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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14
offer equal to any of the districts
named on the American side.

Not only has the Dominion govern
ment been liberal in original appro-
priations for the construction Of wagon
roads and trails in the Yukon territory,
but 1t keeps them in repair at an ex-
pense annually Of about $4,000. Cost
of construction and cost Of main
tenance combined represent an out
lay in the British Yukon territory
during the past five years for wagon
roads and trails of SLOPE, 900. That
much money spent in road building
and maintenance in Alaska, would pro-
duce a boom and result in the attrac-
ton of more people in five years than
are likely to enter that district in the
next twenty-five years under present
conditions.
| AS is generally understood, the.
ocean front Of Alaska from Portland
channel to Cooks inlet, west of VAL
DEE, is mountainous. The coast range
turnout that entire distance Of 1900.
or $500 miles, is high and rugged
and difficult of penetration. The,
! White Pass road, however, has sur
mounted the difficulties Of railroad
passage thru the mountain barrier
and government surveys and private
explorations have found a route on
American territory thru Keystone
1tThompson's Pass, northeast of Val
DEE, over which it is said to be en-
| tirely practicable to build and operate
! a railroad. The testimony is prac-
tically unanimous on this point, in
4 Guiding that Of Senator Nelson, who
/ while our party halted at Valdez, in
company with Lieutenant Barker and
Assistant Engineer McMullen, of the
MeCulloch, rode on horseback twenty
five miles up the government trail
i to Thompson's Pass Once over the
range no serious difficulties present
! themselves in crossing the Copper
River valley or the valley Of the Ia
mana, and the entire feasibility Of
building a railroad from Valdez to
Eagle, SO far as the engineering
4 problems are concerned, is not seri-
ously disputed. The route seems to
! present no greater difficulties than
have been overcome by many of the
engineering achievements on Ameri-
can and Canadian roads. 1t is only
la question of financial feasibility. Cap
! ital cannot easily be induced to en-
/ gage in enterprises of this kind with
out reasonable expectation of profit
q able returns. A company has been
organized to build over this route.
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the ruins of an extinct c1Vll1ZatlOn
Vestiges of the earlier occupation are
encountered here and there, and add a
peculiar zest to the pleasures which
the traveller may derive from a jour-
hey over the long and sometimes lone
some paths that lead to the commer-
cial centers and among the scenic at
fractions of that wonderful country.
1t was it's historic character and its
Importance in the period of the Rus
sian occupation that excited our chief
interest in old st. Paul, or Kodiak,
as it is commonly known now, when
the senatorial party arrived there on
the morning of August IL, in the
course of their long Alaskan tour.
scdiak is on the south shore Of Ka-
tiak island. A singular inconsistency
will be observed in the spelling of the
name of the island and the name OF
the village which custom now sane
tions. But what terrible things the
gutterals and the aspirates of the
Russians and the natives have done
for the place nomenclature of the
Alaskan coast, is not even remotely
suggested by this name so compare
lively smooth and pronouncable, not
withstanding it's rough edges. Once
the seat of authority in Russian
America, Kodiak retains some of the
evidences of it's commercial and milf
tary Importance of a hundred years
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only cent to a cent and a half a
pound must be added to,freights from
Dawson to camps forty miles away
In the Klondike, the contrast between
Dawson prices and Chicken Creek
prices shows what the wagon roads
have. done for the miner on the Brit
ish side. 81 81 ,.# d !, f
For instance, in the spring of 1902
when flour was 81 a hundred at Daw-
son, 1t was $50 hundred OH Chicken
Creek. Hams and bacon when rs
cents a pound in Dawson. cost SO
cream $40 a case in Dawson, $22 on
Chicken Creek; potatoes 6h cents "a
pound In Dawson, 25 cents on Chick
en- Greek; onions 1917 cents a pound
In Dawson, 80 to 80 cents on Chicken
Creek; beef in carcass, rs cents a.
pound; eggs, $35 a case in sum
mer. On all canned goods there
Dawson prices at Chicken Creek and
this difference is chargeable chiefly to
| the cost of freighting8s last 100
miles. The trade of this entire For
ty-Mile district should be handled
| from Eagle, on the American side, but
ut is practically monopolized from
Dawson by the aid Of a wagon road
bullt from Dawson westward to the
! boundary line. Dawson would have a
wagon road clear in to the Forty Mile
district if it were on British territory.
I'D UT the Forty-Mile district does not
| ID by any means present the worst
conditions with respect to trans
| portation. Here is a list of prices for
supplies in the region Of Copper City,
about seventy-five miles inland from
| Valdez. All supplies must be carried
over the military trail OH pack horses
and a Minneapolis man who has re-
Gently visited that section reports the
following scale of prices: Hay, $500
a ton; oats IS cents a pound; flour, 35
cents pound; potatoes, $11.20 a
bushel; butter, 81 a pound; roast beef.
in cans, $1.25 a pound; condensed
milk, rs cents a package; ham and
! bacon. IS cents a pound: rice, 40 cents
a pound, baking powder, 81 can;
/ pepper, 81 a can; soap, SO cents a
cake; dried fruit. so cents a pound
tomatoes and corn, 81 a can; oil, $3.50
a gallon; window glass, 10x12, $3.50 a
pane; horseshoes, $3.50 apiece; tin
pals, $3.50; coffee pot. $3.50; wash
tub, So; hand saw, s12; a joint OF
stove pipe, 81.
/ It should be understood, too, thai
transportation to Valdez, the point Of
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THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

