The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-17
kI.ONDikERS FROM MICHIGAN.
Names of Some Who Have Gone and
Others Who Are Going

II Is said quite often recently by visitors
from the East that Seattle peep'e have no
Idea Of the number OF Kiordkers who are
coming through the city in the spring Ser
retarv Erastus Brainerd, of the Seattle
Chamber OF Commerce bureau of informa-
ton, recently wrote 10 Gov Pingree. Of
Michigan. induiring as 20 the probable
number OF people who would come West
Gov. Pingree turned tho letter over 70
Commissioner OF Labor ] T.. Cox. who sent
Mr. Rrainerd letter. evidently copy Of
newspaper article which had appeared In
Michigan newspaper. THE letter is as
follows:
Labor Commissioner Cox has collected
many valuable statistics relative 20 Mich
isan ktund;kers amt II Is both interesting
and surprising tn really know how largo
81 number Of penple from our own state ara
already at the k!oudike or arc on thor
way and preparing 20 20 10 the gold fields.
Under this head are items from rver i95
~ the state papers which are now receIv-
ed regularly ~ the labor bureau giving
accounts similar to the steftes of the 70
Reffen county Mich who proved 10 ~
MiehiaanS houaFl~a kinG and Whose lack
proved an incentive 10 H'anv who are
iea ing fer the gold fields of various parts
Of the country.
Since the ln5ale o. June TIA, clippings
tell ~ about Ian iner from various narfs
Of the state leaving for he kieraike-'.t-
tevs having been received from many who
sire already IN that rnnntrv many ~
which are most encoura sing wh.ie others
tell OF harsShioa ard futures The nutY;st
~ gold from Alaska in 1Sas (which came
fmio che statel wss something nver q cs9a
90 y which $50 40 WIS brought hack by
peoniN from our owr state
Tn addition 80 the above teieerarn ~
November > 49, SaN%, Frank f'Gi<cat0r
the nasoaa sola king. received his slrss
"a vincent tYsua au Esueflsh syndicate an a
sale recently mad ~ hts E3onaike Inter
item
Pres Saws, Harry Cock strfeuf oF
Np~si7ntl Mich. saws he IS an ex- i<lor,sify-
er anf Chains 20 have made 80 As7 lIe IS
= wears - age ard halls from ths western
rarr - thc state H. arrived II tie Kior-
elise fhe frst 81 "a Nav. ami worAea an
tll August Rhe0 hc st~Nr}s this rich claim
The clppjnK department. Of rho }ateor
lfnr%tu refev;s tte following Interesting
Items ~ - who are goiar ard have gone
t3rsfev the-r respective dafrs-
'Tuiv - lVgT-r " Grin = Do-.ta,
NicA wiz leave for The Ke-ryask, ~ o-7en
re Intends a. some f,ftare Cav e organize
syn,'trafe
August ? 1S7--t-harlex Palmer ara Ala
sister. of Detroit. have gone 20 the I<ion-
August : 1@--c,eorre weber ART e. W.
Klonak~ ven suuplIri
"tug79~s Z 1>sS Tire gcNt@sr.~a s->-n
roatFoii ~ = noosharslt = 3 wotl-
Klansikv next enrins.
"Aue,sy, / 'sa;~H " ~,,H = Pontiac
expects - Eo - ff1e kfeTStkc
"AuS!lst l.e5-T \ tsichuet ant ".
the Klondke. Thev have a complete ont
a.
Angus, - tS-~C. 9 Mason ~ TIa,,es.
tao Mteh acconrsniea ~ ssve-al er,f-
dents from the Mtrhfgav College Of Mines.
h4ve left sor the X ouaiAe
F'AuCuSt = tS9-- SlN MaHistee. Nf3~N rf--
trfus have esars@s Fo~ TIE Esor.}. ks
August L. f%4--Juhc arR F,tET-a gray
90 Fssfr-i; hare stgrteA - tn EfrrsstkA
They are well supplied Tith PROVISIONS
August Y iS47~-A fuzer strong ard w.
orosS r3ss0 uns.er fh@ direction - yohn av7
Euxena Cav. % Detroit esva serted s.r
r. ent7 fields - fhs Eirca he They e.A
we'll equipped Nth 0roviSsey< - vetr
ard usere ta.sa $ ~" rs gesh Thn f.-fr+v
consists q 8 LAWYER 5oyto-. ,n~rs~.s.~
isses-hari.-. cock ard number = ga ,,ra4-
pet efS.
Nuxuef = iSg7-T~fsy walke~ 81 Grand
Rapids, Mich. Wiz leave n tha S0c,us Ter
tha Eian6lEe
Angus, ~ ~f3T''~-r w~t-e~s ~ So.
.7&w Mire ard ~ X q g~7>vss a. ~.
csaa. wln leave for the klordjke i, taa
efsr7FS
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