Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-04

one think OF Japan. Mrs. Pullen's
farm has 320 acres. She tells me she
has forty acres III oats. which she is
raising for grain hay. and that she has
already put her rye-hay crop in the
barn. The barn, by the way. is one of
tho deserted houses built during the
mining excitement. when Dyea had
something like 10000 people. others
OF the houses have been torn away
to make room for the crops. and prac-
tically nothing of the once-thriving
mining center is now TO he seen.
HOGS. IN SWINGING
CARS. BECAME DIZZY
When gold was first discovered in
the klondke there were two roads or
trails from the head of the Lynn Canal
over the mountains. One started here
1T Skagway and climbed up through
the White Pass to Lake Bennett. nm
then went on down the Yukon 10 paw-
son. The other began At DSca which
is four miles away, and Went over
the Chilkoot Pass to the Yukon. At
first Dyea had the lead. 1t built Il
tram. running on a cable, that carried
freight up the pass, although the
passengers had to walk, or as they say
here. "mush it. on foot. AS the cars
rose into the air. upheld by the wir.
rope. they swung this way and that
and now and then some OF the freight
was spilled out. once the train car
ricd ninciy-four hogs The motion
made them dizzy and scasicks, and hall
of them jumped from The cars and
left large grease spots on tho rocks
far below.
Another time. woman came along
with parrot. She Was told that the
bird would he carried and that ali she
had to do was To hang the cage in the
ear. She Was afraid to risk her dear
Polly. and 50 she took him out and
carried him up on her wrist She sent
III" CAGE by train, and when she had
climbed To the top. found that /, was
;" crushed that il could not be used
nv and Ivy tho White Pass Railway
was built and the miners were taken
10y steam over the mountains This
sounded tn" death kncll Of Dyca The
crowd rushed To Skagway, where the
new road began. The most Of Them
left their houses without tryin,; TO sell
them. ANA som" abandoned their fur
niturc. including the china and linen.
ono family Departed, leaving a tahl.
Sct Ia the gold mines and 10 take
part in the prosperity which il was
thought Skagway would have Aft.,
a short while the town was abandoned
al had lief, with tn. exception OF n
man named Emil Klatt who took mn !;
homestead on the site Of the abandon
60 cit: lie plowcd the streets and laid
ont MS fields among ;hc town lots. he
f"i;n.d there for years and became gen
orally known ~ The Mayor III I,vro
although MS only subjects were cat
lie and sheep. do not think he made
any none. i, all GENTS, he sold the
2Toper;y and II now belongs. ~
have said. 10 Mrs. Pullcn. who is run
:t!.c Il II connection with her hotel.
sINTY-oNE SALOONS,
EACH WITH DANCE HALL
il IS interesting 10 hear the Skag-
vayans tell o: the days when thei;
town was IL The helgh; OF It's drunker
prosperity. u was. 20 use a slang
phrase, wide-open community. havinr
si1ty-oHe saloons. each with Its dane,
hall adjoining There were neithe,
courts nor pollce ~ tina, time there
uss no Law in Alaska under which r
ir1n!c'ral Co".'nuen, could he organi
- and ~" onl" representative Of In.
cls Sam was ;hc deputy marshal II,
was Ioug: character and was sup.
posed 70 be N league with the cri,nina,
element !, least IL. diG nothing &c
c"ntro. y, ard there were bands OF
hugs. who held up the tenderfoot. or
= 2" is call.d here. the cheechako and
srsf' robbed the o,d miners as they
csme from m" Hloncike
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