The Socorro chieftain. [volume] (Socorro, N.M.) 1902-1959, 1908-02-08
A BUNCH OF BOOSTERS
They Were in Albuquerque a Few
Days ago and Hailed from So
corro County.
TALK FOR SOCORRO COUNTY.
The Albuquerque Evening Citizen
Gives Them a Rich, Rare, and
Racy Wrlteup.

Inc lOllOWlng story concern
ing a bunch of Socorro county
boosters visiting in Albuquerque
can not fail to be heartily appre-
ciated where the boosters are
we'll known The story was
contained in a recent issue of the
Albuquerque citizen, as follows:
A crowd of men. rome of them
weighing less than $50 pounds,
and some Of them tipping the
scales at 225, went down Gold
avenue at 8 o'clock this morning,
headed by Charles Chadwick. of
the Chadwick Sheep Commission
company, and making for the
headquarters of the company at
III Gold avenue.
What is that-a football
squad?" asked pedestrian.
They are certainly a husky
bunch"
NO" said a man who knew
the party, they don't belong to
a regular football squad, but |
guess they could go some at any
game you might propose. They
are a bunch of Socorro county
boosters.
You see the big fellow in
front? Well, that is w. S. Full
lerton, who with his brother has
large cattle and sheep ranch
in western Socorro county.
The second fellow, the little
sawed-offfellow, who is about as
broad as he is long. is
Harry Crawford, son of Captain
Jack Crawford, the poet scout.
Harry used to be conductor on
the Hornytoad division of the
Santa Fe, but advancement on
the rails got too slow for him so
he went into the ice and coal
business. Now he has a trust
on these two commodities in the
city of San Marcial.
THE third fellow" said the
man who knew, that nice look
ing man, with the mustache and
the checkered overcoat- is r.
ii. Sweet, probate clerk of So
corro county, who quit railroad
ing a few years ago to 90 in for
politics. He's a republican and
not bad sort of a fellow. The
railroad boys say that they are
going to run him for senator
next year, and the railroad vote
of San Marcial cuts as much ice
in Socorro county elections as
Harry Crawford's ice saw. Mr..
Sweet is a Roosevelt Republican
The big man with the broad
sombrero, with the classic fea-
lures, is DR.. G.. II. Bacon, ply
sician for Howard Stackhouse,
who owns and operates the large
coal mines in the Carthage coal
district of Socorro county. DR..
Baco was a classmate of DR..
John h. Haynes, who has Office
rooms in the N. II. Armijo build
ing on Central avenue.
DIR. Bacon was on the ground
at the explosion which recently
occurred in the Bernal mine at
Carthage. There were fifteen
men in the mine at the time of
the explosion. The last one to
die was a native, who had seven
fractures and lived sixteen days.
The last thing the poor fellow
said was 'Muchas gracias, doc
tor
That attenuated fellow, with
the prominent brow and piercing
black eyes, is b. w. Cruickshank,
a son of the late DR.. Cruick-
shank of San Marcial. Mr..
Cruickshank has been on a visit
to his Mother at San Marcial.
He recently resigned response
BILE position with the El Paso-
Southwestern at Carizozo, and is
looking for a location.
THE fine looking elderly man
with the long gray whiskers is
DIR. Z. f. Blackington, the pion-
eer physician of Socorro. DR..
Blackington was sheriff OF So
corro county for more years than
any other man in the history OF
the county. He's mining now,
owning property considered oil
great value all over Socorro
county. The doctor is just see
ing the sights. He is probably
the only man in New Mexico
with the record of having been
the successful candidate more
years than one and he neither
drinks nor smokes"