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A., St. Paul. / •w- Alaska Sleighs I^londike Boats You will need them both, because you must cross water to get to the gold fields, and there are many miles of snow. It is easier to use a boat for one and a sleigh for the other, and we have them cheap. We also make doors, sash, ^tc, of every description, and when you trade with us you are doing business with the oldest firm of the kind in the Pacific Northwest. Wheeler, Osgood & Co., "S? TACOmA The Western Terminus of the Northern Pacific Railway. The Head of Navigation on Puget Sound. The Eastern Terminus of the Northern Pacific Steamship Co. The Starting Point of all Steamers for Alaska. The Headquarters for Miners outfitting for the Alaskan Gold Fields. > Shipping facilities both by rail and water unsurpassed. To supply present and prospective trade, wholesale houses in all lines are needed. Special inducements will be given in the way of suit- able location for the establishment of wholesale houses in all lines of business. For further particulars call on or address The Tacoma Land Company, 1(01 A Street, TACOMA, Wash. m C. p. MASTER80N, President. L. R. MANNING, Vice-Pres. L. J. PENTECOST, Cashier A. O. PRICHARD. Awt. Cashier. PACIFIC NATIONAL BANK. TACOMLA - WASH. CAPITAL, $400,000. Issues Letters of Credit on all Klondike points. BUYS GOLD DUST.— Accounts of Banks, Merchants and Manufacturers re- ceived on favorable terms. If any of your friends are going to the Alaskan Gold Fields, send tliem to us, and we will give them reliable infornriation, and put them in position to pur- chase OUTFITS to the best advantage. CORRESPONDENCE INVITED. 3 If you are going to ALASKA Don't^fail to call at Ebert's Grocery and get his list for year'sjsupply for one man, which is carefully prepared by an experienced Alaskan prospector. EBERT'S OROCERY, 1338 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Washi. Those Warm, Ample, All Wool Jlldskd Roods CDUFR© Hre tY\e firmest tilings on eaYtY\ to Keep oiit tlcie cold and tt)e irr\p Jack Frost. See tlc\eTC\ FIRST and save rQoney, SKE LASX PAGE COVER. The Taeoma (Iloolen pUs Go. Emerg^ency Medicine Cases I FOR j Klondikers for "ed 1. ^ jIlJliillHitiii'"' c O D O O c o Q We are putting up a Compact Case of Medicines containing the Remedies, Bandages and Appli- ances likely to be needed in that remote district. It can be rolled up in the blankets and adds little to the weight or bulk and will be your best friend in time of need. Weighs 4 lbs; costs $4- You get only what you need and at Eastern prices, thereby saving freight. REMEMBER We understand outfitting and make it a specialty. Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. 912 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma. ALASKA MEDICINE OUTFITTERS. **I NEVER saw a saw saw as this saw saws." To get a SAW from- HENRY MOHR means tliat you will be satisfied with it what- ever you may want to cut. He lias a complete line of all sorts of ^^CHARPWARE:k ^ and will fit you out for Alaska or any old place where you'll need hardware. Carpenters' and loggers' tools also. HENRV TV^OHR, 1152-54 Pacific Ave. - TACOMA, WASH Sleeping Sags ! r They're { , First-class If \ \ they ARE ours, j And w( know what we're taking about, because we make 'em. "From sheep to man," is the way we put 't. And you'll need Sleeping Bags in Alabka. All wool, substantial and cheap. SEE LAST PAGE 0^-~ GOUER, TacomaWoolen M^U^Co IT IS GrOOJD 1^ Because we eav it is if we eel! it to you, and wliether it is new or second hand— and we have both kinds, it will be all right for the purpose. Mining Machinery, Stamp Mills and Hoists. Steam Engines and Boilers. Saw and Shingle Mill Machinery. Water Wheels and Pumps, &c. em- SEND F OR OUR NEW CATALOG UE. -•M •tf &$biiidtoii « ^aLcbifiery • t)el)ol, p. O. Box 950, TACOMA, WASH. LoDdon k Sao Francisco Baok (LliVIITED; Nortliwest Cor. Pacific Ave. and 13th St. TACOMA - WASH. A General Banking Business Transacted. Commercial and traveler's letters of credit issued, available throughout the world. GiOL.D DUST HANDt-ED. W. A. MacRAE, ) S. M. JACKSON, ( Joint Hanagers. We have an hmi at dm But you can pee ns Hrst while you are here and get prices on those Boats, Outfits for fliners, AND Ready Made Houses We also sell LUn)ber, Latl) arid Sl:iirigles. Sunset liamber Company, TACOMA, WASH. 8 I ml (^^^ St. TED. issued, ses ^y. ^eady for tl^e Riisl^ t We carry a complete stock and the best goods obtainable of mens' Clotbittd, Underwear, bats and Caps, $ox, Boots and Sboes, BlanKet s, St<. Suitable for the ALASKA C^OUIMTFRX, OUR PRICES ARE THE LOWEST. ROCHESTER CLOTHING CO, 1348 Pacific Avenue, near 15th. That Bag for your Clothing Is something you want to attend to. You can't take a trunk. It is impracticable. Ask anyone wlio has been there. We make such bags cheap. SEE LAST PAGE OF GOWER. Tacoma Woolen Mills Co. 9 3D. JS/L. HZOFFH^^nsr 1140 Pacific Avenue 1139 Railroad Street Wholesale Dealer and Direct Importer of the most Choice and Reliable Brands of Wines, {\C(iiots and (Jijars At the Lowest Prices. Established in 1884. Telephone, Main 599. Sole Agent for A. B. C. Brewing Co., St. LouIh, Mo. Pack Straps % Dog |)arne$$ They are necesssary in Alaska, and if you are bound for ^ITHE KI^ONDIKEI^ You will need them. I have Klondike Saddles also, and nil kinds of Harness and Saddlery. 1317 Paoific Ave. - Tacoma. Wash. 10 sr ars 599. 0. We lc\ave — € sorr\etliing of inqportaiice to tell you. ]f you wear pant^ We have the Mackinaw kind. Just the sort for Alaska, and you'll need 'em. See us about them and look at last page of cover. Tacoma Woolen Mills Co. rne$$ so, and ASH. i(l( CDC Caiifornia (Uine l>ou$e i(« WILLIAMS & CO. The Leadi ng Wholesale and RetaH Liquor Es tablishment. HEADQUARTERS FOR Fine Old Kentucky Bourbons Pennsylvania Rye Whiskies California Wines and Brandies Imported Wines and Liquors 1150 Pacific Rvenue 1149 Railroad Street TELEPHONE, MAIN 115 11 Tacoma. Wasxi. CiiKHTER Thorn K, President. A, F. Ai.BKRTSoN, Cashier. national Back of Cominerce TACOMA, WASH. CAPITAL $200,000. Offers to depositors evt'ry facility which their balances business and responsibiHty warrants. Gold Dust Handled --. We sell Letters of Credit on Juneau, St. Michaeln, Circle City, Fort Cndahy and Dawson City. Sternberg &WOLBERT . TACOMA, WASH. RKAL Estate Loans and Insurance We make a specialty of caring for the interests of non- resident property owners, and invite corres- pondence. Best of references. 12 OixT- M:otto: **Boiiiicl to Please ^^ A. F. Hoska Harness Co. 1409 Pacific five. (5^2 HEADQUARTERS FOR '■'^ Pack Saddles Pack Straps Alaska Dog Harness Alaska Bail-Bearing Pack Straps Give us a Oall, Unless yod have ^i |gacHiti^1y Qoat ^ titi you can't 90 tit^ WHY? Because it is too cold up there for ordinary ' clothing. And we don't make ordinary clothes. We make clothes that fit, that wear, and therefore sell. Of course you'd better buy from us. ske: last paqe ok cover. Tacoma Woolen Mills Co. mmmm I ' Commonweallh Title & Trust Co, Abstracts of Title Briefs of Title Certificates of Title AddresB all correspondence to Coiiiiiioiiwealtli Title & Trust Co., p. 0. Box 257, TACOMA, WASH. Telephone, Main 101 —^^i^Bb. f)) How to reach the Klondike safely. ((^ \/^- ^- Buy a BOflTI Built by PRACTICAL BOATBUILDERS We have a special design for Klondike Boats that has been approved by many returned Yukoners. H. H. ALLGER & SON, OOIV/IIVIEF=t<:^IAL. OOCK TAOOIVIA, ^^ Boats on hand or built to order. "^ 14 St Co. f Title yVASH. (t- ILDERS ere. I^OIVIA. Caldwell Brothers, ^M732 PACIFIC AVENUE.-i^ v.'\.\."v^-'\. -,*■.' >.'.'v\/0. V •- •■ '■-• • JVTacljii^ery aijd ]\Tacl7ir|epy S^ipP^i^s '' BUT civilized man cannot live without cookp."—Ouy)? Meredith. ^1?^' mrft no He ! But spealdug of cooks, the German Bakery has good ones, and the better the cooks the better the life. Then we have fresh Bread and Cakes daily, and we use only the best and purest materials. The oldest restaurant in the city. We are open al' night. RUDOLF KNABEL, 1117 Pacific Avenue - - Tacoma, Wash. 15 I sen Everything COLT'S NEW NAVY, 38 &^- 1 CALIBRES. Needed by Prospectors and Hunters in my line at the lowest Eastern prices. Correspondence invited. K. A. KIMKALxLa, WHOLESALE GUNDEALER, Tacoma., Wash, ' Before ^ Leaving for the Alaska Gold Fields or for the KLONDIKE Call on rKRULL BROTHERS c3frooe:f=r© Bostwick Block. Cor. 9th and C Sts., TACOMA, WASH. TELEPHONE, RED 1195. in Standard House PurnlsninQ GoniDany 924 & 926 C St., Tacoma, Wash. t)faj)eHe$, ^rocHery, AGENTS FOR THE FAMED ST. CLAIR STEEL RANGES, COOK STOVES, and AIR TIGHT HEATERS. Don't go to Alaska Without one of our Celebrated Standard Sleeping Hags or our Alaska Cook Stove. •Hay, Graii^, Floiir ai^d peed. -=c=^~-~^i^(om. Wash Own and operate A REGULAR PACK TRAIN over White's Pass, from Skagua Bay, Alaska, to the head of navigation. If you are going to KLONDIKE, Write us. 17 i That Shirt \ You are wearing will ;.be of little use in the Klondike region. What you need there is a heavy shirt — the kind we make. We have them in all grades, but for a shirt "as is a shirt," and cheap at that / SEE LAST PAGE OF GOWER. XacomaVVoolen Mi^l^C^ KLONDIKE i^^i^MEDICINE i(i(i( 3- -e CHEST. li ! ' i We have them. They contain just what you neeed on the Yukon. Everything securely packed. GERMAN DRUG STORE, Wm. DUENKEL, Proprietor, 1315 Pacific Avenue 18 Xacoma. ittle use /"hat yon •the kind 11 grades, rt," and Co- )ii the -; .COMA. I LAWRENCE BROS. 927 and 929 C Street Stoves, HAii^e$, Ji&rdware And Xinvrare Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Manufacturers of a Superior Kloridike Stove, made like a Range. Also of Tinware suitable for the Alaska trade. Dealers in Sleds. Picks, Shovels, Gold Pans, Ropes, Scales, and everything needed tbr the Yukon. H. N. RicMoiid Pajer Co. PHPER Offices and Warehouse— 1 728- 1 730 Pacific Avenue 213-215 Occidental Avenue OF ALL. KIND! - TACOMA. - SEATTLE. 19 **Medl ITront 9)9 HEADQUARTERS FOR f\\a8\a fT^ir^ers' ^lotf7ir>(5 AND^ /riapufaoturers of Oil ^l0tt?ir>(5 HANS TORKELSON, MANAGER, 1310 Pacific Avenue - TACOMA, WASH. XHE C3FREA Furniture, Carpets Upholstery EMF=>OFRIUI\/l Of the Pacific Northwest Is prepared to furnish Hotels, Lodging Houses, Restaurants, Pri- vate Residences and Steamsliipp, complete, with neatness and dispatch , at eastern prices. Klondike Sleeping Bags A SPECIALTY— Made under the instructions of an experienced miner from the frozen north. Exactly what you want, and very cheap. riOLNIES 9^ BULL FURNITURE (0N|PANV 923 and 925 C Street, Tacorna, Wash. 20 ' I ^ 9m G. E. JdaelWflfiTlN, Prop, and IVIngr. FIHST-CIiRSS LIVEHY. WASH. stery orthwest luraiits, Pri- leatness ctions of an h. Exactly ish. C3UI=R Livery & Transfer Conveyances WILL MEET YOU at the Depots and carry yourself and baggage to your destination AT VERY REASONABLE RATES. You can also have your BAG- GAGE STORED FREE OF CHARGE. We connect with all Alaska steamers, and can give you reliable information about the ''Golden Klondike.'' CAN EQUIP WITH HORSES OR PACK PONIES, Etc. We employ the most competent drivers, and have the most complete establishment of the kind in the city. MacMarrtn's Livery and Transfer 1-34-36-38 C STREET Telephone: Main 499. TaCOITia, WhsH. oi Klondike Outfitters Fiiul it economical to buy the best, and will therefore see that their Hst inchides the hTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TTTn TTT^TTTTTTT »TmTTTTTTTTTT»TTTTTTTT»"l \Li.Xi.l.Llill.XiJ.kXi I UFR 'TTTTTTTTTTTTrrr 1 of Baking Powders, Extracts and Condiments. Everything warranted. Prices as low as in- ferior gooods. Teas, Coffees, Baking Powder, Spices, etc. Preserves, Catsup, Sauces, Pickle?. Concen- trated Cider Vinegar, etc., etc. CURTISS COiNSERVING CO., Factory, 2005=2007 Pacific Avenue - TACOMA. REMEMBER "CURTIPS" BRAND. Superior to aU others. you'll like ZH UttderWecir ^e make Because it is heavy and designed for a cold country, and because we make it to suit you. If you don't like what you find in stock, say the word and we will make it to order. SEE LAST PAOE COVER. Tacoma Woolen Mills Co. 00 ereiore , Spices, etc. kle?. Concen- TACOMA. thers. we ttidke ou. If ; word R. s Co. Under One Roof WE SELL Groceries, Dry Goods, Blankets Mackinaws, Oil Clothing Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods Hats and Caps. Be sure and call on us before you purchase your outfit. We guarantee to save you money. McDonald & todd, 314-316 East 26th Street Take 25th Street Car Line. TACOMA. Boat^ For the Yukon made in the most substan- tia] manner, and cheap at that. SEE ME FIRST. WATERPOOF YukonJents Bafls and Covers. The Strongest that can be made. D. I MaUl]6WS, I.M.LAR5EN 910 Railroad St., TACOMA. 