Rocky Ford enterprise., 1905-04-21
C0L0RAD0'S WELCOME
70 PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
Met At State Line by Governor Msoon-
aid-orested by Great Crowds and
Makes Short Speeches at Trinidad.
Pueblo and Colorado Springs.

Pueblo and Colorado Springs
Denver. April l5--Prssidsnt Rooss-
vel, will arrive at New Castle this
morning and will 60 To the camp which
has been established by his guides a.
quickly as possible. lie arrived in Col
Orado shortly after noon yesterday. bc-
ins welcomed by Governor MeDoaaid
and party when he crossed the state
line. Trinidad Was the iirst eey
through which the Presidents special
train passed. A great crowd awaited
him there and he made a short speech.
Al Pueblo there VAS another thfons of
cheering people and he had 10 make
another speech.
The longest stop made In any city
was al Colorado Springs. where the
President selected his hunting outfit
before going into the mountains A.
the Colorado springs station he spoke
10 big crowd before going To the
time.
President Roosevelt will b. the guest
- the D-hser Chamber Of Commerce
when he returns from his outing. lie
aece Pied the Invitation extended by =
delegation from tho chamber al Colo
Tado Springs last evening.
Colorado Springs. In its reception to
President Roosevelt. respected the fact
that his present visit To III. state 10 .
personal one. There were thousands
10 erect the private train GA ..a arrival
NJ tho Santa 20 depot. The cheers were
hearty AZ the train slowed down. dis
closing the President standing on the
observation platform at III. private
car In which he has travelled from the
national capital. IL Was n good -naturcd
crowd. laughing boistcEousiy as !,
cheer-d.
A wedge had been formed by the 70
lice and q. A. r.. forming a lars. va.
cant AREA In which stood the touring
ears Of u. T. i.oa. and Sherwood Al
dfich. Two score extra arc lights had
been strung to iisht tb. area. When
tho end Of the Presidents train stopped
opposite these cars there were calls for
speech.
Before Responding TO the rcqucS, the
President was attracted by the autos
and asked:
Are you able TO keep the au;omo-
biics reasonably quicty I do not like
any competition In hpcakins.'
Continuing. he said:
Il have been to Colorado Springs
often before and was always greeted
with the most delightful hospitality in
your beautiful city.
Il desire to give n special greeting
TO the q. A. R.--to you. my comrades.
have jus, arrived from Tcxas and the
trip to the state has done me good. II
would have done you good. you men
who wore the blue. to see how they are
standing down there. the men who
wore the blue and the mon who wore
tho rray. united now and forever un.
fer one flag and for one country. De-
lighted ms ! was with every feature OF
my visit to that state. this was the
ono that pleased me moSt-that would
have pleased you tho same way.
Il now have request to make TO the
people OF Colorado. ! am going on on
hunt. Anyone who knows anything
about that knows that you cannot take
n brass band with you. You cannot
continue hunting bears with Fourth
OF July procession.
II ask you to treat me Just as we'll
as Texas treated me. There they re-
spectcd this fact and they let me hunt
in peace.
''If n lot of newspaper men start to
come in after me will have to go
home. Leave me alone when I am of
In the mountains. When I come out
am fair game myself. I ask the news
paper men to give me n fair show. We
will arrange that any important news
will be sent to headquarters. where
all will be given out. I do think that
for these three or four weeks l might
have n fair show.
Il beg my good friends OF Colorado
TO treat me as well as they did in
Texas, where the people. us at Fred
erick. simply agreed to 1t and would
not allow anybody to follow me into
the fields.
II believe in this state. In its pros.
perity. in its mineral wealth and Its ir-
rigation possibilities. and believe
most Of all in its people. I believe
most in your type OF citizens. I am
clad to know the interest you take In
your schools, for after all the first
crop OF any state is its babies"
The automobiles were driven rapidly
TO the handsome residence OF P. B.
Stewart on Wood avenue.
Mr.. Stewart had provided number
Aof articles such as hunters need from
which the President selected hunting
boots, sweaters and similar articles
for the trip. Some light refreshments
were at hand, but the President had
dined in the car before reaching Colo
RADIO Springs.
The main object of the visit was
scarcely over before n delegation from
the Denver Chamber of Commerce ar
rived to invite the President to ban
quet in Denver. A handsome parch-
ment scroll engrossed with the invita-
tion was presented in a satin case.
President Roosevelt expressed his
Measure over the invitation and
promptly accepted it. He stated that
he could not name date at this time
but that Secretary Loeb would notify
the committee as soon as it was pos
sible to fix day.
To representatives of Denver and
Colorado Springs newspapers the Pres
ident accorded a private interview in
which he repeated his plea to be al
lowed to hunt without every move
,,on+ tbot ba will make and MANY that