. Alaska and the Klondike. s, buta liberal territorial revenue is derived from the export taxon gold of 2 1-2 per cent. In the incorporated towns taxesfor municipal purposes are levied on property on thevaluation basis. The second day of our stay In Dawson was devotedto the mines. As the guests of M. L. Washburn of theNorthern Commercial company and T. A. McGowan,United States consul, our party was driven in road wagonseighteen miles up Bonanza and Eldorado creeks throughthe heart of the Klondike mining region. The BritishYukon has the best system of wagon roads to be foundin any mining distri
. Alaska and the Klondike. s, buta liberal territorial revenue is derived from the export taxon gold of 2 1-2 per cent. In the incorporated towns taxesfor municipal purposes are levied on property on thevaluation basis. The second day of our stay In Dawson was devotedto the mines. As the guests of M. L. Washburn of theNorthern Commercial company and T. A. McGowan,United States consul, our party was driven in road wagonseighteen miles up Bonanza and Eldorado creeks throughthe heart of the Klondike mining region. The BritishYukon has the best system of wagon roads to be foundin any mining district in the world. These roads are builtby the Dominion Government, and the enterprise dis-played in construction and maintenance is an object lessonthe value of which should not be lost on our Government. While we were waiting to take the train at Skagway anIndian dressed In the ordinary garb of the white man, butvery drunk and very tearful, addressed himself to nearlyevery one on the platform, expressing his grief in badly. Ci-. -a c 58 ALASKA AND THE KLONDIKE broken English over the death of his mother. It appearsthat his mother had died a long time before, but he wasindulging in a new burst of grief, along with some otherthings conducive to mellowness, and seeking sympathywherever he could for his forlorn condition. This weep-ing inebriate was Skookum Jim, and SkookumJim was in at the beginning of things when gold wasdiscovered on Bonanza Creek in 1896. Skookum, bythe way, means big. Of course there are rival claimants for the honour ofhaving made the original discovery in the Klondike. Robert Henderson has applied to the Dominion Gov-ernment for recognition as the original discoverer, basinghis title on the representation that he had sluice boxes inoperation on Hunker Creek in July, 1896. At that timeit was known as All Gold. He says that after stakinghis claims he returned to Ogilvie for supplies. Securingan outfit he started down the Yukon again for his the mouth
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