Show 1 0 0 SENATOR PITTMAN PITTa iAN RUSHED TO ALASKA S SO OFT OFTEN 1 gold buried far away in in some inaccessible part of the world looks easier to get than fortunes awaiting us right at home senator key pittman of nevada started his career on a wild goose chase for gold but came back to make his success in the occupation forchic for which h his schooling fitted him key pittman who was born in 1872 attended law college in tennessee his career at that time tim looked as though it might consist of practicing law obtaining an appointment as district attorney and forging g ahead in politics with the un united iti d states senate as a goal but I 1 young pittman could not see it that way and the reason was the alaskan gold rush in 1896 he rushed up toa the klondike and what happened key kay pittman landed at dawson just ahead of the freeze almost penniless in nome it is said that he worked at one end of a bucksaw make a living then the people mide made him district attorney shor shortly tl thereafter he re returned to the th c united states settling in tono pah nev where lie he laid the dounda tion of his fortune in the tonopah telephone company in 1913 key pittman in his first political contest was elected to the united states senate where he has given a good account of himself for 24 years his greatest interest 1 is 3 to better the position of silver i inspired n of course by the great production of this metal in nevada stories of wealth to be won in foreign fields sound so much more alluring simply because the fields represent the unknown and seem to offer more adventure probably y while we are pining to be in one place the fellow who is there wishes lie he were in ours service |