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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1900)
OMAHA TLTjUSTKATED !BEE. City of Dawson Before the Fire It Ig( a grim country, n country of ex- shoulder of tho big hill that curves orouutl tromcs." Dawson. At tho summit wc find somo rustic Desplto tho recent rain, tho Klondlko la nonts beside tho trail. Wo wonder who over crystal cloar, tho trail Is washed clean, took tho time to build them, when labor In In a plcturcsquo cabin bosldo tho path a tho mines, until recently, had been worth woman Is singing her baby to sleep, and $15 a day. Near by thero Is a sun dial, over the willows Is wafted tho sound of with the marks N. W. M. P., and we know (Copyright, 1&00, by Cy Wurman.) Whllo tho world Is filled with sorrow, And hearts must break and breed, It's day nil day In the daytime, And there Is no night In Oreedo. A green garden set high on a hill, llko n picture on an casol, was tho strange sight I saw from my stateroom window ns Daw son dawned upon my view at 15:30 of nil August morning, and, of course, baforo tho II ro that recently devastated the place It had rained In Dawson tlio day before. Tho hills wero all washed clean. Tho lit Ho garden, facing tho cast, bathed In sun light, smiled down on mo llko a pretty girl In tho gallery. Klondlko City was slipping by us, and Just below, over a wide gravel bar, itho crystal Klondike rushed In, making u wide, green path far out In tho gray waters of tho Yukon. Just bo low tho mouth of that far-famed river tho city of Dawscn begins. It has nil cniiio Into vlow so suddenly and wo sweep down tho swift stream so rapidly thai one llmls lb bewildering. After GOO miles of almost houseless shore, this Imposing camp, with lis shipping, Moating wharfs and great Iron warehouse was u revelation, At tho upper end of the town are tho government buildings, tho prison and tho barracks, where tho mcuuted police live. Almost a mllo of houses, all sorts, shapes and hIzih, are ranged along tho embank ment facing tho river. Theso aro tho" prin cipal busliuss establishments of the town hotels, shops of all kinds, saloons, danco halls, banks and barber shops. It Is M weird picture, n wonderful panornma that passes our window as wo drop down stream. Thoro goes a milk wagon drawn by seven dogs, n perfect llttlo wngon, and tho dogs havo harnesses with collars and hames, llko tho harness of a horse. It reminds mo of Austria and Ilohciula, only thero aro no women In harness hero. A tnll girl In n red wrapper nnd a miner In a whlto hat aro waltzing on tho sidewalk In front of a danco ball. (Although It la barely C o'clock, nil tho shops nro open. FRONT STREET, DAWSON CITY, AT TIME OF ITS GREATEST ACTIVITY. IU C'TtS 'V"1 sho,)kco,;or8 1n,r10 "1 loo" u small room, but It Is clean. Meals are tinkling bolls. In front of a little roadsldo that tho police, who aro always doing sotno- .r "iLL 1Z nLRLrZ.K UM' 1111)10 d'hoto' bul thcy aro uxcclIent- SUP raan is candling a crato of oggs- thing-blazing a trail, bridging a stream or i.. . . , " "urrylt g down to tho ,t you want a spring chicken It will cost you holding thorn one by oue between him and marking a mud hole-havo put theso things wharf to meet friends and oved ones they ,0. u cculs G0 cenl8 to qucncll nt all flr8t. tho flllni Th ro worth nM a dozcn ,,ero .!,!. ,? ! "; i n C88et womnn looks C,B bnra. Hero Is a copy of a typewritten "Thero is llttlo vegetable mould, and Overlooking Uuwao,,. anxiously up at the purser as tho boat ties ,,, of faro verbatim ot literatim. plant life Is sparse." Our trail lies along an almost level stretch up. Tho purser shakes his head, and n Anhcuscr Dusch or Schlltz Ucer. . a , " , a,i"B nn almosl 10V .slro cn Ijalmtt'B Engll8'h'Aie"'por"i)lnt!.'.'!!!!.'!!!$2.G0 laturo field of oats. Tho well-fllled heads cabins along tho trail, but very few people. Guinnesses Extra Stout, per pint $2.50 como up to my shoulders. Tho grain is In Some of tho cabins aro very pretty. Many tho dough it will bo ripe in a week. SInco havo doublo walls, filled with dtrt between. 