Show SHIPS FOR THE LAND OF GOLD loaded with passengers and freight indian packers and the pack animals have more than they can do in transporting freight over the dyea pass portland john asmith ol 01 portland U 8 commissioner toi alaska writing from juneau there are people now at dyea waiting to get over the pass and there are several more etaamer loads on the way the indian packers and the pack animals at dyea have all the freight they can carry to ibe lakes by the time winter sets in and hundreds of people will be camping at dyea and on the lakes all winter eating the provisions they have taken with them prices for packing across the pass have from 5 to 27 cents per pound and the packers are independent at that TO BAIL seattle wash AUK 4 steamer george E star got away shortly before midnight for dyea with ninety passengers and twenty horses august ath the steamer queen gees north she will carry between and COO passengers on the date the steam barge ajax will be towed to dyea by a tug loaded with stock auguet ath the ship klondyke chartered by tacoma parties will eail on the same day the steamer will eail from vancouver august ath the mexico leaves august the topeka and rosalia august the alk august the queen august the mexico august the topeka I 1 of these all will go through to dyea save the topeka which will go no further than juneau unless business justifies |