The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-01-11
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Continued from lst page. know, leave Mlnto Christmas morning bound this way, and that they took no provisions with them. Of course, it Is possible they went on a stampede to gold strike, but it does not seem reasonable they would be able to go stampeding without supplies, and that MT. ClaySon should take his broken wheel, which he had with him when he went out of Mlnto. There are no places the party could have bought provisions in the vicinity for stampede trip save at the rosdhouSes, and the police who are securing the country would have learnad of their purchase had they made any. Not one of the four men have been heard from.
 "The trail from Mlnto to Ho.tchlkoo follows along the river the first I2 miles coming this way, and then follows four miles over a tableland that cuts off bend In the river The four sUSpielou' eharae- ters were eneamped near the beginning "f ,hls cutoff They were there a week be- fore we came along. Whether CT not thsv had gone for good and left the tent stand ing as a hlind. or whether they were away temporarily, we cannot say.
 "We saw no open water between Mlnto and Hovtehikoo where bodies might be thrown into the river. There are open places along the river elsewhere, but we cannot say there was any along thls stretch. l; is possible that were Inc menl- berS of the party We saw perpetrators of murder on the missing party, they could have cut hole In the river ice and thrown the remains of their victims in the deer. running. silent stream. Since they were eamped neal the river, they may have had a water hole cut in the river that would serve the gruesome purpose of a grave as well.
 "AS We understand it, the wires were not down on Olson's beat the day he left Mlnto. Not long after he was missed searching party went over ths wire beat from Minto to HoOtehikoo looking for olson. They found no one. January 2 the police went over the Hootehikoo Five Fingerswire route looking for Olson, but found nothing Of him, Tlere are four or five police at S-lkirk, three at Minto; th'ee at Hootehikoo. and others at other river points
 'OISon had the reputation Of b,ing a quiet, frugal man, Rolf had a similar name, and Mr Clavson. We understand. is well and 'avcrably known. Rolf is young man."
 D. Menzies, q Canadian customs officer, who arrived earlv ves,erdav m ming from Atlin by way of Bennett, which point he made a side excursion to, reports that ne learned from Supt Gran. of the Dominion telegraph line, that trees had been fallen across the wires near Mnlo, but no corro5- orative word on that point comes from other sources.
 Win H. Clayson feels that likely a good bloodhound would be of great help in tracing the lost men.
 ''lf we had a bloodhound" says he, "drd could get a piece of clothing recently worn by Olson. we would likely be able to trace him and find what has become of the missing four. lf the men had been carried over Ice, We could probably get d piece of elolhing thev h d. especially if they were in the tent neor the trail, and in that way could keep the track. do not know where we might fight bloodhound in this part of the country, unless it be al Juneau.
 'l figure my brother Is no more than six days overdue, but am feeling anxious"
 A man who came out day betore vester' day m de the statement in the Butte hote that Mr. Fred ClavsOn and others went up d creek 25 miles this side of Minto to a new mining district that has been discovered there, Had they travelled 2s miles this side of Minto without leaving the trall they would have had to pass Huotchikoo, at which place thev have not been seen. Since they started from Minto without supplies, the question again arises, whe:e could thev get suppliesl