The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-08-30
7. R. IN DENVER
Will Address Colorado Leg.
iSlature Today.
GOT TOUCH OF REAL WILD WEST
He Mounted Horse Cheyenne and
Rode Twenty Miles With Cow
boys to Sheep Ranch After
Attending Church.
GOT TOUCH OF REAL WILD WEST

Denver. Colo, Aug. 20. - Colonel
Roosevelt arrived here this morning
and was greeted by salute of twenty
one guns. The ex-president received
the most enthusiastic reception OF MS
tour and was kept oE the move al
day. He first reviewed a parade ana
then attended a banquet given by the
Denver Press club. This afternoon ne
will address the Colorado legislature
T. r. got a touch OF the real west
at cheyenne. The old hankering LOT
the plains and the plain people. with
whom he spent several years before
he broke into the political game seri-
ously. has been satiated. He mounted
a horse and rode twenty miles out 10
Senator f. E. Warren's sheep ranch.
He ate a game dinner that included
sage chickens brought over from Lara
nile. And he whooped whenever lie
felt like 1t. Formally had flown. -.
Cheyenne spent Sunday in Its usual
quiet way. Saturday night wasn't so
fast that II left a hangover, and the
clear-eyed inhabitants who live on the
elevation of 6000 feet rustled around
early in the morning. Mr.. Roosevelt
was tired after a dinner party and a
late reception Saturday night, so ne
slept later than he does as rule. he
went 10 church in the morning, and
right after he got away from the con
sreeation put on his riding togs and
Joined his party. Lieutenant lomp-
kins. r. S. Van Tassell and Nat Baker,
a ranchman. went with T. R. Senator
Warren used an automobile. Van Tas-
sell is seventy years old, a man OF re-
markable vitality. who years ago
fought the Indians and nearly got
scalped. Pole Creek ranch is about
twenty miles from Cheyenne. Senator
Warren bought II some time ago 10
raise sheep on. He started a system
of irrigation and has been mighty sue
cessful with dry farming process
that has produced an extraordinary
amount of stun An ample supply OF
water from Pole creek has turned the
arid plains into fine soil Roosevelt
and his party started out from Chey-
enne for Pole Creek under sun that
baked the plains. The pace that old
man Van Tassell set for the bunch
caused the colonel TO sit up and take
notice. but T. r. stayed on the JOB and
never wavered for a second. They had
three COW ponies ready for him, using
them as relays, because the colonel Is
heavy and keeps anything. whether
its human or animal. working steady.
Out at Pole Creek. northeast OF
Cheyenne. the colonel found many
cow punchers and range riders and
twisters and peelers awaiting his ar
rival. He rode over the ranch with
the crowd, saw them do a few stunts
and then sat down TO big game din
ner in the house. T. r. enjoyed the
eats TO beat the band. Everybody
pitched in and helped themselves and
got after the sage chickens and lamb
and things voraciously. When they got
through they weren't served with fin
ger bowls. either. The riders sat
around and smoked awhile after the
dinner. They were too full to be jog
gled and bucked by mean little COW
pony and they weren't taking chances.
Mr.. Roosevelt sat on the streets and
spun yarns of the old west as he
knew It twenty-seven years ago.
At one place along the road there
was a reception for r. r. The school
children in their white organdies were
lined opposite an enthusiastic band.
The colonel had to pass through the
narrow lane, while the band worked
and the school kids sang America"
shrilly. A busy little horse that he
rode stood up on its hind legs and
reared and fused something awful.
T. r. expected at any moment to STAY
flock OF our future voters. but he
had to smile and bow Just as though
he loved It above everything. That
ride between the school children and
the band was one Of the hardest he
ever made, he declared.
Charlie Irwin and George Hersig
and the others who had the frontier
celebration in their hands received
the highest praise from Mr. Roosevelt.
He told them that 1t was bully and
that he'll be out again il he can get
away.
Along about o'clock in the evening
the colonel and others said farewell
to Pole Creek and began the journey
home T r mOtOred back.