The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-16

~ AM always glad 20 gee newspaper
II nlen. and the rost-InteIllgenceF was
always a welcome visitor 10 me on
II tbs Yukon. bat / must beg tina, you
will say az little about me a. pos
ssbIe." sald Alex. McDona.d. the Fecog-
rzed millionaire Of he kiondihe az the
Hotel Seattle last evening to reporter oi
the Post~Intell!gencer.
II am not making this request because
/ consider myself TOO good 10 be inter-
viewed but honestly because there g
nothing 10 say that has not already oeen
talked about and great deal more tco
a,@si3ps Now there = one sDibg you can
saw for M that may nave weight n keep
ang many men out OF that country VINO
have no business IN their. and that - 70
advise cniy young men 10 go Ia tHetc VINO
are strong. healthy. iGl! o. discrimination
u endure hardships and overcome COSTA
cles and wiling 10 bury themselves Ia
there for several years. SucD men are
sure 10 succsed in time Married men,
especially those With families, snoala
keep oar Of there. The experience OF
thousands upon thousands OF sueh men
during the last year have shown the toIly
Of men going INTO that country without
the slightest qualifications Tor saca d
rough life and unpfepared 10 meet the
climatic cond tiois OF mat country. 100
many men went In there last spring VINO
expected 10 come out again In the fan
with fortune and because they faneo
they are Inclined Ia see everything III That
country through badly smoked glasses
THAT country Is all right. continued
Mr. Mcdonald. warming w To his SUBJECT
AT least i am satisfied with i. went
In determined. not TO come out without
money enough to secure for myself ana
my parents good home and / guess L
have succeeded I have been In there now
three winters and four summers and
know what hardshirss and privations are,
AMI what II means to back heavy loads
on my back from creek to creek In all
kinds OF weather. am none the worse Tor
II AZ you see. OF course | am strong; ann
nature endowed me with large frame
and IA sound constitution which have
besides well cared for by an absteInious
course OF living.
Once a Poor Man.
mo. sir. was not rich when / went
into that country. In fact, l WAS about
as poor az / could possibly he. l went
through Seattle II. the fan OF 1894 with just
money enough TO pay my fare 10 Juneau
and no further. At Juneau | worked and
made another stake, which CARED me to
I,yea. where went over ;be paes In the
early part Of ls95. and in April Of that year
j built nay boat al BennetIand started
down the river, going TO Forty-Mile or
Fort Clidahy. l remained in that neigh
horhood about year and a half. | had
always had IN mind going up the Indian
river, and If | had tad any bOdy to join
na ] would have gone there. rs X was,
when the klenlike excitement broke out
] went TO Dawson. which was then just
located VAS too la.e 10 get in on the
stampede OF the bonanza and E.ldorado.
but with the little money had made on
the Forty Mile bought In on a. claim on
Eidorada creek. and. finding Il rich and
sizing up dle situation az the creek cor
recty. | Increased my holdings on every
possible opportunity. OF course | worked
my claims mtssif Paying for new claims
with the pannnss from my dumps. /
gradually Increased my operations taking
up every creek whore l found satisfactory
evidences Of gold In paving quantity.
Yes. have sold a few claims. bat. as
told you befqFe. | don't like 10 go into
my personal business affairs Do you see
that store acrusss the way Well sup
pose ] was ia go over shere and saV to the
man: How nllch business have YOU done
In the last year how much are you doing
ana sl9w much money have vou goto' dou't
you suppose he would nrst ask me II
questions NON. thats about my posi-
ton. Nv affiirg are I'm good share
have dcne well ard expect N 40 better
and more than that ! dent care 20 cay
Interested In seS"aty-nye Mines
Ne, I don'' mind fe&tuR snu that am
interested in about savcaty-fye M n,S p@r-
haps mora, consisting ~ 80 an fldorad9
ca Runanza. = or Dominion ~ an S.,-
phur. 10 on bunker. on kear or Gold
Bottom on Al Gold oa Too Mach
Gold > on Henderson oo Moose i{.t,
Sou un3eFfaud I ,3or't r,eau ~ say th.4t
] own taesH oUteisf1: Tor only oRn all
TIE way frota one-hafF - twn-thirls IN
each. 90 N,,<f see I hes@ euffo an ~
teus'Nc 81 % partners
= know Il IS eenstaify rHula-ea .hat 7
am about making "a dr3' Wiz some IN
Efisf ~ rs ne - Wti.n I WI unload All
iisS hotGinets " ~. .t-'t answer tt.l