El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-29

, lille by which he goes here. He has no
frills about him. and though every one
pays him respect in manner and
thought he is 8 plain S a pipe stem
I wish you could see him He is the
J.. rSonification of the combative. \
giant Of a man. he Is straight and well
formed lie is broad shouldered, bi.
framed. stands six feet in his stock
iugs and weighs more than 200 pounds.
H- has big head. a broad and high
forehead and eyes like blue steel. His
appearance is that Of a fighter and il
does not belle him. His Jaw is Of iron
;ud its grip is grim death. He is =
positive man. He knows what he
wants and how to demand it, lie is =
eoOd companion and hail fellow well
net with those whom he likes. ! am
told that he is also good hater and
Is human throughout. He stands well
with his employees. and addresses each
IF them by his first name. In speaking
Of him they refer to him as Joe BOYLE
lie is the boss and that everything
flust be done just as he says
Sails Before the Mast.
I have spoken of Joe Boyle as look
ing like a fighter. That is the pre-
dominant feature Of his character. He
his had to fight all of his life. and to-
day he would rather fight than do any
thing else. He began his fight as "A
10Y. His father was a horse farmer
iE eastern Canada. He lived at Wood
stables and bred and raised fine horses
When J. W b had reached Il his life
grew too tame for him and he started
out 70 make his own way His success
VAS not great and when sea cap
tam asked him TO go before the mast
ne became a sailor and as such travel
al over great part Of the world. He
as wrecked several times, and in 20
ms from the island Of St. Helena
around cane Of Good Hope his shin
S:rang a leak and the men had TO
work the pumps for 1000 miles from
there TO Bombay He finally rose to
ne quartermaster of an English steam
er and then came back home
strike out for Placer Field.
\ little later he struck out for the
west. and when some of the first gold
mines Of the Yukon were discovered he
las in Seattle one Of his friends At
tat time was Frank Slavin, the bare
knuckle champion prizeflghter of the
world. I am not sure. but 7 think
BOYLE was Slavin's trainer and man
aver At any rate. the two started TO
Alaska together They "mushed' It
from Dyea over the mountains and got
90 the KIondike shortly after gold was
discovered Boyle and SlaVin worked
together for q time and Boyle was
afterward engaged in placer mining
with saltwater Bill. swift water"
made several fortunes which he fritz
tered away Mr. Boyle was superin-
iendent of his mines
Lenses All Land in Sight.
Joe Bowie was tWenty-eiEht years
old at this time He was not doing as
vel az he hoped al his mining. and he
conceived the idea that there was
fortune TO be made in the earth after
;he miners had left and also in the
timber that then covered great part
Of the klondike valley. II was as far
back as 1899 when he stood on a little
nil above the klondike river and de-
hated as to the size of the tract he
would lease. He determined 20 take
9ll of the land within sight. and then
made out the papers for the gold ter
'itorv which he now has
lie also made a claim for the timber
The latter was ten miles in length, eX-
tending through and beyond the terri
tory which he is now mining Every
one laughed at the mining property.
nut he had TO fight for his timber. As
soon as his application was known his
competitors at Dawson saw the author
i'.es and had them require him to
Ike out the whole 10 miles of his
property. This was when the claim
fas Just on the edge of being perfect
ed, and the announcement was made