Show lfE FROM JOE rmCH I HE IS I DAWSON CITY AND I DING VERY WELL Bill Martin Has Arrived In Dawson via the Stickeen River and End a Had Trpohn Bechtol There Joe Finch writing to his brother Harry proprietor of the Club cafe fram Dawson under ate of Aug 19 tells a great many items of interest to I Sal Lakers Among Other things Joe relates that spring chickens sold there for 1250 apiece until there came a glut I In the market hich lowered the price to 9 According to these quotatons a man who would order a spring chicken in a Dawson restaurant would have to set tie on a 25 basis Joe says there are thousands of idle men there and wages are coming dawn somewhat He has been working for two months and is now engaged in getting a cabin ready for the winter He lought a claim a short time before the letter was written known as No3 above Discovery on Lcta creek the next tributary of the Klondike above Hunker and reports are to the effect that everyone in that region is striking it rich Mrs Finch has a claim on Dominion and they are getting In god shape Both claims were hotly contested but Finch and wife won out all 0 K They are among the best claims there and Joe hopes to make some money on them People arc leaving Dawson by the hundreds in fact just about as fast a they can get away This makes maters better for those who are staying stay-ing there and times will doubtless improve im-prove when the population decreases They have not heard much of the news concerning the Spanish war On July 26 they got somehing concerning the peace negotiations All kinds of sensational stories were going the rounds One local paper printed a story about th Monterey sInking the German cruiser Irene at Mania and added that Russia and Germany had declared war on the United States and England The paper predicted that in 12 months thEre would not bc a gunboat gun-boat afloat which did not bear the stars and stripes or the union jack Unless un-less it was wih the permission of the two powers Joe ads Of course it was a Canadian pap rand r-and doubtless a fake New strkerare being reported all the time and the bench and hillside diggings are turning out very rich Ever creek that is being prospected is I getting better and maters look encouraging en-couraging to clam holders Boat are coming up the river very frequently and the chances for another flood scare are growing very slim Prices have I settled down to the store rte for genera gen-era commodities and clothing can be I bought cheaper Eggs onions fresh I potatoes etc are high commanding 1 per pound I Tom Lloyd tonerly mine inspector and SbUn from Price are working a claim on Hunker John Bechtol Is in Dawson having been up on Bonanza creek for some time Big Bill Martin just came through by way of the Stckeen and had an awful trip Bill was looking well however though a hit slimmer than when he was in Salt Lake The town is building up fat and the prospects seem to be good Joe says when he writes again he is going to send Hars baby a nugget so it ca use it when teeth cutting time comes All Klondlke babies cut their teeth on goldnuggets |