The Glenwood post., 1905-04-22
THE PRESIDENT
IN HIS CAMP
Delightful Week Spent by Chief
Executive, Who kiIIed Fine
Bear After An Exciting
Chase Last Monday
CAMP Is TO Bt MOVED TODAY

1t is a proud distinction for Gar
field county that within her borders
the chief executive of the nation is
Just now enjoying the splendid sport
which bear hunt provides, that he is
living close to nature in our forests
and breathing the life giving ozone of
our noun tain areas The capital of
the United States is located Temporal
rily in Glenwood Springs for while
President Roosevelt is basking in the
gloriies of camp life or banishing Off
cial cares by the medium of the chase.
Secretary Loeb, with his force OF
clerks and stenographers is busy in
his office in tine Hotel Colorado, di
recting the affairs of state, the White
house being transferred for the time
being to this beautiful Colorado re-
sort
Last Saturday morning. as foretold
in the Post, the presidential train
passed through Glenwood on the Colo
RADIO Midland at 7:30. The train did
not back up to the depot but was sig
nailed at the West Glenwood switch
where the president s mail was put on
board as the train was brought almost
to standstill. AS the train rumbled
past the crowd that had gathered to
get sight of him, the president, who
was sitting on the rear platform of his
special car Rocket, made megaphone
of his hands and shouted Boys, I'll
see you after the hunt is over. ="
AT New Castle the whole town
turned ont to greet the president who
addressed the citizens as follows:
My Friends 1t is more than kind
of you to come here this morning and
bid me good morning. You do not
know how glad am to be back in the
state of Colorado. (Applause) l have
always believed in your people.
think that this is going to be one of
tho great states of the union, not
merely in its material development,
but in it's type of citizenship. love
your country and l like mighty well
the citizens in it.
l want to say word of special
greeting to two classes here; in the
first place to the men of the Grand
Army, to the men to whom we owe it
that we have a country to be proud of
at all. ! want to say Il word to you
that know will please you for it is
nice to feel that when you finish
ed your task forty years ago it was
really finished. l have been down IN
Texas, rs you know. There is
pretty large Grand Army organization
in Texas, and at every station at
which | stopped there would be mingl
ed together, side by side, ex-Union
and Confederate veterans. coming
mp under the old flag. 1t was a good
augury and rounded out your work
Now l want to pass to the genera
tion that is coming on, and to congrat
ulate Colorado upon what she is doing
with her public schools, upon her
whole force of teachers, and upon the
steps that are now being taken to
L
believe in the mines; | believe as you
know in irrigation works; | believe
in your stock ranches, in everything
but the real crop is the crop of chill
dren. Applause. For if you get that
all right the other crops will take
care of themselves in the end. l want
to say what great pleasure it has
been to see the way in which the next
generation is being started out in
Colorado.
| thank you very much for coming
out here, and l am glad, to see yon.
Cheers and applause.
After attending to some important
mail, the president mounted his horse
Goff to the camp on East Divide creek.
On Monday he bagged his first bear,
a large black specimen, after a hard
and exciting chase.
Tuesday evening Elmer Chapman,
the official courier, arrived in Glen
wood bringing the news of the presi
dents success. Secretary Loeb ac
companied Chapman to camp Wednes-
day, returning to Glenwood Thursday.
The secretary reported the president
in excellent health and enjoying every
minute of his outing,
Camp will be moved today to the
Grigor ranch and from there the party
in their detour will describe a semi
circle, coming out at Redstone on