The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-05-08
MADE THIRTY NILE RIDE.
President Was Ready for Business on
Reaching GlenWood Springs.


President Was Ready for Business on
Reaching GIenWood Springs.
Glenwood Springs, Colo, May 81
Rising at $50 a. m. in a wild noun
tain camp sixteen miles from Newcas-l
tie, President Roosevelt Saturday rode
in the saddle thirty miles to this city
He arrived at $40 D. m, visited the
hot vapor baths and had luncheon in
his apartments, participated in a local
programme and made an address to
the villagers at $50, had dinenr with a
few friends in a private dining room,
worked with Secretary Loeb on i'm
portant mail and matters of state, and
retired at an early hour.
The thirty mile horseback ride from
the camp on the West Divide creek to
Glenwood Springs was made by the
president. DR.. Alexander Lambert P
B. Stewart Of Colorado Springs and
Elmer Chapman. the presidents cOur-
Ter. About two hours later the pack
train arrived. This consisted of about
twenty horses, thirty dogs and the
camping outfit The train was in
charge of Guides John Golf and Jack
Borah, and Hunter Brick Wells.
The roads were muddy and the
members of the party were badly spat-
tered. Several stops were made that
the president might shake hands with
the families of ranchers living along
the route, and as the party neared
GlenWood Springs Mr.. Roosevelt and
his friends good naturally posed for a
number Of pictures.
Nearly the entire population Of the
Springs turned out to greet the presi-
dent. AS soon as he got off his horse,
the firing of the presidents salute of
twenty-One guns was started. He
passed into the hotel at once and the
people melted away, as it was given
out that all would have an opportunity
to see and hear the president at night.
The pack train was the cause of
serious accident about a mile from the
hotel. DR.. r. K McA1ester of New
York, who has been living at the
Springs for the benefit of his health,
was driving a fractions horse, which
became unmanageable when it saw the
train and dogs. The Doctors vehicle
was overturned and he suffered a com
pound fracture of the left leg above
4 the knee. Word was sent to the hotel
and DR.. Lambert, the presidents ply
/ sician, responded. He treated the in
/ jured man the best he could, and or
dered him brought to the hotel, where
a. local physician took charge of the
case. No other occasion has arisen
/ during the hunt for DR.. Lambert to
use his surgical instruments or medi-
t cine. They have not been unpacked
/ during the entire stay of the party in
/ the mountains. The president and the
I members of his party have enjoyed the
/ best of health. Mr.. Roosevelt got the
/ rest he needed and says he never felt
well as he says he feels. He wears
/ thick coat of brown, which is not par
/ ticularly becoming, but shows rugged
/ ness.
The hunt has been remarkably sue
/ cessful, considering that the party had
/ less than one week of good weather
/ The balance of the time they were in
! the mountains the hunters were hud-
I died around campfires, trying to get
/ away from the severe storms that
{ q in
/ pleasant. From Monday until Friday
/ night Of last week, rain or snow. and
/ sometimes both, fell continually in the
4 West Divide creek country. The mois-
ture froze on the trails and made them
4 impossible most of the time.
Regardless of conditions, the hunt
/ ers went out Friday and several bob
cats were trailed. All Of them got
away, except one that refused to tree
/ and it was killed. by the dogs Not a
shot was fired by the hunters during
4 the week.
Ten bears and four bobcats were
/ taken by the party during the fort
nights hunt OF the bears killed. the
/ president got four and DR.. Lambert
1 the others. Most of his were small
and the half dozen were referred to
! by the president as "Lambert's dollie
! set" The skins secured by the presf-
dent are large and very handsome. DR..
LANDER also got one fine skin, in spite
| of the amusement the others of the
/ party derived from the yearIings he
4 killed. All the Delts are at the shop
/ of a local taxidermist He has the
i skins cured and they are now ready
for the tanner. When this process has
4 been completed, the skins will be
mounted as rugs The mounting Will
be plain without felted edging. All of
/ them will be made up with open
mouth and open eyes. The form for
/ the heads is of PAPER mache, with nat
ural looking teeth of enameled metal.
I The presidents greeting to the peo-
pie Of Glenwood Springs took place
4 from the elevated court of the Hotel
Colorado. The spectators stood on the
ground below. Mayor Parkinson in
/ troduced the chief executive and the
/ crowd eheered.
After a moment he began to spea k.
/ His address was short. but he told the
people how much he believed in Colo
RADIO, Endorsed the national irrigation
I projects as well as private enterprise,
and thanked Colorado citizens for per
hitting him to enjoy a three weeks
! vacation He said he liked it very
much and that he found that "the
bears are all right both in quantity
and quality" This is a stock phrase
the president used frequently in speak
ing of the children of a state and his
adaptation to the bears created much
amusement The president apologized
for the shortness Of his speech by say
ing that he had breakfasted at 7:S0 a.
m. and had had nothing to eat since.
From the stand he went to a private
dining room of the hotel, where he
had as his guests, Dr. Lambert Dr.
Stewart Mr.. Loeb, H. f. Lyle, man
ager of the GlenWood Hot Springs
company. and W. B. Devereaux, owner
Of a. large ranch near the city.