Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-05-15


ernor was riding in on the hurricane
deck of a Concord coach where he
could inhale the scenery in great
gobs as the horses plunged through
the bottomless dust.
Before leaving Sodaville the gov
ernor was reproached with being a
tenderfoot and told his critic that
he would bet the drinks on arrival at
Tonopah that at the first stopping
place somebody would know him.
The bet finally resolved itself into
the drinks if some one at the next
station failed to- recognize the COVER
nor.
The coach plowed along until it
anchored at Summit, eighteen miles
from SodaviIle Miller swung him
self down from his lofty perch, for
getting all about the betting episode.
He had barely landed and squared
himself around when George Lynch,
1 known as Hobo Lynch one of the
oldest jerk-line drivers in the west.
slapped the governor between the
shoulders and yelled: Hello, old
man. when did you leave Idaho?"
That settled 1t and the drinks
we're on somebody else. The bet was
paid. The first night the gov
ernor spent in Tonopah he got ac-
quainted with famous camp charac-
ter known as "Burro" Parker. The
office of the Tonopah Mining com
pany was in the building now occu-
pied by II. H. Bacon adjoining
the present Bank building. Parker
was an educated man who was prone
to indulge in high grade rhetoric
when in his cups and Miller took a
great fancy to the old man. who
would get off some choice thoughts
on local affairs One evening after
some of the bunch had been dis
coursing on the attractions of home
back east, "Burro" stretched himself
and remarked:
you may talk of Utopian isles
where it's all Afternoon, but give me
the pleasures of a long alkali nat
. You can talk of the church chimes
, and the fascinations of Bohemian
, life. but to me the dismal sound oi
. the burro bell is the sweetest note
, on earth. and | want nothing better
! when | duck my head under the sage
( brush and sleep the sleep Of the
[ blest."
1 It was during the first visit o
!, Governor Miller to Tonopah that tht
{ camp was invaded by an itineran
Z preacher who held forth at som,
!. length. Miller attended church an'
/ so did "Burro" Parker. The collec
o tion struck "Burro" as somethin,
d | new, especially as he was chosen t
, pass the hat. After making tn,
k rounds he contemplated the bank
D roll and remarked, That's good
III Let's try it again"
e Then he made another circat O
# the congregation ana was tickle
e with the proceeds. Remarkinf
n That's better STILL" he would hav
d made the rounds once more had h
is not been restrained by the preache
d who did not wish to scare the aud
~ ence away.
,e "Burro" was afflicted with an in
k. pediment in his speech that worrie
D. strangers, but he usually preserve
vs. his complaeency until one evening
tenderfoot hanging around the offic
to of the Tonopah Mining company II
IS terposed an objection which wa
el countered by "Burro" with the r
On mark, when | said Gentlemen
Ie opening my remarks in talking
of you, | didn't wish you to think
ar was talking to first-class gentlemen
cd Governor Miller is one of the mo
INF approachable gentlemen who ev'
~ set foot in raw mining camp an
m has the reputation of being Il
nd greatest mixer in the smallest sta
cd in the union.