| Show t 11 c f I I j I I I r MOST t L ti tic TOWN i iq iI I q I I I 2 Dawson City of or Today Is Ia In Many n a h i 1 r Are Arc Few Pow Localities In to tho tha World With on an of or In Klon Klondike I l tit dike l II F n i U WW UI I Ij il j I tv on nIt Is I not lIot In United States I territory It Il In l Iud so sa near ar to o It and la lu so HI N 0 I I l 1 l with the Iho of ot lids t i llon that any mention 1 r of ot Alaska Alf ka would ho hu without I i the tho story stogy of ot tho Iho capital of at till the gulden golden I f 1 i Klondike An All American minor miner i j tho firm Drat on rich 1 t i and 11 In tho the rash which r i j I I h followed tatlO Veil tilt tho announcement of ot his hla won f tee tut strike outnumbered t f nil other oth I two to ono one There i tile nto two for tor every I tI 1 t man In at nt Iho to time r k I i t I ij I peas to 10 o show ow that vor y I t I there hero Is la anything mn In worth w rth k r tho 1110 Individual subject ot of Uncle Undo Sam I I door doos dol not take a 1 back sent for tOl anybody I j t I lit Ill order ol er to tu u get t tho render reader started rl right lit I I f I It may bo be well ll II to lo say nay RU that tho the Yukon i i I territory Is hounded bounded on Oil the tho north by bytho I I tho tilt A Arctic redo on Oil the tho east cast by tho the thoi i I cleat crost ot of tho the Rocky hooky Mountain on tho thu thuI I 1 r I Ii k south Bouth by II Columbia and on all tho F tj west by Its II urea rel IH IN r 1 I 4 n ro i J Tho rho Klondike proper con consist of at only j 1 1 miles and embraces what whit I i I 9 lire fro known us os Do Dominion 0 minion minton and Sulphur crocks During I tho thu mot live IIvo the minor f Imo has the tho valor witter Horn nulI fl om float thoa I t and literally turned buds bOils down with his pick and shovel Their heir 1 sands uan s proved to tn bo ho 10 ly I rich with virgin ROM gold Thu lucky men hen henI I ulio wIio on tIm Ihl i have Inken out t m I over treasure and tho um great greater mj j 1 I 1 er ar portion SIt pt if real are arc still t I worked f ITS ITa t Is II In many re respects tim the toast to joining tO toun 1 In III the world ii i When w h r n Il the ire recent Accent te lIlt boom hOllm m f Ji wro ro fO rothe hm V the take wim lens In a aI I I t 1 I I little S II by JY 10 ca the that wound not t hold holdi i over ocr it a dozen down do i person comfortably and luo men eel stood tood In lino Ihm day tiny anti t ti night Hid turn while UK th lh I j it BO GO d below belol zoro zero j I l wan tins an ju SI gold old crazy that ordin t rS i ory ary la labor It or could liu bu h secured nl III t OilY any Dr price It Il cost coat IM Q In gold Bold dust to I A J f I hire litre n a man nami to rut eat and ami deliver a II cord coul of ot oft otI t I I I wood woolI anti and Hour oM for ICO IGO a 0 sack Hack 11 i the tho fall tall of at town loin ium mil null l far 5 I d jj Two T later seam of ut the tho same namu lot loin lotI I I sold Bold ns liS high as at or 01 1000 per par front i foot fool AEla A eln lo Io from free tho the list first 1 1 I cow brow ht to tl TJ san lion sold cold for tor IBB 6 r nod 1 I q d not 1101 Rive e very t ery 1 much t at nt that thill t I on all 01 account of or her lOll Icing journey from rum rumi i i the stales 4 and nl the at al hr her h r h i t unusual N In III over 4 1500 1600 miles from Seattle tho the nearest i bare bato b ul of ot mi su lI milieu and the tho Yukon Vukon IH is open I to un only live fio In Inthe ini i i the year Considering theco theao o facts faeta and l I I flint the la 19 less lees than I hn 11 live avo Ill nf ot h 1 tiso r I e Its together l H with the Iho enumeration of at Its KB various nn on i l and genial como l i I In the of or n a 1 to must most poo pooI xi f r I plo pic It has hns f quicklY pushed I from trum n 1 1 R 1 mute more stopping ro for tor or the miner to n nI I m f I i social and ond commercial center r Until n a afew nn nI I I n I few tew years OBO tho climate of or the tho Yukon I country was considered too i t 1 f H I I 4 for far tho the white man to withstand w yet vat M i 1 l I In the heart henrt of ot It we WO have 1110 n bun hus hust lei JI i n t I 1 city f whoso whose roal real estate la to valued v W s 1 at 0 t 5 1 t 1 I i 9 t FOUR FaUn MONTHS OF SU t I mil l jt There are few tow In bt the tho J l r t it I r f 11 with nn an equal of ot It 11 UY U Is