The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-13
PRACTICAL VIEWS
some Pertinent Observations
] Anent Alaska Business.
! CORRECT PACKING or GOODS.
4S~s,f,~ Merchants should sa"ot %
standard size ans
!. Package. With usiformif, OF
4 Qsaiify, According ." an agree"
r,...saeatson-Gbi Pass Bet
ter Than skagHaS-Janeaa BUSY


syuarrhants os this city viii be bEcusnt Up
). the Chamber q Commerce meeting %
,,svt, MS 4. Nadcau. who viii ADVISE
-, = standard size and weight Of pack
age with a uniformity o. quality. accord
.snv 10 an agreed classification. be ADOPTED
Nv those furnishing Aianka supplies. 1"-
mean merchants are working on Uniform
lines 70 their great advantage ana nave
earned. during the past season, hfst-
rate reputation for their outfits. pariieo-
adv far theft way Of packing. This fav-
orable reputation will be 10 their al
vantage in another year.
chi,koot Pass Best.
Mr. Sadeau. general agent Of the North
.rn paeine who was passenger arri@-
ing on the city Of SeaftIo from skaguay'
went north on the last ifip q the Atf-i i'.
ar fof pleasure principally. bat also WITH
.he ldes o. gaining some Information con
q eerntnr fhe situation az the landings ~
81 xassay and Dysa that might be OF bene~
Ia 10 him asIi 70 seattle. BESIDES me re-
n recommendation he vii present 20 the
i charaher 81 Commerce. b.. Nads-u
make some pertinent observations % the
relative pfacfseAbIlity of the Ghhkoot ara
Wf.ife uaszsa ard aayE he II led - the
nnfnioo m. the former il the better Of
ire two for ire reason that mos % those
- frvsng 10 get across that way sueceeded
n, doing 80 On the trip up there was
some rouEh ueafher and the Seattle pat
#fato portAEe bay where Hasnes' mission
i established There was quite neei
o. steamers there. waiting Tor the blow 70
pass. Excluding the Willamette. George "
PCS
! with the community barge. hotel. store
and Lcua.boag Skagif and the sc0w ASK
duncan "a Good Town.
skaguay Mr. Naaeau says. Is nice
Afsie town and It IS started in 0fst-class
location. There ere between 30 and 80
{ frame buildings there. and possibly z.3e
people. Freni tho number Of Seattle peo-
: ME there the psace would suggest that u
IL a suburb OF this city. There - very
little money in circulation and not much
8 business ding. Juneau Is Fronting by
such business as there IL and the success
that the Alaska metropolis eajoya oveutu-
ally contributes TO the trade ~ Seattle
who're the larger nnmbcr 81 supplies are
sold hy wholesale merchants Al the
stretch Of beach south OF Juneau has been
prospeeted and many new quartz hedges
have been discovered and are being
worked. The location OF Juneau VIII
s make a better town OF Il than * Is ~
ready. and Mr.. Naaeau describes IL now
rs "A good town. There i little ilkeii
hood that skagpay viii ever rival IL com
mercialiy.
SO far as making any money there Is con-
cefned the people who have fallen heir
20 no end of luck are tho Indian packer
One man. called Johnny Williams has
s made aud saved t.0p. Indian boys have
made several hundreds Of dollars each. 4
numhsg Of men who went TO the passes
expecting TO get their own outfits over.
have been confronted with the need Of
money beyond what they had. and being
eonvl1ced that there WAS no chance 20
reach the Yukon without means have
sold their outfits and turned packers for
q others Several OF these disappointed
ones returned on the Seattle. having
earned a. packing. however. enough
money 10 winter In Seattle and 20 up well
equipped Ia the spring. Many others viii
remain ut ganeau and sknguay until ahle
10 cross next year.
Tribal Customs Not Forgotten
The indian packers have ali left the
traits, fearing The rieors Of the winter.
In their prosperity they have not forgot
ten some ~ tire cid tribal customs and "a
the little Indian cemetery az Chllkat many
new canvas tents-iittle affaira~are seen
covering the graves ~ the friends and rel.
AAtFtN VINO nave EFhAfftM fNF the MAErN
fishing hanks. These little tents are &C.
eurely dashed 90 the Eround and are fus.
Of size - cover the graves.
The Indians arc emphatically q we'll pro
yided for eontentcd lot much better eff
than the iarger numher ~ those who have
paid them their newly acquired wealth
The seasons packing commenced az
cents. and then ny gradual Increase &.
rose 70 q cents per pound Mr. Nsdeaa
says that Sidney flansard IS responsible
For the break 81 fhe scale as
wages fer t8o "unlons M fhat
WAY ana Re has much Tg.faeIinr "a
he thankful far. out from Skaguay there
are many tents up the trail ard many
oNtisls have l'oen cached n the woods 1n,1
fnounia!ns \ srcat deal OF these suppis F.
VIII be found worthless M The snrlHr sv
ing q fnsnfft'enes ~ protection. Whers
THE elements NAV have heen euartfs7
against the woed rats have nat hega
taken Into consideration TAe nrcecrre a
large amounts - fooa praetfeallg unnfs.
ircfed VIII draw me rodents. ana wter
the multiplying procees Is property aus
plies !, befes tftic good for tse drfr.l
food. WI constituted family ~ voat
fath could live right on lhe ground u-5tA
sHe tafpauifns for heass. and nae-9
hams ana eVaporaied fruits Cor wf-tot-.
Kux;rnance
Nr. N8Aeau says that tsrnhabiy thr~.
sefse Hss -.t.