Show STATE OF OREGON what our correspondent saw there klondyke GOLD FEVER they all have it A keal heal oregon W liht cresis r ol of red fir and plue EDITOR EQui REB sanca S aca writing ly you yon from walla walla washington on the alt I 1 have toured considerable of the northwest north west I 1 went through the yakima and kittitas Kit titas country then crowed the cascade mountains over the lue northern pacific railroad ard ar d descended into the puget sound soun d country I 1 have now een those vast forests of red fir and 0 hers here of the pine species declee f which I 1 had pard card so BO much beope 11 tb rongi this thid conn country try havi hav the klond ke g gi id fever bad in ta CC cams m e fc eattle and portland all he talk is B about the klondyke tae have klondyke klondy ke stoves klondyke shoes klondyke Klon dybe hofe klondyke cloth in ins and Klou klondyke dyke everything tor for sale anything that klondyke Kon dyke attached to it is ia consi considered an anfe inferior alo r article I 1 am not troubled lea with tb the e Klou klondyke dyke excitement myself nay eeli I 1 dont cere to attempt the journey and undergo the rigors of an arctic winter I 1 shall leave portland by steams steamship bip this evening at 8 for san francisco the trip will ta tale ke about three days daye my journey will ba down the columbia river to the pacific ocean I 1 will then have about miles of a sail eail on the pacific pond dond before I 1 pass through the goldan gate times in general are some better and seems 0 o be ba looking forward dorward to an era of prosperity I 1 have experienced a real oregon mist 11 which is 13 a veritable downpour of cofran ran a rather ra ther thick and heavy mist I 1 will after rea reaching elling california californi 3 give you kom something ething of an idea of 0 a journey down the pacific coast that is ig it il I 1 dont kick the bucket with ith seasick ness nees 0 F HULL portland or aug 10 1897 |