III very velY cold during el ht of ot the HIM Ih year and 01 during the other four rOUIl l eMit lI the tho tonii r nue 80 SO degrees e below zero MIO to above There Is 19 very little humidity lt BO at that the tho of lit heat hlll aM cuM cold nan ho bo endured Ihl death Ilona nb 1000 wax wan IW nye tivo out of if u ouch h 1000 00 inhabitants Th the ht place IH la I a aby by hr menus means of ot ditches avid fill wooden emit cul culverts verts Them Imo han been hewn only Dill one c and that Hint VJ van Ie one mm o ot of fever e 1 by tho the river liter water stator lie hue tore fora the tho water system was built hullt One Oue of nn tho the grunt great problems of 01 water in tit has hns heon lIe n to some HOllie plan by b which tho the pipes and their outlet t could hu ht kept t open opan during HIP months s the tho enni b iu v s it Ithna hns hM u plan that will vIll all hit HIP require month of oC n II m n of ot water und amid elect 1 Tho rho pipes connected and made llo of Iron Iran will carry n II awell well wall as via n 0 W rr anti ILl It If mil that a t 1 out current tent applied to th the tho molt main whore where It with tho the plant will prevent the of 01 rater hr through throughout out the entire system awes AOn In III the COM colt et out Up to tho the pros lIt nt time mime tin only manner of at Ina Iho tho pipes open Oleo hu hUll 1109 been heen to n n 1 constant urea pres pressure sure tiro upon u ma them and this thin plan hini has hAfi tint not boon been a to rite Tho Is IN owned by n private company and Uio Ilia supply which Is IN and ad very or mire auro IM III derived from trout wrens wells fed ted bv bi b sera wAier w VII ii r front the thu Klondike river The Tho town has han hast hana a t very Vary t department with two two how hose art two and iv mt hook home Iwo and ladder It Is IN illuminate liv by 11 a II modern plant olio o fur nl pumping power pOel to tho iho mm mines foi tOI miler In m ovary It II COAtI Conte from tl 1 to JR SS a n call 1101 to tine uno tho Iho trin connects th town with different mines minos POPULATION A TION 5 ICO Tho taken lust last III I tar fall shows tho Iho resident population of at Dawson to be bo boR R 00 Of Ot thin din 5 O are 1110 men man w man ematt and 25 children reo The tho during tho the Hummer will more mora than that those figures lI Among the t ell of the tho may bo bu two banks live IIvo nanny six III newspapers new papers three ox IX x prows a companies ono one tol cum corn company pany Put Jill ny six 1111 sawmills savants taro millY three thren le shops cold storage five da tees two one line bottling and tw twelve lo laundries Ample provision hn tae been monde made for tOl o en cn I the tho within tiro tho city antes Kates I Atc There nrc me forty torl res reA restaurants reAt t hotels and t wen went t saloons saloOn There or two pub public publiC public lic three theaters three h lios ho ia and tilt live five O churches Tie Tho now Pr levee homo of ot worship cost cant 15 lb I flea The Is la 1300 on public gs In timid and on roads loading r Into the place YUKON COUNCIL Dawson la Is not Incorporated but l I lb governed by whet what Is le known na IS the Yukon Council e consisting of ot tho the senior of ot the tho Yukon the gold old the legal adviser the tho tho commanding officer of at the Northwest mounted police pollee tad IH two members elected by h the tho citizens ItIs It U ItIs UtH Is tH claimed to have tho the boat bent order artier of any mining town In the world The Tho North Northwest Northwest west vest mounted police holler govern the terri tern territory tory proper and anti administration th Is la also alao very VOI successful tul Th Theo o are uro stationed d nt lit points out lh the district and constitute thu iho entire 1111 of ot the mile community Lath man U Is I vm um powered to net act as na II collector m postmaster coronet coroner of ot the tho pence peace p nce sheriff nod and Judge judit It might nt Ngam that thol this h 19 I too loo much m tic it authority y to til In ono aio man but their th lr t IH IN paid said tU to o bo much morn Natla radl than would be tho the ca calc o If tho time 1110 divided a teng a n half doz on or 01 more Inure l as via they hey aro uro In tha lh In order artier that their rulings may any 1110 ho bo free from personal Interest the thu mounted pullet are arc fe not al III allowed lowed lucI to lo own any property In