The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-29
SPENT THE DAY in IDAHO
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SPOKE AT
BOISE AND OTHER TOWNS.
Talked Mainly on Irrigation and Good
Citizenship, and Paid Tribute to
Railroad Men.

BOISE. Ida. May 2S-President Roose-
velt's train stayed at Boise this afternoon
for two hours on the way to Salt Lake
City. The programme arranged for his re-
ception was carried out without hitch.
President Roosevelt and party marched
through a lane of children as they ap-
preached the grand stand erected at the
Capitol grounds. About two thousand chill
dren cheered him Justify and waved flags.
The city was thronged with people to see
and hear the President. He was introduced
by Governor Morrison and spoke for forty
minutes. paying tribute to Idaho and
Boise, and speaking principally on irriga-
ton, good citizenship and the strengthen
ing of the navy.
THE forests and the grasses" said the
President, "are not to be treated as we
properly treat mining; that is. as material
to be used UP and nothing left behind. We
must recognize the fact that we have passed
the stage when we can afford to tolerate the
man whose object is simply to skin the land
and get out. That man Is not eQuita BILE
citizen. We do not want the big proprietor.
1t is not for him that we wish to develop
irrigation. 1t is not for him that we must
shape the grazing lands or handle our for
ests. We must handle the water, the wood,
the grasses. so that we will hand them on
to our children in better shape than we re-
ceived them. Inasmuch as 1 myself passed
a large portion of my life in the mountains
and on the plains of this great Western
country, 1 feel peculiar pride that il was
given to me to sign and thereby make into
law the national irrigation act of year
ago. The government. in my judgment, not
only should, but must, cooperate with the
state governments and with individual en-
terprses In seeing that utilize to the
fullest advantage the waters of the Rocky
Mountain States by canals and great res
ervoirs, which shall conserve the waters
that go to waste at one season. so that they
can be used at other seasons"
President Roosevelt made number Of
short calls in Idaho to-day. at each one of
which he was greeted by enthusiastic
crowds. In his speech he confined himself
mostly to the benefits derived from irriga-
tion and to the qualities that go to make
up good citizenship. During the day he
spoke at Pocatello, Shoshone. Kimana,
At Pocatello the President paid a high
compliment to railroad men for their
vigilance and skill. Turning to the presence
of men on horseback from the Indian
reservation, the President said: II was glad
to learn that many of the Indians here are
travelling along the white mans road, and
beginning not only to send their children
to school, but to own cattle and to own
property. The only outcome of the Indian
question of this country is gradually TO
develop the Indian into property-owning,
law abiding, hard working, educated citizen.
In other words to train him to travel the
path that we are all trying to travel, and
/ congratulate you on the progress you have
made. When he Is travelling that path and
when he is doing his duty he is entitled to,
and shall reach, exactly as square deal as
anyone else. [Applausel. After all that is
the fundamental principle of our govern
ment What America stands for more than
for aught else, Is for treating each man on
his worth as man.