The Socorro chieftain., 1907-09-28
JUVENILE ROUGH RIDERS
will Start from San Antonio for the
Fair at o O'Clock Saturday
Morning.

NlueTS, III camp at lStd w
Alameda, San Antonio. N
Mex, Sept 25, 1907.
To The Chieltain:
Colonel Charles Owen Holt oi
Bourbon county, Ky, wrote the
following poem for the rough
riders at their camp last evening;
"Strange electrical appliances
have superseded steam,
The old-style sailing vessel
is an antequa,ed dream;
We have our horseless carriages
driven by the rich,
Our women wear ilk hosiery
and never knit a stitch;
We have our wireless telegraph,
We sail through air and sea,
We play machine pianos
aud never touch a key;
The old-style stomachache is
appendicitis now,
We eat our creamery butter
that never saw a COW;
Progress is our motto,
Modern times have come to stay,
But we rough riders pratice charity
in the good old-fashioned way"
Colonel Holt is now materia |
agent for the New Mexico Mid
land and the Carthage Fuel
company. The colonel will car
ry the big flag for the rough
riders IN their parade. His home
town is Paris, KY, where Old
Crow and Edgewood are made,
and lie SAYS no better brands are
made in the blue grass state.
Our company starts from camp
here Saturday morning at 3
o'clock. Everything is in readi-
ness. Major Louis Kossuth Han
ma has been here all the week.
His red cross ambulance is ready.
We shall have young ladies'
hospital corps mounted. Miss
Nifa Montoya will have charge
of this department, and will be
escort 10 Major Hanna.
We have one more famous
character not mentioned in any
of my former letters. DR.. Lee
Hop Chung, nephew to the fam
Gus Chinese statesman Lee Hang
Chung, who was the richest man
in China, also in the world.
The doctor was compelled to flee
from China during the Boxer
trouble a few years ago. He
shas been working in coal mines
in different parts of the country.
He drifted into Carthage last
winter and has been working at
the Bernal mine ever since, and
has also been acting as interpre-
ter for about 20 Japs digging
coal in that mine. The doctor
is highly educated. He speaks
English, German, and Japanese.
Look out for the doctor. You
will see him in the parade, sure.
My pretty Socorro Ruth came
down Saturday with her uncle,
Mr.. Hilton. After inspecting
my camp, which she pronounced
Acne, we took a boatride or
lake Alameda for fully two
miles and had our picture taken
on the lake. The water lilies
are beginning to bloom and it,
Just beautiful to take boatrides
there now. They are going tC
form a yacht club here soon anC
send for a gasoline launch which
will hold a party of Is or 20 per
sons.
Frantz Schmidt passed through
this evening from his sheer
camp in Sawmill canon. He will
rush out to the San Andrea'
ranch and bring in his partner
Mr.. Story, and several of hi
neighbors, including Colone
George Babers, whose energ,
and industry will soon make tin
Jornada del Muerto blossom lik
the rose. The colonel is taking
in all the great gatherings nov
and will remain at the fair tn
full three days. He says he ca
always make a correct estimat
when he will get into town, bu
won't guarantee the exact tim
when he will get home.
| received a telephone late tC
night from Telesfor Gabaldo
saying that unless | put him i
my company he wouldn't let m
pass Luis Lopez. Telesfor say
that anyone can tell he is
rough rider by looking at him
He has ridden a government mnl
for over 25 years freighting fo
Mr.. Hilton in Lincoln county
am going to put him in charg
of the rough rider grub wago