Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-09-23
Program Indicates President S
Western Tour Will be Spec
tacuIarOne.
DEEP WATERWAY CHIEF AIM
Hunting Party to Follow Cruise Down
sissippi-Cities Arrange
Lavish Entertainment.

L
western trip have not been completed
| the program has been sufficiently a.
ranged to make it certain that IN
tour will be one of the most spectac-
ular ever undertaken by him. He vii
| leave here next Sunday and will be
absent from the seat of government
until the 23d Or oath of October.
The trip has three distinctive o.
| iects. The dedication of the Mckil-
LEV mausoleum at Canton, Ohio, the
inspection Of the Mississippi river with
a view to arOusing interest in a ship
channel, and the securing of a period
| of recreation 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.
| Stay Will BE Short.
| The stay at Canton on Monday th"
2Oth will be only of little more thal
sufficient duration to permit the presl-
dent to pay his tribute to the memory
| Of his immediate predecessor, and
meet Vice President Fairbanks and
number of other people of note
He will then proceed direct to keO-
kuk, where Tuesday, Oct. l, he will be
given a notable public reception, de
| liver an address, and begin his jour
ney by boat down the Father Of
Waters, said to be, with the exception
of short voyage by President Pierce.
the first trip on the river ever made
| by a president. AT keolluk the presi-
dental party will be met by the go"-
ernors of % states, all interested n
all projects looking to the deepening
of the channel of the Mississippi and
the general Improvement of inland
navigation. and these on another boat
than that on which the president viii
travel will constitute his guard Of
honor to Memphis, where the party
will arrive Oct T. There will be two
important stops on the voyage. at ST.
Louis and at Cairo. H.. and at both
! points speeches bearing upon the
country's future will be delivered by
the president
| Entertain on Lavish Scale.
Reports from all points at which
stops are to be made indicate that the
lparty will be entertained on a lavish
scale throughout At KeOlluk thee
will be a water pageant and many
citizens will convoy the president
down the river in craft of all sizes.
At Memphis the president will find
the deep waterways convention in
session and he will deliver Il speec',.
Then the president will turn his
back on civilization for a period of
rest and sport in the wilds of northern
Louisiana. This part of the program
has been arranged largely by Civil
Service Commissioner McIlhenney.
Louisiana sportsman of good record.
He has hunted many times over the
ground and has recommended the
place in terms of praise as being We'll
stocked with game, both large and
small. and sufficiently secluded to pre-
vent intrusion. The president will be
accompanied to the border of this
game section by a staff from the eX
ecutiye office, headed by Assistant
Secretary Latta, and also by represen-
they will not accompany the hunters
on their quest.
A miniature White house will be
established at a convenient place, and
Mr.. Latta will keep his chief informed
of important developments in affairs
of state The exact location of the
hunting camp will not be announced
until it Is established. The camp life
will be shared by Mr. McIlhenney, D..
Rixey and a few other intimate friends
and they will have the services of local
guides.
[ The party will be in camp from the
r 9Th to the Dist Of October. Returning
the president will speak at VicksburG
and at the Hermitage near Nashville
At the latter place he will pay his re
spects to the memory of President
e Jackson.
st. Louis Plans Welcome.
! St. Louis, Sept. 23.-Twenty-six hun
: bred delegates plan to take the trf
i with President Roosevelt and tn
1 river fleet. The Yelled Prophet:
. pageant is to inaugurate the festivitie:
{ and 5000 trained voices will sing 'Dis
) Her Deep Through Dixie
I Memphis Arrangcs Greeting.
S Memphis, Tenn, Sept. 23.-Final a:
t engagements for the entertainment c
II the president were adopted yesterday
u 1t was decided to make the landin'
i lof the flotilla that will accompan!
the president from St Louis a distinc
e feature and the levee will be cleanct
off and decorated and every house o.
it painted in honor of the occasion
] fleet of boats will leave the whar
and go up the river to meet the fln
tilla, which will be saluted variously
land then led to Memphis. No Graf
Ii will be allowed on the river above tn.
city until after the flotilla and loca
! fleet have discharged the passenger: