The evening times., 1897-10-29

Seattle, sept. 6.-Photographs 3 cent
each aud merchants lunches a dime ar,
par oI the Thousand innovations tina far
away PARIS has stamped upon the civiliZa
tiOn oi the Occldent. Nothing -under-a-
! quarter establishments are reckoneu will
the past Tue dollars for which the stree
arabs hustled IA the 1O's have cha nged e
COppers In 81.
Alter an hour spent among the peopl,
oil Seattle one would judge Jnat each m
dividual as carrying about as much pent
I up enthusiasm IA ms nature would sta nd
Yet one word, magic word of TWO
| sylables, Will arrest the attention of am
man or nen' woman or women, OF an,
class or character. ''klondike!" That's
the panacea for all ills incident To Seattle
I or the coaSt Tor Inat matter. Gu up anS
street from salt water To the mountains
.Iung1 ana god ileids, byea, Skaguay,
letters three feet high, meet the
eve from every shop WINDOW aud every
/ Corner. They never tire 81 a. Those not
| EOne-are going an he spring. The great
( strlke, the tunan war, the tEicago wnea
I pit, the tammes in India fnd ireland
no one talks about. buE mrntIon Dawson
tUN or ukon aud the carpenter drops u
| hammer the merchant Jumps the count er
| aud bankers take or Their hats. Alaska
| Il the all-abSJronG topic ln every depart
1 ment VI business without eNCeptI The
| writer visited The 1horps, at No. loll
| Invent y-SecULC avenue, Seattle, and, be
! ing earlier than the hour set apa RI 10y so
| Getty 10 receive callers, had 80 content
! himself with an interview from a second
| story window Yes, SAID Mrs. ThOrp,
! my iatier-ln- Ia " aud brother Flaw lert
last Friday HEY viii 20 10y the Dalton
TRAN. They took 100 cattle and so
/ horses, auC eAptCt To reach the mouth of
Peiley River in two weeks after lea Win <
! Dyea | noticed that the rather modest,
! twU-Stury residence IL labeled FOR sale.
! and 1 predict that the ThOrps Will occapy
/ brUWn-StuHp front ON NoD HUI before
J many mouE>- One hundred cattle at one
| thousand each u easily figured besides
their mlncs ar" pouring out loads OF stuff
! that H. selling al more than 10 To L.
| AiC,OriH merchants have agents IN Sr-
attic, anU are lighting HCle San'S Clti-
! zeuS hart Circulars in flaming colurs are
| scattered broadcast. denOunCinE the meth
! Ods employed Toy the Yankees which, they
| say. are inluring Canadian trade.
Samples OF ruhber goods, maCkinaws.
! German socks ami other lines are exhibited
! in stores rented FOR The purpose. and there
day and night.
1he dog business il an industry peculiar
| 10 Itself here. Every fellow thaT has "A
dog il breaking hlm 10 harness. and you
clothed, hungry canine Is valued much
higher Than HOrSeS up north | have IN
tervlewed uIany miners and business men
from Dawson city. circle City, Forty Mile
ana other uIiueS IN Alaska. All are IN
accord. THERE'S plenty of gold and plenty y
OF hunger and danger. Out of twenty
seven interviews j have twenty-five that
tell substantially the same stories Some
OF the men are uhliIOnsireS. some worth
hundred thousand, none poor, and all
good men.
juneau, Alaska. September l5.-Juneau,
II the Creator OF the universe designed any
one place Oh His foOt>tool 10 excel all
Others ia picturesque location ana inlpos-
lHg grandeur. Juneau must lie That spot.
| The writer has gone up our pet HudSOn
River he has trailed through Echo Canyon,
and tamped in the celebrated Vale V of the
Yosemite. but all those pale into signifi-
canoe ia comparison with this Alaskan
prodigy. Joe } uneau- Tor whom tue place
was naI.ed. H. uOw beyond the pass in the
klondike country, and no doubt has treas
ureS OF AlS ow n over there, but he has left
a maine on these granite hills that VIII
stand a. long as tnls old earth holds TO-
getheT.
one must he initiated into this country
hN ueCrgg~-Stsp by Ntep-ln order that
he may tie able Ia calIber IT all. FROM
DlNOn'S Sound To lhls enchanted vale the
scenes are continued succession of beauty
ana Sui5iIulty. Great mount aims of ice,
the most ucHCatc blue Imaginable. rise
= .ebu feet from the Sea. anu glitter ia the
sunlight like diamonds ana amcthySts
mixed. Dense forests of spruce pine,
cedar and fir come down 10 the WateT-llIle.
