Show BROKE LAST YEAR NOW WORTH I Borrows 6 Goes GOBS to Alaska and Makes Fortune Portland Ore Dead Ore Dead ead broke less than thana a a year ago and working at odd jobs cleaning basements and yards ards in this city and now worth all of which was secured through his own efforts efforts efforts ef ef- forts is the experience of W. W B. B Con Con- nell hell an Alaska miner Toils ToH A. A Davie deputy city attorney of this city is largely dU due much of ol the credit for the good fortune which has befallen the lucky mi miner er Connell came to Davie Dayie last July with the story that he knew Judge Davie DaYie the local attorneys attorney's father who was formerly a judge in British Columbia He had a ahard ahard ahard hard luck story and pleaded for lor work Davie gave gaYe him some odd Jobs cleaning cleaning clean clean- ing the yard and basement In his home for which he paid the man 2 After the work was completed the stranger asked for lor 6 for railway fare to Seattle from which place he intended intended in in- tended to go to Alaska The man appeared appeared appeared ap ap- ap- ap to to tobe be honest honest and he gave Connell Connell Con Con- nell 6 That was the last heard of the man mau until a few da days s 's ago when he he- her r received a n letter written from the White Horse river Yukon Yulon territory Connell Council said that he had bad reached Alaska and had bad gone to the gold fields and nd there had located on three claims I 1 have sold the three claims writes l Connell to a New York syndicate for tor I cash in three months and the remainder in six months So taking everything into consideration I 1 have not done so awfully awfully aw fully bad since last July luly when I way was flat fiat broke I shall certainly make It my my business to visit Portland and see you and your family I 1 have hare a notion to quit the mining game as will keep me If it I 1 use It as it should be used cd By ny Bythe the way I have a couple of nuggets nuggets nug nug- gets to send you and your wife and also one for your sister I often thought of you and Mrs Davie Darle She was very ery kind to me when I was Will cleaning out your This Is Isreal a 1 areal real happening In a miners miner's life life broke broke one day and plenty plent of money money the pert next ert Concluding his letter Connell said the country was no place for u poor man because all the claims were staked and prices of everything are arp sky high |