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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1897)
) SJWBSBlSMSSWSSSSSMSlSJSSSMSSBSasSSJSSjll"Sf8SSSSSSSgSJSSSSSSSjssMS I IHI 1 1 MlWg I L VOLUME XXV. KLONDIKE LETTER. (Special Correspondence.) Tacoma, Wash., Aug. 30. Loiters keen coming in from nil pints of tho Unltid States, Canada ami Eu rope, all asking about Klondike. People want to kuow when to go to Klondike. Thoy want to know how to got there. They want to kuow what it will cost. Nobody wants to know how to get hack from Klondike or how much will be mado there. They all expect to get rich and thoy will not begin to think nlmiit. irftLtinir back until the shoe pinches. In the lirst place, no matter how ,SS much gout comes one 01 inu aiuumMj ' 8$ this season, don't go there until spring. And don't go nt all unless you can stand a hard mountain tramp. Of courso if you havo plenty of money and can afford to pay your way regardless of expenses, you can go anywhere, any tlmo, with more or less comfoit. Hut thoordluaiy man who expects to ot his share of tho Klondiko nuggets and wJio does not proposo to spend one for- tuno making another should begin cal culating light now and keep it up, without changing his base of operations for about four months. When four months rolls nround it will bo about Now Years ami tho Klon dlkcrs should then begin to get in marching trim. February 15th is eaily enough to start- over the mountnin passes) back of Dyea and Skngway, in Alaska. It will bo good sledding then and a half ton outfit cat) be hauled over tho mountains without much tronble. To co to Klondike via tho Yukon river would bring the gold seek 'crstoltho diggings pretty late in tho season. oThoso who cut expenses will go over tho mountain passes. Those who have plenty of time and wish to see tho country can go aboard a steam er hero and ride in easo and comfoit to St. Michaels, and then go up tho river to Dawsou City and tho Klondiko dis trict. By the way, how far is it from Ta coma to St. Michaels. How far is It from Tacoma to Daw son Clt via tho all water route? To cither point is a much longer journey than to Europe. St. Micliaols Ms 3,500 miles fiom Tacoma aud Klon dike is 1.70t miles from St. Michaelc Bcforelhls season there havo been but three or four steamcis that reached St. Michaels each summer. Now tuo Klondiko is bringing many new lines into service, and last week six steam ers were headed foiSt.Mlcbaeis at once. These ocean stcnroeis havo barges aud river steamers in tow, which will be used on tho Yukon next summer. They will bring down from Klondiko the lucky miners who wish to return home to civilization if by that time some en terprising Yankee has not mint an electrio railway or tramway of somo kind over tho mountain route which Is much less than half tho distaueo from Tacoma, being 1,000 miles over the Dyen, Chilcoot and White passes and 50 miles longer over tho Stlckeon river rnnto. Today hundreds of hardy men with blistered feet nnd aching bodies aio tolllngjovcr theso very passes. A few of thorn will rcacli uawson uny una fall but most of them will not make muchlprogress until tho snow comes. And yet, with these conditions known to pooplo now on the mcuutaln passes and trails, many gold Beokew are still going north. They have mado all their arrangements to go nnd thoy aro going, with thorn it is Klondiko, light away, quick, or bust. Most of them will bust bo far as getting inro wo uibk'k im yoar is conceinod. Those, who wait until tho beginning of 1808 and start with a fresh stock of provisions and gupplies will got to Uawson City as quick as many who aro starting now. At present tho mountain passes nro almost impassablo. Heretofore only a comparatively few peoplo wont over them. They wont during Febiuary nml March and on top of