The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-01-09
TELLS ABOUT
THE YUKON
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provements are in service. One
ladv asked me how women man
aged their washing during cold
winter months. Don't believe what
an eastern lady published that cloth
freezes dry. 1t never does. All
clothing is hung on the line tor
day or so and of course they freeze
hard and piece by piece is taken to
the cabin and dryed on lines near
the stoves. If you have plenty OF
room you can dry plenty of clothes
and vice versa. Ladies wear the
same kind of clothes there as here
during winter excepting fur coats,
fur caps and fur mittens. AS to loot
wear, they either wear felt shoes or
moccasins. Most newcomers hate
moccasins because they give the
feet large, clumsy look, but Mr..
Frost convinces them soon that
dainty shoes and high heels don't
belong there. A woman's cooking
| is a little different up there than
here. The greatest amount of her
supplies are canned goods. She
is an expert in using frozen eggs
and potatoes. Frozen goods have
no terrors for her. Very few women
have the pleasure of using cows
milk for it is too expensive. The
tin COW from St. Charles has to do
duty. I like canned cream better
now than pure cows cream. When
woman goes out shopping in
Dawson she must have money If
she buys. All she can get for a
few dollars don't amount to much.
Bread is IS cents loaf, meat from
60 cents to one dollar pound, eggs
| from IS cents to $3.50 per dozen.
And every thing accordingly and
according to season and condition
of market. Women have asked me
il I thought it advisable for them to
go to Dawson to hire out to cook.
A good woman cook gets from 500
to 5000 per month. l say no! If
you love your father and mother
and friends, no! Don't go! Stay
where you are. Those women that
are up there seem to enjoy life. A
good many families of the wealth
lest class will spend their winters
in warmer climates and return in
June next year. l think l have
given fair picture of the Klondike,
considering the time I have taken
to write it, so we will leave Daw
son and go down the Yukon
Forty miles below Dawson we cross
the boundry line between Yukon
Territory, Canada and the United
States. At little town on Forty
mile river. This is the place of the
first gold strike on the Yukon. L
was discovered in 1882 and has
yielded many thousands of dollars
to the world since. Lower Forty
mile is in Canada and upper Forty
mile is in the United States. Min
ing is carried on to great extent
Below Forty mile is Eagle City, ;
mining camp and military post
then comes Circle an old mining
camp that has flourished before the
Klondlke strike. It still is work
ing away. We reach Rampant,
n mining town and camp of some ex
y tent; then up further north ar,
b the Koyukuk diggings and south
d of the Yukon river the Tanana dis
trict. All these districts are work
ed; we reach Nome, the Eldorad,
on the Americsn side. Coal ha
e. been discovered in several place
A along the Yukon and oil has beer
81 discovered in several places in tn,
Is interior. So you can see there are
ic openings of all kinds for a new
J. conner In closing this sketch
will state that I also disnnuerad !,