The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 4, 1924, Page 28

Irish Hero to Kansas eS F olk on Trek Westward This is the second chapter of “How I Made of BE. L. Doheny, » onaire-potitician, who ‘ts senate oil investigation My Millions.” the life story a leading figure in the BY E. L. DOHENY T 161 left home. I had of a surveying expedition that was ve Atchis Kansas, for a trip into In- dian Territc d I decided join it My mother, of course, was disappointed. hoping that I would study for the priesthood. My father, probably thinki of his own adventurous youth, didn't Seem to mind my going. But my brothers jibed me and said that I would be back within a month | In my extra terms at high school, I had studied “plane Surveying”; and I felt fairly well prepared to embark on my career. With $100 advanced by my father for expenses, | I set out to conquer—if not the world—at least the West But I was soon disappointed Travel was slow. By the time I reached Atchison, the expedition had been gone three weeks! T have had many disappointments since; but that first one was probably my greatest, Pretty much down in the mouth, I felt like returning | But I remembered what my brothers had ust to show them I was no quitter, I gritted my nd made up my mind that I would find a job. The next day was July 4, 1872. It wasn’t much of a holiday for me, until I picked up a newspaper and read in it a notice of -a New England publishing house advertising for agents to sell a series of three books. Their titles ap- pealed to the Irish in me, for they were: “The Life and Speeches of Daniel O'Connell,” “Irish Wit and Humor,”} “Book of Advice to Irish ¢ | So I applied for the assignment, got it, and cleaned it up| in six weeks—in which period I sold these books to every | frish famgy in Kansas. I averaged about $15 a day in| commissions, an almost undreamed of fortune in those days. | But I made the mistake of having the books sent by freight instead of express. By the time they arrived, some of my customers had migrated, others -had changed their | minds—and I was stuck. | While waiting for the books, I got a-job with the city | surveyor of Atchison. He had a large gang laying out the} northern part of the county. The weather was extremely hot, and the work was hard. Most of the men quit; but two stuck it out. One was Tom Corrigan, who later became a famous horseman; and the other was I, for altho I was small and weiglied only 125 pounds, work and play in Fond du Lac had made me hardy. But this job was soon over, and I was out of work again— With my dream of conquest rapidly fading into a mem-| ory. She had been teeth {fn his next article Doheny will tell how he trimmed hams in Leaven worth.) Spokane Men Guests | First Salmon Pack of City Chamber, Is Shipped to East | Harlan I. Peyton, president of the) The Alagka salmon trade for the | Spokane Chamber of Commerce, |season of 1924 was tnaugurated | @nd the executive committee of the | Thursday when Harris Waxman, a| “Spokane Chamber, were guests of| Seattle salmon broker, shipped a| the Seattle Chamber of Commerce |carioad of mildcured salmon from | "dnd the Seattle Lions’ ‘club Friday.| Southeastern Alaska to Philadel. | ‘They were to be taken around the|phia. This ts said to be not only city, and were to be honor guests/the first shipment to be handled at the meeting of the members’ | thru Seattle this season, but as well Council of the chamber at noon in|the earliest shipment of the kind the Masonic clubrooms. on record here. 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