Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-13
SEATTLE IS BOOMING
The Streets Will Soon Be
Paved With Gold
LIKE The NEW JERUSALEM.
Editeria. Letter From the klon6ike
Quitting Point.
LIKE The NEW JERUSALEM

I klOnd'Nc Fort Of entry. seattle
business quarter has q bOum ~ DAHL
Increasing Dimensions. The lowe
streets ~ the city ate as lively As ih,
dtuScSt packed streets tn Chicago
| Trains bring ly,aple daily FROM the ne
mntc>t parts oi the union all b-unC
! Tor klOud,Se. y gay, middle aEcC
ireSSmaSer from Kansas CITY, VA
/ lcuun,cd W with Gray-hai-ed WidoWei
/ from New HAMPSHIRE both bound f0'
I a kloud kc more substantial than 4
/ houcy mopo.
/ Not ouly the croGiS on the streets.
| tue blockade az the ireiSht dcpots,th DE
>1AuipSlic az the Uutntting stores, the
/ dOuolius 20 forces at the Shipyaris
/ and SawmillS. but the general half
crarcd conversation everywhere COO
| viuca> the observer that there Is here
one ~ those peculiar landSli5cS u eX-
citsment that Is liable to carry tue
most S,datS aud sober judgments OF
their feet The crowds are Eood-uat-
urCt determined and enerSetic. the
surplus brain and oraNu, enterprise
and capita, ~ the new wOIld,
Ne Que can doubt but that frOm
1 sA.Oo to so tt0 people will SWaT,a 10
the kloudiSe this year fusm our
COUNTRY = nue. Half aS many more
Sill ~ from Canada They are start
ING from Great Britain, Germany.
4ll Northern Europe. even Iceland
and lap'aud arr Serdiug out their
pStlvSS spirits and swelling the quota
~ prOSpSctorS. The steamer Seattle
arrived Monday with from $4,000 t.
slcAy 80 sai3 % checks fUT 1Uld and
stories ~ finding the mother lode
aud one could fairly feel the waves
~ increasing excitement,
had talk with young mau from
Lewis county by name ~ kcpuCr,
who came Ia from the klondike. lie
lcff here last August with two years
provisions. traded one half for claim
10 a man who had two, struck pay
dirt az SO c ShoVelful, son got to
rich gravel and was taking out SSNN
day. When he Eot L. the bottOur Of
the hole he WAS picking up uuySetS
with biS rngers. kepner broke down
from excitement and hand WORK, but
not before he had S5OCO0 cleaned up
lie bought claim for Sroo, another
Tor Sli,OI0 and came home with
enough 60 take up ten men and biz
outtit next spring. He was - weak
he had 10 he carried 30 miles over
the STOW aud new resembles a walk
lug skeleton,
| talked with the mate ot the Jap
AncSe steamship in port .here. Sue
sailed on "Wednesday 10 return with a
load of klouiikCrS rom lapan.
MatSuywma Mar! is the name ~ this
rUyal mail and commerce carrier. She
oadeIi 4.Olo tons and went around 10
the coal OuakerS drawing twenty feet
of water, beautifully bAlaCccd Ia her
freiShiace u Hour rom Oregon and /
cotton fnom Texas. The government
u japan guarantees : per cent ou the I
investment IN this ship lt was
manned Sv swarm n ,lttle brown |
zap sailors. who v, ne ufiicercd by 1
white men. The mate said one ChiuS. !
man VAS worth NIUduCd lapS for i
honesty, industry and faithfulDe>>
One is struck With the number uf |
Salem men already heie and / should /
not De surprised to lear ~ GundNdS /
more coming here this year.
Harvey : Jordan i cashier AZ the 4
p, l." of,ice aud seems IL De very /
much appUCc lated in MS responsible !
position Ia this larSe business. II
klaS, the Jolly landlord from AumS-
willie. was the br>t to gpcJr Is aS we
,tepINd up stueet. Twcuty.NVe stu
ieutS have left FOR ,he kl0n6iSe from
he State university where l SAW Prof
Bailey. His father and mot her live
here, An business rents have hoen
Jumped up and very few business To-
'attouS are Onocc0pied, sun the
SoOm has not reached residence prop
'rly and real estate in the suburbs.
RObJ, NJ. LlNc>lty ~ the Paci6c !
Hop o.. has an orlice Ia the Pioneer /
llocS, He has biz mining Interests I
ur SlOo0 ShauCS 20 which London
yud cate has Offered by cable +S,, 4
hare u their expert found the quartz
Is good aS they claimed, As Mr.
-iVeSley'S compan' put an excessively /
ow estimate en- the output, he iS con-
ldeDt the offer viii stick, lie has a
,cauufUl cottage Overlooking the I
sound, aud SAYS his taxes were 500
CSS han last wear.
Stucet car men get SAi a month
lCrS Tor DAYS ~ - hours each. 10
'OrtlaTfd they gCt 81 ~ a DAY for
WelNe hours work, The Seattle car. !
ines ATE poorly equipped except Mad. 5
son Street aud tDe line 20 the State q
University aud RaNSnua Park. -four
niles out, IL Is a beautiful scenic :
.ne, winding along the shores of Lake :
Ulon, The street car rides convince | !
ne ~ the O0uudlc>S possibilities % | !
cattle aS a residence and CONNER 6
ial city. ~ had a million. | would Z
invest half ot IL in seattle neal e. {
ate, IL is bound 60 bc the Chicago :
the Northwest aud that too within /,
Wcnty years,
CITY government l. Republican and a
he county UNION SILVER out y
{ thirteen aldermen two are POpu- L
SIS An appointments are under
.Vil service rules, II an Otlicial wants a
clerk the commission is ncQuired tO :
lenlsh him the names 81 the thrcc :
anclag highest ia the cOmpeutlVe a
ue>ord, II is forbidden &
p make their politics known. Of ten \
cr6S registering voters the city con. 2
miller told mC he knew the politics "
none. The next city election is
eld in Mapch, and the Rep0Olican 4
hcialS told me they expected that =
here would Ia several tickets in the =
eld against them, City seems 10 be =
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