The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-11
SCENES IN THE KL0NDIKE.
DAWSON CITY a. IT APPEARED TO
CY WARMAS.
The Prospect Not Altogether D~reary-First
sights of the City-Arrival OF the steamer
"A Glimpse or Two of Hotel Life-Mia-
statements Corrected Picturesque Views

"A Glimpae or Two OF hOtei Lte- MiA
statements Corrected Picturesque Views
Copyright. 1900, bv Cv Warman.
While the world is nlled with sorrow,
And hearts must break and bleed.
It's day all day in the DAYTIME.
And there is no night In Creede.
A green garden set high on a hill. like a picture
on an easel, was the strange sight ! saw from my
stateroom window as Dawson dawned upon my
view, at so Of an August morning and, OF course,
before the FIRE tina, recently devastated the place.
1t had rained in Da wson the day before, The
hills were all washed clean. The little garden.
facing the east. bGthed in sunlight. smiled down
on me like a pretty girl In the gallery. Klondike
City was slipping by us, and Just below, over a wide
gravel bar the crystal klondike rushed In, making
a wide. green path far out In the gray waters OF
the Yukon. just below the mouth OF that far
famed river. the city Of Dawson tegtns. II has
all como into view so suddenly and we sweep
| down the swift stream 40 rapidly, that one finds
II b.wildering. After 800 miles OF almost house
less shore, this imposing camp, with its shipping
| floating wharvee and great iron warehouses. was q
revelation. At the upper end Of the town are the
Government buildings the prison and the barracks
where the mounted police live,
Almos, a mile OF houses, all sorts, shapes and
sizes, are ranged along the embankmept facing
the river. These are the principal business es
Establishments OF the town, hotels. shops Of all
kinds, saloons, dance halls, banks and barber
shops. II Is a weird picture, q wonderful piano.
rama that passes our window as We drop down
stream. There goes a milk wagon drawn by seven
dogs, a perfect little wagon, and the dogs have
harnesses with collars and names like the harness
Of a horse. Itreminds ME Of Austria and Bohemia.
only there are no women in harness here. A tall
girl In a red wrapper and q miner In a white hat,
are Waiting on the,sidewalk in front OF a dance
hall Although IL Is barely 6o'cock. all the shops
are open. The clerks and shopkeepers are out
looking a., the steamer as she glides down to her
dock. Men are hurrying down TO the wharf to
meet friends and loved ones they left behind.
A we'll dressed woman looks snxiously up al the
| purser az the boat ties up. Tho purser shakes
his head, and q shadow settles on this hopeful.
almost happy face, as the woman turns away,
Now the women, who have made the long Jour
ney Of thousands OF miles to join their husbands,
come from their cabins clad IN neat travelling
gowns that have not been worn on the whole trip
A new hat, a fresh ribbon here and there, a happy
smile, all kept back for this one Joyful moment
Huh" I heard a woman say; how funny he
looks in that horrd hat" A man kissed his
child. held Il of and gazed at II through tear
dimmed eyes, and tried hard to realize that this
big boy was baby"
The boat had scarcely ceased rocking when
Jim and | walked ashore. Two handsome, clean
faced, young soldiers Of the mounted police force
were toiling along the strand with a drunken
man between them. These hne young men do
the police duty in Dawson II is not a pleasant
duty. but. since they must perform II, they do it
- Al 10000 .-l ayvn ~ n An
classes Of citizens. Verify, there is no night
in Dawson The men at the gaming tables arc
changing shift, but the games go on. They
hanged two Indians and a white man last week,
and started a daily paper" Ths, was a news
item given the captain Of our boat by a man who
came on board Jus, as We entered our hoi.i a
Swede tagged US
Have yeh seen yaller.hsir woman wi wan
kid on des boat"
YES" said Thompson. "Freckled kid with his
nose skinned"
"Val, has been baby when a sec EN- last, but
a tank he would have has nose skin by des time"
There is no lock on my door" said to the
young woman who was head clerk and half owner
in the hotel,
"Oh. well --we1l give you a better room AS soon
as one Il vacant"
But in the meantime" | explained, any one
can come up the back stairs and step into my
room it won't even latch.
The clerk smiled,
We'll" she said. as she changed a 500 bill,
taking ont 81. 80 for the mans breakfast, Il
guess we'll have to put locks on all our doors
People seem 20 expect it The fact Is she went
on. we have been in such q rush that We bad
not thought q IT, But things are changing
People are coming in from the kas; now sup
nose We IL hive Ia lock I'D,
She did not mean 10. be discourteous She
simply indicated n we'll known condition SO
long MS n mining camp Is grouped by mirers,
molntlineers, pioneers and prospectors, no one
ever thinks II locks II il the coming OF the
cultured t.nderfoot, the Cheechnwko, that makes
bolts necessary Even the Indians were reason.
ably honest with each other until we began to
clvilize them,
sae nothing here marked less than a quarter
That is the price Of a four page paper AtSen,tle
the penny passes out of use. at Sksgway the nickel
and at Dawson the dime Blu, prices ire dropping
are but rs cents, with drinks. In one Of the best
hotels in town | pay s. a day for a small room,
chicken II viii cost you Sc II costs 50 cents 10
auench at ali frs, class bars. IIere is a copy
Of a typewriter bill Of fare. verb "tlit
Anheuaer Busch or schiit2 Beer. per quart &c. 400
Labatt's English Ale, per pint .........,..... $3.50
Guinness $ Extra Stout, per pint .....".."".s2.5O
GRILL ROOM AND CAFE.
Cox 4 Gates. Proprs,
Dinner, 8 to =. NJ, $3.50.
SOUP.
Beef broth Anglaise, consomms.
FISH.
Boiled king salmon hollandaiss.
ENTREES.
CurriCA Lobster with rice.
Breast OF lamb with French peas.