The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-10
Fresh Meat Will be a Drug
 in Dawson.
EGGS BREAK ON THE WAY
Timo Limit Up For Going Over the leo to Eomo, and Dog Market Will Consequently slumP-TrniI to Dawson Good.

The gilt edge hguge Of SO cents pound will be paid for hay and oats In Dawson before the opening of navigation Feed that was bloc<aded along the river will go at princely prices. The eplungers who are taking great quantities of meat 10 DlwsOn run the risk of losing big sums of money. The time limit for starting from Dawson to Nome over the lee is up, and the Klon- dlke dog market Is expected, as conse' qu,nee. to fall fat. This Is the iePort given in short by R. M. Hester, trader who arrived yesterday to buy stock in SksRwav for the KlondIke market.
 Mir. Hester gives an Interesting review of the conditions at Dawson when he left, two weeks ago. and of ;he trail and the great ceaS; less caravan of fortune hunters, traders and others he met on his jlumey. He says:
 By actual count met more than 800 horses on my way from Dawson to Ben nett. There were DO doubt more between the two points than saw, because came by wy of the cut off from White Horse to Caribou, and nearly all freightlng teams are going around by Iaeish. Five hun dred horses. Of course. also means i've hun Jrej men aud many tons oi freight on the road.
 "l met quantities and quantities of beef. By the time the bulk of the meat now on the way to Dawson Is laid down there, the prise will be below the profit point. Meat will not be worth anything, and some of the trsders why have plunged heavily will be bankrupt.
 "Miller Is killing his cattle a, Sellt.r< because his feed iau low. He has large number of horses with which to take the meat on to Dawson.
 "Gustavson, with a big lot of fresh meats, was at White Horse a few days ago ,.,.ss |, i,:ssss5. .a1sI3s n'ssts 'vere not in es good condition as those owned by others on the trail.
 "l met Jack Cars outfit this side of Lake LaBarse.
 Egg traders were met at several places. Nearly everyone of them had experienced the misfortune of being overturned and Of losing a share Of their stock bv breal<age.
 "Misfjrtune has turned to fortune for those who started down th. river last fall with seows laden with hay and oats whieh were caught in the ice Hay and o1ts are in big demand in Dawson and along the trail, and those who have stock on the river will sell at handsome figures. Former Councilman Matloek Of Skagwav is among this number He has a large amount of oats near Stewart. He is simply in clover. 1 met Mr. Matiock and his party, which recently left Skag- way, ot LaBarGe, few days ago. He was getting along we'll.
 "Feed. by the way,is scarce in Dawson, 1t Is sure to sell for 5o eeats a pound before the opening of navig ton. This prize will apply to hay nj 70 oats. could not buy a bale of hay in Dawson before l leit. However, up to the time Of my leaving, two weeds ago, the prise WIS only 2s cents a pound, but with the general scarcity it Is reasonable to conclude the price will reach 30 cents soon.
 "Hav and oats cannot be taken to Daw son now because of the gre { cost of trans> portation. All who are taking in freight at the rate of 25 cents a pound are sure to lose money. Bv ;he first Of My grisS should be long enough in the KIon1lke for grBzlng, and this should be suftitent for horses not in use.
 "The trail Is in good condition all the way from D wson to Bennett for sleds of ordinary with. Wide babs are no good. Mr. Meyers threw away three pairs of double boss at Carmaeks. Sleds of the Dalton width are the best. Double end sleds are good save at number Of pliees where goods are sure to get in the water.
 "The trail is solid and safe on the river with a possible exception of near Big F UT, where there seems to be weakened area because of SO much open W ater.
 "The rush to Nome over the iee was eT- peeted to cease TO days af.er left. lt was calculated one could not. after that time, traverse the river 10 the cut off be Q fore the breaking of the lee. For this