El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15

! fore he came to hunt gold in the Klon-
dixie away back in 1898. He did fairly
well mining. but thought there was
more money in drugs. and his story
makes me think he was right said
Mr. Cribs:
Drugs Twice As High As In L. =.
Al present everything brings practi-
calIy double the price of the states
Nothing is sold for less than % cents
You cannot buy one quinine pill. but
must take an amount that equals
/ quarter in value Ordinary patent
bring fifty cents. That is so of all
toilet preparations. We have no shaw
ing soap for less than so cents a tube.
cake or packet; and no tooth brushes
object to the prices. but they insist on
the goods being first class, so We buy
only the best
But these prices are small compared
with what we got when l first started
business" the druggist went on. I used
to charge a dollar for a mustard plas-
ter. a dollar for a two-grain quinine
pill and so cents an ounce for castor oil
L sold my seidlitz powders at a dollar
apiece, and flaXseed for $50 a pound
The latter was used largely for coughs
and colds. which were common during
cold weather. The miners made a tea
of il. and served it in one way or an
other"
Spea king of the old-time prices.
hear stories everywhere as TO the enor-
nous cost of things in the days of the
gold rush All timed goods were sold
at IS per can, no matter whether il was
canned corn or canned beans: canned
meats were traded for at third of an
ounce each in gold dust or nuggets
At one time the universal price for
all sorts of supplies and provisions was
81 per pound. Mr. William H Fair
ern Commercial company, tells me he
once bought an outfit in Dawson for
$500. 1t weighed 500 pounds. and was
charged for by the pound It consisted
of provisions and supplies of all kinds.
and shovels and nails brought the same
amount per pound as cornmeal and
rice. AT that time flour cost $50
sack. firewood. $40 a cord. and hay
from $500 to $500 a ton. Nothing was
sold cheap.
a man was telling last night OF Jack |
McQuestin, who lived at Forty Mile. a |
camp on the Yukon McQuesten :
store was in a log ca bin and he had |
goods Of every description. One day |
a miner came in and asked for needle |
He was handed out one. and told tha1 |
the price was IS cents The man took l
the needle between his thumb and fin !
ger. looked hard at il, and then asked i
Say. pard. amt you mistaken. Can't 1
you make il a bit cheaper? That's a ]
hell of a price for a needle"
NO" said the storekeeper. I'D like
to if I could But. then. just think OF
the freight
Football Match Mt Night.
] am writing this in midsummer We
had a football match here last night
Il did not end until ten o'clock. and
moving pictures were taken about the
lose Of the game Since 1 have been
lere it has been so light that I could
cad print out of doors at any time
10 ~
low take pictures at midnight by Civ
ng a slight time exposure, and in the |
after part Of June one can make snap
hotS between and Il D. m. and AZ /
ny time after o'clock in the morning.
he sun now sets at about Il p. m
nd il comes up again two hours later. |
he twilight is bright and the sky is
ed at midnight.
I find that the light has a strange |
fleet upon me The sleepiness tina;
ONES about bedtime at home is alb
ent and I am liable to work or talk
ntil midnight or later without realiz-
lg the hour When I wake during the !
ight 1 am surprised TO see that il
)oks just like day out OF doors. I do
OF seem to need as much sleep. The
II is invigorating and the light seems
fe-giving-
Weather Is Warm.
The weather just now is about as
arm as il is in the states The grass
green, the trees are in full leaf |
eople are going about in cotton cloth
x The women go out in the evening I =
18th bare arms and bare necks and the I
en play football baseball and ten I
is in their shirt sleeves There are !
any barefooted children and all ma ! 2
Ire is thriving under the hot twenty h
our sun OF the arctic y
SO much for the summer. Now for I
lie winter The old stagers say that ( \
he dreariness Of the long night has / /.
zen greatly exaggerated During | n
lose months the most OF the earth is s
low-clad, and the light of the sky n
lie stars and the moon added to the /,
ght from the snow makes it so that Il
1u can work ALMOST all the time | i,
rue. II is necessary to have lights in (,
lie schools. and in the newspaper Of 4
ces the electric lights are turned off ! s.
lly between 11:15 in the morning and | W
Is in the afternoon The morning ! y
ewspaper men who have their sleeD | Il
the daytime do not Sc the sun oftener
ian once in week, and that is on | IL
Inday. a
Winters Not Unpleasant a
As TO the winter climate many people -
re declare that they like the win