The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-04-07
Friday April I, 1905
THE PRESIDENTS. TOUR.

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That was a grand ovation given
President Roosevelt by the people of
Kentucky in Louisville. No southern
man could have been given a more
thusiastic reception. AS Governor
Beckham said, the people did honor
not only to the chief magistrate of
this country, but also to Theodore
Roosevelt, the man." Mr.. Roosevelt will
find before he leaves the south that
the people of this section are as loyal
and as true to the country as those OF
any section. He will also find that
their respect for its president is not on
the surface alone and not merely the
talk CT politicians and newspapers. He
will have his views of the south broad
ened and his respect for her people
enlarged. He will learn more about
her people and understand more tho:-
oughly their feelings and sentiments
than could be acquired from all his
reading and observation of events at
long distance. 1t is good for him
and for the people, too, that he
has come among them. The ma
ture Of his visit will put him
in touch with all classes of our
people. His time and attention will
not be m~onOpolized by the swell So
ciety folks and high officials" He will
get down among the people where he
can learn the true Americanism OF the
population of the south.
Those Texas people are determined
to give Mr.. Roosevelt the time Of his
life. The hunt that is promised him
will be just as exciting as he could
desire. They will have no NANCY Mis-
sissippi bear tied to a stake for him to
murder in cold blood, but will give
him a taste of the hunt for savage Tex.
as wolves in their dense forests and
jungles. When Mr.. Roosevelt gets
back to Washington and exhibits tc
The Posts artist the pelts of the
wolves he has slaughtered that gentle
AeA Va ISS1 ol4o llC V dlISl
ward to leave out of his cartoons OF
the president the little black bear
which has invariably appeared in them
since the famous Mississippi hunt.
A dispatch from Vernon, Texas
gives the following account of the
place at which he is to spend his time
while On tho hrnt.
Burke Burnett arrived here today
on his way to his ranch. situated for
tY-fiVe miles southwest. and which ne
says is to be the hunting grounds of
President Roosevelt during his visit
to The Pan Handle. The president
will arrive at Vernon next Sunday and
will he taken at once to Mr.. Burnett's
ranch. the cowboys of this whole
section are apNiouslv awaiting the
presidents arrival. An escort OF a
few picked riders and hunters Will ac-
company him to the ranch and trial
the game for him. Headquarters Oe
the president during his stay at tho
n have been fitted UP near Buz-
yards Peak. a rugged mountain
which rises out of the plain in the
widest part of the Pan Handle. Tents
n the regulation cow camp Church
wagon have been provided.
The cowboys employed on he ranch
have been hunting out the lair Of the
wolves for some time. and the presi-
Lent will not lack plenty of rough
Sport from the time he arrives on the
ranch until his departure. The horse
which has been selected for the pres
:dent 20 ride during his stay. on the
ranch is = lyrical Texas COW ponv.
1t is Z we'll broken animal. but is full
of all the s~trenuO1sness that the pres
iIAnt is supposed 20 admire so AZ
IDENTIFY.
Mr.. Burnett, whose guest the pres
ident is to be, is one of the big heart
Cd. open handed COW men who have
done so much towards opening up
The west. He is q most hosDitahlc
host. That the president will be given
the time of his life is not denied by
those who know Mr.. Burnett.
When the president goes to Colorado
his staff will remain at Glenwoo,
Springs, and will be kept in touch with
the hunting party by a system CT wire
less biography, which is now beine
installed by q corps OF army eugi
neers.