The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-12
STEELE on UAY 70 OTTAWA.
uEAO OF YUKON POLICE SAYS HI
HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.
uew Census II Betag Takes 81 Daw.
son, SAewiag IN increase ef Pop
uIat3on Over Last Year-LAbsf
Scarce ana Miners wages Higher.

Col. 8, b. Steele, commander OF the
Northwest mounted police On the Yukon.
arrived from Dawson. his headQnarteFs.
yesterday. He left the capital OF the
kIondike September w on the river steam
o. Victorian and came on the Aumoolos
60 this city.
Col. Steele IL retiring from the command
Of the Canadian Yukon police. and - re-
turning TO Ottawa. Believing the sum
mons 10 the Canadian capital msane
dixie, the people OF that dixtrics Americans
and British alike have joined Ia petit
fion 10 the Canadian govsrnmeut asking
gason ns Y Sot~ishssana Il III. Its
possibly permanent. y aoE en- route down
the Yukon to DAwson. Not hfea;n %
~ an ofiiefai or citisen, and ne Y held IA
particularly nigh esteem BY the Americans
resident In the Kiondike.
colonel said. Il have been in the Klou-
dixie since January. 1893, and 40 we serve
but two years. my time would have AZ
sss Z, ns1 ostsma and wh s viii 6
dered after get there don't know. TnA
government. / think, Is p.eased With mS
wanted me out now In order that / might
avoid the Ice coming later In the winter.
Hard Service On the Yukon.
while / have enjoyed my life In the
Klondike Il has been hard berth. The
assignment broke UP my household and
from q money standpoint ] am out OK
pocket ! have been thirty years In the
Cd a hard. A. Z sample Of It. may say
that have had personal interview with
every man In the country. Being COM
su sndf had to ~a Try Ai about 20 go Month
They were often long and tedious trials.
Much Of the time had t2 serve as cnaE-
maD Of the board OF health ana a mem .;
Ill the tins ~ member OF the xukon
However. I'm not citing these. duties
complainingly. The YUKON field force -
Essentially q military organization. while
the men under my eomnaDd constitute not
only police force. but civil one - weA.
aid everything on the Yukon: looked after
Tho sick and distressed on the trails ana
many other things tending to make from
tier LIE safer. Last winter We spent vSo,NV
IA caring for tha sick alone"
New Census for Dawson.
Col Steele had the census OF Dawson
taken Just before he left. The work had
boen In progress some time, but the re-
turns were received but day or two be-
prise" he said. "the city OF Dawson had
Increased over what II was year ago.
Ths present returns show Dawson's popu-
lation to be 800 people. ~ against t.a0o
-
district had not been made when left.
but We know enough to know that the
population OF the Kl0ndike. notwlthStand-
Ing the rush to Cape Nome. has not de-
creased.
Another thing may appear surprising.
In June more people came 70 the Klondiks
than went away. July the arrivals ex-
cecded the departures BY 1000, and nearly
- many came IN August - left. You SEQ.
thay 70 and come. And q better class Of
people cana In this year than formerly.
AS 10 nationality. should say about
twc-thirds are Americans and one-scventh
British subjects. with the rest subjects Of
different foreign countries.
ter than last Miners were receiving u-S
par hour when ieft. where they got an
average Of about 81 per hour last year.
though some received H.50"
Col Steele says but little more about the
horrors OF the Edmonton tran will be heard
In the future; that al save one party Of
four. two Americans and two british SUBJ
Jects. led by Mr.. Moffatt, have arrived
at Dawson or have gone back to their
homes over the route they took In. This
party" Col. Steele said. "the minister OF
tho interior wrote directing mo TO look
w. GO | dispatched Corporal Skfrving and
three men TO make u search. Tie party
was last heard OF In the vicinity OF La
vide from Dawson.
who started over the Edmonton trail never
expected to 60 20 the Klenaske. They set
out to thoroughly prospect the eastern
slopes Of the Rockies, and, Of course. fnd-
Ing nothing many came on TO the Kion-
dixie"