The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-29
-.s.,,. hospltal Josr Anderson

nvfng ~ fRosboe"N
!. provsSence hospital John Anderson
=. xvinx. Over his enaciafed and In
s.-.rs,us form bends q fFiena WHO mas
- ,,ore falthfuiness than is seen
s-ry 6sy. At the close OF This eynieai
cs...,1.s nineteenth century people ara
rs 80 go the story OF Damon and
~ ~ Dayid and Jonathan. then
ns !. 1srers5ulousiy and say such things
So ,@~s beer In ages gone b. but not
- SCI skepfics should step into the
.sarn on The second floor Of the
s. - ard hear the life story Of the two
- usI1larn Sim and John Anderson.
- are natives Of Scotland. SIM has-
- - horn al Elsin. ard Anderson On
s.,ssr,s little farm four miles Out
= rsrsn. The two learned the car
s..r;s trade together, serving az APP
1900 in tie same shop. Eleven years
q ers came 20 America, locating IN
- 4 year later Anderson followed
20 spcn. his first year In st. Paul.
e<~.rs \. went 70 Chicago and Joined
q. s.ssns. The comrades came together
xss,s,s where they arrived about two
- asrsr the great ere. Then things
sssnsd There was plenty OF building
- "a. and the carpenters trade was
rod one 10 follow.
8, the years rolled on and business
- dull ard times grew hard. Two
s..vx sro Last March there came quietly
- SEATTLE the news that thsre were
=. venderfu gold fnds being made in
-. Sim and Andersen heard the
q. AZ Birch creek, near Circle City.
~r,onsd with special favor by some Of
q friends. and they determined 10 90
srssr ard try their fortunes. Leaving
fx.fls they made their way as far as
5sry Nile In that nelghborbood they
r,ucscted in various directions, but met
- no success until year ago last
x<sr when on Last Chance. about ten
- from Forfy-Mile, they struck pay
fr Patiently they tolled on TIL sum
- ard while they worked they aver
~ 81 a day. They got 3 good guam
e. !. coarse gold. Among their trophies
~ this field they have two nuggets OF
ed ssse. one valued at sgS and the other
rU Mr. Slrn states that they picked
al nunaber worth so each.
La fan the Kiondike excitement arose.
rsrs was a stampede. The friends re-
sssses TO 20. They got TO the new field
% hie 10 locate, bur In connection with
ne Of their companions. Foote and
fssnss they bought a claim. No. 40, be-
N Discovery on Bonanza. for which they
ua ne very reasonable sum OF 500. Mr..
In says that az that time almost any
raln en- either Bonanza or Elaorado could
ksYs bsen bought for that price.
TIE claim we bought, said Dir. Sim
b. aish, 10 a Post-InteiIigencer reporter.
proved fairly good one. The dirt We
SEX oss averaged from IS cents 20 30 cents
{ pan OF course we cannot tell precisely
stas there ss In the claim. but I am safe
b saYinv that so far from being exhaust
Il 4 has not yet been thoroughly de-
ssIopsd.
eEkile we we're stu working this claim
fso Of rs. Fooie and |. took lay on 2
ezsn On El5orado. that IS 10 say, we
swksi Il on shares. Anderson and
ssaras remained on the claim on Bo-
ssssa. though Anderson even then vas
t.r from we'll and was not able 70 do
naeh work In fact from about the first
Il April Anderson was In bed. We didu'i
Inex then what We know now, that he
~ Brixhts disease and was = doomed
szn We did all We could % minister 70
II comfort In May We had Tlr. Cham
IN frum Circle city. Then we sent down
Dawson ard got horsr II was tedi-
ss Undertaking we mounted Anderson
q the horse and one OF us walked on
ssek sl6s all the way 70 steady him. Thus
v reached Dawson with the invalid.
HE ore wish during MS sickness had
her q ge, back 70 old Scotland again and
r. rs parents when | promised 20 take
IN hack ne broke down and cried 9nr
t.s0rs al Dawson City told me his casa
US shsca,ely hopeless and that I would
ssssr get as far IS -; Mlchacis with him
] snrly told shem I would take the
Ss-ep
sre lest Dawson City June IA on TIE 2
Erare. Andersen was then Eettins
we. hns ras stlil conscious. His strong
=. sisA A this time seemed 10 &c that 10
-isAs BE able 70 reach Seattle lie be.
arsst gkss II he could once reach this cts
= would be able 20 rally enough TO gei
ssA Arfne avaiu
A, Forty Mile the surgeon ~ the mount
= fesxe came 70 see Andersen. and bi'
s4Snesis vas fnlly as uufavcrabie as tsa
'as esher physicians had been At 81
zsAss again re had TT Chase lie va!
- IS positive that the poor man couis
- Ass leng Still he stood the voyaE'
err remarkably well He even grew a lit
1slreeser after We had left St M.ehaels
.as 81 very well, indeed. until about thre
~ before we reached Seattle. We let
afhHels on July ard reached her
sesks later on the FIRST "trip % tn
.ssana | turned Anderson caFa Owe
Nniherspoon. and We brought hin
toe hospital You sec his condition
he les IN stupor from which h
ssa Their r0nses sufficiently 10 reCos
- sie Or sore other old friend AZ his bed
Sometimes hair lncohereutle inlag
- aiTssf back az the msnss again. b
- % ne 'Rili, nill. take ne honie.F &
- pathetic enough 20 melt ones heart
- WIEN ! Urge him IN get stronger y
~ nav BE able 20 reach home ne SAYS
.saoen'ly' BIN. BIZ. TN never s.
sH Anderson fingers a. the roint q
- HIS physician thinks he may sas
lew DAYS Or a fen weeks but Nd
- ssiil his friend STAYS hv ATS h..i
watching for every gyn,afo,9 of pair
wsdisE eagerly above hirn 90 rellsv
want. He left his work which va
49, ar handsomely wlth III, sole hog
= might he able 10 carry his frier
ole with the 90 folks on th, uftl
r Elsln- AT she aranriaI aYst-
.sF partners have heer rRraff.1i
$50 % that &c case u Andersen
- parents vii re~si,a HE s,.tl ,,,v.
esns " al the proceeds Of n
ezsae = s. vesrs ols ara ,,..,,,,- -,..
" tine 81 this si...,.s.. b., -
- maa ana always siis ~. en-, ,,,o.
- Mr.. SIN Is csrAf,tl - CIV, ~. !,
So shcet the anon, - s,ts -,
500 ees Of Their s1af,,. -. $3.50