ONE MORE CASE
‘ OF “EASY” CASH
Sail Francisco Sharks Find
Good Field in Seattle.
Some 2,000 citizens of Seattle
have beeu caught in another *‘get
rieh-quick” sehmie, and some
where in the neighborhood of
$100,000 has found its way into
the pockets of the promoters in
San Francisco, says the Seattle
Times.
The company that was engaged
in the phiiantLiopic work of making
the poor rich styles itself the Pacific
States Mercantile Company cf San
Francisco. The plan of operation
was as follows:
Contracts provided for a pay
ment of $5 down and $1.50 per
week for thirty consecutive weeks.
That made $50 paid in by the pur
chaser of one of the contracts, and
in return he was promised $100
worth of merchandise. If he did
not want the merchandise the com
pany agreed to find a purchaser for
it and turn over to the contract
holder $Sg in cash. In other words, j
the company agreed to pay the pur
chaser $30 for the use of his $50.
The promotors began doing busi
ness in Seattle last March; so those
who purchased contracts then are
just about due to receive their $100 ;
worth of merchandise. Unfortun
ately for them, however, some of
the contract holders down in Cali
fornia, whose contracts have ma
tured, have tried to get the $100
worth of merchandise or the §89 in
cash, and, failing to do so, attach
ments have been filed on every
thing in sight owned by the com
pany.
1£. K. Kimball was the general
agent of the company for the State
of Washington, but resigned; and
when any one calls on him for in
formation he tiies to sell him stock
in the Pacific Mutual Co-operative
Investment Company of Seattle, a
new concern with Mr. Kituball as
president, the proa pectus of which
makes a man teel like buying dia
monds.
BHJ IWl'k TK UN
OOKS TO AIL
The largest amount of foods
forwarded to anv one man this
NWua lett lor 0'i.ul creek last
Friday morning. The train Con
stated of thirteen horses loaded with
jy> pounds each for Janies Lang
ford.
M u Neville ami Rudolph Kart
Inks, on yuail, have bad tor wan led
1,400 poumU.
J. H. Strode, on the tame creek,
gets l.wu (rounds
CONDITIONS NOT
GOOD AT PANAMA
No Opportunities for Ameri
cans on the Isthmus.
Johu Barrett, the American min
ister at Panama, has made a special
report to the state department rela
tive to the present and future con
ditions on the isthmus as affected
by the building of the panama
canal. The report is intended to
prevent sore disappointment on the
part of adventurous Americans at
tracted toward Panama by resump
tion of the vast enterprise.
The report says no person should
go to the isthmus looking for a
position as clerk, stenographer,
typewriter, engineer, foreman, or
any similar class. More men of
this kind are now going to Panama
and Colon than there are positions
to be filled. The cost of living is
very high, prices having increased;
almost 300 per cent, in the last six
months, and there is a shortage of
cheap and wholesome lodging and |
boarding accommodations.
There are not at present many
opportunities for the establishment
of new mercantile, business anil
professional firms.
Both Americans in the United
States and Panamans have greatly
exaggerated the increase of popula
tion which may result from t'e
construction of the canal, and of the
number of men that will be em
ployed by the commission for the
carrying on of the undertaking.
Including those that will be em
ployed on the canal and others that
will come the increase will be about
25,000 people. This increase, more
over, will be gradual, and extend
through a period of years.
There is not yet any real boom in
Panama, in Col »n, or in the zone,
but rents for houses, stores and
offices havi doubled and tripled the
last few months and aie now al
most exhorbitantly high. Panama
landlords are so unreasonable in
their charges that there is danger
of driving business from Panama
pro|i«r into a neighboring zone.
"I have a business proposition
to m ike to the canal commission,"
saiil a caller at the secretary's office
recently- The calter presented a
card tearing the name "11. 1 .
Ctiierry." with ‘ The Chinese tom
party" in small print in the corner
"The Chinese Company," he said,
"wants to furnish the labor foe • in
structing the Panama canal. We
are prepared to send to Panama
from l.oou tu bo.ooo able la sited
Chinese, every him «d wrl* m will
have had enperiene* at ’aat l mao
ual Uls-l."
"What will it coat the govern
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SOLE AGENTS
men; to contract for these coolies?"
asked Secretary Murphy.
‘‘The Chinese Company,” rep'ied
Mr. Guerrv, "will furnish from
i ,000 to 60,000 Chinamen at a net
cost to the United States of 60cents
a man per clay. That covers the
entire expense on the part of your
government. We will transport the
laborers to the canal strip and take
care of them there.”
Secretary Murphy said he was not
prepared to make a definite reply.
It would hinge on whether the gov
ernment or a private contractor waS
to dig the ditv'u.
HEAVER (’REEK
RELIEVED ROOD
A party of a dozen men passed
upon the Sarah last Monday hound
for the scene of the gold discovery
on Beaver river. Among them
are Klmer Balxock, Frank (lilles
pie, Kd McMullen, Jack McMullen,
\V. I,. Adams, Henry Putmann,
Sam Norton, Mike Lyden and N.
C. Lambeau.
Kd McMullen, Babcock and (lil
lespie hace been on the ground
before. They are strong believers
in the merits of the country. The
country was prospected a year ago
last summer by K1 McMullen,
('■reen and Olson, and their discov
eries led to the present stampede.
I •■■Id has liven found for fifteen
miles on Holden rivet, which has
two discovery claims and g<*td
prospects were also obtained mi
Sbtnaw ami Jefferson < reeks. Hold
in known to eatst on sin different
Creeks
Kscetten* pr ■•specie in e«*»r*e
gold have been Sound on the rims.
but it will be impossible to test the
ground till it freezes so bedrock
can be reached.
The strike is about 150 miles
from the mouth of Beaver. Beaver
is navigable to a point within 15
miles of the diggings.
Gillespie, Babcock, Adams, the
McMullens and Lambeau will un
load their outfits at Fort Hamlin
a id go a-loss country from there.
SALISBURY MINING CO.
SHOULD BE A BONANZA
“If the programme is carried out
as intended l>y the Salisbury Gold
Mining Co.,“ said Frank Stevens
the other day, in speaking of the
future of this district, “that will be
one of the best-paying concerns in
the north or anywhere else. The
first cost will be heavy, but there is
an immense amount of gold in that
property.”
“What do you think of the
Pittsburg Hydraulic company's
prospects?" was asked.
“I absolutely know," Mr. Ste
vens said, “that the company has
lots of ground where $5 or if> a dav
can be made with a rocker; and if
the company can not make its fine
plant pay on that kind of dirt w hat
kind would it require*”
Mr. Stephens thinks there will
be many big paying projects carried
out in the district.
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picture last night that mailt me
ik her.
p.tlett What was it?
Pel’i'tu- A king
Jones Have you got any ready
1 salt f
Hones Well er ready fur
whom *