The Mena weekly star., 1909-09-23
OFF ON H|SLONG TRIP
MIR. TAFT STARTS ON MOST RE MARKA5LE JOURNEY EVER
 TAKEN BY A PRESIDENT.
HE WILL COVER l3,OOO MILES
The President Win Travel Nearly Two Months, Stopping First at Chicago, Then Swinging Through West and South.


 Months, Stopping First at Chicago,
 Then Swinging Through West and
 South.
 Beverly. Mass, Sept. i6.-President William II. Taft to-day stepped into motor car. waved a cheerful good-by and started for Boston. where this evening he boards a private car and begins a tour of the west and south that will be the most remarkable trip ever taken by president of the United States. The route of about 13,- 900 miles has been carefully mapped out, and every arrangement Is per fected. The fact that to-day is MT. Taft's fifty-second birthday anniver- sary was taken as happy augury for the success of the long journey.
 Besides the president, the party in- cludes Capt Archibald Butt, military aide; Wendell W. Mischler. assistant secretary: Dr. J. J. Richardson of Washington. D. C.; James Sloan, jr., and L. c. Wheeler of the secret serv- ice, and Maj Arthur Brooks, the presidents confidential messenger. Six newspaper men will accompany the president throughout the entire trip.
 First Stop In Chicago.
 Shortly before noon tomorrow the president will arrive in Chicago, his first stopping place There he will review 100000 school children and be the guest of the Commercial club at luncheon and of the Hamilton club at ball game. Then he will take din ner at the Congress hotel. address a meeting in Orchestra hall and attend ball given by the Chicago bankers.
 Leaving Chicago at a. m. Friday morning, the presidential party will stop at Milwaukee, Madison and Port age. and will spend the night at Wi mona. Minn., and will reach Minneapo- lis early on the morning of Saturday, September 1S MT. Taft will spend all Saturday and Sunday in Minneapo- lis and St. Paul, leaving Sunday night at eight o'clock and dividing the next day between Des Mcines and Omaha
 Denver will be reached September 21. At 9 a. m. the president will make an address in the Denver auditorium. On September 23 he will open the Gun nison river tunnel.
 The president will arrive at Salt Lake City September 24 to remain un- til the 26th, when the party leaves for Pocatello, Idaho, and Butte Mont Spokane will be reached the 2Sth, and the party will arrive at Seattle on the 29th
 Two Days at Fair.
 President Taft will spend Septem- Der 30 and October l doing" the Aiaska-Yukon exposition, and arrive at Portland October for two days visit. He will spend October and 5 in San Francisco and vicinity.
 He will spend the Eth, Sth and 9th in Yosemite valley. and, coming out October 10. will proceed to Las An geles. The president will spend Octo- Der II and 12 in Los Angeles, visiting his sister
 He will arrive at the Grand canyon the morning of October 14, and will leave that night for Albuquerque, N. M., and reach Fl Paso early the fol lowing morning for the meeting with President Diaz of Mexico.
 The president reaches San Antonio October IT, and will spend the fore noon of the following day in an inspec- Af nrf at Corpus Christi October IS, the pres ident goes at once 10 his brothers ranch. where he will spend all of Tuesday Wednesday. Thursday and Friday.
 Visiting Houston October 23, the president proceeds to Dallas to spend Saturday evening and all of Sunday. From Dallas the president proceeds di- rect to St. Louis to begin his four-day trip down the Mississippi. He spends October 25 in St. Louis, where he will breakfast at the Commercial club, make an address at II a. m. in the Coliseum, lunch at the Jefferson hotel as the guest of the Business Mems league, and before boarding the steam CT at p. m. will make brief visit to East St. Louis, H.
 The first long stop of the river trip will be at Cairo, H., October 26. Ar rlying off Memphis October 27, the president will make an address, and that afternoon will speak at Helena, Ark. On the 2Sth the president will make speech at yicksburg, New Or leans will be reached Friday The president will remain in New Orleans from October 29 to November 1.
 From New Orleans the president will go to Jackson and Columbus, Miss; Birmingham. Ala; Macon. Savannah, Charleston, Augusta. VII. mington and Richmond. reaching Washington November 10.