The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-08-10

ROYAL BAKING POWDER co., NEW YORK
1 can win 1000 here I'm going to the
real Klondike just as quick as I can"
said one woman customer in a La Sale
street shop. While she was speaking a
whirl of the wheel wiped out her mar
gin, and she hustled around to borrow
car fare to pay her way home.
Alaska Carrier Pigeon Mail Service"
is the title given n all seriousness to
commercial project by Thomas Arnold.
gray bearded, wise looking old man
who haunts the offices of the Board of
Trade operators in an effort TO enlist
capital for the enterprise. ut will be
years." ne urges stoutly, before even
a satisfactory telegraph service can be
established and in the meantime we can
make lot OF money with carrier pig
cons. There are 1900 or 10000 people
up there now, shut off from communi-
cation with the civilized world and they
will pay big rates for a service Of this
kind. SO would the newspapers all over
the world that want TO get fresh news
from the mining camps. 1t would only
take a couple OF thousand dollars to
start the thing, just enough to pay my
fare up there and get the pigeons accl:-
mated and relay posts fixed The old
man pleads well, but that paltry $1,000
is not forthcoming, and yet the carrier
pigeon fdea is not an experiment.
The establishment of permanent dog
c1e doxa IRA limos (ynff-
koot and similar trails is a pet hobby
with a number Of men who are solicit
ing money for this purpose in sums Of
from $40. 900 to 100000. II matters not
who finds or digs the gold. they assert,
so long as they can have the business
Of hauling passengers and SUPPLIES and
bringing out the metal at express charg-
es. The formality Of organizing COM
panies is gone through with in dingy
quarters, but the papers never get to
Springfield. Ie costs money now to get
articles Of incorporation and most OF the
promoters are hard pressed to raise the
pr,ce OF food and lodging from day to
day without sending 800 fees to the
secretary Of state. Dreamers with a
small amount OF loose change drop in oc-
and make contributions to the
cause, but it never gets beyond this
stage.
Swan Fredrickson, hardy Norseman,
who has served with the Hudson Bay
company, is in Chicago with credentials
setting forth his fitness to act as super
in.endent OF the alaska Settlement
a concern which proposes to
encourage immigration into the country
south OF the Yukon. With a capital of
s100, 900 Frederickson is positive he can
start some thrifty settlements of Morse
men farmers and the company will make
plenty OF money by monopoly of town
site and commercial privileges. He in
ssts that good business can be done
n raising beef, mutton, hardy vegeta-
bles and horse fodder for the thousands
of miners who are pouring into Alaska.
The number to be fed will increase rap
dly from now on and FTederickson wax
Is enthusiastic in discussing the posi-
oilities Of his scheme-but there is no
capital n sight for starting the work.
Farming in Alaska does not sound like
\ particularly enticing proposition, but
there are other enthusiasts besides Fred
erickson who are pushing the idea. They
not only maintain that grains and
grasses can be raised in some parts Of
the territory, but even talk about vege-
tables and fruits. What's more. they
Iuote Joaquin Miller's letters in support
If their scheme Ranch booming in
southern California in its palmiest days
never had more earnest advocates than
.hese men who are trying to develop the
agricultural and horticultural POSSIBLE
res of Alaska. They have no land to
sell there, but they want TO go into the
farming business under the shade Of
Mount ST. Elias or some other favored
spot, and would like some capital 20
make a start on. with big profits later
IN for all interested parties.
Hearing that there is a scarcity OF
;Iedge dogs on the overland routes. a
zennei owner offers TO furnish a stock OF
iraft dogs and accept in payment part
,ash and the rest IN the stock OF a COM
oany which he suggests shall be organ
zed 70 deal in them. Such dogs as could
De furnished from the states would not
De worth bothering with in Alasas, but
! little thing like this does not worry
he brainy breeder. He goes right on
.alking the possibilities % doy to every
body who WILL listen to him and is conf
lent OF getting his company in shape
o begin operat tons January 1. In line
With this Is proposition 70 raise rein
ieer on northwestern ranches and ship
hem TO Alaska, the capital 70 be fur
lished by Chicago men. The uncertainty
" having a market by the tine the
ir5t crop IL ready is not considered /.
much OF a handicap by the promoters.
An ANA teur detective wants somebody /
o supply him with money and equiv |
nent for a tour OF the Ki0ndike. He 1
kinks there is rich gold mine in ar /
es:ing there many criminals tor whose |
a pture large rewards are offered. u IL I
his mans belief. and he seems % be 4
lonest about il. that Willie Tascott eH1 4
lot OF other badly wanted men are 4
,layiag the role OF miners in the far /
lor.h. All he will have % do - VIII
ortune fo- himself and his hackers /.
D bring these offenders hack . jus:ic-
nd scoop in the prize money LisC-
enant Haas OF TIE City Detective de-
lrtment is one ot nose Tho has been
pproached WITH the protest and he has
'esa cruel enough - give the amateur
-i50cq was, g vuigar!y called 'the loud
ana He even went 50 Ear Is = ad-
Use the ambitious sleuth . try his hand
rs, a. catching criminals he.e n Chi
ago. Bring IN few Of the chaps AZ
re sfte- here frs" said Haas. an-
nsn / vii talk with The Big chief about
ending you 20 the Kiont!ke-"
one % the oSaes, things b-onsh. 20
On, last week z,ss an attempt % o.
snize 4 b.-5e-s' syndicate % invade the