Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1907-09-26
The President viii Leave Washing
ton Next Sunday on q Most
Spectacular Tour.
WILL LAST NEARLY A MONTH
viii Dedicate Mckinley Mausoleun',
Inspect Mississippi River, Make
speecheo and Hunt In Lou
isiana CanebrakeS.

preparations for President Roosevelt's
western trip nave not been completed
the programme has been sufficiently ar
ranged to make 1t certain that the
tour will be one of the most spec
tachlar ever undertaken by him. He
will leave here a week from Sunday
and will be absent from the seat OF
government until the 23rd or oath OF
October. The TRIP has three distinc-
tive objects: The dedication Of the
Mckinley mausoleum at Canton, o.;
the inspection of the Mississippi river
with a view to arousing interest in a
ship channel from its mouth to Keo-
kuk, Iowa, and the Great Lakes and
the securing of a period of recreation
for the chief executive before the be
ginning Of the duties Of the winter
Incidentally there will be some speech
es on the return journey which will
deal with current issues.
The stay at Canton on Monday, the
30th, will be OF only little more than
sufficient duration to permit the presi-
dent to pay his .ibute to the memory
of his immediate predecessor, but he
will there meet Vice President Fair
banks and number of other people
Of note and will make long speech.
He will then proceed direct to Keo-
kuk, where Tuesday, the LIST Of Octo-
Der, he viii be given notable pub
lie reception, deliver an address and
begin his journey by boat down the
Father Of Waters, said to be, with the
exception of short voyage by Presi-
dent Pierce, the first trip on the river
ever made by a president. At Keo
kuk the presidential party will
be met by the governors OF %
states, all interested in all projects
locking to the deepening of the chan
mel of the Mississippi and the general
Improvement OF inland navigation and
those on another boat than that on
which the president will travel, will
constitute his guard of honor to Mem
phis, where the party will arrive Oc'
tober 4. There will be two important
stops on the voyage, at st. Louis, on
the End of October and at Cairo, ILL.,,
on the third and at both points
speeches bearing upon the country's
future, will be delivered by the presi-
dent.
Reports from all points at which
stops are to be made indicate that the
party will be entertained on lavish
scale throughout. At Keokuk there
will be water pageant and many citi-
zens will convoy the president down
the river in crafts of all sizes for
20 to 80 miles and number of them
will accompany him all the way to-
Memphis. At Memphis the president
will find the deep waterways conven-
ton In session, and he will deliver a
speech.
Then the president will turn his
hack on civilization for period Of
rest and sport in the milds of North
ern Louisiana. TITS art Of the pro
gramme has been arranged largely by
Civil Service Commissioner Nell
benny, a Louisiana sporting man OF
good record He has hunted many
tines over the ground and has recon-
mended the place in terms of praise
rs being well stocked with game both
large and small, and sufficiently Sc
cluded to prevent intrusion. The
president will be accompanied to the
border OF this game section by staff
from the executive Office headed By
Assistant Secretary Latta and also by
representatives of the press associ.
atoms, but they will not accompany
the hunters on their quest A NINA
ture White House will be established
at a convenient place, and Mr.. Latta
will keep his chief informed Of Inn
portant developments in affairs OF
state. The exact location Of the hunt
ing camp will not be announced I'M
I'll It is established. The camp life
will be shared by Mr.. McIlhenny, DR..
Rixey and a few other intimate
friends, and they will have the ser
vices OF local guides The party will
be in camp from the 9TH to the 21st
OF October. Returning, the president
will speak at Vicksburg and at the
Hermitage, near Nashville. Al the
latter place he will pay his respects
to the memory Of President Jackson.