Huge sugar loaf peaks shoot up from The
uiudle 81 tie bay ana clouds iie sleeping
along thelr centerS, while perpetual snow
caps the submits.
Mr.. a NJ. Moves and his wife took
very great Interest in me and kindly
explained many things that no doubt
would he OF interest 10 the people OF
the south and East. Mr.. Noyes pointed
out the house In which ne lIveu some years
ago. II is built in an eNca walton cut out
of the mountains solid rock with but
about three feet walk around per
DendlCular cliff over thousand feet
nigh. He il very modest in speaking
about himself. and had been acqua Inted
with me some time before 1 could IN
duca him TO tell me about himself. Hecame
to Alaska without money. proSpected on
foot and carried his OutfH on MS own
shoulders. washed out and carried tons
oT dirt down a mountain sleeper than
ar thliCfDT
Tor 81 A. 900. The Alaska Mexican Com
pany il here with stamp mill operdtlnEa a
mine that pays SsOOOOO dividends To
H. owners. Tnc Treadweil Company is
also located here with 2f0 stamp null,
the largest ia the world. The people
are nigh c'asS- Rag tag d nd boh-tails
cannot come The two necessities required
10 put emigrants beyond ChilcOOt Pass
are money ana brains. Passengers are
pouring into Juneau from Skaguay ana
report be mountain impasSa BILE. n gentle
man who has been IaCkinE over the tran
for six weeks tells me that the aush
and ice are over knee deep and getting
worse every day. He begged me not to
try IL. But / told him that my people
should have a letter from me dated at
the mouth OF the Peliey River before
January /, 1898, no matter how deep the
mud on Skaguay. He shook his head
and remarked that ! would have TO pay
30 cents a pound to get the Indians TO
carry my freight. As ha We 1000 pounds
my eNChequer viii be taxed 5000 for
freight according TO his story, which rs
currObOTated by Others
Gold il here, and no question. One
SiWaSh woman here. whose home ls on
Yukon, exhibited five hundred $40 gold
pieces and dust and nuggets IN abundance.
The stampede is the result OF solid
metallic cause. 1t is no dream. 1t Is a
fact winch has been demons trated by
dt,zens Of reputable men and a few women
who have the STUFF to back up their
stories. Now, this is America! This is
where the Eanderbilts, the Goulls, and
Bradley Martins can invest their millions
and Toe sure of great and quick returns.
The tourists too, who go to Switzerland,
can see ten times more for ten times less by
ConinE to Alaska. Now Tor the tran.
Listen! after | cross.
Crater Lake, ALASKA, Sept. =, 81 prom
ised my friends, after trying botn SRaguay
and Chilcoot, tina / would tell them bout
these famous pass into the klond1ke.
These la bors have been performed, and my
Judgment is that both are bad.
The Skaguay trail can be passed but the
town is the worst on the ha bitable globe
aud it's citizens are the most pitiable.
Winter is upon them, and winter whose
Tigors are not told by the thermometer.
The Situa ton is not, cannot he oVerdrawn.
In ia ssng from the harbor to & he principal
part OF the Gown the trim must he by boat
to within fifty yards of the shore and the
remainder on the shoulders of an Indian
employed for the purpose. After landing
one needs the Indian more than he needed
him In the water. I M mud is nota quarter
or an inch under knee deep anywhere, andis
frequently deeper. No one in or about
Skaguay attempts to cross the street with
out rubber boots that reach to the waist.
NOtw outstanding these dire conditions that
rob the people OF all the comforts of