The silver star., 1899-10-13
STORY
|oHED BY a WOMAN IN
YUKON REoIoN.
On Typswritsr-aGakss xts
ersses Hoathiy. sells for :
j . Copy and L n Great
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HuutSOu Oh Delu8 the only Iomol0
and proprietor Of q newspaper
bout the length and breadth Of
ut Yukon region-that land Of
ID ioe. Of hardy pioneers and Of
W the San Francisco Examiner,
Va a Wright. just past 30 years
bears her distinction modestly.
" . matter Of business" she
II find It pays. now that / have
the experimental stage with my
zion, and money IL what am
And such q unique publtca-
the Rampant City Whirlpool Ii!
Ito, I'VE amt 30 warm!" gives
cation Of the paper and its pub
Established in January Of the
year. a. q twelve-page monthly
hon, its advertising business
reased to such proportions that
rgetic publisher had to Just dou-
number Of pages, while the cir
} far exceeds the total popula-
the place Of its publication,
|omen and Children circula-
bt no other journal in the world
lst Of. And this, with the pa
ling at 81 a copy-no reduction
p subscriptions-and the over
publisher unable to supply the
at that. Did you ever stop to
+ the labor involved in getting
ordinary newspaper, with it's
human typesetting machines, its
y news-gatherers and editors,
lightning presses that turn OF
housand copies In an hour? II
le. make another pause and give
to the labor devolving on this
Jed California woman, with not
70 assist her but her daughter.
. not a single type In Rampant
printers stick" would be a
\. while there is not even q
Fess. much less a printing press
Re nearer than Dawson, some
miles away. A plain ordinary
ter makes the whirlpool, with
nipulation Of Mrs. Wright and
|ghter Doris. In the old days in
Pncisco Clara Wright supported
and little Doris after the death
husband. ten years ago. by stsn-
3 work. and when she went to
In June Of last year she took
Pc machine that had long been
ms Of her livelihood here. That
D b now proving a Satisfactory
fe for presses. Advertisements
pding matter. editorials and
p are all the same. capital let
hg service for all display type,
lmall ads and reading matter
he lower case letters. Being
manager. advertising solicitor.
on clerk. managing editor, city
peal stan .compositor and press
|oombined. It Is no wonder that
)part whirlpool Is not published
yoQuently than once a month.
b publication under such cir
~ would be almost an impos-
. daily issue would mean mem
physical collapse. Not In the
|oted over her multiplicity Of
{ crushed by their weight, Mrs.
ets about her daily tasks with
courage and rejoices over the
with the growing business the
gs heightened proportionately.
b advertisement. every news
each new subscriber means
much more lingering Of the
pr. When the rush to the
, set In she determined to 20
|Dw 81 Dorado. It was not until
oe. however. that she was able
D the start, and then against
|acs Of her friends. and unac-
~ save by her ten-year-old
,. who had been left fatherless
BON the time Of her birth. Mrs.
started for Dawson by way Of
Aael. Arriving there she en-
u 70 many people returning TO
~. with most wonderful tales
klondike region that she deter
p cast her lot on the American
the boundary line. According
rent to Rampant City. the CEN
be vast gold discoveries ON the
and It, tributaries. No thought
ling . newspaper entered the
iced at hrst. She had gone to
'untry for gold. and the pre-
fetal lay buried deep In the
She made . personal inspec-
he different creeks and gulchss
district and located several
while she acquired an interest
u others that had been located.
y streams froze up and deep
lversd the ground. Mrs. Wright
equent long trips TO the claims.
3 perils and hardships that
Irong men shrank from.
Wright conceived the idea Of
. newspapsr upon her return
y Of these trips. when the In.
cold. drsary. sunless days A.
little opportunity for . woman
Dossgstio temperament 10 do
~" b IN January a the
yeas the Rampant whirlpool
= career under circumstances
|orabls - those usually attend
establishment Of rural publi-
Bat Il has prospsred even b.
y hopes Of its protector and
)aeh slnce then II has made ~
~ regularly. The ArBt nam
. wonder from . Journalists
Iht Not . sheet Of white pa
)vsn the amer quality Of brown