department of roads. The British
Yukon is young compared with our
district of Alaska. Prior to the dis
coveries on the Klondike in 1896 and
1897 there was practically no settle
ment and no development in that
country. But during the last five
years, according to Mr.. Bertrand. ter
works and buildings, at Dawson, there
has been expended In the Yukon ter
ritory s750,000 in the building of wag-
on roads. This represents the first
cost of $50 miles of roads and winter
trails, one-fourth Of which is graded
and surfaced wagon roads on which
heavy loads may be drawn by teams
of from two to ten or twelve horses
and over which it is possible now to
move heavy mining machinery at any
time of the year as easily as it could
be drawn over the roads of Henne-
pin county.
When the senatorial committee.
while in Dawson, were invited by
United States Consul MCGOWAN and
General Manager Washburn of the
Northern Commercial company to
visit the mines on Bonanza and Edo
| RADIO creeks, one important end to be
accomplished by that trip was to show
| to the senators what the Yukon terri
! tory, by the aid of the Dominion gov
ernment had done for the develop
ment of the country in building roads
and cheapening transportation thru
the mining districts. The drive of
! thirty-five or forty miles was made in
stages drawn by four horses and car
/ rying twelve passengers to the wagon.
1 There is no place in Alaska where
this performance could have been re-
! peated. The method pursued in the
Yukon is briefly this: The territorial
/ government determines where roads
shall be built and makes an estimate
of the cost. This estimate is pre-
sented to the Dominion parliament at
| Ottawa and an appropriation is made
Sor the purpose. They do not wait in
the British Yukon until all the burden
! of settlement has been borne by the
people at the great expense which the
absence of passable roads implies, but
! whenever a discovery is made which
promises to be of Importance and
/ gives evidence of permanence engi-
neers are sent out to survey a route
for wagon road and men are put
at work at once OH it's construction
The result is that the great mining
district known as the Klondike is COW
cred with a network of excellent
roads reaching back from the Yukon
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departure from the coast, is cheap,
and that prices are not exorbltant
there. In fact, the advance over Seat
tie prices at Alaska coast points is
very moderate. 1t is this item OF
transportation from the coast to the
interior which makes living there SO
expensive, and, indeed, prohloltlve,
unless the miner is working in rich
gravel and taking out large returns
for his labor every day.
Another illustration is furnished by
Judge d. A. Mckenzie, United States
commissioner at Coldfoot on the Koy-
ukuk. The Koyukuk is snavigated by
small boats a distance of 500 miles north
from the Yukon river and Coldfoot
is one of the most northern settle
ments in Alaska. There are, how
ever, about 500 whites in that region
engaged in mining. Freight from
by Dutch Harbor, north to ST. Mi
chael, and up the Yukon and the Koy-
ukuk, and the rate is over $500 q
ton. When it gets to Coldfoot it must
be distributed back on the creeks
among the miners at an added ex-
pense Of Is to 20 cents a pound, MAX
ing the4total charge for transportation
reach the rate Of about $500 a
ton. OF course. no country can be
occupied where the expense of living
is so great that does not produce lib
orally in gold. Some claims in that
section pay from $115 t.. $125 per man
for ten hours work, and large quan-
titles of low grade gravel are handled
at from ST. to $40 per man per day.
OUCH facts as these explain better
y than anything else the retarded
development of Alaska and the
more rapid and advanced development
on the British side. Hundreds of
claims are worked on the British side
at a moderate profit which could not
be worked at all if the expense of liv-
ing there were as great as on the
American side. There is nothing in
the natural conditions, however, which
should give greater impetus to the
mining development on the British
side than on the American. On the
contrary, aside from few rich claims
i'll the Klondike which can be easily
matched on the Seward peninsula, the
attractions for the miner on the
American side in such districts as
Forty Mile, the upper Koyukuk, the
American Creek. Council City district,
and probably others, are just as great
as on the British side. In fact, out
side the Klondike region itself the
British Yukon has. nothing as. yet to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14

