The Dickinson press., 1910-09-10
HEEL RoARIN Dill


this fun, {" he continued.
HEEL RoARIN BILL
Roosevelt recalled many a story about
..Hell Roarin Bill Jones, who was the
cook for Roosevelt on special hunting
trips. fell sRoarin Bill was an old time
cow-puncher and areat story teller,
and one of the famous characters that
the west developed in the balmy days. Of
the ranchine business a Bill left the
country some years ago and could not be
found for the Fargo reception.
'FT TEDDY LAssoED An EARL :
Zone of the most amusing occurrences
II imryawestern1ife was with an English.
man said. Roossvelt 1T would not
do for obvious reasons to give his name
but he was q man of title. He was7a
good rider but of course not used to our
western style. We were out together
one day aud in crossing q small stream
over which a light bridge had been con-
structed we broke through and were both
%foundering in the water. My horse
soon worked his way out. The English
mar was very much excited and yelled
that he was drowning. I threw my
lasso over his shoulders and soon had
him on solid ground but he did not seem
to be very thankful as he was yanked
out of that creek rather tremendously"
''And you bet Roosevelt could do it,
commanded Joe Ferris after Roosevelt
had finished his story. He was right
smart with the lasso." f5,,
THOUGHT HARDsHIPs FUN
while Roosevelt was the games t
man who ever sat a saddle on a ranch"
said Joe Ferris, ''he a not a loud
mouthed swash-buckler, as some have
made out. He did not chew tobacco nor
use tobacco in any way, although I do
not know that he has anything against
smoking or chewing in particular. I am
just stating a fact about him. He did
not use an oath with every other word,
as he has been represented, and the
stories about him swapping lies about
the camp fire are all rot.
about the strongest expression that
Roosevelt ever used was BY Godfrey.
but this is fun That was his favorite
expression.
"On the roundup. in ropine. branding
or whatever work was to be done he
insisted on sharing every hardship with
the rest of the men and I didn't dare to
show him any -favoritism or he would
get sore in q minute. That was the
only thing which would ruffle his temper.
During roundup each cowboy was sup
posed to stand a two hours guard OF
trick during the night and when it was
Mr.. Roosevelt's turn to crawl out OF his
blankets and spent two hours, riding q
restless horse around a bunch of wild
steers on a cold, rainy night. he never
| whimpered. In fact lie called il fun
A TENSE MOMENT
Only one incident of q sensational
nature occurred dur ing the day and tina,
was when. at the close of the address,
Col. Roosevelt was waiting for the crowd
to dispense before going to his auto.
mobile.
A small, poorly dressed man pushed
his way through the mass of people un
til he could make himself heard by the
colonel. He wore a battered hat and
was unshaven. We
II have a question to ask you, Roose.
welt, he shouted.
He raised one arm over the heads Of
the people, waving it to attract the
colonel's attention, andscalled out again
and again that he wanted to ask a ques.
tion. Roosevelt saw him and watched
closely. Fighting his way through the
crowd he at length reached the short
flight Of stairs leading to the speaker
stand, He mounted the steps and stop.
ped when he reached the top. Standing
about six feet from Roosevelt, he called
out once more:
'Ishave a question to ask you, Roose.
welt" }
Men and women on the stand grew
silent. Roosevelt turned and faced him.
Waving one arm the man shouted: 8
81 wnnt to know who is paying the ex-
fpenses of this trip of yours about the
country.
The question angered Roosevelt and
his face showed it. He advanced a
step toward his i%nterroeator and shot
back his answer.
'I5consider that to be an impertinent
question. he said. However, l have
no objection to telling you.' and he
added that the expenses Of. the party
were being paid by the magazine Of