1313 Pacific Ave, TACOMA. 23 Ipacific M^at Go. WHOLESALE BUTCHERS and Packers of the IMPERIAL BRAND of Hams, Bacon AND Lard. V. Make a Specialty of Meat Supplies for Miners. PACKING HOUSE ON TIDE FLATS, Tacoma - Washinaton 24 WHEN returning from the Klondike don't fail to visit Davis & HoFtoD House FiiRrliSiiiNc CooDS Qor. SaiciPc ^Vende and 15th Street ^KCom, Wask. __ Tacoma Smelting and j\cfining Co^^p^'^y .WTKjrr^BUVERS OF-" GOLD, SILVER, LEAD and COPPER. ■.■■■■■■■•■■■■■a HIQHESX PRICKS PAID. W. R. RUST Manager. ^'Lcc^ iJ%^^ O 111. 6:1.5 p.m. Leave Ta- U cial Dock, foot They are important, too. We make 'era ourselves and they are all wool. There are, of course, soeks and socks. Ours are SOCKS. SEE LAST PAGE OF GOUER. Tacoma Woolen Mills Co. KloiidiKe footwear We manufacture a line of absolutely water-proof SHOES made from genuine Oil Grain Seal-skin and Kip, with extra heavy double sole and tap. and long oat«ide sole leather counter. This line is strictly op to date and beats anything in sight. This is our Klondike Specialty. Ask your dealer for tliem. Tacoma Shoe Manulactuiino Go. |\^ail Orders Pronnptly Attended to. 27 Alaska Is a big place, and when you get to Klondike you will need all sorts of applies ai^d (jpoceries. If you are not going there it is all right, and if you are it may be bettei for you. In either case, however, call on or write to us. For the miners we have the best goods obtainable for that trade and experienced men to pack them. All correspond- ence promptly attended to. Palace Grocery Co., 904 Pacific Avenue = TACOMA, WASH. Artificial Eyes and Fine Leases a Specialty. Carefully Tested and Fitted. KACHLEIN RESIDENT 5cientif ic Optician A Fall Line of SPECTflGIiES AND EYE GLASSES. ESTABLISHED 1889. ?P00 CITY REFERENCES. 906 C Street, THEATRE BLDG. TACOMA kCL.CDNDIKE -CIiflSS LIVERY. OUFR :\)\T)(^ \A/ASH. Jtery rthwest rants, Pri- atnest* ione of an Exactly 3h. Livery & Transfer Conyeyanccs WILL MEET YOU at the Depots and carry yourself and baggage to your destination AT VERY REASONABLE RATES. You can also have your BAG- GAGE STORED FREE OF CHARGE. We connect with all Alaska steamers, and can give you reliable information about the ''Golden Klondike.'' CAN EQUIP WITH HORSES OR PACK PONIES, Etc. We employ the most competent drivers, and have the most complete establishment of the kind in the citv. MacMartln's Livery and Transler 1134-36-38 C STREET Telephone: Main 499. TaCOITia, Was!l. ■"> I ? 1 f 1 - •1 ! T V i * i; : 1 1 Klondike Outfitters Find it economical to buy the best, and will therefore W see that their list includes the i.Xi.klli.l.i^l.i.i.i.l.H.i.i.kXi.i.ii.. k.ll> iAAi.AAAi.Ai-i.iOJliAltIAiAilii-i.i,-t| ^ OUFRTISS" BF=RArSID |TTTTTfTTTTTTTTrTTTTfTTTTTTTrTrTT«TTr»TTTTTTTTTrTrTTTTTTTi f7' of Baking Powders, Extracts and Condiments. Everything warranted. Prices as low as in- ferior gooods. Teas, Coffees, Baking Powder, Spices, etc. Preserves, Catsup, Sauces, Pickles. Concen- trateu Cider Vinegar, etc., etc. CURTISS CONSERVING CO., Factory, 2005=2007 Pacific Avenue - TACOMA, REMEMBER "CURTISS" BRAND. Superior to all others. vouii like cbe Underu^ear ^e mm Because it is heavy and designed for a cold country, and because we make it to suit you. If you don't like what you find in stock, say the word and we will make it to order. see: last raqe cover. Tacotna Woolen Mills Co. 00 f'S jlore !^3 Ipices, etc. IS, Concen- ACOMA. rs. eti ■X . It- word » Co. fi Under One Roof WE SELL Groceries, Dry Goods, Blankets Macklnaws, Oil Clothing Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods Hats and Caps. Be sure and call on us before you purchase your outfit. We guarantee to save you money. McDonald cib todd, 314-316 East 26th Stfjpft f- - TACOMA. Take 25th ^rc%t d»r Line.-«1 WATERPOOF Bo^t^ For the Yukon made in the mot:t substan- tial manner, and chea;j at that. SEE ME FIRST. D. T. Mautiews, 910 Railroad St., TACOMA. YukonJents Bags and Covers. The Strongest that can be made. LM.LARSEN 1313 Pacific Ave. TACOMA. ]pacific M^^t (Zo. WHOLESALE BUTCHERS and .ackers of the IMPERIAL BRAND of Hams, Bacon AND Lard. V, Make a Specialty of Meat Supplies for Miners. PACKING HOUSE ON TIDE FLATS, Tacoma - Washington. 24 o W HEN returning from the Klondike don't fail to visit Davis & HoFtoD House FURNisriiKc CooDs Qof. ^dLQ^pc ^Irende and 15tb Street Tawma, Wash. yacoma Smelting and f^efining Qompany .w,.s^s^BUVEI=^S CDF-" GOLD, SILVER, LEAD and COPPER. ■»■•«■■■•■•■»■ HIOHKST RRICES PAID. W. R. RUST Manager. 25 lUi? ^^cc^ S^x^/C ^aZo^Ti JAMES DILLON Cfjoice V\/ipes, Liiquots ^"^ Cigars Proprietor. A |Mice Quiet jj f^esort ir; wbicl7 to spepd your evepings. Finest Lager Beer on Draught in the City. 1^03 RKOIF^IO K^E, Fly on tllB FlyOr! TaGomTIndSeattle Fare, 75 Cents. Round Trip, $1.25. licave Ta(!oma— 9:80 a. m., and 1:00 p. ni., 4::^0 p. ra. and 8:00 p ni. Leave Beattle— 7:45 a. m. and 11 :15 a. m., and 2:15 p. m. and 6 :15 p. m. SUNDAYS-Leave Seattle— 7:00 a. m., 12:00 m., and 5:00 p. m. Leave Ta- coma— 9:S0 a. m., 2:30 p. m., and 7:30 p. m. LANDINGS— Tacoma: N. P. R. R. Dock. Seattle: Commercial Dock, foot of Marion Street. Telephone 211. 2G If Speaking of SOCKS We have them lice Quiet ir; whlcl7 to Jpd your 'epings. le City. E. ^EEN nd Seattle H 10 p m. I 6:15 p. ui. m. Leave Ta- rcial Dock, foot They are important, too. We make 'em ourselves and tliey are all wool. There are, of course, socks and eoc^ks. Ours are SOCKS. \. SEE LAST PAGE OF GOUER. Tacoma Vv^oolen Mills Co. 6 loiidiHe^footWeaf AVe manufacture a line of absolutely water-proof SHOES, made from genuine Oil Grain Seal-skin and Kip, with extra heavy double sole and tap. and long outside sole leather counter. This line is strictly up to date and beats anything in sight. This is our Klondike Specialty. Ask your dealer for them. TaGoma 5ti06 ManufaGtiiring Go. Mail Orders Promptly Attended to. 27 T Alaska ^4^ Is a big place, and when you get to Klondike you will need all sorts of ^UppUes ai^d (jroccpies. If you are not going there it is all right, and if you are it may be bettei for you. In either case, however, call on or write to us. For the miners we have the best goods obtainable for that trade and experienced men to pack them. All correspond- ence promptly attended to. Palace Grocery Co., 904 Pacific Avenue = TACOMA, WASH. I, :' ,i;i I . 'I Artificial Eyes and Fine Leases a Specialty. Carefully Tested and Fitted. KACHLEIN RESIDENT Scientific Optician A Fall Line of SPECTflGIiES AND EYE GIiRSSES. ESTABLISHED 1889. 906 C Stl^CCt, 2000 CITY REFERENCES. THEATRE BLDG. TACOMA Ki-OISiDIKE QOQOLES. 28 'Oil i. ANDREW'S Collateral Barpk 11-4-4 'AOIF*IO AVENU 3 it may be "^ ^*" ^^^^ 3'^" money on ^write gy^g REVOLVERS RIFLES, COMPASSES AND FIELD GLASSES A large stock at one-half original prices. SpCCiS.! ! ^^® ^^y ^J^^ld Dust for spot canli or ship on commie- ^ sion to United States Mint or Selbv's. WAsn. efully Tested lod Fitted. Call and see us. 1144 Pacific Avenue. K LONDIKE BACON ORN BEEF E VAPORATED VEGETABLES -r- AND — ^^ VERYTHING — • • ician NEEDED FOR A MINER AT •ACOMA Wholesale Prices. m. G. ROWliAHD, Tacoma, CJClash. Of. 4 j)i Tea, Coffee Chocolate ^ u Constitute but a «iiittll portion of a miner's outfit for a trip to Alaska. But everyone will say it is the mopt important part. Such being the case, why not before letting the grocer put in common goods. We make a specialty of the tea anfA AS A Port of r3i:i'Ai;!' uk "' C'n.(,M.;i ('. r Fkrry ACOA/IA The T aco.ma Chamber of Commercf " Mr. SAMri-.i Cmi.i.ver .25 and ickinaw, :|;3 50 to s, $1.50; Bags, jrything >THIER Published by the Advertising Co.mmittek of Tacoma Chamhkr ov Commerce Press of The Commercial Printing Company 1897 : ,1.1 TH 10 designation Golden Gate g'iven to the en- tran^ce of San Franeisco bay hais, for near- ly lialf a century, exercised world-wide in- tiiience as an advertisement of powerful effect upon the destinies of California, hel})ing by at- traction to enrich the cominionweaitli and to center in its chief city the commerce of the Paicitic 'coast. ^'Mbstance of value and ig-reat for- tune is drawn to the lotlestone of a name. There it (lenotf^d toth the object of iinivers'al desire and an a;i>pearance typical of and re-enforcing' the reality which lay behind — the mello\Ning' rays of the setting sun lending color of resiplend- ence in portraiture of the yellow Avealt'h of sands and rock. The painting is a masterpiece of na- ture's handiwork, suiting place and occasion, its- 'graphic title inflaming the imagination of man- kind. By tlu' shifting of a scene, the world's attention is dixerted in open-eyed astonishment along shore far toward the Arctic, where nug- gets are held in ice, to Puget Sound as the new- found Golden Gate, and to Tacoma as the head of its deep sea navig'ation, its leading- 'maritime and manufacturinig* city and mo.^t important center of land transportation and commerce. — \incent liyan in The Tat-oma Evening News. ! Index to Advertisers. BANKS. Fidelity Loan & Tiiist Co. 34 J^ondon & San Francisco. S Nfetropolitan ^Mving's .... 90 Mat'l S'k of (yommerce. . . 12 J*aedlie National '.i Scandinavian Am'c'n B'k.l2(» BOATS. I). T. Matthew 23 l^'rank Snydei- 102 If. H. Allger 14 AVheeler & Osg-ood 1 CLO'lMriNG. ("lias. Driiry Ill F. W. ^lerrick :i«; R ocli e s t er C 1 o t h i n g" Co ... *J Tied Front 20 Tacoma Woolen Mills.,.. 4-7-<.)-ll-i;{-lS-22 27-:{0-<)8-10.")-lir) and cover DRUGGTSTS. F. D. Freneli 102 < Jernian Drug Store IS Stewart «fe Holnies 5 FURNITURE. Davis & Horton 2."> Holmes & Bull 20 Standard House Fiirnish- inig" Co. 17 GENERAL STORES. McDonald & Todd 2:j St. P. & T.L.Co.'s store cover Tacoma ]Mill Store lll» The People's Store 122 GROCERIES. Rberts Krnll Brothers Ifiu McLean, McMillan & Co.. 32f Palaice Grocery 2S People's Cash Grocery. . ..113 Facotma Cash ( i locery 107 W. G. Rowland 2'J GU'NS. Andrews Collateral 15a nk. 29 E. A. Kimball l(. HAlll>AVARE. Henry I^Iohr »> Hunt* cV: Mottet <)1 Lawrence Brotliers 19 Washing-ton H'dware Co. .10') H.XiRNESS. A. F. Hoska Harness Co.. 13 W. H. 'White 10 HAY, (HIAuN AM) FLOUR. P. S. Flouring- Mills 100 Garvin, Chandler & Co... 17 HOTELS. The Tacoma 104 The Columbus .... 17 The Lexington 97 KLONDIKE INSURx\NCE. ririnnell & Eshelman 108 LIQUOR HOUSES. California Wine House... 11 D. M. Hoifman 10 LUMBER COMPANIES. 