1 W shadow sottles on tho hopeful, almost happy faco, ns tho woman turns away. 1)1 vi-i-nIIUmI (ri-ctlnur. Now tho women, who havo mndo tho long Journey of thousands of miles to Join their husbands, como from their cabins clad In neat traveling gowns that havo not been worn on tho whole trip. A now hat, n fresh ribbon hero and thero, n happy siullo, all kept back for UiIb ouo Joyful mo ment. "Huh," I heard a woman say; "Mow funny ho looks In that horrid hat." A man kissed his child, hold It off ami gazed nt It through tcar-dlmmed oyes, and tried hard to realize that this big boy was "baby." Tho boat had scarcely ceased rocking when Jim and 1 walked nshoru. Two hand some, clean-faced young Boldlera of tho mounted police foreo woro tolling along tho strand with a drunken man between them. Theso lino young men do tho police duty In Duwsou. It Is not a pleasant duty, but, since they must perform It, they do It well, and win tho respect nnd sympathy of all classes ot citizens. Verily, thero Is no night In Cucumbers GOc, Dawson. Tho men nt tho gaming tables nro changing shift, but the guinea go on. "Thoy hanged two Indians and u whlto man last wook and started a dally paper." That OKI Ui ROOM AND CAFE. Cox & dates. I Dinner G to 8 I'. M. $1.50. SOUP. IJcof broth Anglalsc, consomme. FISH Rolled king salmon hollandalsc. ENTREES. Curried Iobstor with rice. Ilrenst of Iamb with French peas. Hell fritters, inaulo sauce. ROASTS, l'rlmo ribs of beof au Jus. Vcnl with dressing. VEGETABLES. Rolled and mnshed potntocs. Green peas. DESSERT. Assorted pics. Assorted cakes. I.emon Ico cream. Radishes GOc. EXTRAS. Lettuce. DELICACIES OF THE SEASON. A DitWNOii Ciirtlni. this was written I havo seen a nowa dispatch Over tho door of ono rustic letters aro fixed which read as follows: Recent oxporlmcnta to spell "Iowa." with grain-growing nnd market-gardening Hero under tho nspen trees or cotton in tho Yukon valloy, not far from Dawson wood nnd spruco, moss Is found in thick and tho center of tho Klondlko region, give tufts, llko green bunches of swamp grass promlso of fresh vegetables for tho miners, Ilon'" tho edgo of a swamp. It Is this thick beforo long, produced in their own neigh- blanket of moss that keeps tho sun from borhood. Wheat, oats, and barloy, all tho earth and holds tho frcst In the ground, planted lato In May and harvested about tho When tho moss Is removed tho earth thaws middle of August, havo roached Duluth, as out In tho summer, for tho days aro long a samplo of what has been done in tho nero n,"I 00 warm as they nro In Colorado. Klondlko region. All of tho grain is fully Nw wo como out on tho brow of tho hill nvnturcd, and of good quality. Of course, overlooking Dawson. Tho vlow Is un many vegetables can bo grown still moro broken. Hero, to our left, rushes tho clear readily than such cereals. Klondlko and yonder, at tho farther end of "Qnatu and mosquitoes move to and fro In 1,10 town- tho raStv Yukon, curving with denso clouds during tho summer and add to n eNVecp sublime, glides away among the tho many discomforts and discouragements hllls on tho lons Jurnoy to tho ocean, of tho region." nearly 2,000 miles away. The burro, tho husky and tho slwash are Between tho town and tho foot of tho hill tho only Insects I havo seen thus far In or t,loro 18 a w,do slrtch ' lvol, marshy about Dawson. Not a gnat. Not bo much Innd' Thl3 was a Quagmlro a year BO. ns ono widowed, melancholy mosquito havo Now 11 bas IlU bcon drained wo can seo I seen hero. tho drains and ditches from tho hilltop and "Llfo Is a warfare" yn can walk or r'' 11,1 about. Slttlnc In tho hillside ennlmi. nvorinnfcin,, lrlulm unu companion, ur. u., points below, tho soft winds frolghted " . , . , fragrance of flowers, tho scent ot J 10 vulBnr'y boahhy town on the con is and the perfume of tho pine, It tlnotU" CY WARMAN. T nn,,bn r n .M....lnnll.n1t.. l...t . . - ... . D 1 rt mil t l-rv linonltnla I linfr Im.tn was ii news Item given tho captain of our 4" "' "'" tlio beautiful Klondlko, with Its picturesque " ""'ZZ " boat by a man who camo on board. Just l"u "luo K;LU" Bnru," on. ,co, anu nw 'ry and trim bonis gliding down stream; p."