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had to be inspected and endorsed. Crates had 

 to be made in which to ship the horns, antlers, 

 scalps, and hides. This took a carpenter all 

 of the afternoon and night, and he was still 

 working when the sun arose on the morning 

 of the sixteenth. We settled our bill with the 

 men and with the outfitters who had attended 

 to our supplies. It is but right to say that 

 everything the merchants furnished was of ex- 

 cellent quality and the prices were very rea- 

 sonable considering the high rate of freight 

 which obtains for all classes of merchandise 

 carried over the White Horse Pass Railroad. 



When you know that the lowest rate for 

 such things as potatoes, flour, salt, pork, sugar, 

 etc., is 4^ cents per pound for the haul of 

 one hundred and ten miles, you do not wonder 

 at paying five dollars a bushel for potatoes 

 and two dollars a gallon for gasoline a hun- 

 dred and fifty miles in the interior. 



A few prices which we paid for supplies 

 may prove interesting: 



450 Ibs. Flour $20.25 



250 Ibs. Sugar 25.00 



200 Ibs. Salt 12.00 



50 Ibs. Beans 6.00 



58 Ibs. Canned Butter 3I-9O 



3 cans Dehydrated Potatoes I3-5O 



