12 Capital Journal, Salem, Or., Thursday, Oct. 27, 1949
Klondike Kate; Belle of Yukon,
Calm Over Latest Gold Strike
By LORRY LOKKY
Jefferson, Oct. 27 UJ9 -Klondike Kate, the belle of the Yukon
who once earned $750 a night dancing for Alaskan sourdoughs,
took a ealm view today of the new Fishwheel gold strike.
"So they s found nuggets the
size of peas?" asked Kate,
known formally now as Mrs. W
L. Van Duren. "Is that all the
larger they are? Why, I've got a
necklace with half a dozen nug
gets larger than that."
Mrs. Van Duren said there
was no chance that she and her
husband would follow the rush
to Fishwheel where men were
panning and digging for gold to
day with a fever comparable to
that of 50 years ago when the
name of Klondike Kate was Jam
eus across the territory.
She said she and Van Duren
were content to stay on their
farm near here. But she had
some expert advice for gold
seekers.
There are still fortunes to be
made up there," she said.
"But they'll hava to be made
the modern way.
"What you need is one bush
pilot, a helicopter and some
light mining equipment. There
are hundreds of lakes in the
Alaskan wilderness that can't be
reached on foot.
"A good bush pilot with a
helicopter could get to those
lakes and he could bring out
more gold In five years than has
been found in all the north In
the last 75 years."
Klondike Kate, now 69. was
a 'teen-ager when she earned her
title at robust Dawson City. It
was there that the sourdoughs
relaxed and spent their pokes
of gold.
She danced, acted and enter
tained. Her dancing job and li
T't"jtr commissions usually net
.i her more than $100 a night.
bit friends say she lost most
of her fortune grub-staking min
ers and other men such as the
late showman Alexander Pan-
tages.
Pantages, with Klondike
Kate's help, rose from waiter at
the Savoy theater at Dawson
City to become owner of a chain
of theaters throughout the na
tion. Informed of reports that a
taxicab took a load of prosti
tutes from Anchorage to the new
gold rush area, Mrs. Van Duren
aid:
"I'm not surprised at that."
She said the strike might be
"good for Alaska."
"The latest perennial gold
strike at Fishwheel may peter
out in a law months. Just like
' many others did. But if it doesn't,
the Fishwheel strike surely will
attract residents from the States
to settle in the territory," she
said.
In Klondike Kate's day, the
Noma strike was the most spec
tacular of the far north bonan
zas. Noma looked like a Holly
wood set with saloons, dives,
gambling houses, and usually a
murder a day.
"But at Dawson City there
was no rowdyism," said Mrs. Van
Duren. "The Canadian mounties
were there to keep law and or
der."
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November being just around the corner, many peo
ple haying visited these markets during the past
month are now planning to take advantage of the
many outstanding features so eventfully advantage
ous to the busy housewife ... not alone the econom
ical features but the many shopping advantages of
fered only at gSICK'S
Last week we advised you to buy
a liberal supply of coffee as the
price was sure to advance. Well, it
has. Our prices now are: '
GOLDEN WEST
HILLS, MJB In IU
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or MAXWELL
HOUSE
Schillings or Folgers
c
Empress or S & W
59c ib.
AND THE END IS NOT YET, if our
information is correct and we have
no reason to doubt it. This price is
about 5c to 10c per pound less than
you may expect to pay in the not too
distant future.
Limit our option.
Trick or Treat among the hundreds of such items. Can
dies, cokes, nuts and a larqe assortment of goodies . . .
We have selected one package we feel is especially nice
for TRICK OR TREAT - good for the kiddies, too.
Regular price 29c
Special this Week
Downy Flake Donuts
They're as good as donuts can be made. .
They, too, are . . . m J C Pei" 0Z'
We still have a few of those delicious Pears
left. No. 2 12 size cans of large halves at
25c
Swift's TURKEY
A LA KING:
Here's an item of real merit, packed to retail at 69c.
While two people could make a satisfactory meal of one
can by heating and serving in pattie shell, they don't
sell. Can't say that we blame anyone for
not paying 69c for it, but at this special A A f(J
they re a real value.
Special While They Last
GET W AT EITHER STORE - FOR THE YOUNG FRY
Who Want To Be Ladies and Gentlemen Halloween
Visit either Busick market, Marion street or Court Street and get your pledge blank. Sign
it and present it at the door at the Capital Theatre Saturday at 10 A. M., and see a good
show as the guest of Busick's. Just how far you can go and still be good lads and lassies
will of course be up to you. We remember a few years ago (Yeah, quite a few). We had a
lota fun especially wearing a mask. But after listening to some remarks and taking a peek
in our big looking glass, we've discontinued the mask. Seems from all we hear, we don't
need a mask any more. But lookin' this ad over, its a cinch we need an ad writer writing
about a market so delightfully pleasant to shop in, getting quality foods at prices that
makes setting a good table a daily pleasure instead of a task. What with the finest qual
ity meats, vegetables and fruit so delightfully fresh and inviting, a cheese display absolute
ly second to none on the coast, bakery department featuring fresh from-the-oven products
as good as a bakery can make them and our free delivery, now a good ad, writer would
mention soma these advantages. Naturally, the prices are right or we would'n be here. But
shux, everyone who's ever been in one of these markets knows all that anyway.
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FOR BETTER LIVING
Court St. at Commercial
TWO BIG STORES
Marion St. at Comrrrriof