6nnset Lumber Co 8 Tabor Mill Co 95 Tacoma Mill 110 MACHINKR^'. Ciildwell Brothers ....... 15 Washing-ton M'ch'y Depot 7 Western Machine Co 33 MISCELLANl^OUS. P.alfour. Guthrie & Co 106 offee & Hall 110 Commonwealth T &; T Co 14 Cow Butter Store 99 Curtiss Conserving Co.... 22 Eben C. Ruddock 104 39 *Kivr^~^s. 1 J uu, ^ , .? H^" Fidelity Kent c^' Lol. Co. . i!.) ]I. .N. i:i<'linK)ii(l Paper Co lU MacMii rt ill's Traiist'er ... :i\. Miliei- Coniiee Works lUii Pacilie IJrewiii^' Co ;)2 Pacific Meat Co 24 liliodes Ih'otlier.s oU Sunset 'I'elcphone C^o 11! Tacoma Fish Co 11.3 Tacoiiia lAiwd Co :.' Tacoma .^-'inciter ;25 .\'EWSPAI>EJiS. The I.edg-er 11 T 'J'he J'acific Poultry man . , i^ OPTICIANS. Franz Mahncke .11.] F. C. Hart Ii2 Kachlein 28 I'JlOTOGKAl^liEES. Carpenter J ] 1 French m PAINTS AND OILS. Jcjininus Paint & Oil Co.. 35 Pacilie Class & Paint Co.. 100 PvEAL ESTATE Dakin & Walker 96 Morrison & Balkvviil l(^3 Sternberg- & Wolbert 12 ItESTAlMlANTS — PAIvKJc- Boston Kitchen •'(') Genua n B'lc'ry & Rest l.") Snrise Bakery 107 S«yford & Sicker 113 RESORTS. Standard Theatre '»;» The Green Ti-ee 20 The Owl IIG SHOES. Tacoma Shoe M'f'g- Co 27 Tnn-ell Bros 116 STATIONERY. Central News Co 101 G. Wolff 112 Commercial Printing Co.. 110 N'isell & Eckberg' Ill STOVES. .1. & B. Hunt Til ,1. I. Sexton '.»> liawi-ence Bros I'.i SLEDS. Fawcett Wag-on Co . 118 Frank Snyder 102 Whecicr, Osg-ood & Co... J TENTS. H. Felitz Tent Co 94 r. :\r. Larson 2;i TRANSl'ORTATION CO .'S City Park Ruilw.i v 11 T N. *P. R'y Co .■ cover Pacilie Coast S. S. Co [):', The Flyer 2r. Tacoma Traction Co 95 Tacoma Railways Co 100 Wash. & Alaska S. S. Co.. 121 TACOMx\ AVENUl': MER- CHANTS. LTacoiiia avenue is a tine wide thoi'ouig-hfare, having' for its business comnTunity many wide awake mer- chants,] CANDIES. C. T. Muelilenbruch 115 DRUGGISTS. Alpheus Davidson 114 GROCERIES. M. M. Sturley 114 Pug-et £»ound Grocery 114 .John W. Wood ". 115 SHOES. Griffiths I'.l ...... .lis , 10:2 Co... 1 94 2;! CO .'S iir , . ..cuver o 9;'. 2r, 95 100 Co.. 121 MER- a line having imnnity ; nier- 11.1 114 114 114 115 i¥ .114 .115 .115 br*^U#ri^9»w.s»t:;.V'*^»W.t^b;.-X->' '■.■;;^'^4:'--^^- S. tTd ::jt'S^ ' ^' . ^i*iiis.iW Puget Sound Vinegar Co. Paeifie lioonge -< MANUFACTURERS OF THE BEST Cider, Grape Wine and Alcohol VINEGAR and SAUERKROUT. All Kinds of Syrups, Molasses, Mince Meat and Extracts. CONDENSED AND EVAPORATED VINEGARS FOR ALASKA, A SPECIALTY. P Street, Near Center Street, - TACOivifl, wash. Telephone, Black 705. INDHX TO THIS FOLDER. Piiget Sound Vinegar Co. Pacific Lounge and Mntticss Co. Western Wooden Ware Co. F. S. Harmon. Bee Hiue Restaurant. Daniel McGregor. Elder & Albright. R. E. Anderson & C >. Miss E. hi. Hoover. Fryc, Bruhn Co Tacoma Cold Storage Co. Taconia Ice and Refrigerator Co. IVIattFess Company WHOLESALE MANUFACTURERS OF Parlor furniture, Counges. Couches, mattresses. Spring Beds, Cots, Cribs, Wool Shoddy, Excelsior, Bedroom Suites, Tables, Kitchen Safes, Etc. '^AI_SO--^--<-'-v- Sleeping Bags & Canvas Bags F=-OI=^ ALASKA. TACOMA *N° SEATTLE. UuHT. M. Hl-SNINOSKN. A. N. .■\NI)i:llI^ON. rreaiilent. Vict-rrfHideii Western Wooden MANUKACTUKERS Butter Tubs, Pai Wash Tubs, And all kinds of Woodi FlsyndOllBarrelsiorfllJ OFFICE AND FACTOF 27th AND EAST G i TACOMA. W^ Telephone, Main 809. [eNNINaSEN. A. N. ANDKUf^ON. KdwaKD S. II VI I., rresiileiit. Vii'ii-l'ruKiduiit. Sec. iin.l Tiviis. tern Wooden Ware Go. MAIMUKACTUKKRS OR er Tubs, Pails, yVash Tubs, Barrels, i all kinds of Wooden Ware. dOilBarrelslorfllasRaPttrs OFFICE AND FACTORY AND EAST G STREETS TACONdA, WASH. Main 809. F. S. HARMON, Wholesale ........................................... Furniture TACOMA WASH. Si I'^^W^r r«Y Lunch Counter ami Restaurant I). WISSINOER, - Proprietor. A Private Dininu Rocim for Ladies in addition to our (lain Restaurant. \Vf use iiiily tliii liPHi (if I'vcrv- ll.iiijr, (111 Diir (nvii liakinn, iiMil tlicnfiiii! ijiir palniiiH iiri- j.'iiMninl<'cil iKiiiiercKikiiiK iiinl wliiilcyciiiii' fodd. A Fuil Meal from 10 cents up. The Pioneer Restaurant of tho West. 1415 and 1417 Pacific Avenue, TACOMA - = WASH. Interior Decorators. House and Fresco Painters Elder & Albright, DI^At_EF4S IM WALL PAPERS, ROOWI WIOULDlNCS, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, and Glass. ES'riMATKS GIVKN. 905 Pacific Avenue TACOMA, WASH. Dirt! Rocks! Houses! We have them all for sale. Bargains In REAL ESTATE. Good Investments in IVIINES. ' Houses Rented, Taxes Paid. Entire cliarge taltate and Mining Broker. 301 Washington Ulock, TACOMA, WASH. ESTABLISHED 1880. 3 __ A li. E. ANDERSON h CO. THCOTV^A. WT^SH. Entire charge of property taken for non-resident owners. FIRE INSURANCE WRITTEN. RENTS COLLECTED. TAXES PAID MORTGAGE LOANS MANAGED. Highest New York and Philadelphia References. COFJRESPONDENCE INVITED. Can yoL write ? Certainly you can, but to ha do it for you is easier, plei somewhat more profitable, are worried, for instance, instances occur while you ar and you need a typewritist, to call on MISS E. H. HOC Rooms 219-220 WaslilnQtoi TKCOTWtP Typewriter Supplies also sold. Can you write ? y you can, but to have some one • you is easier, pleasanter and , more prof i table. When you ied, for instance. If such )s occur while you are inTacoma leed a typewritist, rememlier )n S E. H. HOOVER, )nis 219-220 WastiinQton Block, r Supplies also sold. FRYE, BRUHN CO., WHOLESALE and Beef Pork Packers We put up a SPECIAL BRAND OF BACON for MINERS and PROSPECTORS that has no equal on the Coast. We also manufacture the BEST BRAND of HAMS, BACON and LARD for family use-the F. B. CO.'S BRAND. Frye, Bruhn Co. 1316 Pacific Ave., Tacoma,Wasli. CAITl'Al, CllKI-TKH rrii)l<.\K, rii'Hidi.nt. ••ti.i.i ),l )()( ). t'll\l(l,P-> Ific IIM1IIM)\. Swri'tiiiy mill 'rri'iiMiirtT. TACOMA WASH 'aci)icCol(lvS(()ra.ijcC()iii|)ai]| OWNS CREAMERY BUILDING. Finest Cold StoraRe Plant In the Northwest. I'rcsiilcnt. w ClIMIIHN Hli II MlliMiN, Siircliiivaii.rrii'iiziin'r. e mal^e lee ^^ Capacity of plant-SIXTY TONS A DAY. Will deliver carload lots on short notice. Vessels supplied with Pure Diatilled Water Ice •:• Taeoma lee & Refrigerator Company F. V. MORGAN, Manager. -* * — ■ A7/ "^/''^ %/y.y.yyy/. .y7/7i I ^ ^1 ''-^ C-fd^/f f. /T/k^S/? C:,-/y.r;, yv. '^Trnr'^' ]rry'r ^ ^-*--**-^ -^^ ^ Z7.i>^ -v^.r • .... /}fr.' . ,v 77 9^ -i^- '.-^',v -)^ '.' -1 ,. •■"• /* .•■•-•■ ..'■ <■-'.-» ^ r^j- ' '••'■ /<<'c:' /v'v ' -^.'» YUKO Tllr: 'I'A Tu /.^*^ ■-^ '<-. / \ ..^ ^r^\ _.v;yy^ V 0" )\! ^r S'/^"^'^''' ~\n ^%^^^ i i m V. CO — /r^tti^ ! 3 So S6 t I or Yukon Gold I PLJL-'LI.'-^Hf. D CY •nir: 'I\\(M>MA ]>A1I.^' .£DG \ .'if' Tuc^orrpa , CJu^/;iu ; >• -^' • .D Fields MfiV LK1>GEU //^i^ /J /Zy /.' .■*^ 1> i^S \7 . 4 Fa ? .v^rf" :_- ii X* Che Hlonaike 6oia fields mr. Cconard Towlcr The loiiij-, sunny afternoon was dra\vini« to a close. \l- iTJidv the pines across Commencement Bay had wrapix'd ab'jiiV them their robe of purple and alon^- tlie avenue of Die city men and women were hurrying- homeward, it had brcn a vtrn. day, vsomewhat tiresome. A la,rg-e number of dele- q-aus returning- from the Christian l^ndeavor Convention wire visitors in Tacoma, and all day long- the better class of stoics and hotels had been busy. In addition t<^ its usual number of pedestrians Pacific avenue Avas for the nonce an Uuter den Linden for the visiting-- exciirsiouistH. In the docrn\aysof many of the hotels and stores g-roups of citizens were gathered fraternally discussing- tln^ economic phase of the visit of the tourists and amusedly watching them as they slv-lled to and fro. Tt was nearing- the sunset hour ami bu>i- ne;^s for the day was almost done. Over the cily was < pi fit 'i: C( ntent. This was Tacoma late in the afternoon of August :i. A IkiI," hour later and the scene was changed. The spirit of fonicnt was g-one and on every street corner groups of ex<'it- '■'I men wei-e gathered. I'p the street and down, news b >> s \wi-e shrilly calling. "Extry Ledc-e' aiT News. All 'cibout 'It' Klondi'." It was the old story. From up the coast th. wiivs had bmught a marvelous tale. The steamship " il:ii,(i liad touched at p..rt ToAvnsend and twenty-four liiMi!^ later the \\orln knt-w of l^er million dollar treasure. 41 ;i Hi III tin- iiMMi. in.'nlf rich in :i li1 It \\ as a iiol lire 1 a Ir (if iii;ir\ t'l(>ii> \\ f.i It li i'oiiiKlaiii ti.i riai-ial ticlds til" the far Ntirt liw est . And cniii pa rrd wit! i'l 1 he ,iiii<'»i\ cri Hi;- nf llic iiiiLi'^ft in Snttcr ( I'cck in the d.iy < if " I'.' \\ as soiuft hi ni!' t () 1)1' for^iit . Il was a woinh-rfnl stm-v, a si iM nyc t a h' st fiiii'^H' eii'OUj>'li i n(h'«Ml to«'OI I ( I' is well. Tht fe arc indeed lia.rdsliips to iMiconnlet- hiit I'll re iiKMH' Ihan elsewhere are ivraiiis and brawn needed In: jj-reaf ocoasioiis need j>Teat ine'ii. Already Taeoiua lias sccii iKr.'ily two thousand of hen' best men g^o. AI)ont six thou- sa:.d have j^one fro'iii ^VaslliIl<^•ton. Every tfaiii is l)rini;ini.' more men from all over the world and ewvy ship that leaves 'J'aeom.'i for the <>'olden land eari'ies ;is niaiiy of these Ai-^n- n.:iiTs as ean squeeze themselves between hei- deeks. All over the world companies have been formed for the purjXJSf of ^'.olkinJ»• the i^reat fields, and for the development of the mires The fever is Increa'sing", and, to paraphrase an old, o'd (d otation: lie fares best who g'eis theire first. Thai MasUa is rich in giolcl cannot be doubled, Th l)ioo^ has lieen overwhelming"ly in favor of the iilVirnial im F.f years piospecting haus been done there 'and stiMke aftc: strike has Ijeen made. Inttle with regard to this, howi^tr has ever ireaehed the outer world. Indeed it was over leii virs ago that I'HanKlin (iuleh was (tlsciwnMU'd. It yielleil bill f( uf thousand dollars the first yenr and \\as abando I for other portions of the Forty Mile dist\'i(t, as tliseov-i} after discovery was made. Tn this distriel (Hiring the tiisi year over one hnivdred unii I'iNhrd in tlio>i' w-iirs the Silver I'.ow I'.jisiii. Tin-imIw d I. Miih-r > ri-rk. ;iii«l oiu' !\\<' IMIIM»r DIM'S \\ hOS»> IKIIIU' t 1 1ns 1 I iiif M \ I' csca p<'( !ll'' !•,., I'ltf t h«'Si'. ctJiiimonl V (•;ilh'. i)(i(i. with a lotal iiiiiiiii:i |» at this tini.- to 1)«' r»'nia rka i)h' to nic. (crtainly it cil rnoiiyh t'xcit cnitMit anionic' thos«* owr hnndiiMl and ;i II- \ -SIX iiH-n ^a t lifi't'd up tl irrr tar a w a \ Iroin t lu'ir ro- K (1 ,\ t' honios. In iN'.tt thr vifid had Imvcoiiu' $1(10,000, and h'.i.'i saw tliest' lij^iircs crtM'i) up to $s()t),()0(). Men, indivd, wore Ik • ( ii;iii<4 \\ ca It liy in a day. And dnriiiit;' I'lc latter part of 'ii- latter year some illy d«dined and ni.aiit lient ieated rii- iiKii's of the falriilons rivhes up there were brought to 'l\i<' (liiiiif Iwiats. rt>eM-' whose iy'iioranee at the time was ter.med a bliss «rre Hiiw not SO sure but that ii>-noran.ee too miay mean wealth. Leaving these, however, for the Klondike .losirh l''dward Spiiir. (ioveriiiinent (Jeolof>Mca1 Surveyor, ha« mach' an es- |)(Hiaf rejwwt witli re<<»ard to that region. After a general iii- iro.li; in the winter of Hlti'i '<)? ihf'Tt' \vas a genmiire staiiv)MMle to the new region. In: I \ -Mile w a.-> ai/iiost deserted. ]?ut .'{."iO men Sipt; nt tho win* 't'l'dii the Klondike, in giil/dies. and at the new t'owii of DaW' ) I The more iinportant ]>arts of the on l>onai 'i' rr I irniikeir Creek*^. A<'('ording to latest in forma tio.n 400 liiiins had been lociited u|) to January 1. 1897; about half as iiiiiiy on Hunker (reek. There is ph'iity of room for many iiiHi' prosipeetors and miners, for the guhdu's and <'reeks ^*iV, •A '.