Salt Lake Herald | 1897-10-19 | Page 3 | But New Got There

BUT FEW GOT THERE Not More Than 2000 Will Beach P Dawson City Aspen Colo Oct IS Professor Charles M Daggett for many years a resident of this city has returned tow to-w Aspen from a futile attempt to reach the Klondike thelie lIe reports that hundreds of men who a few months ago left lor the goldfields gold-fields in the best of spirits and with well filled pocketbooks are now returning return-ing heartsick and discouraged dead broke and without a cent in the world Out of between KOOO and 10000 people who started for the Klondike less than 2000 succeeded in getting over the parses Speaking of those who are returning Professor Daggett states that their condition is deplorable Some idea of the number of men who are without means now in the country can be gained from the fact that 26 stowaways were discovered on the boat which brought the professor down Not one of these pos = ef sed a cent and were on the verge of starvation Circle City heretofore the metropolis metropo-lis of the interior is absolutely deserted de-serted The conditions at Dawson city are much more encouraging The town is lively and work plentiful The food supply however is a source of worry I