Tor a distance O1 SlAly illllco. " iStii
ally conditions here were substantially
those which obtain in Alaska to-day
so far as transportation is concerned.
a MEMBER of a firm engaged i'll
~ freighting over these roads
from Dawson is authority for
the statement that in 1898, prior to
the construction of these roads,
freighting by pack horses for a dis
lance of fifteen to twenty-five miles
was done at the rate of Is cents a
pound, or $500 ton. Now the same
freight is transported twenty-five to
fifty miles for 1 cent a pound or less
in ton lots, and in smaller quantities
for a cent and half a pound This
firm runs stages 900 miles a day over
these various routes and daily trans
portation may be had for passengers
and freight between Dawson and all
points in the Klondike region.
1t is the estimate Of this firm that
the cost of living in the Klondike
camps, taking all things into account,
but crediting the reduction chiefly to
good roads, has been reduced to one
fourth what it was four years ago.
What this means to the development Of
the country can scarcely be overstated.
Compare, for instance, the cost OF llv-
ing where freights for supplies for a
distance of twenty to forty miles
ranges from a cent to a cent and a
half pound, with the conditions de-
scribed by Consul MCGOWAN on
Chicken Creek, 100 miles away. on
the American side. Freights from
Seattle to Eagle, which is as near to
Chicken Creek as is Dawson, are sub
stantially the same as to Dawson, but
there are no roads of any kind be-
tween Eagle on the American side
and the important mining camps in
the Forty Mile district of which
Chicken Creek is a part. And while
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ago. Among these relics of it's past
are it's Greek church and the immense
log warehouses whose massive con-
struction has withstood the lapse of
years and promises to stand many de-
cades more as a monument to the
past.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-14
SUNDAY IN CHINATOWN
Mongols from All Quarters Go to Spend
New York Mail and Express.

New York Mail and Express.
Hey. Chink. wake up, This is Chatham
square, said a guard on the Third avenue ele-
waited road last Sunday. arousing sleeping
Chinaman from the little double seat at the
end of the car.
The Chinaman woke up and managed to get
to the platform just as the gate was slammed
behind him and the train moved on.
..Get lots of them Chinese for passengers on
Sunday" remarked the guard. Guess that ona
was bit dopy. Where are they going? Oh,
to Chinatown Of course. You wouldn't think
there were SO many Chinese around New York
unless You go down to Chinatown some Sunday.
They come for miles around They come In on
the Brooklyn trolleys and IL road and every
ferry boat carries them. Don't know why they
so to Chinatown Sunday. asked one Of
them once, and he said they went to the Joss
house to pray, but he grinned when he said it.
and think it's more likely that they meet to
have bit OF gossip. play little fan-tan and hit
the pipe peacefully.
city hall last stop. There, you see that
bunch Of them on the PLATFORM Just come
over from Brooklyn. Must be 1000 or 5000
Cinnamon In Chinatown Sunday. Keep to
1.-THE right you go out
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log warehouses whose massive con-
struction has withstood the lapse of
years and promises to stand many de-
cades more as a monument to the
past.
TODIAK is one of the most attrac-
N tive spots scenicaily on the south
Alaskan coast, but is no longer
of commercial Importance, altho, since
the American occupation, 1t mas been
one of the most flourishlng trading
posts Of the Alaska Commercial COM
pany. 1t was of interest to the sena-
forial committee chiefly because Of the
experiment now being made there in
live stock raising. Two years ago
company with headquarters In Seattle
placed several hundred sheep on the
island in the expectation that in this
mild climate these animals could make .tl
their own way the year round with
out any attention. The experiment
under those conditions was not alto
eether successful. There is an album
dance Of forage, but the island is cut
by deep ravines in which there is a
heavy growth of small shrubbery in
which the sheep often become en-
tangled unless they are attended,; and
the spring season is SO wet and the
air is so cold and damp that the young
lambs persisted by the hundreds. The
same people, however, not satisfied
with their nfst experiment., nave
brought to the island this year $500
sheep and 500 head of cattle. 1t is
their plan to provide shelter for the
animals at the time the young are
born, and with this reasonable pro-
vision the experiment seems likely to
prove a success. 1t is not practicable,
however, to turn loose either cattle or
sheep on this island without attend
ance, as they wander over wide areas
and cannot be rounded up as they can
on the plains or even among the
mountains in Montana. The animals
are also exposed to the depredations Of a
particularly large and ferocious species
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It is Means Of Transportation, for Which the
Development of the Whole District
Is at Stand-Still.

