$30 Per Outfit

Seat lic. W.-tsh.. August 19. -The sic.-imshi]) AJki, which nrriv-id 1ïo;ü Sliaguay and Dyea, brouglit the ïollo-wiag letter ti the Associated Press fïiim Skaguay, dáted August i: TwelTe ('anadian cnstoms oliietrs have arrived hexe and will esiablish a custom house at the Portage befcween Lake Benuett aud Tag-ish uk ■■. a point by which all Yukon or Kloudike traveh'rs must. )ass if they start Dyea or Skaguay. Tlie rateis of duty will average about 30 on tlie avrage outfit al' u Ynkoner. The oflicüis are wel] armecl and will have the assistaiu-c of the inouated pólice '■i entfoTce the tluties. "Furtlier dora the river will be stationecl guards to totercept nnj-onc -.vho uiight attempt to elude the vigilante of bhe ofRcers. "The Oanaüans declare bhey vlli eitfbroé tliel aw rmpartially and will not diseriminate agaiust Americaus. It is idle to argue that there is no sriimis feeling betweeti tin; Aiaericaas and Canaclians."