The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06
ROOSEVELT
 IN LOUISIANA President in Camp on Tensas River.
 --s--i TWO WEEKS OF GOOD REST Weather Conditions Said to Be
 Fine for Bear. x s,e.ks TO Large Audience At Lsks Providence And ceepls Re.slve
 Not TO Disturb HI.
 Quiet.
TWO WEEKS OF GOOD REST

Lake Provldence, i<a-e Crts, v q safe trip from Memphis tp Lake erov- idence. where he this morning ad- sdreased several thousand residents or E;sat carroll Parish. President Roose- .,,a,t continued or, his journey to Stam- houls station, fften miles below laAe providence, where his special train was sidatracked
 1,ha last seen of the President here was as his train disappeared down the tfack MT. Roosevelt was standing on the rear platform waving a large white handkerchief to the crowd which was stiii standing in drizzling rain before the railroad station.
 Adyices from stamboui later today announce that the President and his party have reached their camp on the Tensas river about twelve miles from stanaboul and that the President was anticipating with much delight the idea of paFtaking of portion of two large bucks which were killed for him near the camp late yesterday,
 Goes For Bear Mondny.
 President would spend the day quietly President would spend the day quittty sunday and that early Monday morning he would start out on his first hunt. According to old hunters here. conal- fions are ideal for several days Of pear hunting. It has been raining through out this section for twenfy-fonr hours and now there Is every Indication that clear weather will prevail Bear hunt CTS say that trails will pc easy 70 1os- fov with the ground as wet as IL is and that the President stands good c,iance of retting one bear if not more rvfSn The starts out Monday morning. nne thing upon which every one tn this section has agreed is that the freal- 5 deaf is to be left alone for tne lMo Vt ejxs that lie ts il LoulstSna. ns .s..s VI toSsy fhaf he had come Tor good apieE fsssr Wni,e no formal action vas saixen py .,,' s,sk N N 3siGK fa@teA hllu. Inc word .s7ss r,assea from nzlil 70 man that sach one would do his shaEe fgwar9 &ssxEs ssss kh@ ,.,,,,kte r,i rest s6 far as keeping eiShtr saSrs away from his camp Is con ~, A Thea cnnebralxes where pie s.ass sa nifehea are moreover good ~~,i-ai 9uarantee that the Frestoent x1iII have undistnrbed rest and recfee- recentlon in Louisiana.
 .,tts nf steady rain all North nsss I.ouisiana was out this morning sc welcome President Roosevelt Mnsn his special rolled into Lake 1ncy.u7 arlca nn schedule time. Several tnous1 and peopie were in the crowd ana tne President was rendered an oVas'oN which lasted several minutes:
 Tn acknowledgment of the oVations tbe .Pregident delivered a brtef speech
 president Roosevelt intended speaA inc, from the rear platform or the train, h,,t a large platform had been crec.eo hv the various East Carroll Parish com mittees which had the reception as charge and the President was asAsu to address the assemDlake ya, hi,n stand which had been putt TOT mn. The stand was decorated with cotton and rice stalks, emblems of Louisianas tvro greatest agricultural industries.
 This stand was a source of pride 70 every man, woman and child Tor many miles around Lake Providence ana nau tha President failed to del1ver his sneach from 1t, keen disappointment would have been felt by the whole pop rlation If East Carroll Parish
 President Roosevelt appeared to ap- preciate the pride East CarroA Far ish citizens took in this stand Tor wnen he saw it. he said: T must speak s.o,o ,o ths .hs stnnd which they nave been Kind enonrh to build for me-" and taking the arm of Representative Joseph F. kansT dell. he ascended the stairs to the olat- f- a.f i
 The President speaIks.
 President Roosevelt was ihtIoouceo hy ConRressman Ransdell. who compli- mented him highly. The Presioens said; q. .~.,,s. tba Con9ressman's speech. and that IS when a man is a mighty good fellow ne is ant to attribute 10 other people the same good qualities that ,Sss. ne ass 1i that there are some men upon whom can ahaoluteIv depend to do what they deem- hest for their country. Notanle among these is MT. Ransdeu.
 1I have come down here now because realize that one of the greatest nat ural advantages Of the mes soI.n tns whole e s Sa- lion must do their part in improving the Mississippi
 .T want to speak about one thing that always impresses me; that l nave aa-. ways talked about in raVeiins through this country Since nave peen President during these last few years have zone from one end of the coun- try to the other; from the Gulf to the lakes and from the Atlantic to the Pa- ciflc. I have addressed countless gatherings of my fellow ciA- zens and the thing that has impresseo me more, is the fact that there is very
 
 various sections of this country. A good man is O good man wherever you find him"
 Here the President added that he be- Iieved there are many such men In the South.
 ''The best product of any country is good citizenship. The mother and the father must do their work at home and above all, the father must should CT his part. He is not to leave 1t all to.the mother to do In bringing up the children. think that most of your crop is babies. It is a good crop and I am very glad that it does not show any signs of dying out"
 Family and Government.
 Comparing the family and the gov- ment of the nation, tht President drew a parallel between the head of a great country and the head of a family. He declared that vast just as important a Buty for man to be a good head of a family as for him to succeed in gov axying a nation. If the heads of fam-