The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 1

Nicholas wins US Open by 1 SPORTS Cl Illicit love the big screen In the movies adultery can lead to grief pain agony shame death or an Oscar SOUNDLIFE lead shrinks as bullpen loses another one 4-2 SPORTS Cl THE 1 MONDAY JULY 14 1997 TACOMA WASHINGTON PIERCE COUNTY EDITION 354 therush Bill (ions) Gates pulls far ahead on rich list Microsoft fortune doubles to $364 billion in a year Forbes magazine says Br Emc Quinones The Associates Press v' 'I V'- -O I mr ws 3 Ilf jC 1 -r I 1 1 rf r' UClIETfoWEiBVf II fv 4 K'i i a-- 't PRMH i -v- act NEWYORK-MicroeoftCoip Chairman Bill Gates topped Forbes list of the top billionaires for the third straight year and pulling away from the pack as his software empire rides the stock record-setting wave Astern net worth doubled to $364 billion in the past year That put him nearly $9 billion ahead of the second-place Walton family the $276 billion heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune Forbes said in its 11th annual rankings released Sunday personal wealth has swelled as investors more than doubled the Btock price of Microsoft whose Windows operating system is the most popular for running personal computer func V-: 'V f' i' 'J p-'y L- ivf 1 1 1 S- nbiaaal tions Forbes says in its July 28 issue that it limited the list of biOkmaires this year to the top 200 because the rapid rise of the global economy and stock markets has produced nearly 600 billionaires worldwide There were 447 on last list and just 96 when the magazine Btarted the rank- Pleaseset MchaStn Photo By Ruh CmumcxThe News Tmune Emil RScMm a iMmtr of ttM Hannan Richter family from Tfccoma apanad this Jawaky and curio shop In Skagway In 1910 Employaa Shlriay Hunz sate a pan of gold miiti bifoii i dummy mlnir In th itoft'i window on vBmtRipf The News Tribune -mm Two days after the SS Portland arrived in Seattle with 68 freshly rich prospectors and two tons of gold in 1897 Tacoma declared the Klondike gold rush done 1310 Tacoma Daily News a parent of your News Tribune ran the headline Craze Here It wrote has not gone wild over the Klondike There wiU be a rush of adventurous persons to the Klondike Some will perish by the way Some will suffer greatly L-'S Pi On-4 Story of stampede for Yukon gold is replete with the exploits of colorful characters from Pierce County who ran the Washington state militia plus bankers lawyers hotel owners and real estate entrepreneurs prime roles were outfitting prospectors -at prices 25 perosnt to 50 percent lower than in Seattle or San Francisco -and originating steamships north to Alaska The Cornell brothers Daniel and Ernest were building contractors who later built Fort Lewis The Cornells built white ash sleds for scooting over icy Yukon trails PBoplek Store bought big ads in the newspaper appointing itself only headquarters for Klondike gear The best stories were not about governors mayors or contractors but the few Taoomans who struck it rich while many tried When the Portland arrived in Elliott Bay on July 17 1897 newspapers listed the 68 of the Klondike and how much gold dust they triumphantly brought home Among the freshly rich were a Tacoma laborer Please set Hscea bach psgs more than one way to get to top of Rainier 4 new guide services given shot under 1-year plan at least temporarily ending a monopoly BvSwpDae The News Tribune AMount Rainier climbing monopoly that kept the summit to itself for 30 years has been cracked When American Alpine Institute guided four climbers to the top of Rainier the morning of June 11 it marked the first time since 1967 that someone other than a Rainier Mountaineering Inc guide was lawfully leading a paying client Mount Rainier National Park is trying this one-year experiment in part to follow new National Park Service polkaes designed allow some additional competition" said John Krambrink the chief ranger has nothing to do with Rainier Moiun- taineering performance" he said has had a very good For the new guide services the experiment in competition is like getting inside a locked candy box many years had numerous clients who wanted us to guide them oh said Dunham Gooding president of Bellingham-based Americfin Alpine In- Ffauesee Kslslsr back pegs fe i sv I swunawr WIDU hUwHitl'1 h'f- SmhMIm ta ImMMlM Sturty Spt a yfrf1 Some 200 Thcomans-firemen trolley conductors and lumber mill workers rushed to the Klondike But most When news of the Klondikif strike aroused America 100 Julys ago WD Wood was attending a convention in San Francisco He weis mayor of Seattle He wired the City Council that he would not return raised $150000 to buy a steamer called the Humboldt and left fir the Klondike He went broke By the time the SS Portland left Seattle and returned to Alaska in early August its passengers included former Gov John McGraw Gen ME Carr Minr Uni Ketdubs Uriag TrsMHenMirewrFewiMerensmMM a f'rli-- roarTlefcat A special report ki The News Tribune: X- IIL: fj fti 1 rjLilrirfikr lg wooden sidewalks and remains mired in a time warp Wsdnssihy Our readers sham their gold rush reooi-: lections letters and mementos Aflood of Nondfes memories from the South Sound Thursday: The gold rush series concludes By featuring Dreams: The -Quest for the Klondike The -11-month exhibit opens Thursday at Washington State History Museum in Taooma Tuesday: Skagway i Alaska's Iksmel to the gold fields It dtod as a gold rush town but resurrected Ksetf as a tourist taigst But Dawson City Yukon Territory the piaoe when the gold was mined has drt streets and T- While i acknowledged as the 7 place some 5000 left from Tacoma for the gold fields The steamer AHd sailed from Tacoma Sept 2 1899 for Alaakan ports bwludlng Dyaa and INDEX 42 pages 4 sections Screenwriter disappears on his way home TOPAY'S WEAIWEH C8-9 SOUNDUFE Business Classified" Foul play suspected in mystery surrounding Gary DeVore Bv Mwsml Fuemm The Associated DeViare was returning from New Mexico where been bouncing ideas off his old friend actress Mareha Mason He told his wife he had made a mqjar creative breakthrough on a script for a movie he was about to direct a remake of the 1949 Robert Mitchum movie "The Big The last call Wendy Oates DeVore got from him was early June 28 He was about three hours away but he never reached their beachfront home 17118 has been sheer terror a tearful Wendy DeVore said in her living room as waves crashed in the distance are terrified that you cant get to him in time so frightened that he needs you and sure coming He had to believe I was going to find She has turned to private detectives air and ground searchers bloodhounds even Bare DeVore lies Family and friends believe the 55-year-old not been soon Please sttSaMBmim back pegs since June 29 115th year Issue No 96 0 1997 The News Tribune Today's press run: 130457 TRIB line 12 JL2 CARPINTERIA Calif So excited he wait to gelt home and start work screenwriter Gary DeVore called his wife several times by cellular phone as he drove itheMqj through the i Mqjave Desert Recycled paper Is used 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