Striking Contrast Between Alaska by the United
States and Yukon Territory Canada the Matter Of Roads
What Wagon Roads Have Donef the Almost
Prohbve Cost Supplies the American Side for Lack Of
Inland the Government Should DoPro
jected Railroads.
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THO the traveller thru
Alaska cannot escape the
evidences that he is on
the far frontier; altho
the fact that the Amerl-
can occupation is recent,
that the population is
sparse and that we are
just at the beginning of
things in Alaska is UNI
avoidable, one Is occa-
sionally reminded of a
prior occupation and is
almost made to feel as ii
he were moving among
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A GENTLE HINr.

-7-5-.7 .-.-.7 PnlIaueInnA PreSS.
Mr.. Merchant-That beard OF yours IL getting
very Icing and ugly. You should trim It.
Adam Opp (his bookkeeper)-I'd like to shave
1t OFF. SIR. :. = =.
Mr.. Merchant--Wel1, why don't you?
Adam Upp-I made vow some years ago
that wouldn't shave 1t until got raise In
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NOT A TRUE FRIEND.

a I.HIIduelpn1d Lfugef. 80
You're a nice friend to have. Why didn't
you lend Burroughs the IS he wanted?''
why should I Z"
Because you must have known IL he didn't
get 1t from You he would from me. You've prae.
ucally robbed me of that hver.''
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-03
". 4. 6: EN1EapRlse


On Monday following Easter an ess
hunt and rolling contest will be slyeA
on the spacious lawn in front Of the
residence Of Mrs. william Evans, Of
1885 Lawrence avenue Children under
IL years of age only will be allowed
to participate.
Arrangements for the affair were
made at meeting Of the Women's Re-
lief Corps in the Odd Fellows hall
Wednesday afternoon.
"Ye Old Maids' Convention" is the
name of another entertainment to be
given by the corps. IT will take place
at the Grand Opera house on April
IL and promises to be novelty. Miss
Viola Hershey will conduct the affair.
One candidate was elected at We'd
nesday's meeting. Mrs. Catherine
Spencer. Mrs. Julia Mcdowell. Mira
Mary Lamhright3 and Mrs. Mary Mum,
ter were added to the executive COM
inittee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-03
ARRANGEMENTS MADE FOR
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE

William Mckinley post OF the
Grand Army of the Republic held a
meeting Wednesday evening to make
preliminary arrangements for memoir
ial day. An effort will be made to
get the cooperation of the Spanish
war veterans so that the two organi-
zations can work together In decorat-
ing the graves OF heroes Of the two
wars. The matter was thoroughly dis
cussed and committees appointed to
act with the other organizations as
follows:
On arrangements and inyitstion- j .
J, Clark. b. H. Norris and J. ].
Zaiser,
On speaIers- George w. Perrins.
s!Wflliam Wagner and =. Fessler.
1 On proGranHrR. A. CaaRtdv. Fred
Blum and p. McnDirpav. Il
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-03
MUST APPLY
FOR BOARD
State Auditor Suggests
That County Off,
claIs Act.

