The Emmett index., 1912-07-18
CANADA NO PLACE FOR
EMMETT men
Louis Alsager Writes That
Living is High and
Wage Low

That Canada and British Col
umbia are greatly oYerestimated
and that they are no place for a
man of moderate means is the
opinion cf Louis Alsager and Will
liam Kuckku, two Emmett young
men who left home three or four
weeks ago to seek location. They
are on their way home, confident
that the opportunities there are
in no wise to be compared with the
Emmett country. The following
letter written by Mr.. Alsager to
his parents, Mr.. and MIS-. l.. L.
-Alsager from Prince Rupert, B.
c., and dated June 80, tells of
conditions there in an interesting
and convincing manner:
81 will write ycu another let
ter to let you know that we are
on the back track.
I'VE reached Hazelton June 20
and stayed there three days and
go. all the information we cared
for. We have talked with freighter
trappers, contractors on the gov-|
eminent road and people that
packed through from Ashcroft. and
they are all disappointed with the
country. We also saw one fellow
who came from Ashcroft on foct
looking for work, but he said
there was nothing to do. He isl
from Standpoint Idaho. We met
an prospector who came TO Idaho
at the same time that Marion Will
son did. He knows everybody in
Emmett that We know, even Tom
Fault, A. Miller and old man Jones.
His name is Dave Woodman- He
told us about the seven months wiz
tel around Francis Lake. He has
a piece of land there, so he knows.
I'VE also got an idea how much /
money we would need to make it
through the winter, and that would
be $3.50, so we thought that we
had better hit back while We had
the money.
There were also some cattlemen
from Boise who packed all the
way up there by Ashcroft and Fort
George by way of Francis Lake and
Cotsa B. Lake and down through
Buckley valley and didn't find any
thing to suit them. They all seem
to say the same thing. Last win
ter thermometers registered SO
below zero and from 2 Y to 8 feet
OF snow. Dogs are used from Octo-
Der to April to pull their mail and
supplies. We asked the price of
dogs and found that any kind of a
dog like our Tip is worth from
SIS to 500. Horses are worth
fortune. Small ponies like those
Abe Miller has cannot be bought fol-
less than 5000 to $3.50. We
thought that we might buy pony
and pack up, but We found that ]
", didn't have enough to buy
dog, let alone a horse. l gave you
ar idea of the price of provisions
on that card l sent you. A sack
of flour is worth right today s25
at Fort Frazer. What do you
think of that?
THE country is chock full of
" orking people that have had Il
cheap ride up here by hiring out
TO the Grand Trunk railroad in Sea-
tic and Spokane. There were peo-
pie in Hazelton who had walked
clear 10 the Bulkley valley looking j
for work. On that account wages e
are low, IS per day and board your
self. The grub gets pretty stale c
by the time it gets here. Most of
it comes from Chicago and Seattle.
We haven't had good meal since I
we left Seattle. In Vancouver they +:
charged zoe and up. In Seattle s
shave 10c and meals 15c up. You Z
see the duty is what makes the diff
terence. v
well, we came to Prince Rupert
.onight and will leave in the morn (,
ng boat for Seattle 1t has been
so cold up here that we had to put
IN the big. heavy wollen shirts OF
Jarls. You can address our mail
o Walla Walla., as there is where D
We are headed for now. ,
LOUIS ALSAGER. .