. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . for his old friend. BillJones was down in the world. He had had to giveup his work as sheriff in Medora because he beganto lose his nerve and would break down and weeplike a child when he was called upon to make anarrest. He was driving a team in Gardiner outsidethe Park, and during the days preceding Rooseveltsarrival took so many drinks while he was telling ofhis intimacy with the man who had become Presi-dent of the United States, that he had to be carriedinto the sagebrush before Roosevelt actually arrived.Roosevelt left word to keep Bill Jones sober againsth
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. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands . for his old friend. BillJones was down in the world. He had had to giveup his work as sheriff in Medora because he beganto lose his nerve and would break down and weeplike a child when he was called upon to make anarrest. He was driving a team in Gardiner outsidethe Park, and during the days preceding Rooseveltsarrival took so many drinks while he was telling ofhis intimacy with the man who had become Presi-dent of the United States, that he had to be carriedinto the sagebrush before Roosevelt actually arrived.Roosevelt left word to keep Bill Jones sober againsthis return, and when Roosevelt emerged from thePark, they met for the last time. It was a sad inter-view, for what was left of Hell-Roaring Bill Joneswas only a sodden, evil-looking shell. Bill Jones did not live long after that, saidHoward Eaton. The last I saw of him was two orthree miles from Old Faithful. He said, Im going tothe trees. We went out to look for him, but couldntfind a trace. This was in March. He wandered way. JOE AND SYLVANE FERRIS AND MERRIFIELDOverlooking the site of the Maltese Cross Ranch (1919)