tho snow. Thoy mado no trail worthy of the name and now, all of a sudden, thieo or four thousand peoplo try to wedgo through DcWttt'A Little Early Risers, fM WSNSM MIU fliw the mountain passes at once, and, of course, thoy get clogged nud jammed. That would ho tho case oven though tho trails were in good condition. By next spring, however, the passes will be in fair shape and those who wait until then will havo the advantage of tho work that is now being done by the great crowd now going in. However, most ptoplo who havo stnrtcd are so enthusiastic that they will never turn back. A few have, nevertheless, given up tho light for gold and have como home. Yesterdny ono young man, tho sou of a leading lawyer, ariived heio from tho Chilcoot Pass. His namo is Hill Hudson nud ho is n very sick young man. Ho was fitted out with a fine outfit and his pareut9 were reluctant In allowing the boy to go. Ho is seventeen years of ngoand of athletic build. Hut pack ing an outfit ncross tho mountains wns too much for him. His kidneys were affected so much that it would prob ably have killed him to have continued tho jouruoy. In packing an outfit of half a ton, which isau eighteen months' supply, ncross tho mountain passes ti mau lias to walk thirty miles for every milo of headway mado. In other wouls tho gold huutois would travel over tho passes thiity times in getting their outtiis over. This is killing to those not strong and healthy. Sonic camp by tho side or tho trail and watch the struggling c.xpcct-to-bc-mlllionnircs trudge past. Some, likoyoung Hudson turn back. Sjme sell their outfits nnd secure woik as laboiers in the mills of Alaska, hoping thereby to save what moncy they have and dlnrt north again ju the., swing. But nil could, -havo saved themselves trouble, loss of money and outfits If they had simply accepted the warning of those who know the real condltiou jiud hud deferred going to tho Klondike until next February or March. Hut there aro exceptions to nil rules. Today a party of C-iliforn a miners left Tacoma for Skaguay and Dyea at tho head of tho passes. They kuow "their business" so to speak. They know all about mines and mining. They know all about Alnska and still they nro joiugntthls unfnvoiablo sea son. Why? Uccauso thoy cau travel where tenderfeet will fall by tho way side. They can soleo; tho pass that offers tho least resistance. Perhaps they will select tho Copper river route and prospect along its shoies all winter. Even if thoy cannot roach Dawson City by way of tho much traveled passes this winter thoy will prospect wherever they nro. Thoy can get nlong nnywheio and thoy repnsent a "syudicMo" which expects them to woik all the timo and keep a going somewhere. These nren, for in stance, did not buy their outfits until they had visited all the Pugcl Sound citlei-. They found goods 25 pcrccut cheaper in Tacoma thau In California. They bought only such articles as aro absolutely nccesMiiy for a j ear's stay in tho diggings. Their list was mado up about as follows- Wl., Iba Cost. Clothing 70 905 One clothes bag, barlt mosquito netting, 3 suits heay underwear, 1 heavy macklunw coat, 2 palm heavy macklnaw pantr, half dor. heavy wool socks, onn-'htrd dor. heavy wool mlts. 2 palra leather glocs, 2heay ocrshl-ts, s pairs homy mag proof rubbq boots, 1 pair shoes, 1 pkgo, tiiccriles, thnad, wax, S rrs. bUnktts, 4 ton els, I pre. reralls,l bull of ollilothlng. 2 rubber I sleeping bay, 1 pair ft pair heavy oershocs. Groceries nnkcts, 1 t boots, t .1,200 0 a 0 lbs. bacon, COO Ibr. ibtir, iUlbn peaches, 2r lbs. npphk, 26 lbs. apricots, 25 lbs. pitted lines, 23 lbs. coffee, 10 lbs. tea, 60 lis. sugar 150 lbs. beans, 00 lbs. ot meal, S3 lbs. corumeal, 100 lbs io,61bs, baking powder, 5 lbs. yi st, 5 lbs, soK largo box match. Hardware nud CamplDut Jt. . ,200 One pair Ice creepers, oil sheath knlfo and sheath, almlncrV hovels, 1 spool ulre.U sail needles, 2 gol4 pans,2blstwlna lmlfdos. 