The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-11
PRIMERS INK COSTS MONEY
ESPECIALLY IS THIS SO WITH THE
kLOsDIkE NEWS.
Will Pay To Have Their BiogF1-
phies and Pictures Published
BROUGHT Out in a Civil Suit.

The SUIT of Charles Meadows and W. =.
Wilkins againsf Alex Elslen5efg TOT ~"
for advertising in their puosc.a ton, tiss
Kiondikc News, brought iaio court os1e oi
che most interesting advertising scns'i~'
founded upon the Klonaike rusn.
For the wonderful saccf-ss Of tAis echesne
showed the vanity Of human nature. as AZ
herenf IN the, hardy Elond lker as IN nose
who have never ssen the frontersFnAn
life. Meadows and wilkins. the publish
eys Of the K.ona.ke Ne@s. sued B-Aeaperg
on a contract that nc IL said 70 rave made
with them las March. In this contract
IL was agreed taat ne should De gwen
one-shira page "write-up, with cut, Tor
500 He was 10 have a biography and a
bust picture for this price. Meadows and
wilkins acknowledged the receipt OF slf"
of this amount upon publication. and they
sued for the remaining 500 probably
there was between 5000 and So. go worth
OF business In the Issue All OF this WAS
not profit of course, but stiil the pront
was large.
The Klondike News was not. as lis name
implied. IA regular newspaper. There was
bu. one issue of IL. and that contained 50
much business tast a second issue was
not necessary.
This publication contained some f1s1y-odd
pages filed with these wriie-uis ana
the pictures OF prominent pioneers and
other residents Of note 10 ana about la"
son. and in fact throughout tsie ~Hois
Northwest territory. 33e news OF Inc
KlondIke was a secondary feature. though
there was much valuable iaformtton ana
many t,.ctures OF mining and the KioDdike-
II was published in San Francisco.
though the views given were from photo
graphs taken In tbs Klond Ike regions IN
TACT. the whoe affair gotten up al
Dawson and all the Information WAS iirst-
handed and authentic. But "a there were
no facilities at Dawson or in Alaska for the
pubilca lion of the News n the manner con-
templated by its projectors, they went to
San Francisco to have the work done. And
they i.d secure n very fine specimen Oh
the printers art. On tne front page was
fuli-sized picture of George w. Car
mack, who found the ilrgt gold on Bonan-
Ia creek. and for which 1t Is presumed
that Carmack pad handsomely. pictures
OF nuggets in their real size were scat
tered through the pages of the publication
In coiors OF gold. Plsin black did not suit
these gentlemen. Ii was not In harmony
with their fiashy ideas nor the gorgeous
ness (Which would fascinate the untufofed
mind Of the klondke pioneer, The pie
lures OF the nuggets were IN a golden coor
as near the genuine shade OF gold as pos
sbie and when the work came forth from
San Francisco several hundred thousand
CDJht& teaii TIE phl'taSiifiHff ~ '" ''E - 'f'Nf
did specimen Of printing COPIES OF the
News were sent throughout the East.
where they are said 10 have sold for 81
each They were sold In Seattle during
the summer for ~ cents each. and the
price they brought n Alaska and the klon-
dixie was ST. How manly copies were really
sold may never he known, but there was
quite A demand for II in Alaska and on the
Yukon river.
Meadows, who Is the originator of the
scheme, Is now in Dawson. Few persons
Will know him by that name. for he Is
better and much more widely known az
"Arizo:a Charley" That is the name by
which he was known through Arizona and
Colorado where he connected with
and published several country newspapers
and was concerned IN various advertising
scheYnes His appearance ia sufficient 10
attract attention anywhere. for he is tall
snd gaunt. with huge mustache and long
hair. which on the street he iucks up un~
der his big sombrero His Prince Albert
suit of gray or slate colored material sets
OF his figure, 80 that nc - A very notice
able character. Many persons w,H recoi-
iect his presence here during the summer.
for hts makeup was the cynoSure of all
eyes when no was on the street
How much the publishers made out OF
their scheme Is NOT known. for much OF
the business which II contained. like the
contract w,th Biilenhurg. Was not col
iscted.