Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-08-20

lar days OF Dawson We of the out
side knew her IN her infancy TINS
picture is quite in contrast with he
Dawson of today. 1t is pretty clean
city of about 2ooo inhabitants where
there We're formerly 25.0o0, and IT
will have them again.
Mining in the klondvke is IN it's
transition stage. II Is passing from
the individual owners To large com
panieS. which have ample capital 10
install expensive machinery and de-
yelop rich properties Il is the MS
tory Of every mining district and It's
coming TO the klondyke was newt
able, \ placer mining town Is on
no more substantial foundation than
one built up in the neighborhuud Of
haturl gas wells with nothing NOR"
to support it. Fly reason of the *
hauStiun OF placer mines as conducted
by the individual miner, the STAN
pede, 10 other districts, the bieh cost
II mining and the low cost If gold.
and the cost of labor caused by the
war. Dawson is now in a bad Way ,t
is sad, almost pathetic. To see the
many good business house, closed mp
ana beautiful homes deserted The
war happened TO come on just when
ttiS country was making the tran r.
zion to placer mining With machinery
oh large scale, and quart mining,
which is the only kind that puts a
city on a substantial basis There is
lots OF gold in the klondNke }ct
Probably far more is LEFT than has
ever been taken out, as indicated by
tn" fact that large dvedges which are
turning up the gravel bed through
which the kloudyke river flows. have
already dredged TO the bedrock To
depth Of forty or sixty feet. for
distance of about three miles and
paid we'll They have also begun by
draulic mining on a large scale. but
both of these operations have been
interfelea with the causes named
Dawson Still has great future ana
her most substantial citizens seq it,.
Present conditions discourage only
.ha ,,i,., hnar,na
II j. contrary 10 'H' l''o'. IONS VI
Dawson 10 charge less than twenty
.'' m wa ,"u "'.H' 'S .'' 80"
for anything. This custom. which is
probably relic of the old days leads
TO what to the man from outside"
regards as glazing Inconsistencies.
Fer examine. Won nav TWENTY-FIVE
cents Tor Il Haper. a shoe shine or a
box Of matches. ana only a dollar for
a better meal than YOU can get at
nome for thar price | could not help
but wonder what they would do 10
fellow who would nave the temeritv
to start teu-cent store in their
midst.
The bo.ri.alitv of tho naon,e NJ
D,,r,on T., nrova,hiaI I,,ar,ona var,
moo. .,l,,,.' 80 ,.oc,,,,, =. t,i.. nov
,i,,,,. a.. u.oll .. ,,r;,,;,oco IN ,,,,l,a
tho ,.,,,a,,,o,. ,,i,bip ,bo ,,,,o.o, fool
ar bor,a II tho ci.y anna voc disco
Into ,boro &, ,,o o,,iaoroa ~, :. ,o,,.
II v.opld h.. d;H.,1, - Gra o or.,,,
nv 80. marc raf,ad naor,a ,rvu.bor,
Notwithstanding tho di,nopraoi,,o con.
di,iong of tho nrosont ,ho,a +, no a,,i.
do,co of novartv or ,,1aring
DAWSON lot many years was the
i'ot4e OF ROBERT W. service the VIII
'F ana poet VINO mas neeh very aptly
called the hlpllfs OF the norm. ms
carry career Is interesting enough 10
warrant al least Dr!el recital OF ms
me ne was porn IN England ms
l"ther Delhs minister. We'll edu'
''''H ana gently reared ne was
dreamer. decidedly reticent and some
Wh1t OF a feGluSe. lie came to this
wiz country WIN no conception OF
~ ne anu hdTuShlpN' WIN lhe usual
uaE dreams OF youth. lie was soon
"f+llluSlohed ana found it necessary
To accept the most mental labor in or
der to exist Some one discovered his
talent and took him from his JOB of
washing dishes in restaurant and
placed MIN in a bank as a clerk. Then
on" of his associates discovered that
in his spare moments he was writing