The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-19

the number at So. dsa Tia. number would
certainly be srna,l If all come vino are taiS-
ing Of coming.
Eyes. I expect 20 come hack through here
In May. and hope 70 find your climate 4
tft.ie more con9enia1 90 me then. X were
feeling well. I probably should net niinh
The rain and dampness: but Il is rather us
agreeable In my present eondEfioh-
AT John MCKAY. 0. EssetviIie. Micn-,
would like 20 have out Of this Alaska ex-
citeuaens is chance 20 show what ne can
do IN the way OF work AS far as eqaip-
rnert goes he declares that he VIII need
lsttle-not SO much In fact as the harden
ed native requires 10 sustain life.
joan Mckay in his EssssyfHe nome
CHANGED upon & copy OF the Post-Inieiii-
eencer. He appreciated. after careful
perusaI Of its contents, that IL was fonne
OF ali information pertaining TO Aiaska
and through its columns he was nled WITH
The desire to seek fortune in the north IN
letter to the manager OF this paper.
dated December Z, ne said: 81 nave nof
money enough 20 take me 10 Alaska, bit
hope by taking your paper TO get in with
some good company. Please send me a
copy OF the Post-Intsliigeneer weekly for
three months. think IL is the best paper
I can get for Alaska news.
81 can work I'm either wood or from and
can live on what would kill an ALASKA In
dian. 7 was lost once for seventeen DAYS
On the Spanish river. Canada, and lived
on Eastwood browse and deer mice
Mckay claims also to bs mechanical
inventor and refers to the records OF the
patent Office to prove his standing in that
field. There should certainly be room I'm
the klondike for a man who can subsist
on Eastwood browse and deer mice.
- .LAp
contained the following item regarding
the views OF III. c. Barroil, banker of
that city, with reference TO the rush Of
people from the East to Seattle In con-
sequence Of the Klondike excitement. his
opinion being based on his observations
while on trip through the East:
~. C. Barroil. president OF the Bank
trip extending as far east as Hartford.
Conn. and IL included all the large cities.
he reports general good feeling
'aro1s ssS that regon and says bushes
craze. he says. has taken wonderful hold
on the people there. and he Is satisfied
that The rush 10 Alaska viii be something
very henefciaily to our state. which is
much talked about, and the overflow. he
thinks. viii affect all parts of Washington.
he says Seattle and kiondike are
synonymous terms In most Eastern minds
ana everyone who contemplates the trim
is going to head for the Queen City. He
did not venture TO predict the number OF
people that would come out here this year,
but said he regarded 10000 very con-
servative estimate
f. b. Wishaar and c. l.. Pease. who will
leave Seattle next Tuesday. December q,
on a midwinter trip to Dawson in the in.
terests OF the Post-Inteligencer Alaska
News Syndicate, will take a limited num-
Der of letters to parties in the klondike
or who may be encamped along the trail
between Skaguay and Dawson. The ex-
petition Is fully equipped. and expects to
reach Dawson about February /. A sre-
cial charge of 81, to be prepaid will be
made for every letter carried. Each letter
must not exceed two ounces weight and
must bear the usual postage stamps They
should be legibly addressed and delivered
at the office OF the Post-Iuteiigencer not
later than Tuesday morning. December 81
People who desire information are re-
quested TO call at the business Office of the
Post-Intelligencer between / o'clock and ]
o'clock in the -fternoon.
John w. Barry, editor Of the Northwest
Iumherman. published at Chicago, Is in
the city. making a tour OF the northwest
Pacific coast. Mr.. Barry made many
friends In Seattle last July. when he ac-
companied the big lumbermens excursion
West. He was the Chauncey Depew OF
the party and was held in reserve as the
very best after-dinner talker of that
crowd Of orators