The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-07-16

.tad on a rfcn VI foCh
~, when assayed, gave high values
= .old and silver. The place of the
,,,sovery. which is now, and has been
a.. decade or so, one of the steadi-
-, and best producing camps In the
wsst Is named Tonopah. The name
!. "A Indian origin and means WA
...hrush." In addition to being a
s.rous mining center. 1t is the home
:, xev Pittman. senior Senator from
80 s~agebrush State. The people of
Nevada are prond of the statesman
.so has long and ably represented
,nsm in the upper house of Congress.
rhev stand by him, irrespective of
,ayty. because he is on the alert to
safeguard their interests, because he
q. distinguished legislator and be-
o.use Of the fact that he believes in
me same high standards of fair deal
Inc as do the people of the State
mich has given so much e wealth
to mankind.
Nearly fifty years ago there came
into the world at vicksburg. Miss, a
Mtle black-haired youth, a tiny mite.
With a line of distinguished ancestors,
Who held positions Of honor and trust
IN the South; ancestors who were con-
s~ryative yet constructive. Young
pttman was reared in the lap of lux
ury. every want could be obtained
for the mere asking. AS a young
student he showed a remarkable an
alytical mind. Upon graduating from
the Southwestern university the call
Of the West reached him. 1t became
insistent, the spirit OF adventure
seized him and he headed for the
country where skies are blue and
sunshine bright. His primary object
was to shoot elk in the Olympic for
ests and to spend weeks in the woods
in order that he might gain a robust
stature.
After enjoying three or four weeks
Of genuine sport, rumors OF the pro-
gress of the towns around Puget sound
reached Pittman and he accordingly
invested his patrimony. 1t was at
the time when every one was buying
or selling in those boom towns. and
as Pittman laughingly remarked, he
Invested In every boom town in Pu-
get sound" He further said that his
investments were permanent. He
never took anything away from these
boom towns. After six months he
was broke. He had neither the money
nor the nerve to go home. SO In order
to carve out a fortune without the
aid of the family purse. he plunged
into the logging woods. where he Sc
cured employment at skinning the
bark from trees. This was at a time
when he hardly knew one end of an
az from another.
This experience was perhaps one
Of the most beneficial that ever hap
pened to young Pittman. because 1t
built up a physique that, while not
huge. possessed amazing strength.
Graduating from the school of the
woods, he left there for Seattle, OPP
ening law offices there and at Mount
Vernon. Wash. His practice almost
at once became a lucrative one. Such
creature comforts as his large fees
could provide were his. Then came
the famous financial crash OF the Bar
Ing Bros. Pittman had received, in
addition to cash, numerous notes OF
clients, but found that these bits OF
paper had shrunk in value to a point
where they were no longer good to
pay board, Again the spirit Of adj
venture seized him, He yearned for
newer fields, so he presented his Of
ices to a younger lawyer and to the
Judge Of the court he gave his library.
His little money he invested In a
twelve-month stock of food. or grub
as the prospector calls 1t, which con-
sisted largely of bacon. beans, -four,
rolled oats and dried apples. He
sailed on the Steamer Queen for Alas
ka, from which country thrilling tales
Oh gold discoveries had come. He
was equipped with a shoddy pair OF
mackinaws. so shoddy that they would
hardly do for a Spring day in Wash
inston. He likewise possessed a pair
of h~ob-nailed boots. He was a ten
aerfoot with a capital T. The hob
nailed boots would have shortly re-
suited In frozen feet in that northern
cline,
on the trip to Alaska Pittman and
twenty others became involved in a
row because one of the party had lost
ms spoons and forks. With this trou-
Die settled, he went to Skagway.
"aere be met a French Canadian
A4mea Lashua. with whom he bunked
uatii they were ready to hit the Skag-
way trail to Lake Bennett.
Both Pittman and Lashua each car
,'eo 100 pounds on their backs every
way as they "mushed" over this heart
breaking trail. The two intrepid
,ss.srs for opportunity w~hipsawed
lumber from which they built their
ssa boats and In them a the Miles
canyon White u1r,o ,oni1a Altar n