The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-04-02

electric llelitl,. telephones, fro and wate1
systems. steam laundries. bootblacks,
looms. dance halls, politicians ard all the
otler comforts and conve'ienees Of clv-s
strains iHi', Il Mamie, Come kiss Youry
p pih1nSy nSy t,Sa tic ,osllns Or easer
crowds about the gaming tables. one
may hear more about the region IN malt
an liourstl,an lie could " a weeks jour
fncy. 5
In tho restaurants one may find any
thing from cup Of good coffee 10 g full.
sorSq a,nser are v1t,ns When ,ea Served
With lettuce a,,ti green peas, but 1t IS
we'll not tc cut 100 much. or the visitor
may haTe 70 wopk S fSas.
r. Il. Porter who recently ieTifncd from
trIp to FAIRBANKS. states that early IN
tie winter spectators corhercd suppices
when " he n i lcft Hour was selling from, 50
to ~ i, ii,fnTrsd pounds. and meat ut
f9 Y ss fo s's Is pound pound s u sn aa
s,,aar 10 cents d pound. coal oil $50 u
# easar Beans BE- is"s are Nigh and scarce.
ahorers WORKING; IN u me m' ,Ynr mre
DIV is ten hours. although j Is possible
( to la or by daylight almost the entfr1
'. mot ali tic owners Of claims Torl. the
mines fhen,seivcs,. preferrng TO let let them ~
on slaros5lt high premiums. some me os :.
The The own s1o 80 shafs aud il ad
alton gel 10 per cent Of all the gold uh-
+ carthed. ~, -, "a. n .roo,,f yielded
soljdi, froset, gravel twenty feet below the =.
surface. Confidence in the future ~
shown BY the fact that last last year sr ". y
claims changed names AZ a as ~ h'e9 ~ =
' 'sIiu q eoSntinnous buzz Of snwmills.at
8Fa'rbanks, turning out 5000 feet Of spruce
labeT inSsr i as cssen.a
in mining Us water. and With the priccs w
TO 800 d; thousand feet, the owner o. a.
mill needs no gold mine TO make MS tos-
- Fairbanks has hundreds OF women ana
Children, and these. as a RUE. enjoy
Splendid health No disease epidG,n,iics arg
ents are remarkable for their health and
s"The american Government is encourage.
Ing the opening o5 hig nnS, II from yp nas
sthroughsall American territory. h, Il.
d a number of gold-seelscrs used THIS =,
route last winter, although " IS pr "a u
road houses or places Of refuge along tll
ll James Miller and Arthur A1cNecr made
OF 56l miles. covering the distance with
dog teams in nine and a; half days. N
Despite ITS hards hips. this Is the y most no.
K, direct route 10 3tUG2iIa.ldItt TeSloIl.
Another route Is BY rail ana water from
Ska5wayt Dawson. 300 miles, and thence
by3a roundabout water trip from Dawson
to Fairbanks, 200 miles. From Dawson
/ to Fairbanks across country Is 900 miles,
but this route is used only IN winter 81
8 If he desires. the traveller may proceed
st. Michacls.s on the coast, and Journey
thence up the Yukon and Tanara Rivers
IA long trip. 933s 3st s
Summer travel is almost entirely hY
water no u es. 1ore than one hundred
steamers will ply IN those waters this
year. In the mids OF a great rush to
any point comfort is something not to-
be expect led. 81 The Traveller may get asstat e.
room II lie Is lucky, or the floor under
&n liable he Is not s he may, sleep beside
the boileri & cold -blood ed, or In the bow Of
Sthcsbont II warm. l$5ls Az
gs AS; the Slondike, iss however, has pro-
Sduced more than So 900 900 in the yellow
metal, and as the gold fever will always
riot in men s veins. d renewed rush to
Alaska is expected toaresult from tidings
sent out from the new Tanana fields.
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