Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-06

wants n hard wheat -four for broad
and soft -four for pastry. and the
cooks cannot do without them.
BUILDINGS TEMPERATURE
FAR BELOW FREEZING
During my stay here I have como
through the Guggcnhcim warehouses.
They include number of buildings
made for the purpose. one structure.
which is kept ut three or four degrees
above freezing, is devoted to perish
able stuff, such as condensed milk and
cream and all kinds of vegetables. 1t
contains also rubber goods which are
affected by frost. Another building
has Il temperature far below freezing.
This Is the cold storage plant. Meat
Is bought In large quantities. and the
supplies for the winter are brought
down the Yukon on the hoof and killed
and frozen before the winter begins.
There are no thawing spells in this
part of tho world, and such meat keeps
until spring.
stables Of the Yukon Gold Company.
They have stalls for eighty horses and
are about the largest in this part of tho
world The stables are Of wood, hav-
ing double walls lined with paper to
keep out tho cold. Long rows Of steam
pipes run back and forth over the
heads of the horses and these are kept
hot throughout the winter The horses
stand upon board floors we'll above the
ground, and every care is taken TO
give them the. most healthy conditions.
They have electric lights that are
turned OF a part Of the day in the
winter.
Next TO the stables Is :, warehouse
in which the feed for the horses is kept
They have now something like $4,000
worth Of balcd hay on hand and a
like quantity Of oats. Hay sells from
\. ~ a L.
little biz more. The most OF the sup
plies come from the outside. the native
hay not being considered as good as
that from the States
The miners and other employees OF
these big dredging companies are we'll
treated. The lowest wages are Sc a
day or 81 day and board. There
arc many men who receive from 10 to
so cents an hour. and the foremcn and
superintendent get excellent salaries
Iherc Is great competition for the best
men. and each company treats its
iaborors much better than similar or
CARNATIONS in the United States. The
labor Is scattered over the territory
where the different parts of the dredg-
ing is done. Each little center has its
own camp with bunkhouses as sleep
ing quarters nearby
In my trip over the works With
Joseph W. Boyle / visited several Of
his camps. The houses are lighted by
electricity and heated by steam and
each has Its shower bath and other
cohFchiences The camps have club
rooms with billiards. card tables and
plenty OF reading material Each has
IT'S own messroon with japanese
COOK. and the kicks come very quickly
If the food it not good
FRESH VEGETABLES
SERVED no TIE MEN
Mr Boyle pridcs himself on serving
FRESH vegetables TO his men through
out the greater part of the year. He
mas hothouscs and gardens connected
with the camp, and lie raises all sorts
OF things under glass. In the summer
ne mas potatoes. turnips. carrots, let.
'uce. peas and beans growing out in
.he open. and also long lines of celery,
tate and carly Many OF the plants
are started In hotbcds or cold frames
ana then set out in the ground
The dollhouse gardens are especially
interesting. Mos, Of them are de-
voted TO the raising OF tomatoes and
cGcumoers. which arc picked from dav
TO day and served 10 the men. The
centers of each of these hothouscs con.
sist Of a great bed of soil filled with
tomato plants set out a few inches
apart Under the glass roof is a net
work OF wires, and from this round
iron bars extend down into the soil
bed. each bar serving as a stake for
Il plant. The lower branches of the
plant arc pinched off, and the result is
that the stem grows as thick as your
thumb; il climbs straight up 10 the
roof. where II branches our and Is
upheld by the wire netting There
were 100 such plants in the dollhouse
| visited. and all were loaded with
green and red ripe tomatoes About
the walls OF the same house, on a ledge
as nigh as my waist, were cucumber
vines. They had been trained up the
netting along the walls. and the cucum-
bers hung down from the roof lust
like grapes in an arbor. I have eaten
some of these vegetables in my meals
with the men. They are OF delicious
iiaNor. and juicier and sweeter than
those raised out in the open.
The principal camp of the Boyle con-
cessons is at Boyle Creek. This is in
the heart OF the Klondike valley. about
eight miles from Dawson and not far
from the confer Of the great gold ter
r!tory for which Boyle has the conecs-
sion. II was here Mr.. Boyle began his
first work OF getting the gold out OF
the earth, and here to-day are his Of
fees and the little cottage that forms
his home. His first house was a two
room log cabin. AS time went on he
built bigger cabin. and then this
cottage, which is heated by steam and
lighted by electricity. To look nj IL
you would not suppose it the dwelling
OF a millionaire miner. 1t is as plain
Kitchen arrangements connected with
1t. the family and guests usually take
their meals In the mcssrooms at the
same time as those OF tho men,
Mr.. Boyle's camps have the same
sort OF supplies as those OF the Gug-