Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1898 — A WORD OF ADVICE [ARTICLE]

A WORD OF ADVICE

To Those Coming to Alaska or the Klondike Gold Fields. One thing should be Impressed upon every miner, prospector or trader coming to Alaska, to the Klondike, or the Yukon country, and that is the necessity for providing an adequate and proper food supply. Whether procured In the States, in the Dominion, or at the supply stores here or further on, this must be his primary concern. Upon the manner In whleh the miner has observed or neglected this precaution more than upon any other one thing will his success or failure depend. These supplies must be healthful and should be concentrated, but the most careful attention In the selection of foods that will keep unimpaired indefinitely under all the conditions which they will have to encounter Is imperative. For instance, as bread raised with baking powder must be relied upon for the chief part of every meal, imagine the helplessness of a miner with a can of spoiled baking powder. Buy only the very best flour; It is the cheapest In the end. Experience has shown the Royal Baking Powder to be the most reliable and the trading companies now uniformly supply this brand, as others will not keep in this climate. Be sure that the bacon is sweet, sound and thoroughly cured. These are the absolute necessities upon which all must place a chief reliance, and can under no circumstances be neglected. They may, of course, be supplemented by as many comforts or delicacies as the prospector may be able to pack or ceslre to pay for.—From the Alaska Mining Journal. A book $f receipts for all kinds of cookery, whleh is specially valuable for use upon the trail or In the camp, Is published by the Royal Baking Powder Company, of New York. The receipts are thoroughly practical, and the methods are carefully explained, so that the inexperienced may, with its aid, readily prepare everything requisite for a good, wholesome meal, or even dainties if he has the necessary materials. The matter is in compact though durable form, the whole book weighing but two ounces. Under a special arrangement, this book will be sent free to miners or others who may desire it. We would recommend that every one going to the Klondike procure a copy. Address the Royal Baking Powder Co., New York.