The Yakima Democrat (Jan. 1899 - Dec. 1909)
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Item The Yakima Democrat -- Vol 5. No. 52 -- September 16, 1899.(Medill, John David, 1899-09-16) Medill, J. D."That well advertised 'fake' the 'backdoor-route,' better known as the Edmonton trail, which was advertised far and wide--one and two years ago by thrifty 'Canucks' as the shortest and best route to the Klondike, has not claimed as its victims all who trod its lonely paths. Occasionally we read of a lucky man who has successfully run the gauntlet of death by drowning, freezing, hunger or scurvy, returning again to civilization to unfold his tale of woe, but many of the poor unfortunates have left their bones to bleach in the Arctic wilderness as evidence of the trust they placed in the bright but lying and deceitful circulars of the Canadian Pacific railroad."Item The Yakima Democrat -- Vol 6. No. 19 -- January 20, 1900.(Medill, John David, 1900-01-20) Medill, J. D."A land of wonders. The Klondyke Once the home of Huge Animals. Mr. David Longmire, the well known rancher of the Wenas, received recently from his brother Caine Longmire, a letter, which was dated at Dawson City on Nov. 19, contains not only much interesting information concerning the conditions that exist in that remarkable country, but speaks of some wonderful finds that have been unearthed there from the bed rocks of the placer mines, which proves beyond the possibility of a doubt that the country bordering on the Arctic circle at one time in the world's history enjoyed a tropical climate and that over its green hills and vales there roamed a class of animals so gigantic in size the earth must have trembled under their feet."