Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-06
PRESIDENT RESTS
BY GETTING BUSY
Hustles Away to His Camp in
the Canebrake.
BAD TIMESFOR TEDDY BEARS
Weather Is Favorable for Giving
Them Trouble.
NATIVES AGREE TO KEEP ALooF
Say if Chief Executive Wants Quiet
and Seclusion, He Shall
Have It.

After safe trip from Memphis
to Lake Providence, La, where
he addressed several thousand resi-
dents of East Carroll parish, Presi-
dent Roosevelt yesterday continued
on his journey to Stamboul Station,
fifteen miles below Lake Provi-
dence, where his special train was
sidetracked. The last seen of the
President at Lake Providence was
as his train disappeared down the
track. Mr.. Roosevelt was stand
ing on the rear platform waving a
large white handkerchief to the
crowd, which was still standing in
drizzling rain before the railroad
station. Advices from Stamboul
later in the day announced that
the President and his party had
reached their camp on the Tensas
river, and that the President was
anticipating with much delight the
idea of partaking of a portion of
two large bucks which were killed
for him near the camp.
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La, October g.
1t was announced before his departure for
the canebrakes that the President would /.
spend the day quietly Sunday. and that
early Monday morning he would start out
on his first hunting trip.
According to old planters here conditions
a ire for doy, Of 1,na h,,nf fir,x
1t has been. raining throughout this section
for twenty-four hours, and now there is
every Indication that clear weather will
prevail. Bear hunters say that trails Will
| be easy to follow with the ground wet as
| it is, and that the President stands good
| chance of getting one bear If not more
when he starts out Monday morning. One
thing upon which every one in this section
has agreed is that the President is to be
left alone for the two weeks that he Is in
Louisiana.
He was taken at his word when he
said here today that he had come for
good quiet time. While. formal action
was taken by the crowd which greeted him,
the word was passed from man to man
that each one would do his share toward
assuring the President of the United States
a complete rest SO far as keeping sight
seers away from his camp is concerned.
The canebrakes where his camp is pitched
are, moreover, a good natural guarantee
that the President will have undisturbed
rest and recreation.
Story With q Moral.
In the last talk he made before strik-
ing into the brake the President dwelt on
the necessity for honesty "going and COM
ing" In pointing the moral he said:
II want to tell you an anecdote of the
old days, when lived out west in the COW
country There were no fences and every
calf was branded with the same brand that
It's mother had, so that the increase of the
calves could be totaled There used to be
a ranch law, known as the maverick law,
according to which any calf overlooked In
the branding would be branded with the
brand of the ranch on which he was found.
l was once riding across the country with
one of my cow punchers when we found
stray calf on another mans ranch The
cow puncher wanted TO brand it with the
Roosevelt brand but l told him l would
not stand for it. The COW puncher said:
Hold on, old man, l know business;
always put on the boss brand
"'All right l said, you go back to the
camp and get your time.
What are you doing that for?' the cow
puncher asked.
We'll | answered if you will steal for
me you will steal from me, and that is a
good rule in public and private life
IF a man does something wrong in your
behalf he is only going 10 wait for an OPP
portunity to do something unjust toward
you. You want to stand by the honest
man.
IF man wants only justice and wants
to do the just thing by you and wants you
to do the just thing by him. stick by him.
II want to thank you for this opportunity
you have given me to come and see you.
and want to thank you, because under
stand you have said you are going to let
me have my holiday all to myself.
"The presidency is a very busy position,
and this is one Of the few chances 1 have
l,od 10 cot frnn /
have these few weeks just as free as
can.
not l shall be satisfied with getting a good
rest Good luck and goodbye to al of you,
and good fortune"
Spoke From a Platform.
President Roosevelt intended speaking
from the rear platform of the train. but
large platform had been erected by the va
rious East Carroll parish committees
which had the reception in charge, and the
President was asked to- address the assem-
blage from the stand which had been built
for him. The stand decorated with
cotton and rice, emblems of Louisiana's
two greatest products. This stand was
source of pride to every man, woman and
dence. and had the President failed to de-
liver his speech from It keen disappoint-
ment would have \be2n felt by the whole
population of East Carroll parish.
President Roosevelt appeared 10 appre-
cIate the pride East Carroll citizens took
in the stand, for when he said Il must
speak to the good people of Lake Provi-
dence from the stand which they have been
kind enough to build for me- and, taking
the arm of Representative Joseph e. Rams
dell he ascended the steps to the platform.
President Roosevelt was introduced by
Representative Ransdell.
The Presidents Speech.
The President said:
MS, IN in
Representative Ransdelfs speech and that
is when a man is a mighty good fellow he
is apt to attribute to other people the same
Qualities that he has himself. l have found
while President that there are some men
upon whom l can absolutely depend to do