Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-05-09
COODBYE
TO BRUIN.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT LEAVES
WESTERN HUNTING
GROUNDS. {. ..!
4 FAREWELL DIN N E R
President Makes Speech to Crowd
Around Hotel at Glenwood Springs
Attends Church and Views Pelts
of Bears He Killed In Mountains.

Glenwood Springs, Colo, May 8. -
President Roosevelt left here at 5
o'clock this morning on the return
trip to Washington, D. G, His special
train is due in Denver, Colo, at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon.
President Roosevelt gave a farewell
dinner last night to the members of
his hunting party. He made a short
speech, in which he expressed graft
tude for the way he had been enter
tanned during the past three weeks in
the Rocky mountains and declared
that the incidents Of the sojourn
would always live in his memory.
At the dinner were P. B. Stewart Of
Colorado Springs, DR.. Alexander Lam
bert, Guides Jake Borah, John Goff,
Brick Wells, Jack Fry and G. M.
Sprague, Courier Elmer Chapman, and
Secretary Loeb. In describing the
function Chapman said:
Dine In Flannel Shirts.
1--WE sat just as we did in camp. Mr..
Loeb was the only dude at the party.
You reporter fellows ought to have
been there. You could have got all
kinds of pieces for your papers.
Other members of the hunt said the
party talked over the events of the
three weeks and had good time gen
orally.
The dinner was served in private
dining foom of the Hotel Colorado.
The guests were dressed much as they
were in the mountains. Flannel shirts
were the rule The President and Mr..
Loeb wore their frocks and DIR. Lam
bert and Mr.. Stewart were in plain
business suits. Some of the stories told
at the dinner later went into private
circulation, but 1t was understood they
were not to- be printed "a r. ''7,sse ~
| President Makes Speech.
Large numbers of persons came In
by every train, and rather than disap
point. them Mr.. Roosevelt stepped oui
on the second floor balcony Of the no
tel after the luncheon and spoke
briefly. He said:
81 did not expect to have the pleas
ure of meeting you today, and as it is
Sunday am not going to try to make
a speech to you. shall merely say
how greatly am enjoying my visit tt
this beautiful state I wish that in the
last week up in the mountains there
had been a little more weather like
this. II there had been l think we
would have gone about two bears bet
ter. But still as We got ten do no.
think We have any right to complain.
am sure | need not tell you how much
l have enjoyed my holiday here, ant
how deeply l have appreciated tht
kindness with which have beer
treated by the people of you state, thu
people Of your cities and the ranchme1
right in the immediate neighborhoot
of where / was hunting. 1t is a grea
pleasure to see the men of Colorado
and an even greater pleasure to SCI
the women, and l do not know bu
what I am more glad to see the small
folks. shall not try to make you ;
speech. shall simply say again hov
4 glad am to see you and to be you
guest"
Roosevelt Attends Church.
The Presidents party was up earl.
yesterday. After breakfast a limite
amount Of mail was gotten out of tn
way, and then the party went to tn
Presbyterian church The church wa
crowded, and hundreds Of person
stood outside as near the open wir
dows as possible.
; The Rev. Mr. Curren, the pastor
preached on the subject of responsible
ity of the Christian church. He mad
no reference to the distinguished Wis
itor except in his prayer. Half way
the hotel on the return from churc
the President expressed desire t
see the skins of the bears he had sho
and he went to the store Of Fran
Hayes, the taxidermist, who has bee
intrusted with their mounting. A
? the skins were laid out the PresideI
pointed to that of the first bear killed
: He said that was his favorite, as it wa
2 the only one that had required NOR
than ordinary sportsmanship to kill.