The Portland daily press., 1898-07-02

ing cove and organizing into squads they
explored the various tributaries Of the
river. making the ship their base of opera
tions. Many claims were located and
legally occupied by the crowd and Rowe
returned to Washington in the Chilkoot
pass to prepare for the transportation of
supplies to the company.
He took with him when he Joined the
party $4,000 in cash and all of this he ex-
pended in fitting out gangs to operate the
company's claims.
Being obliged to pass the winter this
side of the gold fields he employed his
time in building for the Columbia river
salmon fishermen improved machinery for
| catching and handling fish and was well
| p aid for his services. When he arrived
| this spring where the Ranney was
| the q Lucky 13" in good health and
spirits and with lots Of dust. On the
| 18th day of May the 13 met in the cabin of
the schooner just year from the day they
sailed from Portland and divided the
profits and made further plans. Rowe's 9
share OF the products of the winter S
work panned out $40, 900 in gold dust.
The 1S then organized themselves into
corporation to control and operate their
claims, which are located in the best Sec
| tion of the Yukon diggings with Rowe as
general superintendent. Besides the
| workings on the Yukon tributaries the
company, on Rowe's advice, is to engage
| in prospecting Southern Alaska. Rowe
| believes that rich mines of gold may be
found in the vicinity of Juneau and his
| energies for the next eight or nine months
viii be devoted to fitting out and manag-
ing prospecting parties while the super
vision of the work on the Yukon mines is
| in the hands of other members of the
Lucky IL company.
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| shared so generously his good fortune, is
a pretty and modest damsel yet in her
teens Though young she seems to be
gifted with rare good sense. She express
es the greatest pride in the many great
achievements OF her brothers, particularly
| in John s,abut the sudden step from mod
crate circumstances to wealth doesn't
seem to affect her a bit. She has formed
| no plans. She says she will leave the
| $40 600 in the bank to accumulate and
| she Will go on as usual making her way
just as il she WAS poor and was compelled
| to work. She ia wedding the garden now
| and when that is done she will hoe the
quarter of an acre Of potatoes and about
| the time that is finished 1t will be haying
time and she will manage the horse rake
and tedder. Besides she assists her moth
er in the dairy and house work.
| Miss Rowe is very intelligent and q
most pleasing talker when she permits
herself to indulge in Woman's weakness,
tut she is very retiring in her disposition
and makes friends slowly. Strangers
generally get an impression that it is due
to the timidity Of youth, but when she
consentssto favor her visitors with con-
yersation she proves to be witty and we'll
informed on great variety Of subjects.
Mrs. Rowe and her daughter have kept
from the neighbors tho news of their good
luck for several commendable causes.
| w
Rowe is characteristic, "Whils | have
been considered poor, was only that
stupid Rowe girl, and now that some
| good luck has come to mo would dislike
very much to have to listen to the COIN.
pliments those same people would pay
II hate to think I'm rich, somehow .
she said. "It seemed SO much nicer wher
ma and / had to figure out the exact plan
by which we would regulate our,ex penses
But just think of John. He is million
aire or will be pretty soon. suppose il
will make John real happy. Men are
different from girls, you know
Most men are certainly much different
from girls like Miss Rowe