Auditor OF State GUilbert has writ
ten letter to Auditor Oberlin OF
Stark county, suggesting that the ap-
rlication for board OF review. to take
the place OF the city boards of equaliza,
ton, be filed with the state board OF
appraisers and assessors not later than
Nay 1. The state board Is composed
of the auditor, treasurer, attorney gem
eral and secretary OF state. Mr.. Gull
bert's letter is as follows:
''ln the enactment of the new munic
ipal code, all provisions authorizing the
appointment, by mayor or council, of
boards OF equalization for cities, were
repealed, therefore, in the event a
Loard of equalization is needed in any
county in which there is located city
or cities. 1t becomes the duty OF the
county auditor, under the provisions
OF an act, passed May 10, 1902, 20. l..
J5, D. 48l.) to make written application
to the state board OF appraisers and as
SCISSORS for the appointment of board
of review, to equalize the taxable value
Of real anG personal property, moneys
and credits, of each city in his county.
The board respectively suggests thai
al! applications be filed with the audi,
tor OF state, not later than May !,
1903"
sThe. act referred to in the letter is
the Iongworth law. The board of re-.
view Is to consist of three members to
serve terms OF one, three and FIVE years
respectively.
tons, Mahoning. Belmont and Craw-
ford.
Columbus. April 2. - The new as
sessment OF one per cent, levied by tho
united mine workers, became effective
Wednesday. This is expected to yield
a defence fund of about 100000 before
the next annual convention. Heretofore
the assessment has been one-half OF
one per cent. The state officials are
preparing to visit all the locals of ths
state and discuss plans of the organ
iaation and check up the membership
rolls. All union mines suspended op-
erations Wednesday to celebrate tho
anniversary of the establishment of the
eight hour day and the beginning of
the new wage scale.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-03
PROBATE CoIJRT.

In the estate of George Whitehead,
OF Massillon, inventory and appraise-
ment have been filed.
In the estate Of Matilda whitehead.
Of Massillon. inventory and appraise-
ment have been filed.
In the estate Of Elizabeth Stimmei,
of Paris township, sale has been con-
firmed and deed ordered.
In the estate of John Ebie, of MARI
boro township. sale has been confirm.
ed and deed ordered.
In the estate of William Kettering,
of Jackson township, sale has been
confirmed and deed ordered
In the estate of William Miller, Of
Massillon, Nicholas Miller has been
appointed administrator with the will
annexed.
In the guardianship OF the Rohrer
heirs, of Nimishillen township. David
Rohrer has been appointed guardian.
In the estate of Calvin Herbruck.
OF Canton, the first account Of the
trustee has been filed.
In the estate of Archibald Hanna. of
Plain township. Frank r. Hanna has
been appointed administrator.
In the estate Of John L. Steele, OF
Tuscarawas township, the will has
been filed for probate.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-04-03
PASSING OF
OLD CITIZEN
Native and Life Long Resident Of This
City Eied Wednesday
Night.
AN EARNEST CHRISTIAN WORKER
tBy John Danner.)

George w. Schroyer, who died at his
home, 1881 South Cleveland avenue,
Wednesday night, was born November
IL, 1881 near what Is now known as
Myers Mills, at the foot of South
Cherry street, beyond the creek. He
was the youngest son of family of II
children. only one brother is yet liv-
ing. at Grant. Michigan, aged 81 years.
George w. Schroyer was married to
Sarah Fogle, September 16, 1855 by
Rev. p. NJ. Weddell, who at that time
was pastor of the BAPTIST church in
Canton. On the very day that Rev.
F. NJ. Weddell died in Piqua some two
weeks ago, Mr.. Schroyer was taken
sick with what proved to be his last
sickness.
Mr.. Schroyer was the father of eight
children John T. Schroyer. George
+. Schroyer and Charles f. Schroyer;
Five daughters, Mrs. E. S. Ball, Mrs. J.
Ii. Reigner, Mrs. Charles e. Rusher.
Fannie Schroyer (dead) and Anna
Schroyer, who is yet at home.
From 1855 to 1856 Mr.. Schroyer
worked for the G. Aultman 4 Co., from
1895 to 1892 he worked for the John
Danner manufacturing company, since
that time he has been superintendent
cf the Pearl Steam Laundry, owned by
his son John I. Schroyer.
More than fifty years ago George w.
Schroyer connected himself with the
Baptist church in this city. and has
been loyal worker for the cause of
Christ all these years. He had been
identified with the Sabbath school from
the time he joined the church. as schol-
al. teacher and superintendent and was
always found true and faithful as II
Christian worker.
The Christian people learned to love
George w. Schroyer and all who knew
him felt that he was sincere and
earnest Christian worker. The church
which he so much loved, and with
Which he was identified will miss
him.
The funeral will be held In the Bap-
tist church on Saturday afternoon at
2. 80 o'clock. Rev. DIR. C. b. Allen, jr.,
the pastor Of the church, will conduc.
the services.