8 Inch Hat I les, 1 $50 handled ax, 1 pick ai 1 two haiiQler, 1 screw driver. 1 JlsHon hand taw, 1 wood Jack lane, 1 ratchet brace, t bits sorted sites, 1 saw set, 300 ft, r o, one pack strap, 'A lt. assorte ualls.l pkge, boh nails, 3 lbs. kum,f RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA. Sil.PT. 3. 1897. lli. pitch, 1 set knives Hint fork nix viu.1i. 6 leinH0!ix, 2 table spoons, 1 coiiipnin. 1 humeri.' nx Hint shvatli, I nmKiilfjIiiR gins", 1 mixing spoon, I iliist bell, 1 nx Mono, 'J granite cups. 1 fr pun, I rcllnncd illslipHii, 1 four iUntt coffee cup, 1 toll'ce mill, 1 granite kittle rctliiticil cocr, 3 urnnllo plnte. I wlilp smv, 1 gold stale, 1 sled, 1 tent nnd toc. 1 box candlcH. Armament 20 $'21 One repealing rltle 3U 30 with re loading tools nud ion round of brass shell cartridges one large hunting knlfo aud an Assortment of fishing tackle. Medicine a 93 Ono (host assorttd remedies, platters, bandages, mosquito ex terminator, etc , ono pair dark cje glases. Cost and weight cf oulllt and expense of irausportMlou can bo materially reduced by prospec tors traveling In parties of three nml four, as one camping, hard ware and armament outfit will rush or for two men. In trinel IngbrMeuiner or rail 1H) lbs. of baggage Is checked f no for each patHCiigcr. Totals 1,402 $205 This is but a "starter" however, for the Klondike. Theto aio many mallets of importance to discuss between now an 1 the day of depattuto and these will bo taken up in tho older of their importance in subsequent letteis. However, those who proposo going to tho Alaska gold fields should pit servo each of the letteis in ,i setup book or other convenient foim. EacIi letter will contain sonu item of importance whiei, taken with tho scries of letteis, will complete an up-to-dato guido and pcrsonpl advice that will bo of great value. ' Thomas SIMMONS. Old Settlers Picnic. Tho old bottlers of Webster county will hold their seventh annual picnic in tho court houso park, Red Cloud, Nob., Thursday, Septemder J3rcl,:i897. Settlers aro cordially invited to meet with us, but any ono desiring a holi day nnd wishing to huvo an enjoyablo time will bo mado wolcomo. Tho glad hand will bo oxtouded to all. Ample arrangements will' bo mado to insure your comfort. Bring your well flllod baskets, appetites, your lings, your swings, your hummocks, and tho do slro to oujoy yourselves. Donald McCallum, Pres. T. C. Hacker, Sec. Our Clubbing List Below we present n list of u num ber of tho lending mngazlnos, news papers, farm papers, etc., with prices thoy cau bo had in connection with The Red Cloud CIuef. Wo must havo ono yoarly sub scrlptlon to tho Chief with each peri odical ordered, hut both neod not nec essarily he sent to tho samo address. CHItf SOTH (100 f 1.2ft 100 110 100 110 100 IfiO 100 125 100 125 100 125 100 12.1 1(0 4 00 100 ISO 101) 700 1UI ! 110 3 (Ml 100 1M 100 160 100 3fi0 i no uo 100 'J 00 too too Omaha Dee. w ..- . . (1,00 Farm and Fireside, h m............ &0 Ladles Home Companion..... DO St. Louis Globe Democrat, s w 1 no Louisville Courier Journal, -w 100 Cincinnati Times Star, w Philadelphia Tri-n, vr ,. 100 Tho Chicago Tribune, w ......... 70 The Chicago Tribune, d 400 Ilocky Mountain News, w. .. I 00 Ilocky Mountain News, d... . "W Cincinnati Enquirer, w 73 Llpplniott's Magazine, m .'ICO Godej's Magazluo, m...... .......... 1 O0 Dcraorest'a Family Magazine, m 100 Leslies Illustrated Weekly, w. 4 00 Atlantic Monthly, in- 4 00 Kansas City Star, w .......... . m OraegeJudd Farmer, w......... too American Woman Illustrated World, w. ........... . ...... 400 San FraucUco Chronicle, w 1 vi San Francisco Chronlclo, d .. 