The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1909-10-27

departure. and every effort has been
made to prevent either the grounding
of any of the boats or the more dread
ed possibility of a collision.
TIE details of the journey have been
worked out under the supervision of
f. II. Tillman, L. S. n. Admiral of
fleet on board the Oleander. In the
upper reaches of the river, a speed
of less than IL miles an hour
is to be made. After the
mouth of the Ohio has been passed,
however, the vessels will be asked to
show a better pace, and, in places,
travel Is miles an hour.
The flotilla was organized to boost"
the cause of deep waterways. This is
the frank declaration of the officers
of the association, its president w. X.
Navanaugh, saying:
This personally conducted journey
Of President Taft down the Mississi-
ppi river is being made to call the
personal attention of the president of
the United States, mem bers of con-
gress, army engineers and levee en-
gineers of the various interested states
to the commercial necessity and pos
sibilities of deepening the river. Fed
eral cooperation is wanted by the
states, and we hope river and
harbor bill passed at the next session
of congress carrying an appropriation
sufficient to put the deep waterway on
a continuing basis, like the Panama
canal"
Steamer Oleander. carrying the
president and his personal party.
Steamer Erastus Wells: Frank H.
Hitchcock, postmaster general;
Charles Nagel, secretary of commerce
and labor, and Mayor F. H. Kreis-
man, ST. Louis ]. NJ. Dickinson, Sec
rotary of war will Join the pjarty at
Memphis.
Steamer Mississippi, carrying the
members of the Mississippi River
commission and United States army
and state engineers.
Steamer st. Paul, carrying COVER
nors of states, newspaper men and
special guests of the association.
Steamer Lily, carrying foreign dip
lomats.
Steamer Quincy: Speaker Joseph
Cannon, John Barrett, director inter-
national bureau of American re-
publics, and members of congress-
Steamer Saltillo. carrying officials
of the Lakes to- the Gulf Deep Water
association.
Steamer Alton, carrying members
of the st. Louis Business Mems
League.
Steamer Cape Girardeau, carrying
Missouri, East st. Louis, Belleville and
Alton deep waterway delegates and
ladies.
Steamer 6. w. Hill, carrying men,
bers of the Illinois Manufacturers
association and the Chicago Deep
Waterway convention.
Steamer Grey Eagle, carrying Kan
sas City deep waterway delegation.
Other steamers in the fotilIa join
ing it at various points are:
Steamer Illinois, property of the
state of Illinois, and carrying state
officials.
Steamer Grand, carrying Little
Rock deep water way delegates.
Steamer Rapids, carrying Little
Rock and Arkansas delegates.
steamer flOrence H., carrying edl-
torial staff, Chicago Tribune.
Steamer Belle of Muskogee, carry
ing Mnskogee Commercial club and
Oklahoma delegates.
Steamer A M. Scott, carrying West
Virginia delegates.
Steamer Sarah f. Denborn, carry
ing Louisiana deep water way dele
gates.
The order of the procession of
boats is to be changed from day to
day to meet the exigencies Of the pro-
grams mapped out by committees at
the cities to be visited by the presi-
dent between here and New Orleans
Then, too, there are to be various
functions aboard the boats, which the
president is expected to attend.
The first of these was scheduled
for tonight, when he took dinner on
the Steamer st. Paul with the COVER
nors and newspaper men. The affair
was arranged by the Business Mems
league of st. Louis.
Another dinner. with the president
as chief guest, will occur aboard the
steamer Quincy on the night of Oct
ober 81, after the flotilla has left
Helena, Ark. The congressman and
president are to be the guests of the
Lakes-to-t the Gulf Deep Waterway as
ISOLATION on that occasion.
p vision has also been made for
dis atch boats and launch to facilitate
communication between the vessels
of the fleet