The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-18

ard 20 lose az least twenty pcrnts- Re
w4z SEA enough 20 remain IN Dis bunk
for the Err. three days During ths -rsp
- tsts place the Portland ran fnto . So
we're storm ard Eas baby shaken up
Cast Ksa1ssn Remained the bridge All
right ara several t.res thought % hsav-
grx 10 HEAVY sez~ struck tns vessel with
sch srsoleree a. 20 roll passengers out rs
thssr banks aad lard them on the state
roam so9r among vzfsses and other bag
xars. After the salp reached smooth
sea Capt Barber came On deck and told
THE following stor-s
last nigaf a. I lar on ny bunk, rolling
ard fumaisag. with the good ship crsak-
fng ard pfangEnx. / heard voices ard hob
Ssw.nz ard swearing near ny stateroon
sgnsfow. while overhead ~as the noise ~
footsteps hurrvfng over the raof- / made
W my 1ird that they we're lowering tire
ffehcat. You ought 20 have seen me Foh
ont % that berth. ! dressed myself re
best possibly could under the eircuH1-
stances ard eTawied o. the door. Upon
opening Il. discovered q iot % ssan1sn
attempting "a ! zfter~ard found out. 20
raise the sails RI order TO steady the ship.
7 asked tire officer r. command u they
we're Eowerfng q boat. He said:
A" No. ! am fass going 70 hang my pants
or ire rraef'
of course the pleasure OF taking 20 the
iifeboaf in that terriaIe sea was denied re.
ara 7 carefully crzwled back TO bed.
what a Hsg Country This II.
Most OF the passengers were surprised 20
find that Tfaalzska ~ reached from the
Straits Of FUca by course bat single
point north % west: thar Is. that while the
Portland has come more than $50 miles
she II stiil 70 the southwark II SitSa ard
not more than so miles nortbward from
l. ha~s
slower than AZ Seattle, and The difference
Ia tine II greater than between Seattle
and chlcago-aH % which II anothsr in
oication Of what a really great big country
We TIVE to.
The Only uInfer Guest.
Theodore Scates Is nineteen years old.
and has Just graduated from the English
High Manual Training school IN Chicago
He IL the only passenger holding a $40
NORTH American Trading T. Transporta-
sion Companys ticket 10 Dawson. whicE
means. Of course. that he will be boarded
az the conpany's expense al S.. Michael
this winter. AR. Wilson makes a huge
Joke our Of Scates excursion into the Yu-
k0a. when We get our hotel opened"
he says. "Scates will be our only guest.
g1il assign HIN 70 room. and then my
dnties for the winter viii be done. and
this steamer lead Of hotel people and outfit
VII have fulfilled IFS purpose"
scatss wears bicycle suit. undoubtedly
the first 70 90 10 s.. Michael. What are
yea going 70 do when you get thereg''
asked some one OF him.
"oh. I'll cut wood. II can't find any
thing else 70 do he said. When one
learns that there Is not a stick Of wood
within many miles Of ST. Michael he be-
gins TO understand why an experienced
fukoner smiles at the prospect OF wood
chopping at ST. Michael. Scates was
promptly nicknamed the "woodchopper.
an appellauon that may stick 10 him as
long as he remains al the mines.
Al first the other passengers were In
clined TO pity the Chicago youth. He had
all the earmarks OF the ''chee-caco." But
since the Portland has spent ten days at
Dutch Harbor they have changed their
minds scates does not appear TO be any
too rugged. II have come out 10 build my
sell up he says. and he II proceeding to
do 1t. Every day he launches himself out
among the hills. and comes back with a
basket OF salmon berries or a string OF
trout No hour Is too early for him TO get
up. and he Is willing TO stay out until after
dark The bicycle boy is tireless, and I'D
TO the present has distanced everybody
who has gone out with him. There Is a
feeling on shipboard that the Yukon will
have no terroTs for him.
1oou Hines AT Dufch Harbor.
The stay OF the Portland at Dutch Har-
Dor has been extremely pleasant. A few
rainy days have been succeeded by weather
that would grace Puget sound ia the
balmy days OF early summer Every day
some enc goes fishing. and a catch Of 70
OF loo trout in few hours has become
regular occurrence. The ships table has
had that deiIcacy until 1t has become com
nenplAce. Joe Barber. Morgan. Scates,
Hubbard and Wlnde are great fishermen.
They have their choice OF trout Ia the
mountain streams. or of cod. founder. bass
and Haiihui in the harbor or ia Unalga
pass or Priest rock. Alongside the ship
one may catch cod and mackerel IN large
numbers, and occasionally a founder or
ugly se4ilpin.
Hubbard and Winde have had more
than their share OF disappointment I'm
their efforts 90 reach the Yukon.
They had intended TO join the
Gage party. which had planned 20
leave Seattle by the steamer
Queen for Dyea, but the party left Seattle
BY the Humboldt before Hubbard could
reach town, The young men next engaged
passage on the Bristol convoy OF the
Eugene expedition. ana lost $500 apiece.
- we'll as valuable time Finally they
have tried the Portland. and Will winter
az 81 Michael
Robert Gels. the Seattle locomotive en-
gineer who has been engine driver In the
four quarters OF the globe, now answers
- the name OF 'Ry.Tand-and- sea" nc
eatae Of the story az his travels as told In
,l'e Posf-int0nisrrccr
Mr. MeGav8ck Is also a railroad man.
snJ eft a position on the Seattle & in.
scrnaaoEsl in order 10 locate liz St. Mich
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