Show are you going to alaska lilt 1 lit following 1 ja an t strat front roil a letter i ritten bv b a gt titter nall living at I 1 acourt I 1 IN anone liming the klon ilici lit u aill III do to all bell to zarus and others til in q i rent reid for tile alti interest it contA contains 1111 correspondence laio ini NN V ish ug U lat l elli re till keep coming conijn coni ln lu in ironi from all arti of tilt U I 1 cited 1108 canad tini ul I 1 and I 1 ure ur 1 I ej nil fill nikloi a about klondike I 1 opie tople ia eit it tiow limi to got there N tnt to ito kno wi vl nt at it fit cost hobt obi ly auts ints to knort ho how to I 1 t bick front tom mondini or how much aticy will bo be made ahtie alii ie hley rhey all expect to get rn h and vilt ill not beelat to think aboul lal bal until pinches in I 1 it tl if f first I 1 lace no matter how low macli much 01 1011 ol I 1 comia out ot of Klun Ilond diKo fice thil po go there until sprine spring simply niale up aa 0 ir join to I 1 eliy I 1 ty a willing i una title dont go till spring and dont to 0 nt at all unless 3 un oil cm stand a hard mountain it if on have ilena lent ot of monts mont and can afford to pay 5 ou our r u ay rc rig wirl ir l of otei c you can lo 10 0 o in ahem I 1 ay iy unit ith more or legs logs comfort com tort hut but the ord nury nary man who m ho ex to ret n eliano of the klond lico nag kits and 9 not propose prop to spend one fortune making another should begin ti aa teamer it have tiler river bt A in tow which will bousaid oa tilt ulon river next aut ilits 1 mill bring 1 down iowa ironi front klondike tho the luck miners luers who wish to return homp home to chilia 11 by that time somo some enterprising I 1 ankro aukee baa has not built an L it atric rail 1 a or tram train of some kind oer the route which Is I 1 les ice i than half halt the distance ili stanio from tacoma being MW miles over tile ayea chilcoot aud and hito p vises anti andrio N miles the sit leon lit or route today hundreds of 0 hard nun int a with blistered feet and aching bodies are tire toll ing ln over these ver bassem A iw i W of 0 tile atheni vi III reach basoa DAW eoa city this all fall but bill most of 0 them will not make much progress until the mow snow cornea comes nd west condition conditions wn to people now on the tile mountain moun lalu pai pas es 04 aud many gold stokers are still geng north hae we made all their arrangements to go und and they are going aith thein them it ie Is klondike right awa aa quick or buil buit ilist it at of III them will o 0 so far us as netting into tho the new diggings digel this i 3 ear ie Is concerned Those who wait until lithe the beginning of 0 1888 1898 and tart start with a fresh stok of 0 provision provisions and cupl eurillea eupil lies lea will let et to dam son city ae an quick na as many who are oala juet just starting now at present the mountain passes are almost impassable heretofore only a comparative lew few people went over thorn t I 1 4 41 r trans mississippi and international exposition 4 jund to noldi I 1 11 I 1 e greatest position exposition of tho tile world sinco since the columbian at chicago in IWU will b ocene I 1 in ili june as tit omaha nebraska it will be bean an exposition to be part ici put I 1 in b ill nat nation lorri 1 but m hlll ill particularly represent the varied interests and material i 1 8 of this country the seat being located in the west will give kroml nance to this section ot of tho the united stati statis s the above vele a perspective drawing of tho the mined mines ami anti mining bi bt 11 II ling a handsome structure along rigid classic lines ot of the doric ord order r modified to comport with nineteenth century requirement requirements I 1 11 I 1 e I 1 present it i frontage ron taga tage ol 01 feet accentuated nt at center and end with pa Tl llone fl 11 nail and 10 tee feet t clely thereby obtaining obtain lne sufficient utH clent biety ri ety of raabs tile s of 0 taso pa lhowe 11 and their strong perpendicular lines and shadows will elve give a strung contrast of light and shade I 1 ho lie of i tr it 0 building tu to the top of the mala main cornice li Is 40 feet beet the height of ord 10 feet beiting reiting on sty lobato 10 feet high the height of the center pavilion to the top 0 of the tile crowning crown lne group e of statuary h it eighty five ove feet while the end pavilion is 6 i feet to the top of the douie dome rho lighting of tho tile bi bt tiding will be ba large windows win dowa 10 feet wide by 1 21 I fet lilli high placed at intervals of sixteen feet and the thereof roof will hao lime a laro large il a 1 I tirca making tho the interior very bright and cheerful che erfal the like center entrance Is 21 feet foot wide by 31 feet high highl and will be atry rich in deco ration flanked on either eido side by coupled columns and their accompanying sf anding 6 feet from the balls the main cornice breaks around a projection of col aunins supporting pedestal pedestals for groups of statuary 12 feet high the center ot of the aki pavilion ilion ie Is brou crooned ned by a colossal group of statuary there will be beagio also single eta bues tues column columns resting on which will be projected out to receive ahlm aln m the sl andres above the arch will be decorated with bas 11 the end pavilions with their entrance entrances viii be crowned with hallow shallow dome domes the emblematic of mining are so few that with the exception of a lei few trophies tho the entire interior elaboration ration will be confined to classic ornament ornaments an n I 1 tor for the wall spaces of the large center vestibule which Is to 21 feet wide fi let fett t long lon such elaboration the ceiling will be a large barrel vault with intersecting cross ault auitt richly colter coffered cd and elaborate ela boratt boratA ly decorated do borated on the walls it la hero proposed to hivo mural paintings emblematic of jain mining ingo placer Bor kinc Lof of ores by rocky mountain canaries Can ariee and other mining mini ng scenes right non a and koop keep it up without changing lie his base of operations for about four mouths months hen lien four hiir months roll around it will b be a a bout new years and the klondike g hould then begin to get into marching trim win I 1 february lith N early enough to start star tover over the moun mountain tala pass peise s baccof back of dye and in alaska it trill will bo be good a ending biag then and anti a halt ton outfit can be haute I 1 over tho without much trouble to go to klondike via the I 1 yukon ukon river would brine bring the bold gold seekers to the digging diggings pretty late in the season rhose who cut expenses will chleo go over the mountain passes those who have pleni offline and wish to lee the country can go aboard a steamer here and ride in case and tom comfort fort to st illch ieli and then RO go up op the he river 1 to dawson city fad the klondike district iby the tile way how tar far ie Is it from rom tacoma to bt illow far isit bom tacoma a to dawson theall the all route tu to either point Is I 1 a much longer journey than to europe st All cheal ie Is 2 ara W in miles iles from tacoma and find klondike Is 1700 in mile iles from ht st Alich michaels aels before thil this iea sea gon son hiero mere have been but bat three or four our ide teamer amers that reach d st Mich michaels ach filch gummer summer nc NL T the klondike excitement is bringing many milay new lines into service 1 and last elx six steamers te amers were headed for or st michali at atone one time then these ocra ocean they went during february nary and march and on top of the sno the made no trail worthy of tho th nam name anil and now all of a hidden sudden three or tour four thousand people try to wedee wedge through tho the mountain pas pee see at once and ot courte they bet get clogged nd Th that atwould would bethe be the cage case even though the be trail trails were in food good con by next earing spring however the tile passes will be in air fair shape arid those thosa who wait until next spring will have the tho ad vantage of the work that ii Is now being done by the great crowd now solas going in |