\ ell hii\r slidWii l'i'imI i)r.>>|)fc1 s :iir spiT.id <>\«'r :in iirrii of ;») scjiiarv miles. 'I'lic (•>tim;i1t'(l \l.isk;iii ljmM |»im(1iicI ion I >• 1^0(• is $1. I<»(t.(i(»(i. Ten dtilliii's :i ItciiiL;- |i:ii.i in siniir to -- mT (lay of six Inuirs. .\lanv tinu-s tin' niint'is have Ihmmi at I'l' I'iiint of st ai'\ at ii)ii ; hardiv a \\int4'i- when t lic\ liavr not Ih-iii |uit on a ration l)asis. Inivfrsal sniTia.ii'c is ^ivrn and ill 1 ; w an iMpia I \ are actuated l)\ desire to do ^ ancida^re; to on<'e ami t'o^r all attempt a solution (»!' the (pies- t' in "ToAc^rty or wealth?" (ertainly Mayor Wood of luic of the Puj^-et Sound cities so thouiiht when he resi^'ne(l his li( JKU able oflice. and set sail for the far Northwest, i^x-liov- e Mil r Mc the salaries of the pnlictMuen and firenuMi. the fcNcr at, oiie time tlireatenin*'' to <'arry otV the chiefs of poli<'e and iiie depai't ments. Not even royalty lias l)i>en exempt. The I)al\( of Fife in far away Ijondon heading- aeonrpany formed HI! tin' lines of the famous Sontli Africa. Compa-ny. I'.iit lliat the excitenuMit certainly spread all over the I'nited States M'ay l)v seen from the follo^\■i n,c" tahle co'inpiled l)y and taken fnui' the Chiea<^'o Trihune. \\y this table it is shown that over $:.'7:!.000,000 has been in\('st ed i n capit a li/iai^' va rians ' I ii!j»anics, the eo/nmon purpose bein^- to dii.;' from Alaska's i< '■ Mil s]iinin;[>- miji-g-ets of ])recions j^-ohl. This does not in- head, and wliose puirpose shall be to eousi-nct a railroad I'l'.ni Home point on the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway t ) 1); wson (Mty. The consummation of this plan, however, 45 N\il! not Im' ;i t f ( iii|)t I'll I'lM" siiiiii' liiiii'. ('«'iM iiitil v not iinti iil'ii' tln' nt'\t s«'ssioii of the ( ;in;Mli;in I'ii rlian uMit . during N'iii'l' if is f\ |»fi'i I'll :i n i'S|>i'i'i;i 1 t liini'li i^i- will In- L;'riiMto<|. (';i.|)it i^l- < I ni|i:ini»'s. Towri. i/ation I >| il\- t'l; ;inil Ciii'lill St t',inis..i|i Co. .'racorna ;j."i(),()(m 'I's. (Mt.N -one sy nilirat fs 'I'ariinia T'.'i.lMii NN'.inI in^'ton- Alaska Minini;- and l)<'\cli>|MM('nt ('oni|»any 'I'ac.inia .'»,(t()0.(H)ii Alaslvji & Northwest 'I'radiii^'- (''«».'rac()tna I()().(»(M' I'.ol.criilMii K'londikr Syndiratc I'.a It inioi'i' ....'Not ircidcil 'II ii'i' Syndicates llicston $ .'lO.onn ( iidjiliV - Ilcah -^'ld\.)n Klo-n-dikr MiMiMf,' <*(>ni|)any ( liica^-o $ :i.'),00(),00(' Alaska Trjinsivortat ion and l>»'\(d- opiiicnt company (yhicaj^'o . . , Tiatiwjx>rtJiti(>n and niininjjf ooni- I»any in j>r()('ess of oi'<»'aiiizatk>ii, n<»( yet nain«M| ('Inca.;^\> .. . Wijl\in& syn(li<'att' . .('U'vrlaiid . . Unnamed (syndicate Cleveland , Two oompatnes ('tipple Cr'k Alaf ka-Klondike (iold Mining' and r>c\elopmeint coinpany Colo. Sjjfi'g-s ('ouncil Kl nil's Mininf>' and iOxploi'a- t'oii company Ceil Blnffs . Six companies Denver Indiana Mining' coinf|)any Ind'p'lis .... (W jieral Mining- and Development t f ir pany K. C. Mo. . . . 5,00(),()()(i 100,000,00(1 4,000 400 :!Oo,ooo 1,000,000 lOO.OOo 2,s2:),ooo 200.000 , Not an lied. Ih-rald Em})loiyes Lexin.^ton .... 1,000 JjirK'fdr Gold and Improvement Co. .Lincoln 50,000 AtMUi' I>evelopinent company Xew York 150,000 "^'ii]\(i'i-Caril)()(« lli'itisli Columbia Cold Mini no- Development Co. , ..New York 5,000,000 No'i tJ'west Mininy- and Trading- Co. New York 5,000,00(t Ex])loratio'n syndicate New York 100,000 Tlic Cold aviidicatc New York 5,000,000 The New York and Alaska Gold Ex- ])lci:ation and Trading- company. New York 1,000,000 Norse-American Gold Co. (Ltd) . . ..Ncav Yoid< 750. OOU Tr.e Philadelphia and Alaska Gold Mining- syndicate Phil'a 500,000 46 il.v not iiiiti iifiit. •Iiirill;^ L'Tillltcd. Cipitiil- i/iit ion T.").'».(HM ."),Ol(((.(i()(i 100, (Kill •\ot d'cijh'd . $ 'lO.OOo ,000,000 5,000,()0(» 100,000,000 4,000 400 .",00.000 1 ,000.000 100,000 2,S2r),000 ;iO().ooo Not anncd. 1,000 .')0,000 150,000 .•),000,000 5,000,00(1 100.000 5,000.000 1 ,000,000 750,000 )00.000 e 1 3 ::. CD > t i 3 I « ^ a « 2 01 ; IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3^ /.>''Wciialtl syndicate St. J^miis M-nnesola-Ontai-io (idid Mining- Co, o. Paid KiMidiia' Mining- company St. I'aul Yid is reputed to be worth $:;oo.OOO. all o. which 48 l.()()(),()(K) ].()()(), (1(10 ;iU(),(>i)() ;2()0,o()i) ;i(tO,()(H) :)U,()()0 l.()U(),(MII) 5,()00,0()() 800,000 1,000,000 1,000,000 1.000,000 100,000 ing" one. Tlic Mr. and Mrs. the feminine Francisco on Ithy and Mv. out in a fe^v 1 many cases ffortl it have ot so exceed- ontrary have 1 the case of Her husband sm, so Tniich the Ahiskan conquer pov- le woukl not ;ation of her \ When the ong" the tirsi r hum dry at all Ojl which -■; ,% slit "elejined W])'' in h'ss than a year, and .>he ;et owns the (iri!.';inal claim. Others who came dov,ii on the rorthind were: William Stanley, formerly a blacksmith of this city, who wMit to Alaska two years ago. He had with hini $11.'., 000 worth of g-oid, found on llonan/a Creek, about live miles ai)'>vi' Dawsou City. Jack Home, a professional pugilist of Taeoma, was a'',,png the few who might be called unlucky, lie brought hack only $1)000 worth of tlust. ,1. Kelly, of 'l'a('(,nia. went to Alaska last year wilh his s 1,1. He rturned with $10,000 in g^old. and his son is still at s\( -jv on their claim, taking (jut more. it'cnry Anderson, a i£'«\vede, who is well known in the I'liget Soiind country, came back with a good supply of gold dust a:i(i $45,000 he had received for half his chiim on the Klon- dike. I'lank Kellar, of Los Angeles, Cal., went to Alaska last yiai. and returned Avith $;!."), 000 received for his claim. \Villiam Sloat, a formed' dry goods merchant of Nanaimo, !!. ('. has $."):3,000. received for his claim. A fellow i-esident of Xanaimo, naimed ^Vill ■•: ^ 1 c o u c! d p. " jl gH^K 1 ifl ■^ ^ flaiin at Klondike for wliicli lie has been offered $r)0,()00. Ue inlendie to return to work it himself. Con Stamatin returned with u third share ol $:i;!,()()0 wcirth of dust taken out in forty-five days' work. Willianni Kulju broug-ht down just one thousand ouuees of dust and sold it to the smelting- works. lie also sold his claim for $25,000. John Marks is the i>ossessor of $ll,r)00 in dust. il'rederiok Lendseen returned with $i:?,000 worth of g-oUl after two years spent in Alaska. Greg Stew-art brought back $:{5,000 received for his clain» and a gxxxl quantity of dust he had taken out before selling-. ip^'or the women who go there three rides have been pro- mulgated: iFirst, Be sure yoii are perfectly strong and able to en- dure hardships. Second. Do not think for a monment that you are going to lav'f an easy time of it at all. Third. Be sure you don't go unless you are well equipped Willi all the necessaries and prepared for all emergencies. Foi the men there are three lists of supplies taken from tiie newspapers of three different cities; the Tacoma list is f irolieaper and is the more complete, and in addition to all other considerations the arg-oinaut saves transcontinental frejfrht For example the following list comiprises all things deemed absolutely necessary by the experienced men, it is chf-.'.per than the others and the only freight he would have 1 3 pay on it would be that charged by the steamshij) com- pMiies running from Tacoma to Dyea. TITE TACOMiA LEDGER'S fLIST. Groceries $ 9?,.32: Seventy-five pounds graiaul.ated sugar, 1 doz (pkgs. beef extract, 10 lbs, evaporated onions, 50 lbs. e\aporated potatoes, 50 lbs. evaporated apples, 25 lbs. evaporated i>eaches, 10 lbs. evaporated cuir- rents, 25 lbs. salt, 25 lbs. rolled oats, 25 lbs. corn meal, 200 lbs breakfast bacon, 50 lbs. rice, 1 lb. 51 t: <|,'ns(Nl milk, 10 sacks Hour, 1 bottle vine^-ar, '.> ll)S, dried \n'v\\ 1 case bakiiij^" lyowder. 1 lb. mus- tard. 1 l)<)x CM miles, 1 ciise matches. LM) l)ars soap, sacks, Castile soa[), 1 dn/. small (diceses, :.'.•) IWs. .s].aj4lietti, 1.') lbs. cotVee, :; ll>s. tea, 100 lbs. l)eaiis, ^.1 lbs. pitied piiims. F;e:j:lit from Tacoma to Dvea ci( thin.i;- ■ -■,■"■;; ■■ Three suits iindorwear, 1 iiMdiMsiiirt, 1 ^ iikon blan- ket, 1 summer blanket. 1 do/, pair socks, :.' i>air mittens, 1 cap, 1 l)a;^-. :l overshirts. 1 jumper. 1 i)air ^inn boots, 2 j>iiirs rubber boots. ;3 pairs leather sl'oes (hob nailed). Hardware Ai) lbs. Avii-e nails, :) lbs. jjitcli ( for caulking- boat), : whij) saw, 1 caulking' chisel, :i lbs. tallow (for caulking- boat), :l wedg-cs. 1 liand saw, 2:A) feet %- ii:<.'h manila i-ope, 1 compass. 1 knife and sheath. 1 pack strap, 1 brace, 1 i)ick and handle, :i buckets. 1 cotl'cc pot. Hooks and lines. 1 stove, 1 piece sheet iron, 1 revolver, belt and cai-tridges, 1 g-old pan. ^ft dic'ne chest 11.::. ;ii.r:. .".b.OO 4.00 Grand total for outfit at Tacoma $1S:>.57 '\hv succeeding- list is taken from the Chicag^o Tribune it will be noticed that it does not include freig-ht and omits niaiiN things by others deemed necessary. In its total also it aces not include the cost of can^?)ing- outfit. CmOACiO TIMP.UNE'S LIST. Clothing- $ T.').00 Two suits heavy underwear, (i pairs heavy woolen slocking-s, 2 ])airs lined mittens, 1 heavy macki- naw coat. 2 pairs mackinaw troiisers, 2 dark wool- en overshirts, 1 heavy sweatei-, 1 heavy rubber lined top coat, 2 paii'S heavy rubber boots, or arc- tic overshoes with felt leg-ging-s, 2 pair shoes, 1 Canadian snow-shoeing- cap, 1 pair extra heavy blankets, 1 suit oil clothing-, 2 pairs overalls, needles, thread, beeswax and towels. Cnocerles .'jO.OO Two hundred and fifty pounds of flour, l.')0 ])ounds of bacon. loO ponnds of beans. 10 ponnds of tea, 10 •Oll- . '•") UlS- 11)S. IMS. lan- |)iiir );i i r her at), (for %- ith, ets. leet 1. 11.::. ;!i.;:. iS.OO 4.00 ,...$185.57 o Tribime 111(1 omits total also .$ 75.00 en -ki- O'Ol- bei* ire- s, 1 1 vv lis, lids 10 iO.OO ^ i -w ■\f(. iiiuls of l)nkiii^' })()\vcler, .'> pounds salt, 25 pomuls oi (lrie*l fruit, 2.') pjuiuls (lessloated veg-etables, 10 ]>oai'iulr of soap, 1 tin of matches, % pound of sjK't'harine. ]Ijii(!\\;»re 50.00 <)iK l(;in|;-hian(lle(l shovel. 1 pick, 1 ax, .' pounds of wire nails, 5 pounds of pitch, :{ pounds 'of oakum, 2 lar<^v files, hjunmcr, brace and bit, larg-e whip- siw, "jO feet %-iuch rope, drawknife, chisel, scythe iStone, shaving- outfit, cooking- ntensils, 2 buckets, and giold pinn. Am nnicnt 39.00 {)m i-e|)eating- rifle. 40-82, with reloading- tools and IOC rounds of brass-shell cartridg-es, 1 large hunt- ing- knife and an as.^ortment of fishing- tackle. Camping- outfit 20.00 inig- bag-, 1 sheet-iron stove, made in collapsible foim, and wi .. teiescopic pipe, g"uy and peg- ropes foi' tent. Totals 224.00 Cost and weight of outfit and expense of transpnirtation can 1)( mati'rially redu<'ed by |)ros|HM'tors traveling- in groups of tl.ree or four, as one camf|iin'g-. hardware and armament ri:»' "N^ill answer for two men. Tn tnaveling- by steamer or rail l')') p.- nnds of bagpgage is checked free for each passengvr. The following- is taken from the Philadelphia Press: PHILADELPHI.