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plains and the Rockies. the men like my
correspondent of the Laramie County
Eat'le and Horse Growers association.
me small ranchmen who pillow and pitch
nay themselves" seriously take up this
matter and make their representatives In
congress understand that there must he
some solution. and that this solution shall
he one which will secure the greatest per-
manent well-beins to the actual settlers,
me actual home makers. l promise with
all the strength l have to cooperate to-
ward this end.
ROOSEVELT TO SAIL ON
FLOATING WATER WAGON
Keokuk. Ia. Oct. Sit won't b. like
travelling in the Mayiower, but 1T
won't be so bad as that. this trip of
President Roosevelt from Keokuk to
Memphis on the Mississippi.
AS a matter of fact. he will get "a
touch OF dcmocratic-or is 1t repub-
lican?-simplicity when he steps into
the main deck OF the good old cabined
barge that is to skip him over sand
bars and scrape him through tortuous
channels.
There Is no brass trimming or nickle
plate about the Mississippi. and those
opinion that he will like it the
better for that. Cut glass and Dresden
china are also absent. and the only
silver are the big round iron dollars
that may have been left from pay day
the silver service is. alas. plated.
However, this probably will not in
%terfere with the presidents usually ro-
bust appetite. FOR even the Maynower
and the effete east could not provide a
larder more generously n discrimi-
nately stored than that of the Mis-
stss!ppi.
One thing, however. will be absen,
from the Ice boXes-there will not be
Il drop OF that which goes into the con-
coction OF a cocktail. The Mississippi
Will be a floating water wagon. The
lid has been screwed on tight. 1t is
against the regulations to carry al
coholic refreshments on a government
boat.
An ocean going craft like the historic
Mayiower, the presidents official
yacht. is as different from a Missis-
sippi river steamboat as the turbid
river is from the sparkling salt eX-
panse that stretches from continent
to continent.
No Gold Braid or Formally.
When the president steps aboard Ii"
will doubtless be astonished not To
find regulation caps covered with gold
braid and anchors and dolphlns ana
things. and rows of brass buttons and
a bos'n to pipe all hands aloft." 10th
ing of that sort on our old river.
But n there Is no fuss and Gathers
about the Mississippi, 1t Is q mighty
fine craft. and there Is no man excep,
perhaps a pampered Pittsburg million
aire. who would find II anything but
comfortable and convenient. with a
cuisine as good as In any first class
hotel in the country. a service we'll nigh
perfect. and seamanship OF the first or
der.
The Mississippi Is the craft of the
Mississippi river commission. and Is
seed by the officers composing the com
mission on their semi-annual tours of
inSnocftTn nf tho rivov ovorv A pr(I ouJ
November. Between these dates she
lies idle with the government river fleet
at Memphis.
She was chosen to convey the presi-
dent down the river because she is
built and fitted for just such q party
as will accompany him.
Plenty Of Room on Board.
In the big cabin his secretaries and
clerks can conduct official business az
II they were In the White House., as
there is 80 little vibration in the boats
hull that writing is a matter OF ease.
The main cabin Is fitted in Its forward
part for an office. with a long writing
table and desks and Is brilliantly
lighted at night by electricity. while
in the daytime light is admitted
through the plate glass windows that
completely All the forward wall. The
cabin here Is 30 feet wide. and runs aft
&c feet.
Back OF the office or reception room
the cabin narrows to accommodate two
rows OF staterooms, Zach ~ feet square
and IN this narrowed space are the din.
Ing tables. the sideboard and bufYets
The cabin is abundantly lighted with
incandescent globes, heated by steam
and provided with electric bells. IT
has a hardwood noor covered with rugs
and an abundance OF easy chairs. The
furniture is. in the main, black wal
nut.
The woodwork is spotlessIy white UNI
decorated. and he prevailing tone OF
the cabin Is simplicity and absolute
cleanliness.
The room, which will probably he
occupied by the president is thai sit
uated aft on the port side. This room
is slightly larger thai the others and
is connected with a bath room of ample
dimensions with a porcelain bathtun
and hot and cold water.
The stateroom has n plain white iron
bed. with double mattresses and a mos
quito bar. The mosquito bar liz an in
stitution on the Mississippi river steam
boat. for when the lower turns OF the
river are reached there is likely to be
a great deal of curiosity evinced among
the mosquitoes who thrive along the
river bottoms as to just what a presi-
dent of the United States tastes like.
When they learn that a citizen noted
for his rich. red and %abundan blood
Is coming 1t is likely they will all be-
out.
The room has n marble washstand. :,
chinonier. electric fan, push button and
4 coat OF white paint. and it looks out
upon the river.