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course unbiased in the matter, and so can 

 not be accused of prejudice in saying that 

 this route seems a very feasible one and 

 preferable to the others, as it does away 

 with the perils of the sea and the dangers 

 of the pass. In addition to these advant- 

 ages the route lies through a valley rich 

 in mineral ore and the traveler can ''pros- 

 pect" as he goes. 



A. L. Poudrier, Dominion Land Sur- 

 veyor, has surveyed the Spokane Route 

 and made a very favorable report, A 

 wagon road leads from Spokane to Ash- 

 croft, B. C., and from there to Quesnelle, 

 a distance of 220 m'les, is a stage route, a 

 stage making regular weekly trips. From 

 Quesnelle to Telegraph Creek the road is 

 the telegraph trail and from Telegraph 

 Creek to Lake Teslin is another trail, 

 which by spring is expected to be trans- 

 formed into a good wagon road. Lake 

 Teslin is the head waters of the Yukon 

 river, and from there one may go by boat, 

 the voyage being down stream all the way. 



The Spokane route, leads not through a 

 frigid, barren region as is commonly 

 thought, but has quite on equable climate, 

 due to the influence of the Japan current, 

 and it is claimed that until as late as the 

 middle of November, a horse can subsist 

 upon what it can pic^ up on the road. 

 Food must be carried from that time until 

 April. 



Anyone traveling from the east on 

 tourist's or second-class tickets are allowed 

 the privilege of stopping ten days in Spo- 

 kane to buy supplies. 



The distance from Spokane to Dawson 

 City is 1689 miles. 



Anyone contemplating going to the 

 Klondike can obtain full information re- 

 garding the Spokane Overland Route, by 

 writing to the Secretary of the Chamber 

 of Congress, Spokane, Wash. 



THE KITSELOTAN UP-TO-DATE 



FENCE. 



The fence here shown is made of a high 

 grade of Galvanized Coil Spring Wire with 

 the Duplex Automatic Ball Bearing Woven 

 Wire Fence Machine, which is made en- 



tirely of iron and steel, and is so simple 

 and easily operated that anyone who knows 

 how to turn a grindstone can take it right 

 into the field or any place and make 50 to 

 80 rods a day of the best fence on earth, 

 horse-high, bull-strong, pig, chicken or 

 rabbit-tight at a cost for the wire of only 

 12 to 20 cents a rod. It can be made in a 

 variety of styles or designs, using either 

 coiled spring, plain or barb wire for the 

 top and bottom margin wires, and by using 

 wire pickets, weaving them right into the 

 fabrics, ornamental designs can be made 

 suitable not only for farm residences but 

 also city and suburban residences. Messrs. 

 Kitselman Bros., Ridgeville, Indiana, 

 whose advertisement appears elsewhere in 



this paper, claim the Duplex Automatic 

 Ball Bearing Machine is the result of their 

 ten years' experience in the manufacture 

 of woven wire fence machines and is per- 

 fection itself. They also claim to be able 

 to sell a machine and enough wire to make 

 100 rods of an "Ideal Farm Fence" for less 

 money than 90 rods of any good woven 

 wire farm fence now on the market can be 

 bought for in tho roll. In the one case 

 you have the fence only. In the other 

 you not only have a much better fence for 

 less money but a machine also with which 

 you can do all vour fencing thereafter at 

 the actual cost of the wire. Send for their 

 illustrated catalogue which fully describes 

 machine and shows 24 different designs of 

 fence the machine will make. 