\ PRESS' LIST. PiOAisions $102.85! Seventy-five ]>oun(ls granulated sugar, 1 dozen ij)ackag-es beef extract, 10 lbs. evaporated onions, 5 • lbs. evapm*ated potatoes, ."jO lbs. evaporai ed peaches, 10 lbs. evaporated cutrramts, 25 lbs. siilt, '?.:> lbs. rolled oats, 50 lbs. cornm'^al, 200 lbs. break- fast bacon, 50 lbs. rice, 1 lb. cayenne pepper, 1 lb. bh'.ck |)epper, 1 case condensed milk, 10 sacks flour, 1 bottle vinegar, 15 lbs. dried beef, 1 case baking- p( wder. 1 lb. mustard, 1 box candles, 1 can 'matches, bars sioa^p, crackers, Castile soap, 1 doz. sii all cheeses, 25 lbs. spaghetti, 15 lbs. coffee, 3 lbs. tea, 100 lbs. beans, 25 los. pitted plums. Total cost of provisions at Seattle $102.85; 54 >c>uncls les, 10 iiiul of lids of lakuin, whip- scythe ickets, )ls and hiint- e. a.psible 50.00 3!t.00 20.00 2-24.00 ransp;>rtation in^ in p;Toups ncl arniamont earner or rail passenfTer. lia Press: ,$102.85 dozen onions, norai ed IS. salt, brej k- 1% 1 lb. s flour, baking- 1 can I, 1 doz. ?, 3 lbs. ,$102.85 Cfolliing ~''-0''» Three suits of underwear, I uncU-rshirt, 1 ^ uk(Hi blanket, 1 summer blanket, 1 dozen pairs socks, 2 pairs luitt^is, 1 civp, 1 ba^-, 2 overshirts, 1 jumper, 1 pair gum boot socks, 2 pairs rubber boots, 2 pairs leathea* shoes, hobnailed. Tools and Cooking- Utensils 43.47 Foirty lbs. wire nails, h lbs. pitch (for caulking boat), 1 whip saw, 1 caulking- chisel, 2 lbs. tallow (foir caulking boat), 2 wedgvs, 1 haiul saw, 2.')0 feet %-inch manilla rope, 1 coaiiipass, 1 knife aiierlor knowledge of the ex- pei icrced miners already here. Your provisions must be pur- cliascd before j'ou start, however. The following- table fur- 65 I •a a. o c it -d a o 1) o >> a h O >■> 0) o u s) H 4-> s) u a o » .1 a 1 « i" s^ I 01 •a a o « M M o >-> V A u 5 o u s) H a] o ■5 2 §5 !^ iii.slie^ some kloa of the necessity of this advice. It sets forth llu" scale of i>rloes at present ruling" an the KlondiUe: Cost of Shirts $ 5.00 li *,ts, per pair 10.00 lJiil)i»er ho'ots, per pair 2.'j.00 Cn i Lon ha ms, each 40.00 Flour, per .'>() |>oound :>() Eg';2's per dozen 2.00 Cone'ensed milk, per v:\\\ 1.00 Live dopfs. per pound 2.00 ri<*l;s, eacli 15.00 Shovels. ( a<'h 15.00 ^\'!^fTes, per (hiy 15.00 Lun Ler. per 1()()0 feet 750.00 \\- to routes it is far betteir to buy your tickets via the Xr.ithern I'aciftc Railroad er deduction shmuld you derpairt from the middle west. Fare from New York to Taconna via Xorthrn Pacific, $81.5(.. Fee for Pullman sleeper, $20.50. Fee for tourist sleeper, run only west of St. Paul, $5. Meals served in dining* car for entire trip, $16. Meals served (at stations along the roiute a la carte. Distance from New York to Tacoma, 3,290 miles. Days required to make the journey, oboait six. Faire for steamer from Tacoma to Juneau, including c'.d>in and meals, $35. Days, liacoma to Dye a about four. Xumber of miles from Tacoma to Dyea, 1,000. Ccst of living in Dyea, about $3 per day. 67 T Nii.nlMM- ..f (lavs Now York to Dyeu, twelve. (kistof r Tril>nne in wn lably written article sa>s: •At Taeoma the traveler may take a steamer for a 3,000- inil*^ oeean voyag-e to Wt. Miehaels Isla^nd, vand then make a 2,r.i.i>-nule jonrney up the Ynkou, or he may g-o by steamer to Jun( an ami from tlie're climb over (iOO miles of ixvnffh moun- tains. The Ynkon iv>ut« is the one most in favor as beimji: in- V(s1(.; with the minimum of hiu'dship, but it is only open dnrin^r the short four-month summer. It is a forty-day jour- ney from Taeoma to the new jyold fields by water. Leavinpr I'njiet Sound the steamer sails out to the northwest across the Pacifiie ocean to the Aleutian Islands, between which a cluuinel leiads into Bering- Sea. Safe in these latter waters till' steamer is put on a diivct northetrly icourse to Bt. MkI nels Island, which lies on the far western coast of Alas- ka at the mouth of the Yjukon River. There a transfer is nijide to a lig-ht-di"iaft river boat and in this the rest of the Voyage to Dawson, Circle City or Fort Cudahy is made. Up to this time there have been several boats in this Yukon River sen ice, each of whi«'h make three round trips during- the sum- met The first boat up in the spring reaches Circle City to- ward the end of June, amd the last one leaves there early in Se])1 ember on the return trip to St. Michaels Island. Bel vi ^en r'lo coming" of these l>oats tnere is no eommunicatio/, with the oaitside world except by dog sled over the m' >ur.lai'is. I Lmut $2:.'). te, thii*ty- I Dye a to 1 with re- en article yr a 3,000- m make a teainer to tr]\ mouii- I beiiii'*' in- oiily open (lay jour- Leaving :;st across 1 which a er waters se to &t. t of Alas- ransfeir is ist of the de. Up to con River the siim- 2 City to- oarly in T3e^ ^en tior, with >untai«is. luKoW rm "-8 Tiu' trip of 2,000 miles to St. Michaels Island i-aii be made by dog- sled over the frozen river. Hitherto the tralhc by water has been solely in the hands of the North Ameriean Trans- port?, tion and Tradlni','- company, a Chicag^o eorjwjiration in Mhicli snchnuMi as V. W. Weare and Michael and John Cud- aliy are inteirtsted. The company will carry a passenger Willi 150 pounds of baggag-e from Taeoma to the head wateiis of the Yaikion for IKi;"), and give him all he wants to eat on t'-Ui way. Ihe great daiiji^er that mow iaces people in the Klondike is tli> scarcity of provisions, so that it is best in all instances to I uy ones ow.n food su])ply at Taootma befoire the final start \i>, made. Everthing" in the way of supplies that it is ipossible to g'et there this year is now on the road. With the stocks n'ow ir store 10,000 people can be feu this winter. There are ncaily now that many on the g-ronnd and the number is in- creasing- right along-. With 15,000 mouths to feed it is cer- tain to be a case of short rations at the best, and a swelling of the populatiion to 20,000 means stanation for some of them. An efPort is being made to get cattle and sheap into the e'ountry by driving them through the mountain passes froon Juneau, but the journey is exhausting and dangeroms. Such live stock as can be landed in Dawson City in eatable octfjd:tion will readily bring $1 a pound. The principal food used now is bacon, beans and flour, with condensed milk, and a few canned goods. Fresh milk, biitter and eggs are un- known quantities. There aire three ])aths over the mountains from Juneau to the upper Yukon. These are known as the Chilkoot, the Chllkat, and the White I'ass. The former has been gener- ally used, but the latter is now icoming into favor as the iriost favorable. Prospectors can get from Taeoma to Ju- neau by steamer for $25, but after reaching the latter port then expenses will be heavy^ It is a trip of 600 miles througli r"rou] taims vovered with snow and subject to sudden storms of terrible violence. Supplies must be transported by dog fiO be made by sled or packed on small ponies, the former being" preferable. To get any kind of an outfit requires a larg"e e .penditure of moo ey. and besides this Inidian guides a^nd porters must be well paid for accompanj'ing' the exi)editions. In addition to the animal loads every man carries from fifty to sixty pounds of piH visions and tools an his back, and when this is packed alony for four weeks up and down steep hills and oveir rude trtnls in ice and snow, tlie task is hercidean in its natuiH*. The Indians chairg-e $1 a poiunec(ple n'ow crowding the Yukon country over- land, and the thousands who were unable to g'et passage by the last boat to St. Michaels Island are going through the CliUkoot trail. There is one advantage in the overland romtc, and that is the traveler may carry anything in the way of provisions he wishes to, provided he does not run afoul of th>^ Canadian oustoms authorities. Even in this case a recent ruling of Canadian commis- sio: ert exempt all 'of a miner's outfit and $100 woa'th of pro- v'ttkns from duty. Presuiniing-, however, that he must pay duty it is yet better to buy his provisiO^ns here, because all pi'OAisions airie bouglit here in the first place by the Cana- dians themselves, and in this case the prospector who buys hl^ outfit at Taeoma and pays duty oin it saves the profit w' jvh it is natural foir the Canadian merchant to chargt\ The following epitome of valuable luformatioai with re- gaid tf routes is used by permission of Mr. C. M. Shulze, pro- prJt-tor 'of the Taconifi Ledger, which paper recently ])uo- llsheri a magnificent special ediiioin bearing particularly on the Klondike gold fields and cost of getting there. Hotels amd restaurants are abundant in Taeoma, and the reasonable prices surprise everybody. Fare is $200 from Taeoma via Si. Michaels to any point 61 II -'^^^ i --.. w^ 1 W t k m ■( ' u ;^B ::• i X L 1 >« e 2 X u V u a <& tc 3^ea. There are at present only t^vo traveled ix)utes to the Klondike. One is by the Lynn canal, the Taiya or J)yea Pass and down the Yukon; the other is by way of St, Michaels. At the last named place the passengers and freight are t2'j.u&'f erred to steam wheel river boats, and Cudahy is reoch- ed after ascending- the swiit current of the ^'ukon for KiOO miles. Af a rule it is not safe to enter N^orton i^'oiumd, into which tliij Y'ukon eimpties, before the 1st of July, owing- to the ice. St. JMJchaels is 80 miles from the northerly mouth of the Yu- kon. To cover that distance in a flat-bottoin river boat re- quires calm weather. After cix)ssing- the bar the boat is tied up to clean the boilers and g-et rid of the salt. The passage lup the river takes from 18 to 20 days. The iii'st boat does not ai*rive till late in July, and the river closes in September, so that the arrival of the last boats is some- what uncertain. Two round trips in the season am all that ca \\ be irelied upon. The most popular lio'ute is by way of Lynn canal, the DvL,. or Taiya Pass, and dowin the Yukon. The distance from the sea to Dawson is only 600 miles, and by starting iu April or May the dig^gings are reached in the begin'ning of June. The upper part of the river 'Oipens «everal weeks before th'i Icwerpart is free from ice. After crossing the pass the t'-ip t(.. Kloindike or Dawson can be accomplished in seven or sight days. ^Another route is now being explored between Telegraph creek and Teslin lake, and will soon be opened. Telegraj)h is the hePd of steamer navigation on the Stikeen river, and 63 is abt'ut 150 miles from Tesliii lake. The Yiik(i>ii is mavig-able for steamers from its mouth to Teslin lake, a distance of 2300 miles. A road is being- located by the Dominion g^overn- mcin*. A g-raint of $2000 has been made by the province of l^ritjsh Oohirnbia for opening it. .1. Daltoin, a trader, has used a route overland from Cliil- kat inlet to Fort Selkirk. Going up the Chilkat and Klaheela river{>. he crosses the divide to Tahkeena river, and contiimies u'crthwaTd over a fairly open country practicable for horses. The distance frcim the sea to Foi't Selkirk is 350 miles. Last summer a Juneau butcher sent forty head o^ cattle to Cudahy. G. Bounds, the man in charg-e, cr*ossed the divide o^'ci' the Chilko'ot pass, followed the shore of Lake Arkell, and keepings to the east of Dnlton's trail reaiched the Yukon jiist below the Rink rapids. Here the cattle were slaughtered ajid the meat floated down on a raft to Cudahv, where it re- tailed at $1 a pound. It is iproposed to establish a winter road somewhere at^rns-s the country traveled over by Dalton and Bounds. The Yukon ca/nnot be folliowed, tne ice being too'much broken, so t'Tit any winter road will have to be overland. A thoirough exploration is now beinig made of ail the passes at the head of Lynin canal and the upper waters of the Yukon. In a few months it is expected that the best routes for reaching the disi,iict from Lynn canal will he definitely known. The following also arc the Canadian placer mining laws. Tiiey will be found exceedingly useful as it must be borne in mind that although the Klondike i pieiopled mainly by Amer- ican miners the regfion itself is reallj^ under Canadian control. 