Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-10-22


TO be guest OF honor at dinner at
the Heard home tonight, when sew
eral friends Of ranching DAYS were
expected In, Roosevelt had heen
urged not 10 stop today until he
reached Phoenix. but he forced Regis
Post. In charge OF his tour. 10 ar
range stop at Prescott. home OF
Bucky o'Neiu, Rucky died In the
.colonels arms half way up San Juan
hill and the colonel. although the
stop had to he made at 6:30. ordered
Post to wise ahead that he would
make short speech.
All day yesterday and today Roose-
Welt was In his element He simply
drank in the western scenes.
by George" he exclaimed at one
time during lunch. "rd like TO be
young again and out here. II II
were no, for Mrs. Roosevelt and the
children. would build myself q cab
In ont here with bath tub In II and
I Just stay until | died. BY George.
but | would"
But it remained for Gallup. N. NJ,
where he raised half OF his Rough
Riders. to furnish the real thrills OF
the westward bound trip. Nearly all
OF the town OF 5000 crowded about
to see him He had not started
speaking when noisy heckling began.
"How's Teddy. but Wilson for me. :"
shouted a railroad man,
! Roosevelt attempted again and
again to start speaking. but others
took up the cry. How about Wilson;
I'll bet you love him"
! love no one too proud to
fight" retorted Roosevelt.
We all have good Jobs, why
should we change?" was shouted.
Yes. but you forget the thousands
out OF work until the European war
put money In your pockets" T. X.
replied.
/ How about the 1907 panic?" a
man called: lat that We would vote
for you. 7. r., II you were runping."
What did you ever do? We have
got eight hours yelled a railroad
er with brass lungs.
( You fool and coward shouted
back the colonel. go home and sober
up,
| Then as Roosevelt was declaring
that no American was killed during
his terms, a man at the edge OF the
crowd, shouted:
Yes. you let the Japs into the
schools when I lived in California.
The Japs have your number"
Yes. and | sent the battle fleet
around to Japan to prevent trouble. ="
shouted Roosevelt.
How many mint juleps did you
have at Louisville?" yelled another.
The colonel was leaning over the
end OF his car. shouting In his loudest
tones. obviously enjoying the verbal
battle royal. The railroader was the
last man to shake Roosevelt's hand
at the train pulled out.
Your a grand man. colonel" he
hailed, running along with the slow
Ily-moving train, "but me for Wood
row Wilson"
The colonel called Gallup his best
platform stop. With the colonel on
the platform. while the colloquy was
on was Jim Richie. Troop q. Rough
Riders. who had gun argument
with another gentleman once upon a
time. Jim Is now coal miner, and
let the world know. a Wilson demo
crat.
II am for Wilson, I'll admit. col
onel," said Jim belligerently, but
did not ride in here to see no poll
,tlclan. came to see my old colonel. y
You're grand fighter. jim,
said the colonel laughing, but al
ways knew your politics were OF col
or"
Another to meet Roosevelt at Call
up was Captain J. w. Peters, who
said he led the only company OF the
Seventy-flrst New York that went NJ
San Juan hill II was Peters urgint
that finally decided Roosevelt to stol
at Prescott today.
"Bucky'd be 30 glad II he knew
IT," urged Peters.
The fun really started at Clovis
n. NJ, where Roosevelt got out t.
stretch his legs He was talking Il
the correspondents when n Bhriveled
old man walked up unostentatIousl,
and stood alongside. The coone
turned TO him with