Evening star., 1921-07-03

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~ Butler. while chasing burros.
~ stumbled on = rich outcrop-
ping Of rock that. when as
saved. gave high values In gold ana
silver, particularly silver. The place
of the discovery. which Is now, ano
has been for q decade or so. one
Of the steadiest and best producing
camps in the west. is named Tono-
pah. The name Is OF Indian origin
and means "Waterbrush." In addi-
ton to being a famous mining CEN
ter. 1t is the home Of Key Pittman'
senior senator from the saGeorush
state. The people Of Nevada are
nroud Of the statesman who has long
and ably represented them in the
u,n.r house Of Congress. They stand
~ Svr; n;m irrespective Of party. because
~ ia on the alert to safeguard their
in,erests because ne Is q distin
rmished legislator and because OF
the fact that he believes IN tme sane
high standards ot fair .htnS has
do the people OF tne s.ith fo nan
Nearly fifty years ago there came
into the world at vicksburg, MISS,
little ack-haired youth. Tiny mt
with line OF distinsa.sS"sn 10 sn,or and
trust In the south; ancestors Wmo
we're conservative yet constfuctive.
Young Pittman was reared IN '
Ian Of luxury. every want GUY
gratified for the mere asking,
young s..,r,,ss, s.Tdsn. he nina ihSse1 rpon grad
uat,ne U. from the Southwestern Uni,
ve,.ifv the call Of the west reaches
him. It became insistent. the sp..n
NJ adventure seized him ana ne neau
ed for the country where sIs. nj
blue and sunshine ,.h, e. pl,e shoot elk in the
Olympic forests and to spend ss Mseh
In the woods in order tnst ne Hieh'
gain a robust stature. ..Ls
After enjoying three or tour
Of genuine sport. rumols y. .n nund
ress Of the towns around Puget souno
.sochea pittman and he accordingly
invested his patrimony. 1t was AT 'ns
ti,ne when every one was Ouyihg VI
selling in those boom towns anu aS
pittman laughingly remarked. NJ III
vested In every boom town III =.
sound" He further said that ms IN
,-estments were permanent: He never
took anything away from these DOOM
towns. After six months he was
broke, He had neither the money
nor the nerve to go nome. SO IN
d # to carve out fortune wltnout .ns
i .,t the family purse. he plunged
ne i, gin; woods. where he Sc
i r,;,.uoyment ut skinning the
!, ron, tr IS. T lis was al time
hv har.i'y kns~ one end OF an
unI u.Ut!cr
,.i:ls 80. l ...s perhaps one OF
L the most beneficial that ever
!! ,anpened to young Pittman. because
it built up q physique that. while not
huge, possessed amasins strength.
Graduating from this school oi the
woods he left for Seattle. opening law
oe,ce. there and at Mount Vernon,
,,usi,. His Practice. almost ut once
,au ne a lucrative one. Such creature
romforts his large 1ees. could provide
were his. Then came The famous
financial crasl Of the Barring bfotn-
ers. Pittman hid Received IN sou,f ~
ci;snts hut he found that these DTS
of paper had shiunk ih value TO
nofnt where they were no longer gooo
to nav board. Again the spirit OF
adventure seized him. He yearnea
for newer and fairer helds. 30 ne p.e-
,na IN the Judge Of the court he gave
his library. His little mony ne m
vested in q twelve-month stock o.
food. or grub" as the prosPecioss
calls It. which consisted largely o.
bacon, beams. hour; Toired oil a. osts stsamer m
Queen Tor Alaska. from when p1,nSs aS
! tSrIiisnr tales of gold discoveries mao
enme. He was equipped with pair ot
shn6Siv maekinaws, SO shodoy tnAt
they would hardly DO f4r sPrms nss
ipy In Washington: He Hkewse p1S
eessed o pair Of hob-nailed ooHt.s;, =
was a tenderfoot with q cspNal l.: -.
Tho boh-nailed boots would nave
ahnrt,v resulted in frozen feet In that
IN the trip to Alaska Pittman ana
twenty Others became involved N
row because one Of the party naa
lost his spoons snd forks. M.n ,i.n,, .n,s
trouble settled. he went TO SS.ass%;.yn SKasT%;ny
named fashua, with whom he bunked
mnfii they were ready to hit the skag-
wav trail to Lake Bennett.
Roth Ptttman and LashuA each car
ried one hundred pounds on men :
backs every day as srfn tney t,nii The
twn intrepid seekers for opportuni-
tv vhipsawed lumber from which
| ttAv hnilt their own boats ana IN
them ran the Miles Canyon White
Horse rapids. After strenuous ZIP
they arrived At Dawson Win the
boating Ice. Delays and distr!butios =
| reduced Pittman's cash assets TO
nracticaliy nil. In fact. q man who
tnew hirn in Alaska and from whom
the writer has secured much OF these
data. stated that PittmAn arrived In
Dawson with exactly 10 cents tn his
pocket, ana this vas asn q e TINE wnsn sa
l .aSi;nr 81 "A eachX The next day