1189 PRIVY COUNCIL. AT THE G0VI:RNMENT HOITvSE AT OTTAWA, FRIDAY, THE 21ST DAY OF MAY, 1897. Present — 'His Excellency, the Governor-General in Con li- cit: Whereas, it is fouiud necessary and expediejit that ceitain 64 is mavig-able distance of lion g'oveni- province of I from Cliil- id Klaheela d C'ontiiiiiies : for horses, njles. Eld Ox cattle d the divide iake Arkell, the Yukon slaug'htered where it re- somewhere ounds. The I bix)l T) 3 d » 9 3 ©■ '« ? ^ aiiM'iuiim'nts and additions sliouid be made t.o the rej^nlations govei'iiin^ "plaeer miiiiiif'i'" established bj' order of ("'oiincil of the UtL of November, IHS!); The/i'efore, liis Excellem'y in virtue of the pro\ ision>> of "tUe ]k)minion Ijaiids Act" Cha»pter 54 of the Revised Statutes of C; nada, ami by and with the advice of the Queen's Privy (/'lU'iU'il for Canada, is phxised to order that tlie followiiiff re- y-ujc'tions shall be, and the same are hereby, substituted for t'le f»( vernaiice of placer mining- alomg the Yukon i-iver and its tributaries in the Northwest Terr tories in tlie room, place land stead of those reg-ulations established by order in C'cuiicil of the Uth No'vember, IS89. (Sig-ned) JOHN J. M'(;iOiO. ("lerk of the Privy Gou,ncil. '1(1 the Homorable, the Miiuster of the Interior. Regulations Governing Placer Mining Along the Yukon River and its Tributaries in the Northwest Territories. iiii: ]f INTERrKETATION. "Par dig'giugs" shall mean any part of a river ovoi- which the water extends wheii the water is in its floioded state, and M'ji-ch is not covered at low water. "Mines on benches" shn be known as beinch di<^wings, aiMi slu'ill for the purj)ose of detining +he size of such claims be excepted fi-fom dry dig-gings. "Dry diggings" shall mean any mine lover which ;i river uiM ci' extends. "Mineii"" shall mea'ii a male or female over the ngQ of eighteen, but not under that age. "Claims" shall mean the personal right of property in a ] grant at such mine or dig-igings is made. "Legal post" shall mean a stake standing not less than four feet above the gTOund and squared on four sides for at lea' , one foot from the top. Both sides so squared shall men- ()(> noil (lij-Vi^ings, f such claims sure at least f.viir inches jutoss the face. It shall also mean an\ stump or tree cut ott" and squared od* faced to the above heifilit and size. "Close season" shall mean the period of the year duping" wliicii placer num in j^" is generally suspended. The period to b". fixed by the (lold Coininiissioner in whose district the claim is situated. "Locality" shall mean the territoti'y along- a river (tribu- tary of the Yukon) and its afflnents. ".Mineral" shall include all minerals whatsoever other than coal, NATURE AND SIZE OF CLAIMS. 1. Bar digging's: A strip of land 100 feet wide at high w iter mark and thence extending along the river to its low- est Mater level. 2. The sides of a claim for bar digging shall be two ])ar- ahel lines run as nearly as possible at right angles to the stream, and shall be marked by four legal posts, one at each eiid of the claim at or about high water mark, also' one at eo'li end of the claim at or about the edge of the water. One of tlic po«ts at high waiter mai-k shall be legibly marked with till'. IK me of the miner and the date upon wnich the claim is stf ]-;e(i. 3. 'Dry diggings shall be 100 feet square, and shall have piaccc! at eaeh of its fomr coirnefis a legal post upon one of whicli shall be legibly marked the name of the miner and the (liiii upon which the elaim was staked, 4. Creek and river claims shall be 500 feet long, mea- si'iod in the directiom of the general course of the sti-eam, and shall extend in width from base to base of the hill or bond) on each side, bnt when the hills or benches are less than 100 fe-t apart, the claim may be 100 feet in depth. The Sides of a claim shall be two parallel lines run as nearly as pos-sii)]e. at right angles to the stream. The sides shall be inriikcn with legal posts at or about the edge of the water 67 ■ ^_ » ! r 't*J' jf f / '^iC ' ':■'. ';fK' ■ f \ t > . ■ ^ i J' <• 1 i|^ ■•*' ■ t • \, t| j|^^ • . r . 4 ■ ! 'i > ^,,,,^iS^^^~■^^'^%Il '^ 4 ^^; ^V'Tt^Tv^v •■"^jgg'^H^I^lM yvH'- /Mr '>,.^ Hi t m »^ IJ V '^ L 1 1.^ J^l • L.^ .^ #■' 1!^ , ' ^^^Hi^Pl^VHHBiBVI^r''' ~ 1 ■ • : t" ^«i il ^'S 'd^- % - % f^m^t %'% .Ate .. 1 til a% won give the assignee a certificate in form "J" in thrni "J" in nee of his OAvm claim ruction of vely to all vc no siir- d Oommis- laims such essary for ay to him miners to 5tnt of the f so much his claim, 'A ^ T 5 I 3 I >5 II I ; I if i uikI rot already lawfully appropriated, as shall in the opinion ot thv' Ciold GiMnniissioner be necessary for the due working th.'reof, and shall be entitled to drain his own claim free of clia: ge. 19 A claim shall be deemed to be abandoned and open to the- octnipation and entry by any person when the same shall have remained unworked on working days by the granlee thereof or by some person on his behalf for the space of S( venty-two hours, unless sickness or other reasonable cause may be shown to the satisfaction of the Gold Commis- 8-i )n(ld Commissioner for the district 7« in \vhi('h the lands in que«tion lie, n-nd shall when practic- able be personally served on such owner or nis ag-ents, if k;)own, or occupant, and after reasonable elTorts have been liiadc to eftVet personal service without success, then such ivctice shall be served upon the owner or agfent within a J ( lie t* to be fixtsl by the Gold Coiumissioner before the ex- piration of the time limited in sueh notice. If the pi'oprietor reiu^efc or declines to ai)point an arbitrator, or when, for any oiJier reason, no arbritutor is appointed by the proprietor in tue time limited thei-efor in the notice provided for by this SftJ(n, the Gold Comniissioner for the district in which the 1 inds in question lie shall, on being* satisfied by aiVulavlt that such notice has ocme to the knowledg-e of such owner, ag-emt or occupant, or that such owner, agent or occupant wilfully evacie»- the service of such notice, or cannot be found, and th;it i^easonable efforts have been made to effect such service, and that the notice was left at the last place of abode of siu'li ownei*, ag-ent or occupant, aippoint an arbitrator on his behalf. 2'^. (a) All arbitrators appointed under the authority of these reg-ulations shall be sworn befoi*e a Justice of the I'eace to the impartial discharg-e of the duties asslg-ned to ti.em. and they shall forthwith proceed to estimate the rea- soufible damag^es which the owner or iM'ciipant of such lands according" to their several interests therein shall sustain by reascii of such prospecting" and mining- operations. (b). In estimating such damages the arbitrators shall determine the value of the land irrespectively of any en- hancement thereof from the existence of mineral therein. (c). In case uch arbitrators cannot agree they may se- lect a third arbitr tor, aind when the two arbitrators cannot a^ree upon a third arbitrator the Qiold Commissioner for the di.j tnct in which the lands in question lie shall select such third arbitrator. (d). The rward of any two such arbitrators made in 73 mm .) or his (or their) associates. The rights hereby granted are those laid down in the af(a( said mining regulations and no more, and are subject to all the provisions of the said regulations, whether the same are expressed herein or not. Gold CkMnrpissioinei', 7G Jie same Cdconia a$ a * « Port of Departure Col. C. P. Terry To catalog"ue or rather to set forth the reasons why Ta- oo,ma is the logical outfittin^g" point and port of departure for the Klondike gx)ld fields in catalogiie fa^shion would be a rather dry and uninteresting aceoamt of our resources, ua- ti\e and acquired. By the intending prospectoir or vo^'iager for that far away land, or to anyone interested in the Pacific Northwest, it rnust be borne in mind that Tacoma, the City of Destiny, is actually by all rights of reason and logic the natural port of departure. At our back door thetre lies inter- iniatible forests. Wc have mines of ooal, fields of grain and every supply needed by man, whether he be the humble hoaneseeker, the investor carrying about with iiim plethoric purses:, of shining gold, the dw^eller in our cities or the seeker for thf riches that lie icebound in Alaska. We have our own Klondike too, mines of silver and copper and veims of iron tuat rib the earth. Before us, at our very fi-tont giate thei-e is ti: Piiget Qjund with its broad um^affled waves opening int>o til 3 placid Pacific. And when the sun goes down the oirnate g'olden of the western sky has the seeming of a reflection borne hitherward from the auriferous floes of ice girt Alaska. Along our water front we liaA'e the trains of the North- ern Pacific burthened with freight froon the eastern states destined for oriental lands, and at our wharves lie monstrous ships cargoed with freight from the orient. And by our rail- roatis these are taken and the diverging lines they make as 77 m^ i I I they leave Tacoana for other places seem as thoug"h they \vi' <' the eliaiinels that lead from the human heart. J5ut leaving' this which will interest everybody for the subject which will particu- larly interest those to whom this brochure is addressed it is well to state that Taconia's luaiiufacturin:^' interests even by coan pari son are vested with no meain importance. AVo have here establishments manfacturing sleds for the Chilk'oot and White Pasises, boats for the Yukon and ^ ^ Lake Linderman, pack sad- 5 dies i?o.r the Chilkat, stoves c for the Klondike, boots, E ■< ho.siery, clothimg" and blan- h, kets for all Alaska. Here, too, Z are made the food staples, ^ flour, made from our own ^ fields of waving' girain, dried fruits guiown in our own or- chards and on our own lim- itless ranges. For years and years the merchants of the Pacific Northwest have been supplied hy Tacoma whole- salers. For years and years boats laden with our (pro- ducts have sailed for Cana- diaii ports, oomsig-ned to Can- adian custoaners. Fior years and years our own merchants have had to do v/ith miners and those ■'vho dig" in the earth. The wisdom? of long- ex- 78 peril ice has taug-ht them what you iieetl. and here mi Puei- fic la^enue any night, or in the corridor of any hotel « bronzed miin from the mines can tell you what he used up there and what he thinks you need. Evidently to you it must be a man- ifest advantage, ad\ice is not to be scorned, certainly not the advice of one tried in such a manner and by the vei'y condi- tions with which you propose to cope, and to you the argu- ment that we not only grow and sell but that we make the t li i n gs you need should b e u n a n- s \v e r a b 1 e. A nd again, you must be satisfied that we who have no freights to pay, no expenses to incur but the nor- mal ones, and before ■v h o se verj'^ fixi'nt doors the completed stocK is delivered in- tact and with no other- but drayage expenses must be able to sell to yooi By courtesy of die West Coast Trade. Court House, 1897. far more cheaply than ithe merchant of anotQier city who after all buys his g^'oods from us and other American cities at a very little less than what you pay for the hills that sit 'at the feet of our mountain ramges the sheep have grown from gamboling laimbs. '\Vith a-egard to our groceries it ic the same. OofPee, tea and sugar we do not make but we import them by cheap ooea.i freight direct from the countries where they are pro- duied, a.nd m dozeiii tlounng