Rosebud County news. [volume] (Forsyth, Mont.) 1901-1906, 1903-06-04


On the court house steps and grounds
there were were fully 5000 school
children assembled to greet the presi-
dent as he passed. Most of them were
provided with small flags and these
were waved while deafening cheers
and shouts of applause rent the air as
the carriage bearing the nations chief
passed along the line of children.
On the line of march a platform had
been erected for the Anaconda delega-
tion, and here the presidential party
stopped for "a short time, while Mayor
Stephens of Anaconda presented to
President Roosevelt beautiful copper
urn made from the products of the
mines, sheltered at Anaconda. The
president thanked the mayor for the
handsome souvenir, and for the good
wishes accompanying it.
AT the Finlen the president address,
ed the vast multitude of people, and
was cheered and applauded most
heartily throughout his entire address.
Following the president address. ex-
Governor Richards, in a short, we'll
wordcd speech, presented the hand
some gold loving cup, as slight token
of the esteem in which the citizens of
Butte held the chief of this great ma.
ton. President Roosevelt was great
ly moved at the receipt of this token,
and responded briefly with thanks for
the gift and good will of the people
OF the great mining camp. In Helena
and in Butte the colored citizens n e.
sented the president with handsome
souvenirs, pledging the fidelity of the
colored people to the government and
the flag of this glorious country.
After the speeches and presentation
at the Finlen, the president spent a
few minutes in the parlor shaking
hands with the ladies and was then
conducted to the Thornton hotel, where
he rested for half hour before prepar.
ing for the banquet.
A few minutes after six O'Clock the
president and his party entered the
banquet hall at the Thornton, where
the president was the guest of Mayor
Mullins. The dinner was a delightful
one and the hall was splendidly deco
rated. The banquet was supposed to
last an our, but it was almost eight
O'Clock before the party broke up and
the president entered his carriage to
start for the gardens.
A magnificent spectacle and occas-
ion and one that will long be remem-
bered with pride by the residents of
Butte was the reception to President
Roosevelt at the Columbia Gardens
under the auspices of the Silver Bow
Trades and Labor Assembly. Not
withstanding the forbidding weather
conditions the clouds rolled away when
the magnetic, distinguished guest ap-
peared on the scene, and ,he great
throng of more than fifteen thousand
citizens of the greatest mining camp on
earth was delighted beyond express
sion with everything that occurred.
The presidential procession left the
gardens promptly at 9:15 and proceed
ed at once to the train, which was in
waiting at the Montana Union trans
fer. Arriving at the crossing the
Rough Riders refined up and brought
their horses to a standstill. President
Roosevelt alighted from his carriage
and escorted by several secret service
men, walked rapidly to the train, a
few feet away, and then entered the
rear coach of his train.
Before going inside, however, he
stopped long enough to speak brief.
ly to the people who swarmed all over
the railroad in that immediate vicinity.
For about five minutes the president
was kept busy shaking hands and bid
ding members of the committee and
guests goodbye.
The train pulled out of the yards at
9:4O. A short stop was made at the
depot, the train leaving there at ten
o'clock. President Roosevelt and
party will travel on the Oregon Short
Line road to Salt Lake, where he ex-
pected to stop for one day.
The visit of President Roosevelt to
the state of Montana will long be re-
by the people of the state as
event of unusual interest in the history |
If the west.