Show he was not believed norah tonawanda N Y au 4 the news of the great gold discoveries in the klondyke region was told in alie Tona wandas long before it became 4 known to ala world at large he newspapers on april 2 a short thickest thic keet man walked into the hotel sheldon in this city and registered F leavenworth spokane wash aa M B pierce the proprietor ot the hotel watched the man write his name A in a bold hand he was he had seen him before and when he read the name t on the register be recognized in the stranger bis whom he had aal aol been since 1864 As boye pierce and leavenworth had been chums at their home in rochester but they separated in 1664 leavenworth entering the united stacee army and pierce who wag then but 17 beare old starling for the coal regions of pennsylvania the two man had hugged each other each naturally became curious to learn how the other bad fared during if the years in which bad been separated they had lore stories to tell aada tok to k everal days in which to inform pierce of the wonder ful bights seen by leavenworth he bad been around the world and bad visited eairy country and clime on the face of the globe the last two years of his life however bad been spent in the gold fields ol 01 alaska and british colum j i bla where he bad accumulated a fortune why pierce he said in an ecstacy of enthusiasm on day atter his arrival ibe izold 1 tata district where my claim ie la thicker than coal in the coal vania t aber hearing his story mr pierce be comin when the two a were together with other friends of the proprietor would begin to talk of the gold in klondyke t this was not ap mr perce eo much ae one would eup he did not letiah the of people learnine of the affliction of hie cousin and he frequently cautioned him to let that klondyke story aone A the day tollo winz the of leiv tw benworth at the hotel colin of tacoma wash arrived in town mc botosh was boon companion during his trip through alaka and he corroborated leaven wortha etory regarding the rich nete of the yu valley the men were on their way back from new york to seattle from where they were to take the first steamer tor the gold fields leavenworth bad just secured a con cession of land on the stuart river from the canadian Rove and as the stuart river la in one of the rich parts of alib gold country both men were rich beyond their former dreams while at the hotel in this city they exhibited quantities of gold dust and several bemoll nuggets they deemed to have money to burn and they spent it freely leavenworth told of an experience that will give many people who have the gold an idea cf what they caay expect to encounter in an overland trip to alaska the party with which he made his first journey to that cold country was composed of himself colin and another while in the mountains they ran out of food each of the adventurers had a dog but for a long time after the food supply was exhausted it did not occur to them that they would have to kill tho does finally they con eluded that it would have to be donte aud it was suggested sue by that they draw lots tu determine whose dog should be killed to this leavenworth would not consent because be bad become greatly attached to bis do he decided that he would go without food rather than sacrifice his dumb companion of this determination he informed the other members of the party after which be strolled away from the camp to give the other fellows a chance to draw lots for the two remaining dos alter remaining away for an hour he strolled back toward the camp when be came near he could see the camp kettle was over the fire and as he approached pro ached still nearer he could eee that i contained meat he looked about to see which dog was missing and was surprised to see that it was bis own the other two dogs were also killed before the party could get a food supply the largest strike made in the gold fields according to the story of mr leavenworth was to the pan he paid that was not unusual in hr klondike but that the dirt from which it was washed ivae not surface dirt A bole was dug in the ground and the yellow metal ie found in the best paying quantities in lower strata of gravel shale |