mills hereabouts will give you th'! choicest and cheapest four in the woirld wherewith to make your bread. Our bacon Ave cure, our peaches. aj)ples and apricots we 80 iiiffes the evfipcuate. Our prunes are our own. Tlie beans you buy in Tic ana were bought fr^om Wasliington farmers. Cua* oat- nie .! and cor'i'meal came first from our rural districts. Your m.Md.es we make on the shores of Commencement Bay and two large factories supply us with baking powder and yeast. B} the buyer it must -e borne in mind that all of these articles and food products before enumerated are really the v h o i c est of their k i nd. The idea that the c liuiate and soil of Washington is i n h o s pitable a n d unarable is a mistaken one. It is not p o s sible lany- Avhere on earth t) raise finer a g r i cultural products, and W a s h i ngton wheat is a s t a n dard in the markets of the world. It musi, too, be recollected that our skies are genial and our te iptirature an even one. Your hardware and camp outfit we also produce, and jx)ur medicine is made by native chemists, from native yer- bas beunas. And from our ports for years our steamers have carried our goods to our customers, in \. hat almost amounts to, our Alaska. So from us you may buy your ticket. From us yciu may buy the wherewith to get your gold, and when 81 By courtesy of the West Coast Trade. A Tacoma Residence. i^» yC'U liave it, as I sinccrt'ly liope you will, our banivs will talce it aiul pay you thei-'efor. Sctoe idea of our material i-^isources — if you will tolerate liguves and pairclon statisties, may be gained from these facts: Wheat crop, 1897, of State of Washing-ton, estimated, 18,- ()(K»,000 bushels, $10,000,000. By courtesy of L he West Codsl Trad':. Central M. E. Church. Oats, value, $1,000,000. Foreign exports of wheiat, 3,259,279 bushels. Butter pi-odu-ct, 1,850,000 pounds, $370,000. Cheese product, 500,000 pomnds, $50,000. Acreage in fruit, 103,300. Pioduicing capacity of orchards, over $15,000,000. Gold and silver product 1896, $2,500,000. 82 C'cal, 1,250,000 tons, $2,800,000. Li.mber cut, 500,000,000 feet, $4,000,(H)(). Sliiiijjj-les cut, 2,500,000,000, $2,500,000. Fisheries catch 1896, $2,115,488. Flour shipments 1800, 5155,025 iKvrrels. Total value •of I'ug-ct Sound (>\ ports, $<,),<>80,000. Kailway tracliage in state, :{,20:i miles; assessed, $12,257,- 575. 'V I ui b e V area, 20,000,000 acres. Uuuppi''oipriated land in \Vi\sliiug"ton, 18,570,041 acres. It is thcirefoire not the idle talk of oiiie who knows oxot A\hen I lift my hands and say "Halt! weary pilg'rim, you need g"o no farther." No city of 40,000 ^population h;is the same g^eogmaphical ] position. She is the head of navlg'a- tion in the Northwest, for the [Pacific ooeam, or the high- way lof nations. She handles more tea from China and Japan than all the other American ports, includ- ing- New York. She stands next to New York in Oriental merchandise distributed. She maunfactiiires aind sells more lumber than any other port on the Pacific coast, this lumber gx)ing to China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Enigland, Grermany, Califor- nia, and all parts of the United states. 83 Bij courtesy of N. P. Railway. Yellowstone Falls. 'I SIh- lins tlie Largest shingle mill in the world, and ships nhiuf. les to every part of the United States. _ J><)ors and win- 't^'"^'^-' ■ (lows made here g-o to Enig-land, Africa and a 1 1 parts of America. She ships mil- lions of bnshels of wheat to Eu- rope a n n ii ally, with nio rival in the state. Her flour mills are taxed to their utmost capacity t o furnish the nuirkets of Afri- ca, China and Ja- pan. The railroads and factories of California are run lairg"ely with ooal mined a 1 most within Tacoma's oorders. Her s m. e 1 1 er By courtesy of the West Coast Trade. turns out bullion The Hebrew Synagogue. from mines in Al- aska, Montana, Idaho, British Columbia and the State of Wiishing-ton, which findis her the most convenient 'and inex- pciK^^ive place to work their ore. Thirty-six varieties of marketable fish in the unlimited fishing g-rounds of the north Pacific coast will be shipped 84 By courttsyof the Pastor. First Presbyterian Church. fr< ni hvrv to tlu' interior markt'ts in innnt'nst' niimbt'is, llali- hnt and otluT tisli ar«' n'ow sliippi'd (fn-sli) from 'raooina as far as Jioston. She i« the hat'itio Oveam termiiviis of a ^reat tramscoiiti- ncM tal system of railroads, witli a system radiating'- in sev- eral dii^vtioiiK, with iineN<'eile ocean to lier docks without any obstruction whatever. <\imnvencin}^' at her very >city boundary are forests of ] ra<'tit ally inexhaustible giants, which aiv sent in the shape of lumber and spars t-o all parts of the world. Uindenneath these forests are woaiderful de])oslts (-f coal, inon, frold, silver, coj)])er, lead, sulphur, <>raiiite, sandstone and clays unequaled ill Amerii'a, and rich valleys are tributary where fruits, hoips ami vegetable g^row in pin>fuRion. All these thing-s within a hundred miles. Beyond, on one side are se\ieral g-reat plains with Avheat, barley, fruit, li'Oj)s, and everything- which makes diversified farming- poss- ible. The scenery is g^rand, betr.if.f ul, inspiring-, unsunpassed. Tt' ' climate is mild, healthful to a degree, and agn*eeable. On the oilier side a beautiful arm of the Pacific ocean, a delight- ful sea for pleasure, a broad i-oad to tire commerce of the MaiUy nioiv things might be added, but these are enough to show the eity is built on a broad foundation. All tlirougii t'le hard times her shipping and manufaeturing interests havi' gTown steadily and strong-ly. Can any other eity of 40,- 000 people make the same showing-? I invite criticism and comparison. tbe tacotna « « ebambcr of Commerce mr. Samuel C^iiyer '"No t'oiimiimity ciiii l)e prosperous or aiK'oessful witlioiit co-optM'iition and tlii' iiiii<|iie positlion that this body of men ()c<'iiipit's 'relativ(dy to the business interests of Cleveland Is a praetical deanoiistration of that tart. Here are twelve Iniu- di'eurj>ose of benefitting?' tlieir neig-hbors and feljownn-n. We are fast jwittinpf on Tneti-ojiiolitan airs. Our city is f^rowin'^" to that evtent to justify our taliinj*- a step forAvard in the way oi public inui>rovements and those things which make a icity ^reat. In all these tlHn<»'s the cliamlxM- of conimei-ce is a piotent factoir." — J s 1 Ui; I ,:;: ! iR.I r\ I the business men of the eity in an eifort to promote business enter]n"ises, enlarge conimieree, and publish to the world the manifold advantages of Tacoma as a place of residence, as well as to show ambitious men how to make money in the new west. (Tl care of the pi'opcrty of tlic (dianiV)er inclnde the ans\\crin<>" of corrcsj):in- -a th(M'i n^' of statistics re-ufardini^i' tlie coni- nicrcc and <>"enei'al business of 'Paconia. The administration of tlic. Chamber of ('oiivmei'ce is ],laeed carh year in the liands of a board of nine trnsttu^s elected by the stnekholdcrs and nicMnbei's, the presidiMit. \ ice president and trt'asnrer c.)nst i t ntin.y a part of tlu"' board. AVeekly meetings (d' the trnstees are held aii'l monthly iiicetinys o\' tiie cdiaiiduM", at which important matters aire discussed and plans adopted. The faciliii'S of the ("iK.mber of (^i.ni.nicrce foi' ol)tainin^' inf;;. so that man\- calls arc i-eccivtsl from all part-; of the coMiili-y for tlie i'i'])orts of the (diainiber as they art* pub- lished. As the Chamber of ("ominerce is |)iiniarily ori^-a ni/(Ml to advertise the advantaij'es of Tacoma in evei'v A\ay, no one need liave any hcsjiati.in in addressing- the secirc tai'y upon the subject and any and all c:)rr(*spondcnc(> will b(* pronuptly answered. I'lease address se-rctai'v. 'i'aconia Chamber of Commerce and I'.oai'd of Trade, Tacoma \Vashin<^-t on. ^ '. i 89 B ^i Metropoliiaa Savings M THEATRE Building. t CAPITAL - ^200,00000. P. V. CAESAR, T. Av. p:nos, O. P.. SKLVIG, - J. II. VANI)p:RBrLT, Pkksidknt. Vi('K-Pm:fsii)ENT. CAsiirKU. AsHT. Cashier. Pays five per cent. interest on savings deposits, credited senu-anniially. Transacts a general banlting business. Receives deposits subject to check and issues certificates of deposit upon which interest is paid. BUYS GOLD DUST And issues letters of credit on points in Alaska. 90 YUKON SLEDS CAMP STOVES GOLD PANS PICKS and ail things you will need. Then buy of Hunt & Mottet Co 1 501-1 50v3-1 505 Pacific Avenue TACOMA - WASH. <^^ \A/E, too, can give you Shelf and Heavy Hardware, J V Mining, Mill and Logging Supplies, Whip Saws, Shovels, Ac, &c. Wholesale and Retarl. Write for prices and information. 91 '(I Anton Huth, S. S. Lokb, William Virqes, President. Vice-Pres. and Sec. Treasurer. The PACIFIC Brewing M mMm £o* OPERATING tU Puget Sound Brewery 25th St. and Jefferson Ave. AND Cbe milwanKee Brewery 23rd St. and Jefferson Ave. The management desire tlie public to know that they use nothing but the Purest of Materiai,s in the manufacture of their Beer. They manufacture the following brands of Bottled Beer— "EXPOf^T." "PlbSl^ER." and " BOHEMIA]Sl." A trial order is solicited. Telephone j Main 352 Main 323 no Pacific Coast Steamsliip Co. Jl^^ pioneer apd l^e^ular lipe Qarryii^^ doited 5tate8 /Hails. Operating five large steamers on the Alaska Route, among them the elogant excursion steamer "QUEEN." Steamers sail every three days, with oldest and most careful commanders on the Pacific Coast. DISPATCH LINE FOR THE YUKON MINES, via all principal ports, to Skagua Bay and Dyea Trails. For further information, see P. C. S. S. Co.'s Folders; also pamplets, ** How to Reach the Gold Fields of Alaska." Connections made with all transcontinental rail lines, also with steamers of this company plying on other routes. ROUTES OPERATED FROM SAN FRANCISCO. Mexican Route, Southern Californa Coast Route, Northern Cali- fornia Humboldt Bay Route, Portland and Astoria Route, British Columbia, Puget Sound and Alaska Route. F. W. CARLETON - Agent, Tacoma, Wash. Qoodall, Perkins &. Co., J. F. Trowbridge, General Agenta, Puget Sound Supt., San Francisco, Cal. Ocean Dock, Seattle, »3 ll: In', I If you are in need of^^ ^^Cem$, Bags, £mn ^^ OR ANYTHING HADE OF CANVAS 1^ H-FelltzTeDt^floiDiiigGo. THEY HAVE THEM AT L-CDW F=FRIC and you'll find them at 1519 Pacillc Avenue - - Tacoma, Wash. «4 The Northern Facltic Gar Shops at South Tacoiiia '''° Th6 Fuyallup flop Fields J i two chief points of interest near Tacoma. • S^m^DO IMCDT FAIL TO VISIT THEIVI'^a Reached quickly and cheaply over Taeoma Traetion Go.'s EleetFie Line TIME CARD BELOW. South Tacoma Division— Cars leave Tacoma for South Taco- ma every half hour, and South TacomaforTacomaevery half hour. Puyallup Division— Oars leave 9fh and Railroad hrts. for Fern Hill, Larchmont, Midland, Ouimette and Puyallup at 7:45, 9:45, 11:45, 2:15, 4:15, 6 ;15, 8:15. Returning leave Puvallup at 6:45, 8:45, 10:45, 1:15, 3:15,5:15, 7:15. TABER MILL CO. TACOMA WASH. Hanufacturers of Fir, Cedar and Spruce LUMBER and Red Cedar SHINGLES. I Daily Mill Capacity ^8o,ooo Feet of Lumber. ^250,000 Shingles. 95 1- While you are outfitting for Klondilce get your meals at the Bostoi^ Kitct^eq - R. I. C. HALL, Proprietor. 