The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-10
ROOSEVELT NOW
READY FOR HUNT
Reaches Camp on Bank of Deep Red
Greek.
SLAUGHTER STARTS TO-DAY
PRESIDENT WILL WRITE STORY
OF HAPPENINGS.
SLAUGHTER STARTS TO-DAY

Frederick. Okla. April 9.-President
Roosevelt and party left Frederick
shortly before Z o'clock yesterday
evening and arrived ut the camp,
eighteen miles southeast Of town, q
little after dark. The camp is nestled
i'm timber fringing the bank of Deep
Red creek in a picturesque SPOT and
when the president arose at els this
morning and first beheld the vast pano-
rama OF virgin soil without a sign Of
civilization except the camp he said
he felt al home
Major J. +. Muchert of Sherman.
with G. b. MCHUgh and J. r. Aber-
uathy Of this place located the camp
last Monday riding out to the big
pasture which begins four miles east Of
here. A number of wolves We're seen
in this 10000 acre reservation as they
passed through.
The camp consists of about twenty
tents belonging to the presidential
party and is called Camp Roosevelt.
one large tent is occupied as a mess
hall. a number of tents being used Tor
sleeping apartments. four cots being
placed i'm each tent. About a stones
throw from these tents is camp Oueudh
Parker. occupied by this noted chief
of the COmanChes. three of his SquaN,s
and some other Indians. These midi
ans travelled over forty miles yeStnr-
day to get TO see the president. \ de-
tail Of twenty troops was sent from
Fort Sill TO keep trespassers from this
part Of the reservation. Their camp Is
about 1CO yards from Camp Roose-
Welt The people here. however.
appreciate the fact that the president
IS here for an outing and are remaining
from the pasture. The president sur
priSed the cowboys and Cattlemen by
his knowledge Of horses. Upon leaving
his private car yesterday he was driven
to the grand stand behind the team OF
Ed Carter Of this place. The speaking
over, he was assigned to Burke Bur
uett's dashing team and no time Na;
lost i'm getting to the camp. Burke
Burnett. owner of a large ranch a ross
the river in Texas. drove him over.
Captain Bill Mcdonald of the rangers
and Colonel Lyon rode out with Ed
Carter, General Young with Tom Wag-
gOner, the cattle baron. and Dr.. Lam
bert with g b. McHugh. While Or
Lambert was exercising his horse thiS
morning he was thrown. but not in
Jured. The doctor spent about an hour
taking a number of views Of the party
with their dogs and horses These
viii be used to illustrate an article
which the president will write concern
ing the hunt. There are ABOUT tiirt ~
five saddle horses and fifty dogs at tie
camp.
The president has been assigned three
horses belonging to Tom Waggoner and
like number belonging TO Mr. Bur
nett and expects to he UP early tOmor-
row morning when the hUUC will be
gin a number Of officials Of the Frisco
who arrived in the presidents train
are still here and Will remain msil
Thursday morning. when the tents at
Camp Roosevelt will be struck and the
president will start for Colorado.
In the hunting party beside the pres
ident are General $ NJ Il. Young. -
:. A; Colonel Cecil Lyon Of Sherman.
Captain Burke Burnett Sloan Sinp-
son, Lieutenant G. r. FortescuC. Dr
Alexander Lambert Of New York. 7. r.
Alternately of Frederick and two ram
ger captains. United States Marshal
Bill Fossett Of Guthrie and /. y. Mil
Ter. one of the owners of the great
'I0l' ranch.