The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-04-16
Bonfires Burn All Niqht.

oStiiCS Bdiu All lNlSuhs
 The run to this village was pleasant. Huge bonfires lighted the way during the night, and the inhabitants of the towns en route stayed up until far into the morning to cheer the President as he passed through. Getting up early the party had their breakfast of fresh noun tain trout on the train and with cur tains raised viewed the magnificent scene- ry along the route of the Colorado Mid land.
 Near Basal there was slight accident The first car of the special train hit a rock that had slid down to the edge of the track. The only damage was the knocking out of a cap of the rear truck of the car "Viceroy." When the train pulled Into New Castle the President dressed in shooting clothes of heavy tan duck greeted the people from the rear platform. He was cheered wildly After the speech was made and the little con- ventlonalities had been observed, the President gave personal supervision to his hunting outfit. He unsheathed his knife and felt its keen edge examined his gun and saw that 1t was in good work ing order, and looked over the horse that had been selected for his ride to the camp. This animal Is white, weighing about HOO pounds, and is about 14k hands high. It is said to be one of the most sure-footed mountain climbers in this part of the country, but is not noted for speed.
 In fact all of the horses selected for the party are built for hard work rather than for fieetness.
 John Golf, Jake Borah and Brick P Wells, the guides, in picturesque noun tains costumes. busied themselves in giv- Ing commands for the start. In addition to the Presidents personal party, which Is composed of himself Dr. Alexander Lambert and P. B. Stewart of Colorado Springs, ten men rode to the hunting camp today. Five more were already at the camp with everything ready for the comfort of the party.
 Satisfied With One Bear.
 Before starting the President announced confidentially that he was not going into any hand-to-hand encounters with griz- zlies, nor strangle any mountain lions with bare hands He does not expect to bag a record breaking amount of game and will feel satisfied if he gets one bear during the hunt. and particularly fortunate if he gets two.
 His rapid firing rifle was exhibited with great pride, and as a protection he will constantly keep it between himself and danger
 lHe pdTaue planned to take place here today did not materiaize. It had been arranged to form a procession led by the miners brass band, caged bear and the Presidents party on horseback. This peagant was to pass through the village streets and into the hills where the bear was to be turned loose and given a start of thirty minutes. The state humane so- ciety broke up the plans on the ground that the bear might return to the village T caged so long that it was vicious After the humane society had interfered, the captors of the bear tried to sell it to the guides, but they said they would take their game wild as domesticated animals had no attractions for the President on an occasion of this character
 Bear Tracks in the Snow.
 At 11:15 o'clock the party started at an easy canter over the hills 10 the perma- nent camp of the party which is located q East Divide creek, on Charles Penny's ranch 23 miles southwest of New Castle There is about a foot of snow in that region and bear tracks were seen there as late as yesterday. When the party had gone out of sight the Presidents train was returned to Glenwood Springs, where Secretary Loeb is to have his headquar- ters. In his speech at New Castle, the President said:
 T have always believed in your peo- pie I think that 1t Is going to be one of the greatest stotes of the nation. not merely on its material developments, but in it's type of citizenship"
 After special greetings to the Grand Army men present, he continued:
 NOW I want to pass to the generation that is coming and congratulate Colorado upon what she is doing with her public schools, upon her whole force of teachers and upon the steps that are being taken to train aright the next generation. believe in the mines, I believe as you know, in the irrigation works. I believe in your stock ranches. in everything, but the real crop is the crop of children. Ap- plausel For if you get that all straight, the other crops will take care of them selves in the end. I want to say what a pleasure it has been to see the way in which the next generation Is being start cd out on its life task here in Colorado. I thank you very much for coming here, and I am glad to see you"