Show PORTLAND MEN HERE I Going East to Work for Alaskan Travel GIVE BATTLE TO SEATTLE CHAMBER OS1 COMMERCE SENDS I OUT six mSSIONAIS I Manager Tillmore of the Southern Pacific Says His Company Will I No Longer Wait at Ogden For elated e-lated Connection Trains Some Tiome Vigorous Tfclk Portland has donned its fighting clothes and proposes to give battle to Seattle for the Klondike traffic next year which I promises to be very heavy and profitable I Portland will wage the campaign In a systematic I sys-tematic way and the initial step has just been taken This Is nothing less than the sending east of a delegation of gentlemen I gentle-men who will present the advantages of Portland over Seattle as an outfitting point for the Klondike They represent I the Chamber of Commerce ana are armed with all sorts of printed matter giving I statistics as to cost of outfitting information informa-tion as to various routes of travel to Alaska and other data of value to the gold seekers Two of the representatives Mr C E Burnett who stops at Chicago and Mr D H Smith who will proceed to Now York City were in the city yesterday yester-day dayThey They say that Seattle is making claims of advantages that are altogether unfounded un-founded the fact being that from Salt Lake to Portland the fare is 7 less than to Seattle while one days time is saved from Portland to AlasRa From the river to Portland the rate is the same as to I Seattle hut a days time in the sea voyage voy-age Id saved by going to Portland Steamers Steam-ers will leave the Oregon metropolis for Alaska every five days now and the best boats obtainable are in the service The delegates also lay much stress on Portland Port-land s advantages as an outfitting point I claiming that large stocks are altered at lower prices I |