The Nome nugget., 1901-11-09
6st There Is Little Danger of
 Resi Suffering.
EEMi 8ioRr 1NES;
Eggs, Potatoes and Ham,, Hay, Be- coasA.Ltfxuries BefSE& Next Spring, But There Is a Plenty ef ,Bacou and Ssans.aud. d .Canned Stuas


 spglsh, George ,Howarq, Al Maze and asfew other old Sour DmghS discovered sbe Yukon there has been cry raised - If a probable shortage of gruhi,iust as ,sQa .as navigation closed each year. Away back in the ''eaEly days the grub shortage Business was no josh, to nse modern expression. Hank. Sum a,ers is-knownNO have lived for week oa his moccasin>, and then feSsted @e.ally for apother week on red sauir- fels and little corn meal. Dawson, in lSp1-aS, was threatened withI-a -Isspine, but the bacon and beans held out, and 70 did the. scuryy; but. that. is another { story.
 ( The Yukon sgrlal scl ss- haze, come .i.A the first appeara of the .iee-in .he fall, and havsSanished as regularly with the passing of the ice in the fol- lowing spring. Sometimes tfs> 'boys" were short, very short. but they man. aged to exist while sharing their beans and bacon, with those who had none. And theynever cOinplaMcd OF thought they were being imposed upon.
 Captain Hapsen and Mayor Giese can tell tales concerning short grub at Circle City and Fortymile. In the winter of 1S9'-9S flour sold at $lOO a sack, and there mep now in Nome who were glad to purchase ir-ut' that price. If any chechako doubts this statement he can come around to the NUGGET office and he will be shown the men who paid the price, Many man on the upper Yukon owes his life to Jack McQuesten. Capt. Hansen and the A.. (. Company.
 But with the. improvement in. trans- portation facilities in recent years the dread of q ''grub shortage has vanished In the fall of 1899 in-. Nome Shere was q, grub scase; Hour sold at s6 apd SS a, !sack-after navigation had siosed. Eggs sold during the winter of lQO0 at S.2~I dozer; and. it was very mean kind of canped goods that. you rould get for 70 cents can. Every thing else sold in like proportion. but tAe spring showed that there was eaough left for people to get along a sew months longer, eyen no ship had arrived.
 Early last winter there were ,rlnnors of. scarcity of provisions; potatoes aud onions went to Sl0 and sl2 a scrate. lt'was not long before prices were cut, and the man who held. on. to his goods suffered Potatoes fell to S2 a crate about the time the first steamers were expected Enough spoiled potatoes and onions were thrown on the beach last spring to supply the town for 3 month or,two-. The .sans can he said of fresh meat:
 This fall prices start out higher than It the same time last year, Eggs. now, command about $22.5Oa case; potatoes are now quoted at slO and $l2.5O; onions are $l0; milk and cream have advanced, and ham threatens to be 50 cents a pound; but there is plenty of bacon, and -four sells at s1.75 a sack, and beans can be had for the asking.
 The only monopoliss in Nome are those owened and controlled by the fresh meat men and the Standard oil Company. But~there are ptarmigan and rabbits stiI'to be had, and next year. some clairvoyant. will discover coal oil Fher coal we already have, but its price is being forced up at present.