Sizable souvenir nuggets from the rich Atlin gold country of British Columbia will be taken back to the home folk in Detroit by some of fhe seventy touring Buchanan boys on their way back from Alaska. In company with their leader, George E. Buchanan, wealthy Alaska coal merchant and philanthropist, the party reached Victoria yesterday and healthy, alert young citizens told of the success of the tour which they pay for out of their own earnings. Mr. Buchanan stakes them to a third of the cost on a word of honor loan. The boys pay one-third of their cost out of their own earnings and the
parents pay the balance and chalk it up to education. The whole idea of the tour is to broaden thé minds of growing boys by travel.
The party is now returning from Alaska, having left Detroit on July 4 last. In the course of the journey Westward the party visited Winnipeg, Calgary and Banff, proceeding to Alaska and Whitehorse by way of Vancouver, where they boarded the Princess Charlotte.
While the lads were getting the greatest thrill of the tour, placer mining, Charles Chaffee had the ill fortune to break an arm when thrown from a horse. He was able to accompany the party homeward and as the boys say, "a little accident like that is not taking the joy out of life for Charlie."
On arrival at Victoria the lads were met by the Kiwanis Club and taken
for a tour of the city in automobiles. They visited Butchart's Gardens, and saw the most wonderful array of flowers in the world. They swam in the famous Crystal Garden pool. The
party left this afternoon for Seattle, and will also visit Portland before resuming their homeward journey.
