The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-08-24

J. e. Price made a quick trip Co Jack Wade creek and return. leaving on the
 lth of this month and returning Thurs day
 The Jack Wade creek camp is situated about eighty miles from Forty Mile Post
 which ls built on Che site or old Fort Me l Qucstcon. Tho traIl goes over Che noun talns Co Steel Greek Post and then over more mountains Go Jack Wade The way
 from Forty Milo Co Steel Creek is called Che r5 yc road. but thcro is uo ridge about ! it fog t climbs up and up from bench Co bcnch untu u mounts Go dizzy altitude. | The country along Che tou Is wet and deusoIv moss-cOVorod. This mucky eN- plnsc of mountainous country is Inter scctcd with cNpauscs of areas that are dotted with niggcrhcads The niggcrhead of Che Alaskan Interior is not Che round, hard rock. that which Che term dcsie mates in Che states, but circular ball. formed by o grass tuft terminating at Che ground by a small cord of roots. Re- l tween these nigEcrhcads is mircy muck. | When one steps upon one of these clods | t turns and Che iuadcpt traveller finds himself stuck in Che mud. TO go across
 country ln Che Jack Wade creek country
 one should be am adept clod-hoppor in thc trucst sense of Che word
 An through Che country in Che vicinity
 of thc tran thc country is wcbbed with | the trails or moose and caribou At Steel creek Mir Price met hunter who had
 seen a herd of caribou. numbering over iS head There ls plenty Of fresh meat
 in Che country. and moose and caribou meat was on Che menu of every road house.
 After passing Steel creek another noun | tain range must be climbed. on Che other | side of which lies Jack Wade creek The
 range or mountains Is even higher than that between Forty Mile and Jack Wade l creek
 The enormous price of supplies is thc | Old Man of Che Mountain that holds this | rich country in ahcyancc. The prices ot | Forty Mile arc steep enough. But ut Steel creek Che price for packing demands | that goods shah hc sold at 20 and al
 cents above Forty Milo prices. and at | Jack Wade creek Che prices range above | Forty Milo quotations m and go cents | In addition Go this. Forty Mile being In Canadian territory duty must bc paid in ! addition Co Che rate for transporting over | Che trails The large commercial com | pinics moreover have Che country conn
 morciauy hrotucd. and on accosnt oi tho trade monopoly which they hold
 over Che country orr enabled Co charge any old price they see nt Mr. Price was told. although Che assertion was disputed ! that goods could bc bought In Dawson ! transported Go Forty Mile. pay the duty
 upon them at that point and land them
 over Che trau at Jack Wade creek cheap or than they can hc bought in Forty Mile | The enormous expense of supplies. labor
 and transportation is holding Che country
 back. only Che claims that can produce | enormously at inexpensive methods can
 bc made to pay under Che present con. ditions
 At Steel creek. J. F. Anderson. who is we'll known in Sklgway ls running a comfortable road house. and J. IT. Me l Court is following Che same business ai Jack Wade Four of Che Jack Wade
 creek properties arc trd up in litigation | controversy beforc the court at Eagle But Che untumclcd properties along Che creek are actively working
 Bear must bo plentiful in the country
 because their huge tracks cross. rccross
 and follow along Che trail ln many places. but Mir Price dd not encounter any of thcm.
 When thc country ls more developed
 than it is ot present large cXpanses
 of pay ground that cannot even bc com
 sIdered at present can be worked Co great profit 10 may take several years. but
 Che time win come when Che monopoly of | thc commercial companies win bc brok
 cn. competition In transportation win lower freight tates and the governments
 win come Co Che conclusion that it is mol
 we'll Co ki1 thc goose that lays Che gold
 rn egg Then this rich country win turn
 out treasure far beyond what is even sur- | missed at present