The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-29
SPECIAL CLONDYKE EDITION.

amounting n rorrt numbers - s. ~ -
Ia value No tea days tr tie Asssc-y es
the rx-y. o.. indeed az t.e whcie rart-c
Northwest hare been 1.ae9 w.th re-s
important events ,haa .as sae ps-acd in
ss-veninx h~,w~e. .nis morning ard TIA
e--tval 90 the Portland Saturday . week
age.
From the Atlantic ssahcar3 70 ire Pa
c1sc -casr ar4 fr0- Fsor55A 20 British
Columbia the whole country has e@er
aroused BY the fabulous sras - ~se
Northern Eldersao. Interest IN the rev
Placer clgsinss- whiea have n,w bern
proven 20 - more productive ~ tae
precious metal snsa azy region % like
ARA ever before teur3 on the sarth's
surface has been aroused % Tire highest
pitch by thu tales told by the returning
gold hunters ard BY letters sen, oa. by
people well known here ard elsewhere on
the Pacific coast Today Cfnn6yke il al
most household word in the far East as
well as Throughout, the Mfssisx.ppi valley
while In every city. town and hamlet or
the Pacific coast little else 10 talked Of
and people are preparing 30 80 north by
tns very erst means OF transportation
they can encounter.
Pioneers OF the Pacific coss: have. IN
times gone by dated the Chronological
order OF historical events m ,ha coast
from Tire discovery ot gold IN sat.er
tsTth - SRAsE 2z14Sj&A IN -. Sl9T.e3
Ct the arrival os the argonagts ar the
Golden Gate ard os fortune. Piled up
from no''.lng into millions n the sue
cesd!ng years have been told 80 sons and
Erandsens, to daughters and grand
daughters. These stirring times have
row become part Of the history Of the
coast Compared with the excitement all
over the country today. growing oas Of
the marvellous discoveries OF virgin gold
below the gravel beds of the icy Edo
rado and Bonanza. the California affair
seems insignificant local and even tnsu-
lar The reason for this Is easily found
In the greater facilities for con1munica-
tson existing today. and IN tne widespread
publicity given to the new gold finas BY
the nswspa pers OF the country
To appreciate how rapidly The news has
Travelled and how thoroughly IL has been
disseminated among the people OF the
United States. Il must be remembered
that for the first four or Ave days after
the arrival of the Portland from 20 600
TO so.to words were telegraphsd over the
country from the telegraph Offices In this
city The demand on the part OF the
Eastern papers has been enormous. until
every little detail has been eagerly de-
voured and the most material events OF
a miners Efe IN the Ciondyke and OF the
growth OF Dawson CITY from single
prospector's tent 10 s6u people in three
months. have been duly chronicled. Not
satisfied with this. the great newspapers
have demanded more and have insisted
on being supplied with every feature %
the great exodus of goidseekers TO the
North. now fully under way.
Alaska and her placer deposits are sub
jects with which every we'll informed
resident OF The Pacific coast is fairly
familiar. The same knowledge Of Uncle
Sans most northeriy possession las not
been Possessed by down Fasteners" hu;
IL is entirely probable that during tire
pas. week old eeograr rhies in the New
England towns have been dug oGt as gar
rets and late editions Of the almanac
searched for the very latest and most
complete accounts OF the gold producing
region. II must not be imagined that
interest in IN rlondyke placers - con-
fined to the centers OF population OF
the East \ crday I. 4. Nadeau. gen
eraI agent os the Northern Pacific. re-
ceived q telegram from a man In Ports
mouth. n. H.. begging him 10 procure
berths on the FIRST steamer sailing for
the North next month. The inquirer
stated that he would Immediately start
west with three companions. and that
they were bound Cor the clondyke.
Two Hundred From beaver.
The inquiries for pa passenger accommo-
dai,on de not all come from the New
England states. nor are they restricted 20
parties of ;wo or four c. NJ Hsmpson.
general agent OF the Wabash at Denver
wired Mr.. Nadesu asking IL he could se-
cure accommodations FOR a parry os DO
which had been organized a. Denver and