tho the com coin they tho govern and are aro not lIot sta stationed Honed ll at nt one mine post goat long Ieng 1011 I enough to Commit which would tend to 10 onN tI lr Ir administration Their de do aio seldom and they the get along with very little friction Don TEAMS TIMMS There are aro many mall pel things thing con connected with life In hl tilts metropolis of ot the Upper Yulon Yukon Tho Iho ho laundry laundr wagons amid 1111 till nil used for tor delivering n one aro drawn by hy dour dap do team leans tell 1111 The learn their routes and without any dl Ill tuition from their drivers pull back bad and forth across tim tha BINel to tho the prop or stopping places the ther habit of ut livery horses In III tho the cities of ot time the A good oud husky don dog commands a n higher price In the tha Klon Klondike dike than that nit nn ordinary When tho the nun amt lION hoes away to tho the south Routh and Iud leaves laviN the thu country locked Incited In hi Iho tho of ot tho thin long lonn winter tho the native dog doff pulls Ida his muster master over tho the long lane of ot ice Ico and stow that separate him hint Gom Tho The dug dog Ilu b iii tho the only domestic lo animal that thai can enn Into title thin wild 1111 and liveRance Ile III value nillo Thor There are nrc areno no 5 G or 10 coat cent pieces ll OOS In III anti and there are ara only a n C tow row articles that can bo be purchased Nt for Jor or n 1 quarter Huoh loh things no at ft a newspaper an nn orange orun or ft n avery very poor cigar c can n bo ho had hall for tor or il lb cents c nb but hut Is II the popular pi price Ico for tOl forthe tho the usual J 1 10 cent cant article In tho the It coats GO 60 0 cents to 0 have a II short And Ant yet yot they are aro 10 to call lawRon a cheap town It Is le cheap according to tho tiro old ohl regimo but Jilt It Il IH lit still lUll expensive to give Q tho the tenderfoot a n feeling of ot din dia whoa when confronted by the tho prevail Ing nl prices During tho ho summer months there h la no darkness at tit all nil anti and lawn tennis aro frequently played I I nt at midnight can be ho k rn en at al OilY ony hunt hour omit OIK cnn can ace seo to book tho aid of ot n a or ur without paper light at III any liny It 11 le I a II b bl I Land hand l of ot thu tho Midnight Hun Jim AUK A HOnnOn J nut lint If It tho the are aro a delight tho winters will aro n II horror Tho Thu tuo mile und anti there thero Is very cry vcr 1 A pall of ot gloom evOI th I IIII The rho storm king wraps his hili Icy loy arts arm around the tho earth and und life lire m is ft a dreary Indoor routine H lint t time Iho owner ownership OW liar ship hip of ot thu time claim Is 19 to 0 the tho heart of the tho inhabitant of or to tho iho of ot this thin lung fund thi dl nry my winter It H is I glad glon lIUIS to tell tall t of f t tho the great fortunes fortunen that have buen taken from this thin wonderful country but hilt the tho tact fact must nut not ho bo ever Inched that n price has hOH been J on paid fur for min them Tho Thu nail and mountain fast fant yield reluctantly the they thoy have guarded au so long bug bugby by lilt hum value of or human lit and Hu el Ing I In n obtaining them they hayo have cost o t all 1111 they thoy aio av worth The rho only cully until to tho time Yukon wan van all the over ever broken m in till the ol or conquest Men tolled and struggled MM mil died of ot burden wo overland yd ud with plunder and lul lon und I driven by m n until thoy they ny dropped In their For lor every everyman everyman stake a n 1 man that hul camo out with a n I thousand wore left loft behind burrowing In hr the mountain stile side like nuts antu M Ity little la le a 1 tribute to tho if o gilt g of ot the thu whit while rite rIL but Jill she Nile hUH has shown moro more and I lilt than Ilium words cnn can tell The Tho clerk and nail tl laborer and lual tho the prospector will wll cue ellch n toll toil you In confidence COli they lre 1110 g going Int to It Il rich They m will wll explain how their money give gave out mout out before they thc struck ti tick anything and how hall thoy they ey alie working now no for tor enough to lo try again eF rhey They havo hao unlisted for tiro tho war ami very every ono of ot them rH fortune f t tJust Just JURt ahead of ot him For miry many of ot theme the Iho loved onus ones at lit homo will wall wait In Louis Loula |
