Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1901-04-19
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S TOUR
WILL COVER THE ENTIRE WEST
Special Train, Starting April 20, VIII
Visit Capitals of States-A week
i'm CaIifornia-Two Days Visit Mt
Spokane.

the Pacific coast and return, covering a
period of between six and seven weeks
They will have train consisting of a
private car for the president and Mrs
Mckinley, two Pullman compartment
cars, two Pullman sleepers, dining car
and combination car. Colonel l.. o.
Brown, general agent of the Southern
railway, will accompany the party from
here to New Orleans, and from New Or
leans to Portland, Ore, the party will be
accompanied by E. c. Mccormick, passen-
ger traffic manager of the Southern Pa
cific lines.
The members of the cabinet will accom-
pany the president, with the exception of
Secretaries Gage and Root and Attorney
General Knox, the personnel including
Secretary and Mrs. Hay, Postmaster Cen
eral Smith and Miss Smith, Secretary and
Mrs. Long, Secretary and Mrs Hitchcock,
Charles A. Moore, Secretary and Mrs. Cor
telyou, DIR. and Mrs Rixey, Assistant Sec
rotary Barnes, NJ. A. Dignan, several
stenographers, representatives of the press
associations, three illustrated weeklies. the
Washington dailies and probably a repre-
sentative of the press of San Francisco.
The party will also be accompanied by
Mr.. Marean, manager of the Western
Union Telegraph company at Washington,
and Mr.. Ribble, manager of the Postal
Telegraph & Cable company.
In the West.
Wednesday morning, May 8, the presi-
dent and party will arrive at Redlands.
Cal, where they will be met by the gov
ernor of California and other prominent
officials and citizens Several hours will be
spent at Redlands. Los Angeles will be
reached in the afternoon and the party will
remain there until the morning of MAY 10.
On Friday Santa Barbara and San Luis
Obispo will be visited, the train arriving
at Delmonte during the night Saturday
and Sunday will be spent at Delmonte and
on Monday morning the train will leave
for San Jose, going by way of Santa Cruz,
where some hours will be occupied in a
visit to the immense redwood trees which |
are found in that vicinity. San Jose win
be reached at 2:30 p m. and the night will |
be spent there, the party going to San
Francisco the following day by way of
Palo Alto and Burlingame, arriving in
San Francisco at 4:4O Tuesday, MAY Ia, |
and remaining until the following Monday |
AT San Francisco.
The president will be met at San Fran
cisco by the mayor and citizens commit
tee. The program for the stay there in
cludes public reception that night and
a visit on Wednesday to the University |
of California and Oakland; on Thursday a
visit to Mount Tamalpais, and recep-
ton OF various societies in the afternoon.
Thursday night the president will at
tend the banquet of the Ohio society.
Friday morning school children's recep-
ton will be held and the president and
party will visit Ocean Beach. In the af-
ternoon reception has been arranged by
the Knights Templar. Saturday morning
will witness the launching of the battle
ship Ohio, which is the objective point of
The presidents trip. Following the
launching the party will attend lunch
con at the Union League club and at
night will be held the citizens banquet.
sunday will be spent in rest and on Mon
lay morning the party will leave San
francisco for Portland, Ore, stopping
tbout two hours at Stockton and spending
he evening at Sacramento.
In Oregon.
Brief stops will be made the next day !
It Redding, Sisson and Ashland and Sa-
EN-, Ore, which will be reached on the .
morning of Wednesday, May %. /
In Washington. ID
The party will remain here few hours a
nd will reach Portland that afternoon C
little after o'clock. Thursday morning,
he 23d, the president will leave Portland
t O'Clock for Tacoma, going by way of
'hehalis, Centralia and Olympia, stop s
ing about an hour at the state capital a
nd reaching Tacoma late in the afternoon. Ii
he night will be spent in Tacoma and the b
blowing morning a boat trip will be n
AIKEN on Puget sound, ending at Seattle at fl
bout 2 p. m. is
The remainder of the day the party will le
tay in Seattle and late that night viii +
ave for Spokane, going by way of FL Il
nsburg, North Yakima, Pasco, Wallula
nd Walla Walla. Sunday they will re-
ain in Spokane and on Monday the pres
lent will probably go for drive and p
sit to Spokane falls. The party will IL
ave Spokane at 2 p. m. and arrive at m
ute early the next morning. Is
To the Yellowstone Park, nj
Tuesday morning, May 2S, will be spent =,
Butte, and Helena will be reached late 50
the afternoon. The following morning A.
e party win be taken by stage to Vel az
wstone. Between two and three DAVIS %
i'll be spent in the park, and if the
Gather is favorable visit will be made
the canyon of the Yellowstone.
Leaving Cinnabar ON the evening of Fri. =,
y, May 81, the president will arrive at ~
naconda early the next morning and a
ort visit will be made there to the COP -, ~
I mines. no
In Idaho, Utah and Colorado, 90,
From Anaconda the route will be bv
" of Pocatello to Salt Lake city. where
nday, June 2, win he spent. Leaving ,
1t Lake city at noon on Monday the die