Show 1tLM CffiUK DAIENE 4UMJ It A good many of our floating population popu-lation and not a few who have i 4r lived here for many years are fleeing Jiif I flee-ing to the Cceur dAlene gold region 1L in Idaho They are going by tens iii and dozens and unfortunately the p majority of them are not well provided pro-vided for the undertaking TOD iIi many are rushing into the camp I with barely enough money to pay jj their traveling expenses and purchase pur-chase a few meals after their arrival ar-rival Trustworthy reports say that 14kii not one In ten of the pilgrims has j I means to provide for his wants itiio i I thirty days after reaching the camp j i Necessarily there will be want and f suffering in the Cceir dAlene during 1 i 1 dur-ing the nest eix months and iless 4 I 1 j t something is done to check the mad r I stampede thither we may expect 11 cl to have frequent report ofT z1 of-T robberiesmurders and other crimes i At present there is little demand 1 J i I J U J for labor and less opportunity for ii IJt prospecting for gold Already there 1 115 ere ten men standing ready to accept r 4 + ac-cept any work that is elf ired for one r jl provisions are high ccomm ltIOts i It i f entirely inadequate to the demands > j ¼ r j and altogether matters ara assuming I i1t i k assum-ing something of a deplorable cn f I tl dltion Undoubtedly there is gold ii I 4t tl I in the new district and tome rich F diggings have been diseovered but II t pI 111ii unless the camp shall prove the rare 1 exception to the rule the great majority I jority of the people who go there l ji I 1 would do better to stay away Only aa I a few will make any money and 1i these will not be the p3or men who j 1 t1 t are seeking fortunes by being early ei in the field The men who i r i already have capital and H i 1 can crowd the povertyitricken j I wretches to the wall will get what I i 1 there is to be had The man without fj with-out money may consider himself iIIf I t lucky if at the end of the short I 14 J I II season he has gotten wages during I it1 the time he has been in the field i rji 1 At any rate miners and adventur ers will do well to delay their de 1 1 4 1jo 1t psrture for the Cur dAlene It I i will be better to arrive there a I 1 I i 1 month hence than now i i I |