1307 Pacific Ave. TACOMA, WASH. SPItEHDiD COOKIHG. -t- GOOD SEltVICE. Meals from 10c. upwards. Everything First-Glass. Private Dir.ing Rooms for Ladies. Those who '^ lyvl IC V W xhat the Klondike offers opportunities for mak- ing money in prospecting, or purchasing or leasing claims, and mining, hut who are unable to go themselves into the mining country, are invited to communicate with us. . , Our Mr. Walker is on the spot, and for the next two years will make his headquarters at Dawson City. From Dawson City, in the early spring, we will send out parties of prospectors, grub-staked for the sea- son ; and from Tacoma parties grub-staked for two years. For further particulars, write to DAKIN & WALKER, 300-301 Vanderbilt BUdg. - TACOMA, WASH. 96 M. CHRISTIAN, Prop. Columbus IMPORTED WINES, LIQUORS AND CICxAKS. Fine Sample Room IN CONNECTION. Cor. istli & C Sts. XACOIN/IA ^A/ASH. Jieux Liexington Hotel and Sample Room M. CHRISTIAN, Prop. FIRST CLASS ^ij^gS Liiquoirs AND Ci 106 4^ KLONDIKERS /^ We can please you in prices and quality. Everything in our line at lowest prices, properly packed as it Bhould be. We have fitted out a large number- to their entire satisfaction. The best Bacon. Ham, Salt Pork, Evaporated Potatoes and Onions, and Soup Vegetables, Flour, Beans, Dried Fruits, Can- dles, P^xtract of Beef, and Everytlning needed for a trip to tlie Gold Fields of Alaska at wholesale prices. TACOMA CASH GROCERY C. H. BUELOW, Proprietor. 1353-1355 C St., Cor. 15th, — "^"-Telephone, Main 817- Sunrise Bakery ti-^ TACOMA, 1107 K street D. McPHHRSON, - Proprietor Makes a specialty of RALSTON HEALTH BREAD The flour used is ground specially for our own use from the finest selected wheat. More nutrition in one loaf of Ralston Health Bread than in ten loaves of white bread. Sunrise Bread is good and wholesome. Made with a new and perfect bakery plant. For sale at all leading grocery stores. Everything first-class in Pies, Cakes, and all kinds of Pastry. We invite you to visit Sunrise Bakery. After seeing it you will use no other make of goods. j p Attention, Klondikers ! Who takes the risk? You or your family? YOU can't take the risk. You must either get an insurance company to take it, or your family must take it. We V7i\\ insure your life before you go that T;yill INSURE you while you are gone, and will buy your policy if you return. * • ♦ • < SURPLUS - NEARLY $2,000,000.00. Cost you nothing to investigate. Call and see us whether you are going to Klondike or not. Break ! Break ! Break ! At the foot of thy crags, O sea, But the man who fails to insure his life Is surely not in it with me. — Anonymous. DUDLEY ESHELMAN, H. M. QRINNELL, General Agent. General Agent. ROOMS 518-519- WASH I N GTON BUILDING- rooms 320-321 Only Agents at Tacoma Authorized to Insure, Klondike Prospectors. ]08 nily? it, lat nd « « 00.00. 0) cr O o o 3 3- ® o c o 3 3" 3 (D 2 c PI DO o > ^ d: D T 3 P 3 P 3 ft- O a DO H 3 m P DO m > D \yj7ite L:ead is more or less useful. If you want the best you had better come to us. Then, too, we sell a superior quality of Paint for painting your boats. They'll last longer if you paint 'em. Better see us before you start. We have Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Brushes, Wall Paper and Mouldings. -€6««- 1305 Pacific Ave., TACOMA, WASH. 109 Oldest Plumbing House in the City. CD ESTABLISHED 1888 COFFEE & HALL 101s A 3AZHSH. Orders by Telegraph, Telephone or Mail promptly attended to. Telephone, Main 670 Cotnitierctal Printing €o. /^ X THE ONLY THOROUGHLY UP-TO-DATE JOB OFFICE IN TACOMA. HAS MERGENTHALEn LINOTYPE MACHINE WHICH MAKES COMPETITION IMPOSSIBLE. Printers of TACOMA CITY DIRECTORY PACIFIC COAST DAIRYHAN PACIFIC POULTRYMAN PRINTING IN ALL ITS BRANCHES. 'PHONE RED 766 912 PACIFIC AVE. Cacoma, (Ua$b. 110 Ghas. DraFy Vlsell & Ekberg Books ^-^^ Stationery Popiilar Tailor Prices are Always Rii^lit. 1 105 Railroad St. TACOHA. -CORNER OF- nth and Railroad St8. TACOMA, WASH. s £,£, The Photographer FOR VIEWS He made some of those in this book. You might send a photo home before starting for the Klondike. pFeneh 5th floor h california BLOCK Gompasses, Glasses, Books and Maps All about Klondike por fine photograph Work YCU WILL FIND ^Carpcmer^ AT 915 C STRFET "UP TO DATE flliOlRYS." Call when wanting anything iji his line. Ill Tacoma Fish Co. Dried Fish for Dog Food a Specialty. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL- T elephone, Main 2 3. OceaLtJ bocH, T^COtna, WaSh. Frank C.Hart 1134 Pacific Ave. Jeweler """Optician KLONDIKE GOGGLES Compasses — and— flagnifying Glasses. UiloiidiHe You will want for the trip Books, Guides, Maps and Charts, Books on Placer Mining and Mining Re- gulations. AVe keep them all. Right up to date. Manufacturing of Jewelry a Specialty. Defective eye-sight scientific- ally corrected. FINE WATCH REPAIRING. Q. Wolff & Co. 1 203 Pacific Ave. Booksellers Newsdealers Stationers 112 KSTABLISHKO IN 1883. Xhe gioiieer JeWelef A Specialty made of Klon- dike Watches, Goggles, Magni- fying Glasses, Field Glasses,«&c. Watches. Diamonds, Jewelry, Clocks and Opticals. Fine and difficult watch re- pairing a specialty. 11E6 Pacilic Avenue. Op p. 12th Street. People's Cash Grocery CHAS H. CHOWN, Proprietor, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN Groceries Teas Coffees Spices, &c. 901 E STREET Corner Ninth Syf ord & SiekeF's ^Restaurants Cor. lltli 8c C Sts. FIRST CLASS COOKING Moderate Prices. Sunset « Celcpl)onc Company OFFICE Cor. loth and A Sts. In Mason Block Telephone Communication with all parts of Oregon and Washington. A. C. SANDS, Supt. 113 ■*»B>WHmuUi< ii 'i»*aw TACOMA AVKNUE MKIICIIANTS. Klondike in safety WITH ONE OF Davidson's Medicine Outfits Everything you require supplied. 957 TACOMA AVE. Tacoma - Wash. Klondike Supplies Lowest Prices Best Goods Complete stock always on liand. We will pack ami deliver your outfit free. M. M. STURLEY CASH GROCER 1155 Tacoma Avenue, Cor. 13th TEL. BLACK 153. memake to Order ALSO DEALERS IN Boots, Shoes *"" Rubber Goods FOR THE KLONDIKE * The most complete stock on Tacoma Avenue. The best goods for the money. GRIFFITHS k CO., Cop. Taeoma Ave. & llth St. To Klondikers "We can outfit you cheaper and quicker than anybody else. ft blo stock and low prices. S. WILEY, Manager. 901 Tacoma Ave. 114 TACOMA AVTNUE MKUCIIANTS. Gold Belts BooH^ JMajajines Qotnpajjes Steitiodefy ^loDdiHe dojjUi This is the Best Place to Buy Wli66i6r Bros. 939 TACOMA AVE. J.W.WOOD DEALER IN AND Staple Fancy Groceries 949 Tacoma Avenue. CLMuelilenbrucli Manufacturer of Tine Confectionery and Ice gream - 953- TACOMA AVENUE. We can save yoii money. We pack and , deliver ontlitn free. BOOTS . SHOES '"^RUBBER GOODS FOR KLONDIKE Take a Box of Candy with you to Alaslta ¥: Best Goods. Lowest Prices. S. OLSEN, 1109 Tacoma Avenue. 115 We have two BRANCHES AT SEATTLE 820 Second Avenue. 310 First Avenue, South Seattle. SEE LAST PAGE QF GOUER. Tuneil Bros. T^]^ Headquarters for IT^TTTT Miners' Footwear ^. . ^ Rubber Boots A i^eaire SHoe Pacs MoGcacSlns 922 PACIFIC AVE., Tacoma, Wash. CORRESPONDlENSe SOLICITFO. CLUB, SAMPLE ROOM AND CAFE. A Resort for Gentlemen. GEORGE MILI-bR& CO. PROPRIETORS, Cor. 14th and Pacific Ave. Tacoma, Wash. 116 1 Did you see Those pictures or\ pages 62, 65, 68, 71 and 74? There's "Diana's Causeway," "Gupid's Retreat," "Hampton Beach," "Buena Uista," "Mitchell Entrance." They are all in Point Defiance Park, one of the most beautiful natural parks on the continent. To get there you must take the Gity Park Railway's cars at Ninth and G Streets. Gitg Patk f?ailway Go. C (3 6 0) o CfH a B ^. c^ 2i S -^ ir; o 3 U fH >^ EC f '^'"' Tacoma f)aily GC < U 0) H Z UJ o Prints all tho latest newH from ALASKA and the KLONDIKE fc ± 3 o 9- >■ t Ll 65 cents per month. $7.00 per year. Address — THE LEDGER CO., 109 So. Tenth St. - Tacoma. 117 Sleds Certainly no sane man wishes to go to Alaska without a Sled, The idea is preposterous. That being true, you certainly want the best in the market. We are manufacturers of that one. It is called The Arctic, and glides over the snow as a chappie slips on an overripe banana peel. It is truly a combination miner's and prospector's sled, and is patented, name and all. You must have The Arctic if you want the best. Wagons We also manufacture a wagon, made especially for the Alaska miner. This is an all-embracing combination. It is a truck, a sled and a gold rocker. One man, a little while ago, made over $250 a day with it. But he had a good thing, and we make it — to be pushed. We have already sold one hundred. We also make express and delivery wagons, drays and trucks, and repair carriages and buggies. Horse-shoe- ing a specialty. FAWCETT WAGON COMPANY, 108-112 Fourteenth St, near A. XACJOtVIA, WASH. 118 It as It GOMrLETE KLONDIKE OUTFITS Come to The Big Store WHERE EVERYTHING IS KEPT FROM A NEEDLE TO AN ANCHOR It will cost you FIVE CENTS to come to our atore at Old Tacoma on a street car, BUT YOU WILL SAVE MANY DOLLARS. We have outfitted many Yukoners, and know how to outfit YOU. Qet your Jpei^tS StoVes Dry Goods and £Verytl7)iT>g RIGHT HERE! Dealers in Lumber, Spars and Piles, General Merchandise, Ship Stores and Chandlery, Sailors' Outfits, Dry Spruce and Pine Dunnage Boards and Burlaps. Tacoma Mill Co., TACOMA - WASH. 119 I A. E. Johnson, President. H. E. Knatvold, Cashier. Scandinavian - American Banl(. CAPITAL $100,000.00. BUYS GOLD DUST- Does General Banking Business. Pays interest on deposits. Buys and sells Exchange on all principal cities in the United States, Dominion of Canada and European countries. On application will furnish reliable information on the YUKON GOLD FIELDS, provide transportation to ALASKA at lowest rates, and help you to outfit for THE GOLDEN KLONDIKE cheaper and better than at any other place. 100,000 ACRES •— • Timber and Farming Lands in Western Washington for sale cheap and on favorable terms. General Agents for all Atlantic Steamship Lines. Call at or address SCANDINAVIAN-AMERICAN BANK, Cor. 11th and Pacific Ave., Tacoma, Wash. 120 Washington and Alaska Steamship Company. This Company gives the quickest and best service between Puget Sound and Alaska., Their steamers will leave Tacoma and Seattle every five or six days for Alaskan points. The "City o^ Seattle" is the finest and fasteet steamship which runs to Alaska and makes the trip from Puget Sound to Skaguay and Dyea in seventy hours. The "Rosalie," although somewhat smaller, is in every respect a first-class steamship, and passengers will obtain unusual com- forts on this vessel. Other steamships will be added from time to time. THE PRICES OF PASSAGE (subject to change without notice) are as follows: From Tacoma, Seattle, Port Townsend or Victoria, to Juneau : First-class, $32.00; Second-class, $17.00. To Skaguay or Dyea: First-class, $40.00; Second-class, $25.00. This includes 150 pounds of baggage. Applications should be made ot once. Apply to DoDWEiiL, Carlill & Co., Tacoma, Wash. DoDWELL, Carlill & Co., Victoria, B. C. Frank Woolsey, Sherlock Bu'lding, Portland, Ore. Charles E. Peabody, Seattle, Wash. E. E. Penn, Port Townsend, Wash. E. T. Kruse, 207 Front Street, San Francisco, Cal. 121 n free KlondiRe Information nmoi is conducted by the satisfactory store. If you want to know anything about the Yukon country, feel at liberty to write to us. You will want to know what a proper outfit will cost in the Tacoma market. We will tell you by return mail. The big store occupies a third of a block, and contains live Hoors. It stands almost within a stone^s throw of the head of deep water navigation. The magnificent tourist steam- ers leave here for Alaska, and during the past few weeks a boat or two has steamed away from Tacoma docks, carrying hun- dreds of fortune hunters to the far north. The People's Store Co, W H. WOODRUFF, President. 122 Complete Outfits IF KLONDIKE FOR THE The Only Store On Puget 5ound that carries «««EVERYTHINa«