Show MINERS START NORTH NOETH I Travel to Copper River Biver and Klondike Begun I Tacoma Wash Wa F Feb eb b 11 The travel trel to Copper river rIv rand and md the Klondike Klon ke Is Isnow Isnow now nov well w started Not less than two dozen sailing vessels ves will start for Nome and Bering sea in April and May The on the Yukon have haye re operations and every town be between between tween Bennett and Dawson is build building ing lug boats and nind Steamers fite piers Not less Jess than thane eighty e ty vessels will bt be engaged in the Alaska traffic staring during the coming ming c sum summer summer mer iner including those on the upper and lower Yukon together with steamers sailing on regular routes from Puget sound BOund S The people of southeastern Alaska have Senator Perkins of Cal California to aid them in securing a light house and other means manna of protection for the inside route between Tacoma and Skagway The petition sets ets forth that 16 passengers n OM tons of freight e and d 30 In treasure are annually transported over ver this th s route I |