0 70 Ilreeders Oazette, w.. . a 00 Nebraska & Kansas Farmer, nu 23 100 100 100 100 100 350 200 070 315 100 Tho above odors aro mado only to now subscribers who pay ono full year In advance. Tub Red Cloud Chief, Rod Cloud, Neb. Tho "Bicyclist's Best Friend" is a familiar uamo for DoWltt'u Witch Hazel Salve, always ready for emer gencies. While a specific for piles, it also instantly relieves aud chub cuts, bruises, suit ihcutii, eczema aud all af fections of the skin. It never fails. C. I.. Coiling. UeWitt's Colic & Cholera Cure. Quickly curt DyatRUry DtarrlMM. REPUBLICAN CAUCUSES. Hl CI.Ol'l), FlltST WAttl). Republican eli clots of Ked Cloud, First Wind, ate bet oby called to meet at tho office of tho Tinners Lumber Co. on Tuetdny, September 11th, at a o'clock p.m., 18H7, for tho purpose of choosing ehivin delegates to tho Re publican County Convention. Also to place in nomination cnmlhlntcs for tho vniious piccinct ollices, and the nomi nation of two judges nnd two olet ks of election. W. H. Houv, Com. BKI OLOUI) TOWNSHIP. Therepublicnu electors of Red Cloud precinct ute hereby called to meet at tho court house on Saturday, Septem ber 11, 18117, at 2 o'clock p. in., for tho purposo of choosing seven delegates to tho Republican County Convention. Also to place in nomination candidates for the various precinct ollices, and the nomination of two judges and two cletks of election. C. H. Pottku, Com. reo cloud rinsT wAno. Republican electois of Red Cloud Fii8t Ward are heibby called to meet at the tillleo of tho Traders Lumber Co., on Tuesday, September Ulh, at 8 p.m., for the purpose of choosing 11 delegates to the tepublicnu county convention. Also to place in nomini. tion candidates for tho vniious pre cinct ofiices, nnd the nomination of two judges and two clerks of electiou. W. B. Hour, ' Cutfrtnittorinaii. OARFIELD. Republican electors of Garfield pro duct will meet in caucus ut tho Wagoner school houso Monday Sept., 13th, nt 7 p.m., for tho purposo of choosing 0 delegates to tho republican county convention. Also to place In nomination candidates for tho various precinct ollices and tho nomination of two judges and clerks of oloction. N. L. D. Smith Committeeman. elm obeek. Tho republican electors of Elm Crook precinct will meet in caucus at Sheldon school house, Monday, Sopt, inth, nt ftilO p.m., for tho purposo of choosing ti delegates to tho republi can county convention. Also to placo in nomination candidates for tho various precinct ollices aud tho nomi nation of two judges and two olorks of election, C. K. Putman, Committeeman PLEASANT HILL. Republican electors of Pleasant Hill will moot in caucus at school house in Cowlos, Saturday, Sept., 11th, at 2 o'clock p.m , for tho purposo of choosing 8 delegates to tho republican convontion. Also to placo in nomination candidates for tho various precinct ofllcos nud tho nomination of two judges aud tvo clerks of oloction. T. R. Hall, , Committeeman. DAT1N. Republican electors of Batln pro clnct will moot In caucus ut Harris school house, Friday, Sept., 10th, at 4 p.m.. for tho purposo of choosing 4 delegates to tho ropublicnu county convention. Also to placo in nomittn ,, ,, , , i, . lips 01 a iiiiiKiiiu iii.iu, u mini ut i?.jS!SLp,!;!ki.nnM. and strength, his own story, UlllUb Ullltun uuu nw uviuiunnuu ui two judgos and two clerks of eleotion R. Harris, Committeeman, OATUIRTON. Republican voters of Cntherton pro duct will moot ut North Star school house, Monday ovoniug, September 13, at 7:30 to elect fi dologatos to county convention and uominnto two judges and two clerks of election. W. J Mathent, Committeeman. Dr. Price's Crtaa Beklag Powder World's IWr HfehMt Awsrt. ! SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS wv wJs IIV "NKMO." To You Mkn in I.ovu (1th At tide): A punts the hunted hart for tho water btooki, so