The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-22
THEY CONE FROM ALABAMA.
S0UTHERSERs OUTFIT HERE AND
sAY IT IS THE ONLY PLACE.
Came TO Seattle a Year Ago to In
vestigntc, nd ~ = Result the
City Gets the Soathern Trade.

From Alabama 10 Alaska Is good. long
5aunt. but not TOO long for people Ia
search OF hidden treasure. Five men from
the land Of the magnolia and the mock
ing bird are now in Seattle on their way
TO the klondIke. Along with the rest OF
the world they recognize this city as the
trae base OF supply and departure for
the gold fields. and have bought all their
outfits here. They say Seattle Is the only
place In the Vest to buy for Alaska
They are from Birmingham. Ala, which
city they LETT on the night OF January 10.
station to bid them goodby and wish them
good luck. They came by way of Mem
phis, Denver and Portland. arriving in Sc
attic last Tuesday. They expect TO leave
for the north January IS in the schooner
Clara Nevada.
The members of the party are Joe w.
Biddie James Biddle and John Neal, who
represent the Kiondike Mining Company
OF Birmingham. r. w. Stapieton. who
represents the letter carriers Of Birming-
ham, and Charles l. Smith. who repre-
sents himself.
The leader Of the party is Joe W. Bid
die. who probably has more experience
than all the rest Of the party combined.
He came out last year and went north and
spent sixty days on the various trails
Besides this he has been all over the
world as a sailor and has passed through
perils and hardships enough to make up
d volume OF romance.
Something OF how Southerners look at
the trip TO the klondike may be gathered
from what the Herald said when
this party was leaving Birmingham:
THE party had very little baggage with
them. They took only enough 10 get them
to Seattle. and nearly everything in their
outfit Will be purchased there.
What this outfit viii contain and the
amount 1t will weigh is figured out to the
pound. The total weight for the five men
viii be $500 pounds. OF this 5.40ll2 pounds
are provisions.
THE harder Of Klondke outfit Is. OF
course. Its most interesting feature. Along
with the yellow dogs, which 1t is said form
the chief article of diet in the Klondike.
Brmingham's heroes who go to the land
OF ice and cold will vary their bill of fare
with the following dainties: Flour. 1.e10
pounds meal. 500 pounds: rolled oats 30
pounds; rice. $50 pounds; beans, 500 pounds;
peas 50 pounds: sugar. 500 pounds: break
fast bacon. $50 pounds: dry salt pork, 80
pounds; hard tack, 80 pounds: dried APP
pie. apricots and peaches. 100 pounds each:
raisins. 80 pounds: evaporated onions. 50
pounds; soup vegetables. % pounds: ex-
tract Of beef. Is pounds; baking powder.
. pounds: soda. 20 pounds: evaporated po-
tatoes, rs pounds; salt. 100 pounds: coffee.
rs pounds: tea, % pounds; mustard. 5
pounds: pepner. 5 pounds: ginger. s
pounds; Jamaica, ~ pounds; concentrated
vinegar, Is gallons: canned beet, 30 pounds:
matches. IS pounds: candles, "a pounds;
laundry soap. Is pounds: tar toilet soap.
. pounds.
The hardware department Is in too
great a variety to be given In detail here
Besides the usual culinary utensils. such
as stoves. kettles. pans. etc, they, of
course. have their gold pans. That Il.
the pans In which they wash their fort
une from the earth.
Their clothing Is of the very best The
very warmest suits. overcoats. under
clothing boots, etc. that have been de-
signed they will carry with them.
1.-THE arms which the party Will carry
Is another interesting feature They will
have two Winchester rifles two shotguns.
five Colts revolvers. 500 ball cartridges.
ooa shells four gun cases. two cleaning
rods. five hunting belts and two she'll
belts
"Thus equipped. the haifdozen Aiaham-
ans will Invade the new F,ldorado 70 lose
or win Their friends will not hear from
them often. as It takes two months for a
letter 10 find Its way from there here"