Arizona republican., 1899-09-25
THE NEWS OF
PRESCOTT

Prescott, Ariz., Sept 23-(Special
rrespondence of The Republican, y
A letter which was received by At
torney ]. c. Forest today. being dated
No. II, Eldorado Greek, yukon Terri
t3ry, Aug 18th, 1899, read about as
follows:
After d years stay in the antipOdes
I will try TO describe this country to
you, though it would take an ADLER pen
than mine to describe it to you intel
ligently and perfectly. The conditions
here are all changed. Here stiffness
reigns supreme and a man can be
heard talking a half mile away. The
hills are all covered with verdure, the
soil being from one to three feet deep,
and willows grow as profusely on the
hills as in the valleys. The weather
is very hot and vegetation is very
rank, the grass growing as high as
ones waist 1t would only require a
| little stretch Of the imagination to
make enc believe that they were in
| the tropics instead IF a few miles OF
the arctic region. 1t rains almost
every day some. but the nights are
| cool. [ went to Dawson day before
Yesterday. Ca distance of II mileso
and back yesterday. l must say II IS
1 one continual round of pleasure to go
to town and back in two days. AT
times there is a fairly good trail, but
most of the way you are Obliged u
/ tramp through mud six inches deep.
running over dumps, crawling over
fumes. Sluice boxes and counting logs
over the creek.
Some Of the creek and bench claims
here are very rich. 1t is not uncom-
mon to find rockers making frcn $50
10 $500 a day on the benches. Wagons
are high,-nirety cents to q, dollar per
hour, and board is SO per day Freight
is high from DAWSON pay Is cents
a pound. Goods Of all kinds are
cheap to what they formerly were here.
Potatoes II cents, flour So and $40 per
100 pounds. bacon p cents. Clothing,
bocts and shoes are Prescott prices,
very cheap OBJ Although Dawson is A
large. rsd-hot drinking and gambling
town. the town is very orderly as the
poiice are strict and vigilant There
is a great deal CT business done in
Dawson. sometimes as many as
dozen large steamers at the wharf at a
time-up-river and down-river boats.
One can go cut now to Seattle in eight
days fer $50. II is about the same
price up and down the river. Parties
have recently come through to Daw-
son, from New York city in fifteen
days As fer gl--d, there is mere of it
here than any camp I ever saw or
ever heard Of. A rich spct on one If
the bench claims cn Big Skockim, two
miles from here was struck and they
took cut over $500 to the pan. One OF
the nuggets I saw at Grand Forks To-
day and it weighed over 80 ounces.
Ground that is Itch is generally very
rich indeed 1t is just as common to
see men carrying down sacks from
three to five hundred ounces as it is
to see prcspactors in Prescott showing
quartz with gold in it for the drinks.
(Signed) j. H. LEE"
The members of the Western club
entertained the ladies last evening in 4
right royal manner, it being the reg
ular ladies night" of the club The
Friday Might club also gave another
enc of their always enjoyable dancing
parties last evening in the K. Of P.
hall.
The Daughters Of Rebekah announce
that they will give a reception and 10
dance in the K. of P. hall next Tues |
day evening, for the benefit CT the Odd |
Fellows hcTne.
At last the locally celebrated Brad |
shaw gold mines have been sold to a
bona fide purchaser, and we shall |
know the terms and conditions of the |
sale in a day or two, but we are in |
formed on good authority that work |
will be rapidly prosecuted, as these
mines are already considerably devel- |
oped. The figure OF the sale is said |
to be a good enc.
Dr.. Davis has moved his offices from
drug store to Office Row,
in the offices formerly occupied by DR.
where he is just as consid
crate of his patients as ever.
A letter just received by your cor
respondent from Mrs. H. A. Brown in
California states that the family are
about to join the chaplain and Mrs.
Browns brother, Clarence Charest, in
Michigan, en- route for Porto Rico,
where they are TO take up their per-
manent residence. Miss Nettie Blod-
gett is to accompany Mrs Brown as
far as Chicago, where they will visit
with Mrs. F. W. Bennett, who was
here for q few weeks last winter visit
ing her sister Mrs We5m5re and
Miss Blodgett will remain in Chicago
'OT the winter visiting relatives there.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. e. Arm-tage have
aiken three years lease on the old
Parker residence in West Prescott and
ire building a handsome conservatory
IN the grounds where they hope 10
-aise quantities Of flowers all the year
arou1d. The house is being reno