The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1907-09-27
HIS WEST
ERN TRIP
PRESIDENTTOJOURNEY
DOWN MISSISSIPPI.
WILL BE AT DEDICATION AT CAN
TON OF THE MCKINLEY
MANSOLEUM.


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 week from yesterday and
will be absent from the seat OF gov
eminent until October % or "a.
The trip has three distinctive OBJ
iects: 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 3Oth
will be only little more than suthclent
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 long speech.
Down the Mississippi.
He will then proceed direct to Keo-
kuk, where on Tuesday, October l, ne
will be given a notable public recep-
ton, deliver an address and begin his
| h0 nj
Waters" said to be, with the excep'
ton of 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 and at Cairo, ILL.,, on the 3d-ant
at both points speeches bearing upor
the country's welfare will be delivered
by the president. Reports at al
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 waite
pageant and many citizens will con
voy the president down the river il
crafts of all sizes, and a number o
them will accompany him all the wa.
to Memphis. At Memphis the presi
dent will find the deep waterway
convention in session, and he will DR.
liver speech.
Recreation in Louisiana.
The president will turn his back Of
civilization for recuperation in tn
northern part of Louisiana. This par
of the program has been arrange
largely by Civil Service Commissions
McIlhenny, a Louisiana sportsman O
good record, and who has hunted man
times over the ground and has rec
commended the place in terms of prais
as being well stocked with game, bot
large and small, and sufficiently Sc
cluded to prevent intrusion.
The president will be accompanie
to the border of this game section b
staff from the executive Office here
by Assistant Secretary Latta and ais
by Representatives of the press asst
Citations; but they will not accompan
the hunters on the quest. A miniatur
White House will be established at
convenient place and Mr.. Latta wi
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 Ell
tablished. The camp will be share
by Mr.. McIlhenny, by DR.. Rixey and
few other intimate friends, and the
will have the services of local guide
The party will be in camp from Oct
Der S to FL. Returning, the presider
will speak at Vicksburg and at He
mitage, near Nashville. At the latte
place he will pay his respects to tn
memory of President Jackson.
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