Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — CHRISTMAS AT DAWSON. [ARTICLE]

CHRISTMAS AT DAWSON.

An Oregon Man Expects to Make SIOO- - 000 in Holiday Dinners. Mr. Charles H, Vest of Portland, Ore., has started for Alaska on a remarkable venture. He intends to furnish the people of Dawson with Christinas dinners and at the same time make his fortune. Mr. Vest’s transportation outfit consisted of 28 dogs and 10 sleds. He has five helpers. His merchandise consists of 3,843 dozen eggs, 1% tons of dressed poultry and SSO worth of oysters. The eggs were carefully broken and placed in cans, six to the can, and then frozen solid. The poultry and ysters were likewise put through the freezing psocess, and until the steamer sails will remain in the cold storage warehouse. The steamer has a refrigerator room, where the stuff will oe stowed, and after reaching Dyca no precaution will he necessary. Mr. Vest, on reaching Dawson, expects to sell his poultry for $5 a pound and the oysters for 100 times what they cost him. Datest Dawson quotations on eggs were $lB per Uozen, and by Christmas, Mr. Vest believes, they will fetch $35 a dozen. He hopes to realize SIOO,OOO on the speculation. During the nine months ended on the 30th of September last there were shipped from the United States to Great Britain the following quantity and value of food products: Beef cattle, 804,179 head $28,401,198 Sheep, 148,518 head 1,055,604 Dressed beef, 210,703,080 pounds. 16,539,487 Salted beef, 13,374,419 pounds ... 718,492 Bacon, 825,030,356 p0und523,013,158 Ham, 108,873,454 pounds 10,503,557 Freeh and salt pork, 17,974.174 j pounds 1.047,960 Hard, 144,669,368 pounds 7,586,906 Imitation lard and butter, 5,597,516 pounds 342,221 Butter, 18,023,621 pounds 2,681,336 Cheese, 37,590,116 pounds 3,421,724