The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1899-01-13
Odds and Ends in
Overcoats
to go at
Reduced Prices
5orty Be\ow 4ero:; y y y y
~ g. WiMter IN Dawson Cytu.
A Graphic and Well Written Letter
,AAhlAk .AAlAk From Dr. John x. Sewell

while on the trail. 1t beats the I'M
eveness of mother earth l tell you.
One of the men had bolt of cheese
cloth which we tackled on the ceiling to
help light 1t; we have one small win
dow and are greatly enjoying our i'm
provments. Our camping ground is
about mile from Dawson, about 100
yards from the junction of the Bonan-
zie with the Klondyke and only about
25 feet from our door to the klondyke
river. l always imagined the Kondyke
was much smaller stream than it is.
1t is about as wide as the Boyer river
at Dow City and much more rapid.
The discovery Of what is called the
Bdrch claims is the salvation Of hum
dreds of pilgrims this year. They lie
upon the sides and even at the top of
some of the great hills. We hear it is
reported that provisions are very scarce
and people will starve in Dawson this
winter. I will guarantee there is
enough supplies here now to last the
present population two years if not an
other thing was brought in. Forty
three boats have come up the river
from st. Michales and all loaded during
the summer. The only ones that will
suffer are the fellows that are out Of
money and can't get work. AS winter
closes in the price of dogs go up, now
they are selling from $50 to 500 piece.
Don't that seem Ridiculous? Any old
breed is saleable. If had team OF
three or four good big dogs like p. E.
c. Lalley's here could make fortune
this winter freighting to the mines; for
quick trip as on stampede to a new
digglns the native Malemoot is the ami
NAL, but to carry load the big dogs
are the best. They can easily each pull
3UO pounds.
G. A. Walsh, one OF our party, is still
editing paper called the Klondyke
Miner. ills by far the best paper in
town and has the largest circulation.
Typhoid fever is. still raging to some
extent; one fellow on the other side of
our double cabin is just recovering
from it and another is just coming
down. l am feeling well and try to
take the best care of my health posi-
BILE, drink but very little water that
hasn't been boiled. l hear OccasiOnly
of case of sclrvey but have no fears
OF it as they tell me it usually accom-
panies dirt, poorly cooked food and an
absence of fresh meat. The doctors
here only charge the nominal fee OF
$40 per visit.
The price of provisions is raising
somewhat-sugar is ST. 90 per pound;
butter, $500 per pound; fresh meat,
ST. SO per pound; -four, $500 per sack.
Wood is now at $35 per cord. but look
for it to go up to $50 as think it will
be scarce before spring. We have
enough to last us think, if some of
our ne;ghbOrs don't make mistake
and get into our pile. We got the most
of it ten miles up the Klondyke and
RATED it down.
am glad you thought of me when
You set down to your 4th of July din.
ner. can't tell you how 1 should en-.
joy a meal of fresh meat and vege.
tables. Bacon, evaporated potatoes
eyaporated fruit and inifactevsporated
everything gststp be tsyaullssale and I
would az SOON starya as eat beans. we
had SO many on the trail. 1 would
rather eat hay than beans, only that
costs twenty cents per pound and l
have no license to eat hay and that is
no joke, as you can't turn around in
this country without a license. 1t
seems as though every law is framed
against, instead of for the miner. With
the present laws l don't see how the
country can prosper, the officials are
very corrupt Although the new ad-