The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-30

connection with Quitting for Alaska. and
particularly for the Copper river country
A Port Townsend company is running It's
own Hire OF steamers TO the Copper RIVER.
and many destined for that particular
part OF Alaska are gicketed directly from
Eastern points through 10 Port Town
send, where the supplies are purchased
Fifty young men are preparing in Wash
ingtoE City. anslc- the advice OF William
II Lewis. OF this city. 20 90 10 the Alaskan
gold fields ia the spring. via Seattle Re-
Gently Mr. Lewis delivered Al address be-
fore small audience on How 70 r ach
the ElonGgke He spoke Of the routes,
the selection Of en- outfit. rates OF rranspor-
t1rfon ard all sCch information as Is eager
~ sought bv Intending yukoners- He has
:=ade j careful inv s1fgat.on OF the subject
for the purpose OF advising miners, whom
ne represents as agent, and MS remarks
were well rsceixeG-
l. G. yerkes has resigned his position
as general agent Of the Yukon Company
and viii leave February fer Fort NraT-
gel. where he will open an Office as SUI
perintendent OF the steamers on the
Stickeen river of the Taeoma-Port Or
chard Navigation Company. Mr.. 1erkes
has purchased an interest in the COM
pany and VIII as soon as possible begin
the operation Of the Skagit Chief De-
tween Fort Wrangel and Telegraph
creek. at the head OF navigation.
John T. Long. the contractor who built
the Pierce county court house, and who Is
now fighting a case for hts bill of extras
in the courts was in the city yesterday.
Mr.. Long has appealed from the decision
of the Pierce county court 10 the supreme
court of the state He thinks that 1t Will
take a year to settle the case. and that in
time h.a y-iD Al4Sk3- Z.
Long has been doing contract work in
California since leaving this state.
IT. c. Bell. of Vancouver. Wash, who
came down from st. Michael on the sec
ond trip of the Portland last August.
bringing with him $4,000 worth OF gold
dust. is in the city a guest of the Dilier
hotel. Mr.. Bell says thar he will return
TO the Klondike, where he has valuable
claims in April. going over the passes.
Col. w. j. Fife, the Tacoma tragedian
and l. NJ. Howell. of Tacoma, were Wis
tiers in Seattle yesterday for few hours
They were accompanied by w. c. Jus
tice. agent for one of Lincoln j. Car
ter's companies playing Under the
Dome
Personals.
w H. Taylor. of Spokane. is at the Ho-
tel Northern.
Tim Bell and J. c. Bell. of Brockville.
Ont. are at the Diler.
j. l.. Dawson. of New Whatcom, is reg
istered al the Stevens.
A. T. Buck and wife. Of Snohom,sh. are
registered at the Diller.
F. Bickerson OF Santa Clara. Cal. Is
among the Diller arrivals.
J. A. Gould a Friday Harbor banker, is
a guest at the Hotel Stevens
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gillespie. of San de
Fuca are guests of the Dilier.
Mr.. and Mrs j. w. Foster. of Tacoma,
are registered at the Hotel Northern.
r. B. Sumner. president Of the Sumner
Iron Works of Everett, is a guest at the
Hotel Northern.
William Jones. John Amos and James
Leslie. well known young men OF Snoho-
mish. are in the city visiting friends.
Jake Snyder. a former well-known Uni
versity of Washington boy, is in the city
from Renton on his way TO the klondike.
w w Kribs. Louis Ackerll John Hol-
bert T. Kohrs and +. Jarvis are party
of prospective Klondikers from San Fran
cisco ard are registered at the New En-
gland. They are buying their entire out
fits in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs John Crawford will leave
for Alaska on the next trip of the Al-ki.
through 10 Dawson and join Mr.. Craw-
ford's two brothers, who went up the first
OF last year. Mr.. Crawford has been
connected with the Treen Shoe Company
for a long time.
Competition.
We are cow prepared to do composition
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