The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-07-06
by, vM. Hudson

ahyeu, gave hlgh values in gold and
silver, particularly silver. The place
OF the discovery which is now, and
has been for decade or so. one
Of the steadiest and best producing
camps III the west Is named Tono.
pah. The name is of indian origin
aud means "Naterbrush. In addi-
ton TO being a famous mining cea-
Ter, 1t IS the home OF Key pIttman,
senior senator from The SageDrush
state lne people OF Nevada. are
proud OF the statesman VINO has long
aud aDly represented them IN the
upper house Of Congress. They
stand By him irrespective OF party,
because he is on the alert To safe
guard their interests, because he is a
distinguished legislator and because
OF the fact that he believes in the
same nigh standards OF fair dealing
as do the people Of the state whte
has given so much new wealth to
mankind.
Nearly fifty years ago there came
into the world at Vleksburg. Miss,
little blaek-haired youth. tiny
mite with line Of distinguished an
eestors who held positions Of honor
and trust Ia the SOUTH ancestors
who were conservative yet eonBtruc-
tive. Young Pittman was reared in
the lap OF luxury. every want could
be gratified for the mere asking As
young student be showed a re
markedly analytical mind Upon
graduating from the Southwestern
University the call OF the west
reached him Il became iHslstent.
The spirit OF adventure siezed him
aud he headed for the country
whore skies are blue and sunshine
bright Ills primary object was to
shoot elk In the Olympic forests and
10 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 progress Of the towns around
Puget Sound reached pltiman and he
accordingly invested his patrimony.
Il was al the time when every one
was buying OF selling in those boom
towns. aud as Pittman laughinBly re-
marked. he invested in every boom
town IN Puget Sound He further
said that his investments were per.
manent lie never took anything
away from these boom towns. After
six months he was broke. lie had
neither the money nor the nerve TO
30 home. so IN order 10 carve out a
fortune without the aid Of the family
purse. he plunged into the logging
woods. where he secured employ
ment al sklnnlng the bark from
trees. This was az a time when he
hardly knew one end Of an Ak from
another
This experience was perhaps one
of the most beneficial that ever hap
pened 10 young Pitiman, because 1t
built up a physique that, while not
huge, possessed amazing strength.
Graduating from the school of the
woods he left for Seattle, opening
law offices there and at Mount Yer
non, Wash. Hts practice almost al
once became a lucrative one. Such
creature comforts his large fees
could provide we're his. Then came
the famous financial crash Of the
Barring Brothers. Pittman had re
eeiyed. IN addition 10 cash, numer-
Gus notes OF clients. but he found
that these bits of paper had shrunk
IN value 10 a point where they were
no longer good to pay board Agaii
the spirit Of adventure seized him
He yearned for newer and fairet
fields, SO he presented his offices to
a younger lawyer and TO the Judge o.
tho court he gave bis library. Hi
little money he invested In a twelve
month stock OF food, or grub, az
the prospector calls It, which con.
sisted largely of bacon, beans. floa
rolled oats and dried apples H
sailed ca the steamer Queen 10.
Alaska. from which point thrilling
tales of gold discoveries had come
He was equipped with pair Of shod
dy maeklnawa. so shoddy that the
would hardly do for a spring day in
Washington He likewise possessed
pair of hob-nalled boots. He wa
teuderfoot with a capital 7. The
hob-nalled boots would have shortly
resulted in frozen feet in that nor
thern cline.
On the trip to Alaska Pittman and
twenty others became involved In Q
row because one of the party had
lost his spoons and forks. With this
trouble settled. he went TO skagway
where he met a Frenoh-Canadian
named Lashua, with whom he
hnnked until they were ready to hill
the skagway trail TO Lake Bennett
Both Pittman and Lashua eacl
carried one hundred pounds on thell
backs every day as they 'mushea
over this heart-hreakng tran lh'
two intrepid seekers for onportunl
~ whipsawed lumber from whief
they built their own boats ana II
them ran the Miles Canyon Whlts
Horse rapids After a strenuous trll
they arrived at Daweon with th'
foating ice. Delays and distributor
of food TO less fortunate pllgrlmi
had reduced Pittman's cash assets e
practically nil In fact man Whs
knew him IN Alaska and from whol
the writer has secured much Of thes'
data stated that Pittman arrived Il
dawson with exactly 10 cents IN III
nocket and this was at time whel
bacon and bean sandwiches Wel'
ceiling AT SO each. The next da'