| Show Act of Kindness Banishes Jinx and Brings Brines o Prospector a Gold Cold Mine MineI I When Horace C. C Douglas Doulas a adventurer and worldwide worldwide- traveler ur urged ea his do los team on so eo that bo he could arrive at Fairbanks by night nightfall nightfall fall in order that ho he could participate pf in tho the Christmas evo eve celebration which wa to be ho held in the Alaskan town tow four years ap ajo o ho lie IO realized real real- that ho was on an adventure adventure ad I venture that resulted in his becoming nA nAthe the owner of what he lie terms a a comfortable comfortable com coni- little mine trout from ro ll which a fel fellow low lot could dig out a It living Mr fr 1 Douglas 0 is a guest fuest at tho the Hotel Utah Ho lie arrived in jn n Salt SnIt Lake Lako City last rr Friday lla to t transact personal bust busi ne nets ness s. s lIe He left home homo several weeks ago anti and is on hi his hia way war to visit bi his mother whom fan ho hR has n not t seen in more than ten years vears His ills home is near Atlanta Ga Ca To a thc representative of THE TEI EGRA this morning mornin Mr r. r Douglas told of ot the circumstances which led up to jim him becoming the lie owner of tho the comfortable com corn mine maine in Alaska I really have ha no story tory to tell to iho tho newspapers he ho be began an I am like ike hundreds of other men who ha have e under undergone onu har hardships ships in Alaska and fi finall finally alb struck it However or if you ron want to know how I J found my m.- claim a after afler ler almost six 1 x years year of oC search I will you von Sought Lifo Life of Adventure I I r left my nuy home bome in the south when whon I was tras quite a youngster Being near the ho ocean and always wanting a littie lit- lit tie Io bit of adventure Rd I shipped to sea I sailed saile around tho world for three years rears anti and in Portland about ten years ago J I started for Alaska there bein being rumors of another bi bit big gold old find at that tim time ime Ill Il bet there lucre is not a a. gold rold field fieldin in n Alaska that I t have havo not toiled in in in in inho ho tho hope hore that some lay day I 1 would strike it t rich rich J The Tue longer I stayed in the country the worse T lock Inck I had ball It resulted re ro- re- re suIted in making iD me me well well you JOU might say hay RY I peeved I resolved to stay in inho inthe ho tho countr country arid and under undergo o hardships until i I could strike something that would make nako mo me comfortable for life I was like iko man unlucky minors miners I 1 If could make a rush to some somo now opening f of gold jold old country and et right in with a munch of miners The They Tho would have havo but little trouble in finding Cin what they were r. lint hut with m mo well mn-well well T had harl a jinx that was wa continually on my trail and rind it ft was impossible to lose him Five ivo years ago aJo I went ont to Fairbanks and knocked out a a. good living by doing jobs I struck it ono one night gambling gam a hung bling and bad had sense lense enough h to quit when I W was 9 winner With tho proceeds proceeds pro pro- which I J had won I r grubstaked taked myself got flot some Borne dogs I and a sled and started out on n a stilt still hunt for n a mine anne My I jinx was still lUll with me nue as as S I J Jamo came camo about as near finding n n. pay claim as 8 a baby would I r stuck it out however how how- ever aver for severa several months and when hen my lay food began to g give go o out 1 I took the tho trail back for Fairbanks Fairbank Jinx Is Banished It I It was about Christmas time and anti it was real Alaskan weather as I fought my wa way wa- back to civilization On December De Dc- cember 24 4 1909 1901 I was within a few fow miles of Fairbanks and almost almo l completely com corn worn out I t wanted to got get et back jn In time timo for the Christmas eve ovo celebration tion and ur urged ed the tho dogs s on When near Fairbanks I camo came upon two drunken mon who were tormenting a Indian a character known knon to toan all an around Fairbanks as Too Joe Perkins Tho The miners had a against him and wore beating him as I came upI upI up I J mixed and the halfbreed and myself Ul f forced tho minors to take to the trail To make male a n lon long story short I ho flue Indian In In- dian olian was grateful to mo me and ancl the fol oh lowing spring wo we started to together With his assistance we va found a fairly good paying claim ono one that I r will never no havo have to worry about getting getting get get- ting a comfortable living from We Wc declared ourselves A year ear following Perkins took ill iii with puen- puen monia mania and died His an nil Indian Indian In In- dian is my ray partner in tho the claim now Dou Douglas las says there are arc wonderful opportunities op op- op in Alaska for a young man Ho Tic i is k of tho the opinion howe however r that it will win bo be several overa years yet before tho the resources of ef the country arc nrc developed to any great groat reat extent The Tho railroads are arc being extended and this ho says will pIn play n a great part in developing tho the country Douglas when a Ed con- con corning the mining there said that there thero am arc thousands ands of undiscovered undiscovered undiscovered ered mines in inthe the country and that new will he be found from now on until the world ends Ho Ito will go o to his mothers mother's home and plans to return to Alaska on ono of tho first boats bonts Bailing in the spring sprine |
