Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-15
AMONG KLONDIKERS,
The Quitting Rush InCreas-
ing at Seattle. \
ENTERPRISE OF THE WOMEN.
Practical Facts About the Silver
Fusion State Government.
ENTERPRISE OF THE WOMEN

| ladies', so far as Seattle is concerned
the men are all too busy to indulge
such luxury as chatting liesurely
with friend,
Only when you could get seat with
one while stopping long enough 10
gorge down some food or on the street
car, could you get a chance TO eX-
change a rational idea. For the rest
it is rush from morning till night.
Old fashion bsiuCess men are swept
off their feet. Only by use to tele-
phones and messengers, can man in
charge of large business keep his
strings in hand. j. NJ. RoseD burg,
formerly partner of Jos, Meyers in
the White Corner, is an example.
| A partner of the San Francisco
house he represents at Seattle, came
up this week with new line of KlOn-
dixie specialties. All the leading
ouJttters bought large orders. Be
fore he was here a day, orders were
telegraphed in for carloads of these
manufactures, condensed soups, dessi-
Gated vegetables, 'erbsenwurst,
France-German war foods iD,capsules,
one of which the size of a rifle cart
ridge makes half gallon of mali
gatowney soup, etc.
| The next day some of the houses
doubled their orders and the wires
were kept hot demonstrating that
/ Seattle can use more outfitting sup.
| plies in week than Frisco in a
month. l think Jake Rosenberg's
profits this week will double the Pres
ident's salary.
To return to the women: About
every other woman in Seattle wi o
has got ''loose feet" as L heard one
Of them express herself, is going to
the gold fields. We we're guests of an
old Iowan, T. Kellogg, whose son is
at Dawson, He expects to follow in
the spring and his daughter, Mrs. f.
l.. Sullivan has the fever. His wife
helped grubstake the boy and the
only cool member of the family is the
son-in-law, Rev. Sullivan, well known
as the field editor of the Pacific Bap-
tiSt.
There is no certainly bat what he IL
go up there prospecting subscriptio us
on Bonanza and EldOrado creeks.
Besides the Seattle women, L suppose
there are thousand or more women
here from all over the continent out
fitting for the mining regions. 1t Is
amusing to see these women tackle
men in furs and Alaskan clothes who
have just returned from Dawson for
pointers as to where they'd be likely
to make rich strike or locate good
claim. They ask the most direct
questions and swallow the replies
that are often given with a twinkle
by men who worry and puzzle a
trained'IepOrter to get at the truth
of their stories,
1.-THE Alaska craze is going to dem
onstrate several propositions to a
finality. 1t will show that the eli
mate is not one to impose such hor-
rible sufferings and prove such an in
surmountable barrier to immigr alton
as has been supposed.
1t will show that mining and;pros-
pecting is not out of woman'S sphere,
that she can go where men do, do
what men do and dare what men
dare. And it is no more woman ad
yentuTesses, as a class, than men ad-
yenturers who are going there.
At the Seattle Woolen Mill Com
pany's Quitting stores, one of the
managers being G. G. Tilson. an old
Iowa friend, they are making up
whole suits for women, divided skirts,
bloomers, short skirts, ,all fur trimmed,
and neat as any pretty street suit.
You see women on the streets all in
fur and ready to cross the White Pass.
They seem to feel proud of their en-
terprise and independence, and step
high. / saw young Williamson New
port, here, and Pete Abtey and two
sons. f. G. Caples and Fred Williams
have been at Seattle for several weeks
outtitting for Alaska, to go in Febru-
ary.
THE POLITICAL SITUATION
iC m (lPl0nn
except that the Republican party is
more united. The Union of Silver
forces swept the state in 1896, includ-
ing the county government of which
| Seattle is part. / visited some of
the public officials and gathered some
statistics on the government. One
thing l gathered from all | talked
with was that the awful business col
lapse and financial catachysm eX-
pected to follow the Republican over
| throw did not take place.
| On the other hand, the silver state
and county government, as it is called
has the backing OF an immense con-
Servative business element. Men with
capital who were going to set up 10
the business of warrant scalping haYe
missed their calling, Their business
went the way Of the image-makers at
Ephesus. Warrants are at a premium
and public business is more nearly on
a cash basis than ever before. Public
credit is very good and public finances
are in fair order.
There is strong element Of single
takers here and they have made them
selves felt in thePopulist government
Taxes on improved property, especi-
ally homesteads are lowered, the taxes
being shunted upon unimproyed real
estate and personal property and busi-
ness blocks. Mrs. Lydia Kellogg, a
staunch Republican, told me taxes on
her little home were reduced 81 last
year. Owners OF homes generally told
me their taxes were reduced inSeattle
from $40 TO $40 each.
The law has also been changed tC
collect a penalty Of Is per cent III taxes
become DELINQUENT. Anyone buying