The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-10-04

The city of San Francisco presented tbe President. and he accepted. "a gold and si, yer loving cup. worth much money. and Sacramento gave him a silver and glass Eciaret pitcher and handsome silver ci- gar case. f' ta x At Colfax. Cal, the President received box of gold and silver ore. Mounted deer heads. stuffed mountain sheep pheasants lizards and other birds ana beasts found in the West were presented to him, not all of them by municipa Iities or bodies of citizens. but many of them by individuals
 Down at sharon Springs. Kas., A little girl gave him live badger This was when the train was on its way to the West. The little girl asked that the badger be named Josiah, in honor of her brother. -
 The badger was taken all the way along on the trip by the President and at last accounts was one of the great nets of the Roosevelt children at the White
 House. The President is himself fond of Josiah. V.
 The little badger has always been play ful and appreciates the kindness of the Roosevelt children. When he was on the train going through the west he was fed on potatoes and milk. Many bridles and saddles were present ed to the President at different uoints and the horse Wyoming. which the Pres ident often rides. was a present to him from the citizens of Cheyenne, wyo. With the horse was given a complete outht for riding. including saddle bridle, etc. A Western cowboy brought the horse to Washington and remained here several weks while getting the animal accustomed to street cars, automobiles and other sights to which it was not &C., customed on the plains in the West. The heaviest and bulkiest of the pres | ents was an immense chair made of eIks' | horns. A big elk in the park of Tacoma. Wash, has annually shed his horns These have been saved from year to year | by the keeper of the park where the elk | lives. The chair was made from them. Another present of the same sort was a | set of locked deer horns They were ta-
 ken from two large deer that had en-
 gagged in mortal combat and died with
 their horns locked. At three or four
 places live bears vera offered but were declined.
 Indian pottery in profusion was given
 to the President by Indians in Arizona
 and New Mexico. The most valuable
 gifts of this kind were from the Indians
 who live near Albuquerque, N. M. These | Indians also presented to the President
 the finest Navajo blanket ever made in
 the West.
 At Tacoma the President received a pair of totem poles, the combination
 gravestones and family trees of the Alas kan and far Northwestern Indians.
 Just before the President started on his
 Western trip he received several invita-
 tions engraved on solid gold, some of | them very valuable. On March 1s a del-
 egate from the Union League Club of | San Francisco visited him at the White
 House and presented him an invitation to
 attend dinner of the club on May IA.
 The invitation was engraved on a solid
 plate of gold of great value. A few days before this the Dakota
 members of Congress accompanied by a | local delegation. waited upon the Presi- | dent and presented to him an invitation | in solid gold to attend the Black Hills | Mining Congress, which met in Dead 1 wood in the early part of this month. This invitation was engraved on a gold plate. the gold for which came from
 the Black Hills region.
 About the same time the people of Pasadena, Cal. sent along a unique in- vitation in gold. It was a large key of gold, around the stem of which was a
 beautifully chased crown. The key was embematic of the key of the city and
 the crown of the Indian name of Pasa- dena. ''the crown of the valley" The invitation was presented by Representa- tive James McLachlen.
 The King of Siam sent the President a handsome bound volume in February. This volume was ''The History of the Polish Succession" written by the Crown Prince of Siams who visited this coun- try and was received by the President last November.
 In January last Count A. Quadt-wy- kradt-Isny, of the German embassy, pre-
 sented to the President a richly bound volume entitled "The Reform of the Higher School System of Prussia" The gift was from Emperor William to the President direct The Italian ambassador made similar presentation during the winter.
 The most valuable present received at
 the White House in the last year was a gold-trimmed concert grand piano It was presented last winter to the White House by big plano concern. merely as an advertisement, and It's value was estimated at $15.OOO.
 It was accepted without hesitation and
 was used in the concerts at the White House during the social session last
 winter It is placed in the East Room
 of the White House and is observed by all visitors to the building.
 On Feb. Il, William Lipkins. a deaf mute metal worker of New York city, made the President a unique gift. It was a fine figure of the President on AAN' S~Se@SAA 0S ANco5h IeIucT. lnG cnllTC
 figure, in high relief, was hammered
 out of the face of a silver dollar No other metal was used
 The figure was produced from a pho- tograph of the President taken at Mon tauk Point immediately after the return of his regiment from Cuba. Liplrins had
 worked on 1t for weeks.
 In the State dining room of the White House Is the head of a giant moose. killed near Cooks Inlet, Alaska | and mounted for the President It was presented to him last winter by several | citizens of Alaska. In the same dining room are a number of similar trophies
 that have been presented to the Pres | ident.
 Last February Gen. Zelaya. who had
 been the President of Nicaragua for ten years, sent to the President an immense harpy eagle. The eagle was killed by Gen ZeIaya. who placed it in the hands | of a taxidermist to be mounted for the
 President of the United States Almost every day presents of books
 and other things arrive at the White
 House for the President. Nearly every book publishing house in the United 1 States sends him a copy of every new
 book issued by 1t. Medicine proprietors
 send him their medicines; in fact, he
 will lack for nothing If he will accept
 the things sent to him, and it is seldom | that he declines.