St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-28
President to Hunt Bear
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the preparations for President
Roosevelt's trip have not been COM
pleted, the programme has been
sufficiently arranged to make it GER
tain that the tour will be one Of the
most spectacular ever undertaken
! by him. He will leave a week from
to-day and will be absent from the
seat Of government until Oct. % or
la.
The trip has three distinctive
objects: The dedication Of the Nc
Kinley mausoleum, at Canton, 0. !;
the inspection OF the Mississippi
River, with view to arousing in
terest in a ship channel from its
mouth to Keokuk, Ia, and the
Great Lakes, and the securing Of q
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.
The stay at Canton on Monday,
tine 3Oth, will be only little more
than sufficient in duration to per
nit the President to pay his tribute
Ito the memory OF his immediate
1predecessor, but he will there meet
Twice President Fairbanks and q
\ number OF other people of note,
and will make long speech. He
will then proceed direct TO Keokuk,
where on Tuesday, October /, he
will be given q notable public re-
ception. deliver an address ano be-
gin his journey by boat down the
Father OF Waters, said TO be, with
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the exception OF . short voyage by
President Pierce, the first trip on
tho river ever made by President.
At Keokuk the presi 1entiaI party
will be met by the Governors OF
twenty-three States interested ia
project looking to the deepening
. OF the channel of the Niississippi
t and the general improvement q
: navigation, and these will consti'
tute his guests Of honor TO Men
phis, yhere the party will arrive
Oct. 4. There will be two impor-
tant stops on the voyage, at st.
Louis on the I'd and at Cairo On
the Sd, and at both points speeches
, bearing upon the eountry's future
will be delivered by the President.
!, Reports from all points at which
stops are to be made indicate thai
+ the party wiz be entertained on
, lavish scale throughout. At Keo'
kuk there will be a water pageant
and many citizens will convoy the
President down the river in craft OF
all sorts for twenty or thirty miles,
, and q number OF them will accom-
pany him all the way to Memphis.
At Memphis the President will find
the Deep Waterways Convention ii
session and he will deliver speech
Then the President will turn hi;
back on civilization for a period o.
rest and sport in the wilds OF north
ern Louisiana. This part OF the
program has been arranged largely
by Civil service Commissioner Nc
kilkenny, Louisiana sportsmen Of
good record. He has hunted many
! times over the ground and has
recommended the place selected al
! being well stocked with game, bott
large and small, and sufficiently Sc
Guided to prevent interruption.
The President will be accompan.
: led to the border of this game Sec
ton by a staff from the executive
office headed by Assistant Score
tary Latta and by Representative es
Of the press, but they will not &C.
! company the hunters on their
/ quest.
A miniature White House will be
established at 8 convenient place
and Mr.. Latta will keep his chief
Informed on important develop
ments in affairs of state.
TIE exact location of the hunt
ling will not be announced until il
is established. The camp life viii
be shared by Mr.. Mcllhenny, DR..
Rixey and o few other intimate
friends, and they will have the ser
vices OF local guides. The party
will be in camp from the 9Th til
the 21st of October.
Returning the President vii
speak at vicksburg and at the Her
mittage, near Nashville. Al th,