-""'" ir typuom u ... .. .. u i.. .i wo aro going up the Klondlko to seo It. the nnv nt n ,m,,if n,.nri, o, mr,., r fover patients. Only thrco cases thoro. "Ilavn vol, Rm. vnii,.r.i.ir w.nn u C0Ui a quarter to walk ocrois tho river below, tho soft 'Wlnl frnl.rhtn.1 "Wiy." said tho doctor, "Dawson today la wan kid on des boat?" luu DUBi,u"Blu "'"i spans mo mue with tho fi "Yes," said Thompson. "Freckled kid !"lvor' Tho. l,ay ,B (le,Khtfu. but niy mind Hwcet peas with his noso skinned." m consianuy roverung to a poworiui, uiu- seems to mo that If man had money enough "Val, hn'B been baby when a seo 'em last, 11,111 y woruou ucsonpuon mat i navo seen to keep him from pining for tho "creeks" "Now, Dicky, don't you want to give up but a tank ho would havo ha's noso skin by rt'ml,"K of tno Klondlko by a gifted author nnd mosquitoes enough to keop him from taking sugar with your medicine during des time." who ,,n8 navor 800n tno country. I shall brooding, llfo bore, In summer at least, would Lent?" llott-l 1,1 fc tu Dimiioii. ,ll")t0 b,ls of hls 'Iworlptlon as I go, setting bo ono grand, sweot Bong,. "No, ma; but I tell you what I'll give up "Thoro Is no lock on my door " said I to tfccm sl,1 by sldo w,th thc thlnB 08 1 seo U' llnK garden wo climb up over a takln' tho med'clno." the young woman who was head clerk and half owner In tho hotel. "Oh, well we'll give you a bottor room ns soon us ono Is vacant." "Hut In tho meantime," I oxplalnod, "any one can como up tho back stairs und step Into my rom It won't oven latch." Tho clerk smiled. "Well," she said, as sho changed a $100 bill, taking out $1.00 for tho man's breakfast. "I guess we'll havo to put locks on nil our doors, l'eoplo seem to expect It. 'l'liu fact Is," sho went on, "wo have been In such a rush that wo had not thought ot It., Hut things nro changing, l'eoplo nro com ing In from tho oust and now I supposo we'll havo to lock up." She did not mean to bo discourteous. She simply Indicated a well known condition, t'o long as a mining camp Is occupied by min ers, mountnlncors, pioneers nnd prospectors, no one over thinks of locks. It Is tho com ing of tho cultured tenderfoot, tho Oheo chawko, that makes bolts nocessary. Even tho IndlnnB wero reasonably honest with each other until we began to civilize thorn. I seo nothing hero marked less than a quarter. That Is .the prtco of a four-page paper. At Seattle tho penny passes out of uho, at Skngway the nickel, nnd at Dawson the dime Hut prices nro dropping rapidly hero. Fresh signs In the restaurants rend: "Meals only ouo dollar." In somo places thoy aro but 7G cents, with drinks. In one of the best hotels In town I pay $5 a day for HIGH SCHOOL CADETS KEARNEY, NED. March 11, 1000. A Holly and Mistletoe Ranch' "Yes, 1 think wo havo about tho first and only holly and mlBtletoo farm In tho coun try, or In tho world, for that mattor." Tho speaker was Miss Lucy Cartelcdgo, tho older of the two young women who three years ngj began to ralso holly and mistletoe for mar ket. "You ask how It began the farm, you moan? Why, It all started from my going to New York to study art. My mother, who is my only living parent, by many sacrifices, finally saved enough tiKncy for mo to make tho venture. I did not achiavo much In tho wny of art, but 1 learned what a big world of smart people this Is and how much I had to Improve beforo thero was any chance of setting It nflro with cny brilliancy. Ouco convinced that I had llttlo or no artistic abil ity I set about to find some way to earn n living. Tho high price paid for holly and mistletoe in New York City was ono ot many revelations and on Inquiry I found that tho prettiest pieces were brought over from England. This gavo mo nu Idea and I wrote homo about It to my sister, who is a very practical person. "Sho began nt onco to go over our 500 acres and cleared away tho underbrush ground every holly bush. In somo Instances, ivlth those around the house, sho had gotio so