The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-11
IHE PASSING THRONG.

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Fatron Gltce50Es. tse Loadon England.
correspondent O. tae Denver Tines ~.
- sAfnertE4g information a. 70 Eae trans
poFta tsoa and Quitting facilities cT s@E-
era4 or the Coast c4.3ss ard has already
visited Portland and Tacoma. In canvers1a-
ton VITA Pest-InteIlS geEcer representa-
tiFes he said: Z have rot yet visited
kancoaFef. Victoria and san Francisco.
b2t snail % 20 shortly Eut I car assure
You fAat. 50 far un nay tslp. ! have .u1c
seen any town that shows as r38ch push
and activity II Tia hlondIke business as
Goes Seattle. % course. I know nothing
feaIfE as &c whether larger stocks are ear
REQ here tA4n IN the two towns I have
N3sI1eI' BUT the goods are cert6.E}y more
visible. and consequently impress Gao
with the opinion that there IS move pre-
paredneSs here than in the other PLACES.
Moreover. yoar merchants advertise IN
their tocd! papers mere. Take 1t n Port
land, Tor instance. where very few ads
that suggest that q Klonsfke business is
even desired 5y the merchants are seer.
Yet an advertisement IN newspaper 5
simply a mans shop window pa. doNa
right in fail view u the buyers break
fast table. and the merchant who is nor
so represented might as we'll keep his via
dow addressed and the shade down. Your
merchants realize this. and I kuow that
has brought 4 gTea: deal OF trade here
Il ha%e been investigating for the In
formation Of the Times readers (hecAuss
that paper Is utterly Independent of RI
Coast pre3udlcesl the list Of so-csIlss7 COM
rarative prices published on January IN
the Cregonta1. There it IS stated that A
k10D6iker can outfit IN Portland for 3,a~-
sideraoly less than here. and tCng strtn,
o. figures is given % prove that Tacoma
and Seattle are ever 50 muSh de2rer than
Portland l have gone into this patiently
and without preJu3}ee. and the conclusion
have reached Is that the list I have
named is thoroughly misleading and In
many instances, utterly untrustworthy
Just as a sample OF the rubbish :hat Is
contained IN this list you see that ore
soft felt hat costs 81 in Portland. bat 81 50
in Seattle. Why, saw those articles SELL
ing anywhere from = cents up today risat
in your city. Take another: Heavy
WOODEN underwear Is quoted at three suits
for SG.59 in Portland. and 81 in Seattle,
while today ! saw those goods or sale at
s. per suit, or Sc for three. And so
might go through the list, showing you
that in number - cases your merchants
are actually selling n less than the quoted
Portland price. while In the bulk of other
instances the price quoted for the Sound
cities IS for A ! goods and for Portland il
is for second or third grade.
NOV. have not shred more interest
In one place than in the other but I do
detest TO see the public cheated by Jug
gled figures Portland has It's ADVANTAGES,
and II ii will get mp and hustle for bust
ness It Will have It's share, but its good
name for commercial honor IS damaged
when paper that Is supposed TO repre-
sent Ii publishes such statements as / have
referred 10.
~ shall go into the matter OF cost q
outfits, etc. more fully. however, in the
Denver Times: but am glad Of this oppor-
tunity OF giving these facts To the folks
here through +pl nee
Detective Edward Cudihee. who went
TO Buehan. Mich, with the remains Of
Officer James \. Wells. the victim Of
Charlie Philips. returned last evening. 10
learn that he mad fallen into a small for
tune.
Cudihee backed Dan Esan. commonly
called the Montana Kid In his trip 10 The
klondike, bnd, has already been toll.
the Kid. got hold OF scma claims that
are reported rich ia the yellow metal The
most valuable is on EIdorado. Ezan
had several offers fer the properly. bat
dec ined to close a bargain Is Detective
CuQihee had an equal say in the matter.
The KID was one of the first 10 find Cudi-
hee last evening aud the way he threw
kjondlke stories into the detective ear
was a caution. When ne rad finished,
Cudihle said;
"Wel If you got that offer. take 1t.
] would have been satisfied II il WAS only
bali that amount"
The figures could not be learned but
il Is said that the Kid Was offered So.
oJH
Il am always inclined 10 discount these
stories OF sudden riches" s4d Cuaj-
bee 10 Posl-Inielfge nccr reporter, but
the lid says it Is a sure thing and /
never knew him to tel rae a lie yet. and
l have known him FOX a long time"
her raft in Hfs.Tg t@ -
trip lie arrived AT the home OF Officer
Wells and attended the funeral. There
was a large gathering, and as it turned
out. the remains were in perfect order.
Practically speaking there was not the
slightest change from the time they lett
Seattle uutl Buchan was reached.
When Cld.hee reached MS own home.
which is few mics cut OF Jackson.
Mich. he found his father an oil man.
very III, From a detective Cudihee
Transformed himself into an old time
farm hand
On his way home Cudihce remained in
Chicago two days lie says that II you
say Seattle there you are Immediately
surrounded. When he was passing
through NJ ntane and later Spokane he
was surprised - hear that a story was
being Indu-; 5ouSiy circulated 20
the efleey that Seattle was block
aGed. OWNS 30 trouble on tue
railroads. II WAS also iold that PEG
pie could not get place 10 s.eep in Sc
attie and that 80 people were walking
tia streets al night. unable 10 secure
shelter. Cujhee SAID that as near as IA
CoGtd ind cat man from Portland had
been up in tnat country doing what ne
could TO iaiore Seattle.
Judge William II. Moore returned sun