The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-23
WORLD WIDE FAME.
c.rxyp yoa SEATTLE BIZ THE
sIosprkE GOLD DISCOVERIES.
g.uk~r Thompson. of Warrington
Tells of the Prosperity Alaska
mts~s VIII BrfpE 60 the Gateway
Csty-Geod ~gsoters~ for sea'he'

ass8osfiy Of SEATTLE ~ lfs prs9sn. ACTIVITY
arA 81 IS future prospects.
'-rhe ElossdlEs gold excitement has oesn
= rson6eTfal help 20 the business men o.
geatflse said Mg. InompsoH. h'it thelf
0vaassef prosperity xii come from The M
-se5,ass resources OF thsir own state. TIE
sxeefierf vfsld ~ wheat fhia year and ire
goo8 prices whgeh farmers viii obtain
taerpfor. vii pus the r1oss az ITEM out 81
esks and fully restore prosperity not oaAy
70 TIE agricultural sections. tat 70 the
sgfsss As well. / arr considerably Interested
IN property in Seattle. sna I am well sAtts-
fed with my investments shere.
.,InassecfIy. too. the Alaska gold excite
nsnt has been OF great benefit 20 TIE city
81 Seattle. II has aagertAsed tnat city al
over the world. for nearly every dispatch
about the golden treasures % the Far
North has been dated at Seattle. and these
marvellous tales og discovery have been
flashed BY cable 20 the utfermost parfs 81
The earth. Seattle - known everywhere aa
the principal Quitting point for Alaska
Foreign capitalists and foreign pFosp~ct0rs
have seattle as their objective point when
they come 70 this country
II vas surprised. too. Mt The readiness
vita which the Seattle mer chznts adapted
taemselyax 10 the Quitting OF the small
army OF gold-seeklng pioneers Nothing
fnzt 4 gold digger would ma necessary
was wanting thsre. and the outfits were
hacked sxpedltsousiy ard well. Seattle Is
= wonderful city. and there r. no better
uiacs In ths world today for young man
10 make a start in hfe. There are ample
opportunities there for fortunes to be
made"
Similar talks with Mr. Thompson have
been printed in the local papers. and IL liz
sasy 10 understand hos much better than
ordinary advertising are such words from
man whose character and business
standing has been recognized by the people
In Che city IN which he has lived during
MANI years.
II Is hard 70 conceive Of any man or wo-
man who has read a newspaper anywhere
10 tnls country during the past six months
who does not know where Seattle Is. and
s!so that Il ls the best port from which 70
make start for Alaska. All the schemes
OF the beard ~ trade. backed by uniim-
tied meaas. could not have so thoroughly
advertised the city throughout the United
States as has the Alaska gold excitement,
Besides every person who visits Seattle
becomes not only an adnirer OF the city
sns her prospective greatness, but. 20 use
comprehensive slang baseball term,
.'eootArs' for all that is In him. II IL hard
:. pick 40 an eastern paper nowadays
without finding In IL somewhere good
word for Seattle.
attic If Mr.. Frank r. Hunter. who has
been sojourning IN the east during the
past summer, having engineered one or
iwo biz deals by which eastern capitalists
have been induced 20 invest considerable
money In Seattle property. Mr. Hunter
NJ er laoses al opportunity 20 boom Seat
tie and several articles have appeared IN
the Washington and New York papers.
either written by him or in the form OF in
terviews with him. The recent abuse Of
Mr.. Hunter by evening paper ia Seattle
might mlslead some Of hls friends 20 think
he had written something detrimental 70
the city. II also minated that Mr.. Hun
TEL had given up his residence IN Seattle
ana Intended to remain la the East. Both
OF these destinations are without founda-
tlon. and ought 20 be corrected.
Another man who has put IN a good deal
a spare time advertising Seattle through
OF the East IL Dr. Albert ]. Forrest. a
dentist OF Seattle. who was recently In
til city on his way back 10 Seattle after
prolonged tour az the eastern states He
offered a suggestion while here which
might be worth while for the Seattle
Chamber Of Commerce 60 adopt. When he
cam through Portland on his way east.
was handed in tho depot there a hand
some souvenir gEvtng Photographic views
OF the finest buildings IN Portland. This
little about 10 until he reached the E8st
where he found that people had bu; a
very Imperfect idea of what cities we're like
on the Pacific coast. IL VAS not easy "a
make some people believe that the build
ings Ia the Pacific coast cities were as
large and as handsome as those IN the
eastern cities. Then he hethought himself
Of his Portland souvenir which he had In
his valise. lie said that ne regretted very
much that he had not something OF the
Kind about Seattle. but all he could do
was 60 bFin@ cut the Portland views and
exhibit them % the admiriuE gaze OF the
fasteners. and then tell them that they
had Just as fine or finer buildings IN ssas.
tie. Ills suggestion is that the Chamber az
Commerce should Set up such a souvenir
end sea that every citizen Of Seattle Aho
comes east - provided n one. lie thinks
there viii be no necessity 70 urge any Sc
Athlete % exhibi, IL. IL VIII be only neces-
tafY % provide the views. The pride % a
Seattle citizen VIII do tho rest.
First Lieut. Clement +. Flagler has been
relieved from duty under Capt. Waiter l.
fish, oorfs ~ engineers and ordered 20
report for duty 90 the commanaing officer
az Wuletts point
Com. Seres Henry 4 Allies has heen or
derea from Eort Wluaafo 20 Fort Cauhv
Wash 20 relieve com Sevgt Charles p
i. Zimmerman. who has been Transferred
20 AlcatraH island
Private John r. Horan. company n
Fourteenth infantry, noN az Vancouver
barracks has been transferred 70 tho hos
ptAl eorps as = private.
CoFnmlssioas have been issued As post
masters - tte following persons upon nI.
ius az their bonds. Albert NJ. Prse berd
Edmosaa Wash. Howard NJ S,afst7r
assfs aa-as AL. B ~