The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1908-08-20

private Office on the second moor OF
he most famous-some call It the
most infamous-music hall in the
West.
The genesis of BILL" the $12,-
100000 burro, is shrouded in mys-
lery. The important thing is that
lbout the time he was sweet sixteen
he belonged to a firm of Westerners
by the name OF Cooper G Peck, who
considered 1t a good risk to grub
stake one N. s. Kellogg, burning
with ambition to tramp around In the
mountains of Northern Idaho with
ben in one hand and hammer in
the other, hunting for gold. Kellogg
had a hunch and he wasn't the sew
bDth son of seventh son, either. But
he could tell when he saw color of
gold and IL somebody would only
Zee to 1t 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 a trife 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 about It. He
Tells 1t in broken Dutch dialect
his last name is Goetz and he's Dutch
clear throughput the story's the
hing, not the dialect.
"It happened back in 49," says
goetz, II was then at Murray, in the
gold belt of the Occur d'Alenes,
where my partner, Harry Baer, and
had a saloon. We were partners,
100. in mining deals and did little
gambling on the side. l was about
thirty years old and had something
Hike 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
iAlenes in 'S3 on snowshoes with
twenty feet of snow on the ground
and helped open up lot of towns
Murray, Mullen, Eagle. Burke, Kel-
logg and Wardner
II fell in early with Phil
0'Rourke, an old Colorado miner,
who was counted the best prospector
In those days, and Baer and | grub
Itaked him to prospect for us. Dutch
Jake has always been pretty lucky,
yes. '~
"ORourke 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 g burro
and S1S.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 $1S.75 worth of grub didn't last
long, but the .burro's going down in
history. You see 1t 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 a good
long time and hadn't hit on anything
tnat looked good to him, till he was
plumb disgusted. He was for getting
Dack to the settlement, where there
was always something doing, even IL
the grubstake hadn't panned out. So
ne made his last camp up in the Coeur
uAlenes, tied the burro Bill" to
rock and hunted around for another
slice OF bacon that'd make him thin,
OF home ana mother.
The burro whitfield the bacon and
pegan to think about his own aope.
Ii'e' He gnawed thoughtfully on the
rope that held him, but gava It up
IN disgust. He wanted something TO
eat Just as much as Kellogg did.
rlhally he got so blooming mad he
suorted and reared around, paved
up all the loose gravel and powders
ana then let out with his heels as
.nough he'd kick the lining out of
sue SKY. Kellogg gulped down his
ailed Bill.
l guess Kellogg never did think
20 give that burro anything to eat
tnat night. He even forgot his own
,usFr' Tor Bill had uncovered a
,euge OF iron-galena ore that certain
:, ~ looked good to kellogg. There
II was, plenty OF 1t, riches for every
oou5' out Bill, the burro, was Just
10 hungry as ever.
loe next day Kellogg got into
own He showed his specimens to
Tooper and Peck and they asled
Sonn M. Burke about 1t. Burke mad
great rep but mans got to
make make mistakes now and vhen. He
saiu IL was only smelling ore. NOT
psa'. .u Dothering about. Cooper and
Io" suA TOOK his word for 1t and II KEEL
MSS couldn't find gold he could eat
ss,, sp .ne rest of that $18.75 worth Of
otSo So IN one meal and look for an
did,. lob' Kellogg ate. but be
n 80. I nave to look far.
uo =, - was lust then we game on him.
!. showed his samples to o'Rourke
10 uiunt aake Phil but a moment
Snc,e ee snat It gave promise OF pro-
1,S 1Sc'ng somc galena or carbonate
~e mo, tne ores that made Colorado fa.
ana vua PHI called me to one side
10 1u said we couldn't do better than
thai uanoots with Kellogg in stalking
our sround' agreed, turned over
PHI oasuses and grub to Keilogg ana
ind. struck right on for the
grow suess ,' they didn't let any grass
on, ont" under their feet. They sars wars
and vne ' pack horse and lost anotber
searoS nniie old man Kellogg went IN