do tho souls of somo of you j cam to hear the uniting cere mony. Often you feel ns though there were nothing good in tho world, if complete knowledgo of your beloved is denied you. Bo c.ircful, or grasping, sottish passion will besmltch your pres ent joyous journey, and you will be like some gluttonous youth shilling himself with uuwholcsomocntablcH, in dilTcicnt to tho beauty nnd history of the scenery as ho passes it. I have already told you that lovound tho quality on which love is often based tespocl cannot Ilvo If only sustained hy passion. Tho passion in deed may last long, hut It will scorch and burn and destroy nil tho sweetie finemeut that, it not precious in your eye, is as least very dear to her whom )oti havo chosen. Now I Inteinl to cairy you for waul ono startling step and tell 3011 that love can ennoble and strengthen ono lifo or both, though passion bo forever denied. What we call tho lower dement of our natures cannot be grand except by the higher qualities mingling with it; but the highoi qualities can live and last nnd grow though the lower bo shut out al together. I tell you this aud confirm it by pages from lives that have been lai 1 open before me; for I want you to have a now sense of what love can do and has done for our raco. I tell you this, because love, in its highest form of devotion to an ideal, is capable of entering your bursting heart, no mat ter how obscure you are, and making of you a new creature, with n clean life, pure thought nnd good purposes. V AN IDEAL. Something to live fori bomethlng that stretches far beyond The earthly limits of each fancy fond I Something that draws us by pure loveliness, And ever seems more fair as on vre press, bo drawing nearer thinking to attain Wo see It still afar and, losing, gain More from tho added zeal wo needs must show To win our prize, and ever higher go I Ah somo Btrong traveler through a desert wild, Hces snowy summits up to heaven piled And braves the brlst'.luv daugcra but to And Tho misty mountains still but dim outlined; And though as nearer yet hi way te wenda Fresh beauty to his soul the prespcel lends, Of rosy shades flitting o'er tho snow, And peaks with golden coronets thai glow; Yet may he never scale those stainless slopes Or plant his conquering banner where he hopes, llut by h'gh striving towards lofty end, With e)cs tbtt aver on pure summits bend. Through seeming failure claims self-victory And, ne'er attaining, wins eternally. I see nlmost daily u mau, who though sepal ated by an octan from the woman who knows his lovo nnd feels love in return, is held by her gentle in fluence nud her high viows of life, just as dimly as though he were by her side. Saddest of nil hut why saddest T most beautiful of all in this instance is the fact that, increasing bodily weak ness is gradually biingicg her to a bid of lifelong suffering. What does he gain fiom her? Physical pleasure? No-such a thought is remotest from his mind, But the purposo to live a life that would please her, to gain a reputation that would rejoice her, to carvo a career that shall embody her goodncsn and nobility these things he gains nnd ho is content. Thero has been given 1110 from tho lips of a magnificent man. a man of while wo wcro falsing of such things. After his second child wns born, bis wife was grievously afflicted. For ten years or moro he has been just as you nro in relation to your beloved. Life is ono continuous courtship, and as middle-ago creeps on he grows more and more into tho habit of showing littlo delicate attentions that nro precious to Iter aching heart, and vocal of his faithful devotion, What is he gaining? Honor among men, reputation for probity. I could bring many moro cases to illustrate various points of my argu ment, bvcause I often receive con 11- NUMBER 35 deuces in relation