.
Besides the dwellings all three stores
made improvements, and the Alaska Com
mercial company has graded from the
warehouse to town for a tramway, has the
ties on the ground, and Is only waiting
for the arrival of ship with rails There
is talk of building a tramway or wagon
road several miles up the creek, and ru-
mors that two companies are to spend
from 100000 to $4,000 each developing
mining properties
Last season was poor one, owing to a
prevalence of high water, but not over
half as much snow has fallen this winter
as fell last, ana everybody is feeling that
next summer will be a record breaker.
It has not been so everlastingly cold as
one might think / live on the second bot
tom, out of the full sweep of the wind
and my thermometer has been below zero
but twenty-five times-four in December,
six in January. eight in February aud
seven in March, to this date. Fourteen
below Is my lowest. On the first bottom
where most of the town is aud where the
wind has full play 26 below is the lowest
Up in the mountains. twenty miles from
lOWl, Of DelOW is reported.
Plenty of dry, salt and canned pc
visions and fair supply of potatoes and
onions No sickness to speak of, don t
think there has been a death for six
months. In October and November four
of my neghbors killed eight moose 1fty-
six miles away. The moose weighed (ac-
tual weight $500 pounds. It took the
I hunters five weeks to move their game
forty-four miles, using sleds The meat
. nj 10 IN ta
Staple provisions generally cost but little
more than in the States, and were | to
I come here again | wouldn't bring anything
hardly with me--would wait and buy here.
All the year | could have bought -four for
less than what mine cost laid down here,
and the best bacon has been retailing all
winter for II IL cents. My butter cost
me 80 cents a pound and ] get Just rs
good for 80 12 cents Besides, buying
here, one can get what he wants as he
wants II, and not have a whole raft of
truck to look after all the time.
From October 20 to February 25 our
| latest news of September 30. On Feb
ruary 20 Pete Ogle returned from a trip
overland to Resurrection bay, where he
had gone to meet a schooner bringing a
lot OF letters, four or FIVE papers and a lot
| Of news" The latest paper was Feb
ruary .. ] saw part of that and part of
one of February 2. The news" was
mainly pugilistic-S harkey had licked Nc
Coy and won from Corbett on foul; then
Corhctt beat Sharkey, Fitzsilnmons
cleaned up Corbett in short order and was
matched with Sharkey. One of the papers
spoke of Aguinaldo attacking tine Ameri-
cans at Manila, of several senatorial dead
Jocks and that the peace treaty with Spain
was having hard shedding in The senate.
Also that the course of Miles in regard to
the Santiago campaign and volunteer
camps would lead to lbs being deprived OF
the command of the army. That is the
substance of our news of the world since
September.
| The prize fights and results of the war
are the main subjects of conversation.
Very little is said of poltics- Am sur
! prsed to find large number of populi5ts
here, and still more surprised to find-hold
/ your breath nOw-that nearly every one of
them is goldbug. Met one man who
claimed to be from Coryell county, but as
| he had to study awhile before he could
place James Stephen Hogg, I, like the
| Scotchman, cha my doots ABBOTT" him.
Had a tree and appropriate exercises
Christmas eve, followed by a free supper
mince pie, chocolate cake, coccanut cake,
marble cake. pound cake, lemon cake.
/ doughnuts light bread butter, potato sal
ad, coffee cold boiled ham and maybe
| other filings. Supper was followed by q
] dehutts SUI a PiNSShht i4lisie
was a sack of nuts candy, pofcorn and
raisins. The citizens generally Clipped In
to pay for it. but the stores and the women
did most of IT,
/ Ogle expects to leave the 18th for Resur-
| rection bay to meet another schooner, ana
/ send this out by him. He charges two
for-a-quarter taking out or bringing In
letters.
Our first regular mail for next season /!
due here about April 20, and the under
standing is that from then we are to have
two mails a month the year through. Your
truly II. ". BTrMn.