The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1903-06-18
President Received Over Three
Wagon Loads of Them.
They Have All Been Properly Placed
D. -
s:.s, in the National sa.s
Capital.
MANY GIFTS DE

Washington. June l8-President
Roosevelt received over three wagon
1oads Of presents OF all kinds during
his Western trip, and these presents
have been disposed of in the White
Hpuse to suit the tastes and desires OF
the president and his family. The
heaviest and bulkiest of the presents
was an immense chair made from elks'
korna A big elk in the park at Taco
ma, Wash, has annually shed his
great horns. These have been saved
from year to year, and it was from
them that the chair Of the president
was made. The chair is so heavy that
several men are required for lifting
and moving it.
Another rather strange present ga
shered at Tacoma was pair Of totem
POLES, the combination grave stone and
fHniIy tree Of the Alaskan and North
western Indian. These poles, erected
ever Indian graves, contain curious
sharaoters which furnish history Of
khe dead.
A splendid set of Indian pottery was
presented to the president by Pueblo
Indians near Albuquerque, N. NJ, and
H ame place also gave him q fine
Navajo blanket.
San Francisco presented magnifi-
ssnt gold and silver loving cup, and
Sacramento q silver and glass claret
pitcher and a handsome cigar case.
Colfax. Csl., gave the president q box
sf gold and silver ore.
Stuffed deer heads, stuffed mountain
sheep, pheasant, lizards, and nearly all
the other products of the west were
given to the president at different
points on his journey. At one place he
was given a set of locked deer horns,
taken from two large deer that had
died with their horns locked after
conflict between them. Brides and
nddles were plentiful throughout the
journey. AT Cheyenne tho president
vas presented with beautiful horse,
equipped with saddle, bride and ev-
cry other necessity for a rider. The
horse is now on its way to this city,
and will be placed in the presidents
sable. At Omaha somebody gave him
. hridle woven from hair.
There would have been car full Of
6ve animals had the president accepted
all the presents of this kind offered
him. At three or four places offers of
i've bear were made to him, but he
declined these with thanks. At Santa
Fs. N. NJ. and Kalima, Wash, large
bears were offered him. He did have
brought back, however, one live pres
cut That was little bager, given
lin by little girl at Sharon Springs,
Kan. She asked the president to name
Il after her brother, whose name is
s'Josish. So the little badger, a
fright and entertaining little fellow.
vas EIDwn throughout the trip as
" Josiah, - and that is still his name.
He was taken all the way from Sharon
Springs throughout the Pacific Coast
and back through the west on the pres
i1sntial train. Members of the party
took great interest in him and fed
Inn on potatoes and milk. He was
taken of the train each day for an air
ing, and would then play with those
he knew and show his appreciation of
his outing. Josiah" is q particular
- Of the Roosevelt children. and has
been taken to Oyster Bay, where he
viii spend the summer with the young
sters. Josiah" is playful, kind and
sppreciative, and has become favor
no With all the members Of the presi-
aentisi family
There were many presents Of small
Tdsoes of gold and silver of unique de.
align. The president refuses to accept
gifts Of considerable value from indi-
viduals. ard those that were brought
t.ck with him were the presents of
ssunmittees or a collection of individ-
uah that IL would have been difficult
for him 10 decline had he been so dis
ppsed.