to such matters; bub 1 must deny myself the spnee. w . Lovo will Unit an outlet. As the sap moves within tho tree forcing it into foliage, so true lovo Is bound todlsptny Itself, if kept from degradation, it will swell up your hcait with good will towards tho world, your world, and the hopeless misery of Its swelter ing crowds. Nomr.n can hnve lofty lovo for a woman without making tho world better. Lovo is tho key to the enigma of our relations to our fellows. It breaks down selfishness and re leases gentlcnoss, kindness, pity. Tho spiritual faculties under tho stimulus of tho softer sex, show fourth In thoughlf ulness, nnd the physical powers run more naturally to deeds of good. Your beloved has shown to you your incompleteness without hoi and much more can she show you of duty to the world and its need of lovo actively worked into its mass. Show mo any mau, Catholic, Pioti slant or Agnostic, who is trying to better his day; b.iek somewhere In his hoatl will bo found tho imago of n woman to uervo him. Shu may be of llesh and blood or slio may bo tho immaculate ono whom so many millions veueiato; in cither case his best nattne is set free, nnd ho becomes for the dear wo man ho loves, iu very truth her war rior out in the world, keeping stainless tho trust sho tcposes in him. V If any suggestions in these nt tides havo seemed unprauticnl regarding yuur future lifo with tho woman you love, do not condemn mc bicnuoo I diller from you. It is jtttt posslblo that wider cxporienco enables mo to see a little further than you. I will leave tho subject in this wny, Select in your neighborhood a thoughtful, kindly, bnppy man whoso home nccms to hi his heart's treasure nnd ask for his answer to tho question 1 hnve placed before you, "How shall the joy, tho spirit of sacrifice, tho stimulus to effort Hint is found in courtship bo con tinued after marriage?" Tho question is worthy of nn answer, as you aro at present full of happiness, and to think of any ether condition gives you u sinking sensation. His answer be cause human nattito in its broad de tails Is much tho snmo everywhere will practically confirm those ni tides, But being delivered by a human voice, ho may havo more power to convinoo you. I shall bo well content, for I hnve made you think a littlo more deeply than before of a subject su premely interesting to you, and it tins been dono in a way that seldom ap pears In print and is rarely spoken of, The reason of tho latter silence is that the man who is happy in his affection has a natural fear of derision should he pralso tho glories of love in the presence of those who gloat only over its shntuo. A prosperous lonrney to you nil. Horn's to your gocd health I Use "Economy Boucset Cordial." C. U. Cutting. BACKACHE rtukti the young feel old. and the eld fed that life k not worth the living. It's a dao get signal of Kidney DUease the unerring evidence of weak, inactive and sore Kidney. Any person cured of Kidney weakness -wii tell you that when the back ceased to ache, all troubles ended. Neither liniments, plasters, nor electricity can cure it. The seat of the trouble is not in the skin, ilek or muscles. It's In the KldMit. It can be CURED Somo time ago I received n pamphlet advertising your Sparagus Kidney Pills, As I havo boen suffering for several years with pains in my hack and general debility, I decided to try tho pills and I must say they do their work in great shape, as this is the first timo in years that I havo been out tit pain. Yours truly, II. H. Van Gerden, Vet. Surgeon, 711 st., Hastings, Nob, HOBBS Sparagus Kidney Pills. nOUUS REMEDY CO., PaoranrTOM. Cmcaua., Or. Hobbs pills For Sale In KED CLOUD, MKU, by C, L.COTTINO, Druggist. 11 11 " il fM '1 .S fS ,"' 1 r.Vi I Hfta , 0 tyl ."x ni lUj j". "M -si Ak .v -if Vv . r & rr .& -"My- f4uWt mi