far as to trim away all tho dead limbs and havo the earth about tho roots enriched ud spaded up. "For tho preservation of tho mistletoe sho cut off tho muscadine and Jasmlno vines climbing over every treo where thoro was a sprig ot It growing. Sho also declared hor Intention of trying to plant tho seeds In tho hollows and forks of old oaks, where she saw a chanco ot Its taking root and grow ing. "During tho next summer wo had llttlo to do besides sit and wait for what tho autumn would bring forth, but this energetic sister of mine was careful to seo that no haron camo to tho numerous llttlo holly trees which she dlscovered'about tho roots of tho largo trees. She stated that sho Intended trans planting thorn 'u winter and for tho first tlmo wo realized It might not bo such nn easy mattor to got a holly farm aB wo antici pated. I.VuroiI Hail I.utik. "Negroes aro so superstitious that it is almost impossible for a whlto person to keep up with tho numerous queer things they bellovo. When our old cook heard us talk ing about transplanting young holly she was horrllled and told us It wus tho worst . . . . i .1.... ,l,nm. ,11,1 It llin niiiu u. iuwi ' " ' mlnuto tho bush grow anu cast a shadow largo enough to cover their grave they would die. Wo found the superstition qulto goueral among tho negroes", so, of course, wo realized at once tiiat none of them could bo depended on to plant our holly grovo. According to their udvlco tho only way to obtain such trees was by placing n in r i.ofeina nn fi ntitmn near where tl iUb U. UU ivm w. " . wo wished tho tree and allow tho wind to blow them. Only fancy what a stupid Idea. Still, It was most sorlous to us, as wo wero entirely dependent on them as la borers, SellliiK tlie Crop. "However, our ilrst harvest camo before transplanting time. As soon ns tho berrlco woro sulllclontly grown to Judge ot we sent spoclmons on to several firms In Wash ington and New York. Almost by return mall wo received surprisingly large orders, but at different prices. The best came frnm tho Washlncton firm which supplies tho Whlto House. "At Christmas wo found there were two distinct grades of holly. Dranches gath ered from trees around tho house, which had been trimmed and fertilized, woro moro beautiful than the others. Tho foliage was, richer and tho berries larger, moro numor ous and very much moro brilliant. My sis ter fancied tho same improvement was to bo observed iu the mistletoe, but wo finally decided that tho most beautiful specimen1 of this wero taken from post-oak trees. And now, after thrco years' experience, we still consider it a fact. "Our profits for tho first year were grati fying, and as soon as thero was sufficient cold to send tho sap down Into tho roots of tho treo wo began our transplanting. Rut do you know my sister and I were com pelled to do it with our own hands. Tho negroes would dig tho holes and put In the fertilizer, but when It camo to actually" planting tho llttlo trees wo had to do that ourselves. Wo worked early and Into all during tho months of January and Febru ary and managed to sot out ten acres of holly. "This last senscn wo cut out every other ono of theso young trees and Bold thoni na Christmas trees. They wero well shaped, had flno foliage, with large, rich berries, si, of course, they brought tho very best price. "For our mlstletoo wo select old oak trees, preferably post-oaks, and Insert well-ripened berries under tho bark In tho fork or hollow, where they will have a chance to germinate nnd catch hold. Just how old tho plant has to bo beforo It bears berries we have not been nhlo to decide ns yet. "This last Beason wo added to our farm products by shipping quantities of bamboi and Chrletmas berry vines. In the north the bamboo Is known as tho southern smllax and makes a charming decoration. "Wo havo no trouble In getting orders for our goods, nnd ns our farm Is on n trunk lino railroad shipment Is easy. Wo first bogan by crating; now wo simply pack the trees nnd branches In tho railroad cars and they go straight through to their destination."