Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1911 — BEEFSTEAK COSTS $48 LB. [ARTICLE]

BEEFSTEAK COSTS $48 LB.

Highest Price Ever Paid, for Piece of Meat at Circle City, Alaska—Trouble Averted- : , v Seattle, Wash. —Probably the highest price ever paid for a beefsteak was that charged at Circle City, Alaska. The first steak that ever reached that town Is said to have sold for something like S4B a pound. There were ten pounds in this steak, which waß shipped 250 miles to Circle City. When the owner of the precious bit df meat reached the camp the miners turned out in a body to see it. It was placed on exhibition and attracted' as much attention as if it were the rarest of gems. Everybody wanted a piece of it and the prices

offered were such as would have resulted in a mining camp quarrel if It had not been decided to raffle the steak off for the benefit of a hospital that Bishop Rowe was trying to establish for the miners at Circle City. Bids were started at $5 a pound and rose briskly to $35. - Finally, in order to avoid complications, it . was decided to sell tickets at prices from 50 cents to $2.60 for the privilege of drawing for a slice. After S4BO worth of tickets had been sold the drawing began, and, to the relief of tbrise in charge of the sale, no trouble sulted. - , ....