Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-10-02
STRENUOUS TRIP
FOR PRESIDENT
SAFEGUARDING TOUR WITH
WATERWAY COMMISSION.
GOVERNORS GO WITH HIM
Purpose of the journey is to Look
Closely into the Lakes-to-the-Gulf
Water Route-Executive Win
Make Six Prepared Addresses Be-
sides Many Minor Ones.

| Washington, D. G. Sept. 26,-All ar
engagements have practically been
completed for the coming trip OF
President Roosevelt in the west and
south. According to the present SEIZED
uIe the president will leave next Sun
day for Canton, Ohio, which city
VIII be reached about Monday noon.
In the afternoon of that day he will
participate in the dedication of the
magnificent monument to the late
President Mckinley, making the prin-
cipal address OF that occasion. The
same evening he Will leave Canton
for keokuk, iowa, which city will be
the starting point of his seven hund
red-mile journey down the Mississippi
river.
The members of the inland water
way commission which the president
appointed few months ago will meet
him at Keokuk and accompany him
on the river trip. The commission is
scheduled to leave st. Paul today for
an inspection of the upper Mississippi
river This inspection will occupy
four days and the commission will
reach Keokuk in time to meet the
president next Tuesday.
From Keokuk the president and his
party will journey down the Mississ-
ippi to st. Louis, which city will be
reached Wednesday morning, October
l At st. Louis the president will be
greeted by the following governors of
states: Burke, OF North Dakota; Folk,
of Missouri; Patterson, of Tennessee;
Buchtel. OF Colorado: Chamberlain, OF
Oregon; Toole, of Montana; Brooks,
Of Wyoming; Crawford,of South Da-
kota; DAVIDSON, of Wisconsin; Shell
don, of Nebraska; Cummins,of Iowa;
Hoch, of Kansas; Deneen, of Illinois:
FrantZ, of Oklahoma; Pindall. of Ar
kansas; Blanchard, of Louisiana;
Brownard, of Florida, and Campbell,
Of Texas. The president and govern.
ors will be the guests of the business
mems league while in ST Louis and
arrangements are being made to give
the distinguished visitors a hearty
welcome.
At st. Louis the president will de-
liver one of the important addresses
of his trip. He will speak in the Jai
Alai building. a structure that will
seat 1000 people. A luncheon at the
Jeffersonian hotel will follow and then
the party will leave for another sec
ton of the journey. that from St
Louis to Cairo. The southern Illinois
city will be reached the morning OF
October 3. The governors will ac-
company the president At Cairo the
party Will stop for two hours, but ia
that time the president will deAgar
another Of the speeches he has espec-
tally prepared for the occasion. Leay.
ing Cairo at II o'clock in the morn
Ing. still accompanied by the govern
ors, the whole party viii steam to
Memphis. which city viii be reached
at O'Clock on the afternoon Of Oct
0ber 4.
The second annual convention OF
the lakes-to-the-gulf deep waterway
association will meet in Memphis at
10 o'clock on the morning Of October
!. and In the afternoon the president
viii address the delegates in the
Memphis auditorium. This viii con.
clude his trip If speechmaking. so lar
as present arrangements 60. II Is
probable. b. ever, that the president