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the whaisrs and rnnui,s, when II was whispered

about that the nadves on Cape Nome had found
gold nuggets a few months before, Anderson
organized a party, and although \ was late In
IN the loo miles from st. Michael. several eS-
Klondikers accompanied the Lutheran miS on
Gy across Norton sound to Cape Nome me
creeks more ~liberally strswn with gold than
they had imagined. and they would not risk
a chance location of placer claims there "heh
they had departed for ~, Michael. so An
der-on aud his party stayed right on the scene
Of the find an winter They lived IN tents
amid snow, and ice, endured a tsmperaturs
OF sixty below zero for weeks, and subslsted
on %rroaen, hLf-cooked food Tor SIX months,
until spring came and they could, 60 about
digging Nuggets and iiakrs OF gold IRON the
.Andarson huppened 10 claim the two rioh-
est spots on Anvil Creek. lie got over 400
ounces of gold, worth at Nome about si,0'1O
an ounce. from one claim III twenty Two daNs
when he had the sluiceN IN operation Their" last
summer, tie claimed seven acres Of land
In what IL now VI" hear Of Nome and M. lain
being legal. he ha. sold come lots, 30x 10 feet,
Tor $500 each, and many Tor $50 and 5000
each, II t. generally understood thhi thdci-
son will stick to nome utIlIl he gets u lhll MI
lion Of dollars Then h" viii give a lot oi IL
10 the Lutheran church of sweden, for IN, spite
al his enormous bushes activity he il always
religious He will build "A Si0,0U0 Lutheran
church at Nome thl- year OF neAl
Jim GRADY, who Is the king OF TIE SPORTS
OF Alaska, was "A SAILOR on Ih" I hii.d htateS
cruiser .philadelphia three years ago laHt jan
lnry H.. income was then about sltO II year
and found. II" has an income, r.."adaSs oil
about 5000 a month, il h. d.'1clil to, sausc
the acttml weSlli oil a sloll lhr ''inuS nl'
i" must surely b" worth slin""; ~" 1Mn'
the sir,oln Of business property A. Dyta, Jaw
son ard nome Beside, he has three >a!ooh,
that would sell for s2U,oIu each, ana Ii" Owns
One-hulf the Lehman mine on snake r'"K
al Nome, and ihH, II a good soId prodUctr.
GRADY was u bootb,aCf ~ balilinor" twenty
wears ago. He cane iron a poor llod-Gar-
rIer's family II" ran away TO ,;Ga ana mas
la.t, "a -ptInr m n damn cram he l.llfu III
January. 1877. that an old sailor chlm, 81 ms
was running a soIoon nj SkaR"aN, hlusha,
tie forthwith get a di'chntfr IRON me T, m,eu
idea than 10 visit his friend, lie helped las
friend run TN. bar. he klondik" boom ranr
on. thousands Of thirsty men with, money
C0Ot Pass on the way 10 Dawson. Grady EN-
blrkcd with $50 ~ IN" saloon business a D,y"a.
He introduced faro aud roulette gambilht,
and he had a MINI from the hour Of opening
He went next 10 Dawson and opened HE most
palalIal saloon aud gambling hall ever known
here His place vas crowded day ana niEh,
oi gold were played many "A time hns daily
gross receipts for months were from $500" 10
$500. on Christmas. lNaN h" took IA al paw.
son s.. luo. EN-rythjug lr Touched seemed 10
turn 10 gold. He invested IN Il patent oil heater,
suitable Tor thaWlng ia" frozen gravel ~ ne
kloud,ho Ilacer MINES. tie was adv Sod tN
many men 10 keep ont Of the paien' enter
prise. liit II proved q success, and Nh,h IN"
things had sold hk" hot cake. la ao'dt the at"nl
AT u lHtli 90 Slu nm ct slN,bN.
"In gor WIND that rich strikes had been made
n Nome which i, some 1880 miles vn-i Of paW-
son. aud b" started las' March with several
dog teams and companions. overland. across
snow and ice. Tor Nome. That has ,riplrd his
fortune tor he j. tie KING sport Of Nom" ana
hr was NOR" than Duplicating his paW,-"n
Nraiih-EDiIug At nome lHSl summer Nhr!i
cam" away from Some last October h" was
I,luuHrg 10 ~uruu some $50 un on a mammoth
dare" han. saloon and ganbling hHll a, Nome,
whom the summer .aa~ou Of 1900 opened
Mo. f11ItIlrE * fsTLhuIlwf the TlCng,t woman
either ia klundIsn or AT tapc Nome, Sh"
has made every time of her sL5o 600 or sI75 900
~ ne last four itar- ava wIth her kho".taSe
uf Alaskan mining ways aud business methods
~lr ~ gong TO IuCrs a-e her wealth curing the
next lew years. Nh" - a. Dawson cay. yer
husband was a steam engineer IN the employ
and her husband ,v,d AT ~, Michael two
-'u r.rr seasons, returning TO Stkai Alaska,
accident On tho Steamer Neare n Circle cry
in 100 and Mrs. panvcrs was loft practically
u@ouuile-s at ~. Michael Starting ~, Tie
Yukon for Circle cay 10 get the body, Of Etr
kloudiFA Creek. Dawson then consisted OF
rude shauiipS and lGduc's saw mil. Sh"
decided TO stop At Dawson and rnrn her lrlng
by cooking ard nondIlg for The, irAers who
vera fiOCkirg there from all tile Yukon RlN.r
cdmrs. Her enthusiasm vas infectious. she
so, 81. 200 worth u pine lumber on credit from
the cav mill for n boarding house, and sh" had
credit AZ the merchandise store Tor 1000 tl"r
boarding house was a success from the daN
IL DIpltf fnr DllNI ness. Nhh mao lllTif ROOMS
Twelve trot square. and on each of the tour
walls of these rooms were five pine buuhS in
tiers. These We're FURNISHED with drv moss
aud blankets. Mrs. punvers had altogether
siVtv such bunks, Her charge Tor sleerug
there was 81 n night or So n ' week, For a year
none was ever vacant, After n few nionths
She added a few morr. and they, too. were Al
ways occupied. Her meals generally con-
sisted of sIpwed dried fruit. dry Goldfish, hsr.
ring, salt pork. bacon, bread, oatmeal. and
occasionally butter and eggs. She got 81 for
each meal, and she had more than lnpeople
nj a meal many and many a time. She was
one Of the first IN that gold-crnzy and impet-
nous population a. Dawson that saw possible
ties in renl estate inves ments. She bought
several acres Of marsh land from Joseph La.
due FOR $1,000 or 1900, and she sold it a few
months later at fifteen times what she had pad
for il She started the original bakery in
Dawson. ard she made thousands OF. dollars
there. Then she conceived an idea OF n dog
team express company 10 deliver merchandise,
food and mining supplies. to the men In the
cabins out on the creeks Of the klondike coun-
try round about Dawson. She took two part
ners into her scheme and q company, was or
ganlzed that has been highly profitable. Mrs
Danyers has been sending regularly her spare
capital down TO a Seattle bank. IL II said at
Dawson that she declined more than zoo Offers
Of marriage during her first year OF widow.
hood. and that she nov has a printed form OF
declination Of matrimonial proposals.. and that
cba hands n Drintpd card 10 each prOpOSpr "