The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1898-08-04

( II cod nf 10 yuarn the q r,Ouv iYf,a ka IF
~ ~ b; :; 81 Mta Aho,,t o ~ IncL ~,
sav n,e d - Rnnner's sFarrv II Idaho and
ssara NC ,vers dala ved ) bnnt fwo hours
Inc The Kontena; river caused hv, the
-a;n ,uash;ng tha sndw .dnwn tho
m ~1I had risen and oyerfiowed
;ts hanks and flooded The depot and
81 around there PEOPLE were
SONG aress,nd> n boats, The water On
The track almost touched the steps
aud for two m les men had to 90.
ahead and push the floating logs and
from in front Of the engine. We all
wondered why the water did not put
the fire out in the fire-box but we
found out afterward that these en-
gines were built differently from
those in the east and that the water
had to be very deep to affect the fire,
Most OF US We're glad when we got
out OF it for the track lies at the foot
Of a mountain on one side and along
the bank OF the river, very close, on
the other, We could see quite q
number OF large, deep places dug out
down the side OF the mountains where
large avalanches of snow had been
loosensd by the recent rains and
had torn their waV down the noun
tain sides, taking with them trees,
boulders, and in fact everything that
stands IN their way: From here clear
on to Seattle we had the finest seen.
cry one could imagine: The kootenhl
river fails were fine and very exciting
During the night We crossed the Co44-
umbia river, famous for it's fine and
abundant salmon.
We arrived at Seattle at $50 a, m,
and such a crowd of hotel runners,
hackmen, solicitors, etc.. lined up on
the platform, is more than | ever re-
member having seen at the Worlds
Fair, and of course it was not near as
bad when came as it was during the
great rush, when everyone reaped a
harvest.
It would take column after column
in YOUR paper for me to attempt to
describe the business that is carried
on here, the people, the climate, the
wonderful scenery, the large ocean
steamers coming into port every day
some from the Klondyke, some from
the Philippines, China and all parts
of the globe, laden with the particu
liar products which that particular
country produces. But the ships tha
arouse the most interest and draw
thousands to their sides are the gooc
ships from the Klondyk as did thu
Roanoke the other day when she ar
rived with SO, 600, 900 in gold on boarc
and over 800 people. men and wome1
returning from their field of labor
some worth thousands and" some will
not a cent in their pockets.
| | stood at the dock and saw tn
seven heavy boxes containing tn
gold drawn up the gang plank, and
with the projection of the police ant
special officers, taken up to the as
savers office. One small box tool
! fifteen men to drag it up the plan
into the wagon. TO describe the feel
ing one has while seeing this woul'
be hard, for 1 never had the pleasur
of ex periencing it before, but you d
get just little weak in the knees an
your mouth begins to water to.gethe
with the thought of the future if 20
owned that box: then you begin t
think o[ the Klondyke and how 20
would like to go therej bnt you ta!
TO one OF the men VINO mas pronaDl
spent a year ~ that region, drlnKin
moss water' req as olooa' ana nV1n
W t;I IT, 14u at - hne pU,A ~ 49, e.
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eo : ~ H 1 VIII L ene - nt ten
Ee'ng W M1one't t *. pus IL .ney wal
w 'o.u th ou' weIt " woin, oo'n? nsn
e. az sHey WpA44 uesGl leeiet l''eve
1ol "nae 'nes see aAn +eatH oot ner
In show window not tar from he3
there is a little silver tray with pl]
u u s9iu uust o oa a - ApA caru oearln
InS 1guies $o'9oo' everything
golo anu silver OUT mere; paper nor
, ey Is very scarce.
One OF Uncle Sans gunboats cam
up from San Francisco few dys az
and is laying out in the harbor.
The steamer Amazonia. the BIRTHS