Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-09-28
PRESIDENT ON TRIP
TOUR DOWN The MISSISSIPPI
To BE SPECTACULAR.
Dedication of the Mckinley Mausol-
cum at Canton-WilI Meet With
Water Experimentation, In
Guiding Hunting and Fishing.

Washington, Sept. 24-While the
preparations for President Roosevelt's
western trip have not been completed,
the program has been sufficiently ar
ranged to make it certain that the
tour will be one of the most spectacu-
lar ever undertaken by him. He will
leave here a week from yesterday and
will be absent from the seat of gov
eminent until October 23 or "a.
The trip has three distinctive OBJ
jects: The dedication of the McKin-
ley mausoleoum at Canton, Ohio; the |
inspection of the Mississippi river
with a view of arousing interest in
the ship channel from its mouth to
Keokuk, Iowa, and the great lakes,
and the securing of a period of recrea-
ton for the chief executive before the
beginning of the duties of the winter
Incidentally there will be some
speeches on the return journey which
will deal with current issues. The
stay at Canton on Monday, the goth
will be only little more than sufficient
duration to permit the president to
pay his tribute to the memory of his
immediate predecessor, but he there
will meet Vice President Fairbanks
and other people of note and will
make a long speech.
Down the Mississippi.
He will then proceed direct to Keo-
kuk, where on Tuesday, October 1, he
will be given notable public recep-
ton. deliver an address and begin his
tourney by boat down the Father of
Waters" said to be, with the excep-
ton of a short voyage by President
Pierce. the first trip on the river ever
made by a president. At Keokuk the
presidential party will be met by the
governors of 20 states, all interested
in all projects looking to the deepen
ing of the channel of the Mississippi
and the general improvement of in
land navigation, and these on another
boat than that on which the presi-
dent will travel, will constitute his
guard of honor to Memphis, where the
party will arrive on October 4.
Speeches on the Way.
There will be two important stops
on the voyage-at st. Louis on Octo-
Der 2 and at Cairo, ILL.,. on the 3d-and
at both points speeches bearing upon
the country's welfare will be delivered
by the president. Reports at all
points at which stops are to be made
indicate that the party will be enter
/, tanned on a lavish scale throughout.
At Keokuk there will be a water
pageant and many citizens will con-
voy the president down the river in
crafts of all sizes, and a number of
them will accompany him all. the way
to Memphis. At Memphis the presi-
dent will find the deep waterways
convention in session, and he will de
liver a speech.
: Recreation in Louisiana.
The president will turn his back on
civilization for recuperation in the
northern part of Louisiana. This part
of the program has been arranged
largely by Civil Service Commissioner
' McIlhenny, a Louisiana sportsman OF
good record, and who has hunted many
times over the ground and has rec
commended the place in terms of praise
as being well stocked with game both
large and small, and sufficiently Sc
cluded to prevent intrusion.
= The president will be accompanied
u to the border of this game section by
a staff from the executive Office here
by Assistant Secretary Latta and also
= by representatives of the press assO
- Citations; but they will not accompany
' the hunters on the quest. A miniature
White House will be established at ;
:, convenient place and Mr.. Latta will
y keep his chief informed of importan
. developments in affairs of state. TIL,
. exact location Of the hunting cam
: will not be announced until it is es
80 tablished. The camp will be shared
by Mr. McIlhenny, by DR.. Rixey and
few other intimate friends, and the.
will have the services of local guides
= The party will be in camp from Octc
. Der to 81. Returning, the presiden
will speak at Vicksburg and at Hei
y mitage, near Nashville. At the latte
- place he will pay his respects to tn
- memory of President Jackson.