The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-08-21

NC AuO5t 1dLuOuS-SUu6 call IL Iue
most nfanlous-music hall in the
West.
The genesis of "Bill,r the s12,-
100000 burro, is shrouded in mys-
lery. The important thing is that
about the time he was sweet sixteen
he belonged to a firm of Westerners
BY the name of Cooper C Peck, who
considered it good risk to grub
stake one N. S. kellogg, burning
With ambition to tramp around in the
mountains of Northern Idaho with a
pen in one hand and a hammer in
the other, hunting for gold. Kellogg
had bunch and he wasn't the sew
snth son of seventh son, either. But
he could tell when he saw color of
gold and if somebody would only
zee to it that he had enough to eat
while he was out by himself in the
wilderness he'd find gold or bust.
That was the sentiment; Kellogg's
words were triie more emphatic.
Dutch Jake tells the story first
hand, because he was around when
It all happened and there isn't man
living who knows more abou. it. He
lells it In broken Dutch dialect
his last name is Goetz and he's Dutch
slear throughput the story's the
hing, not the dialect.
1T happened back in 49," says
aoetz, II was then at Murray, In the
gold belt of the Occur d'Alenes,
where my partner, Harry Baer, and
had saloon. We were partners,
100. in mining deals and did little
gambling on the side. 1 was about
thirty years old and had something
like twenty-five thousand dollars 1t
was easy come, easy go in those
days. Say, was the real thing as a
pioneer, having gone into the Occur
a'Alenes in 'S3 on snowshoes with
twenty feet of snow on the ground
end helped open up lot of towns:
Murray, Mullen, Eagle. Burke, Kel-
logg and Wardner.
Il fell in early with Phil
O'Rourke, an old Colorado miner,
who was counted the best prospector
In those days, and Baer and | grub
Btaked him TO prospect for lis. Dutch
Jake has always been pretty lucky,
yes.
"O'Rourke and I'd been out look
Ing at some claims early In 'S5 and
when we returned we met kellogg,
who had been provided with burro
and $1S.75 worth of provisions by
Cooper and Peck and told to hunt
around until he found color or never
show his nose in civilization again
The S1S.75 worth of grub didn't last
long, but the burros going down in
history. You see it was this way"
Dutch Jake" invariably takes an
extra long puff on his fat cigar and
perches his black sombrero farther
back on his head.
THE burro did it. that's the Gods
truth. Kellogg had been plugging
around in the mountains for good
long time and hadn't hit on anything
that looked good to him, till he was
plumb disguised. He was for getting
back to the settlement, where there
was always something doing, even if
the grubstake hadn't PANIED out. So
he made his last camp up in the Occur
d'Alenes, tied the burro bill" to a
rock and hunted around for another
slice of bacon that'd make him thin,,
of home and mother
"The burro whitfield the bacon and
began to think about his own a,pe.
tite. He gnawed thoughtfully on the
rope that held him, but CAV, It nc
In disgust. He wanted something to
eat Just as much as kellogg did
Finally he got SO blooming mad he
snorted and reared around, pawed
up all the loose gravel and powders
and then let out with his heels as
though he'd kick the lining out OF
the sky. Kellogg gulped down his
bacon and wandered over to see what
allied Bill.
Il guess Kellogg never did think
to give that burro anything to eat
that night. He even forgot his owl
munger, for Bill had uncovered {
ledge OF iron-galena ore that certain
~ looked good to Kellogg. rher,
1t was, plenty of it. riches for every
pody, but Bill, the burro, was JUS
as hungry as ever.
The next day Kellogg got intt
town. He showed his specimens f.
cooper and Peck and they asked
John M. Burke about it. Burke hat
great rep but a mans got t.
make mistakes now and then. n,
SAID 1t was only smelling ore. no
worth bothering about. Cooper ant
Peck took his word for 1t and If KEEL
iogg couldn't find gold he could ca
up the rest of that s1S.75 worth O
sruD IN one meal and look for an
otner job. Kellogg ate, but b,
oion't have to look far.
1T was Just then we came on him
lie showed his SAMPLES to O'Rourke
AZ didn't sake Phil but a nomen
70 see that it gave promise of nro
uucing some galena or carhonat,
IKE the ores that made Colorado IA
nous. Phil called me to one sid,
ana said we couldn't do better tbn,
70 go cahoots with Kellogg in stakin,
tnat ground. I agreed, turned owe
our cayuses and grub to kellogg an,
Fnil and they struck right off for IN,
find. va iof III
l guess they didn't let anv or.s
grow under their feet. They wor
ous one pack horse and lost anothe