The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-12
.TAfT'S TOUR NOW OUTLINED
1900 Miles Around the Entire
United States.
Will Visit Royal Gorge, Seattle Ex-
position, Grand Canon, Greet
President Diaz and Sail
Down Mississippi.

Washington-Off for his summer
home at Beverly. Mass, President
Taft will not return, to Washington
until the middle of November next
Remaining at Beverly with his fam
lily until Sept. Is, the president will
start West that day on tour that
will embrace all but eight or ten
states of the union and both of the
territories in the far Southwest.
Before his departure the president
made public a tentative outline Of
his trip through the West and South
this fall. 1t will be a wide swing
around practically the entire United
States, embracing a journey approx
imately 1900 n-ces-as long as the
cruise of the battleship feet from
Hampton Roads through the Straits
of Magellan to san Francisco bay.
The trip will be one of the most not
able ever made by president. 1t
will be as diverse as We'll as could
be imagined, and no "seeirg-all-
embrace as many points of interest
in SO brief space Of time as Pres
ident Taft will give to his jaunt to
the Pacific coast and back through
the great states Of the South.
During his tour the president will
traverse the Royal Gorge of the
Rocky mountains, will visit the
Aiaska-Yukon exposition at Seattle,
will spend three days in the famous
Yosemite valley, will stop off at the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado and
will follow the trail down into the
depths OF that giant abyss, will greet
the president Of Mexico on the Inter
national Bridge over the Rio Grande
at Ell Paso, on Oct. 16, willie take
a four days sail down the MISSISSIPPI
pi river from st. Louis to New Or
leans with various stops en- route.
and will spend four days on the ranch
Of his brother, Charles P. Taft, near
Corpus-Christi, Texas.
Visiting Houston the forenoon of
Saturday, Oct. 20, the president pro-
ceeds to Dallas that afternoon to
spend Saturday evening and all of
Sunday. From Dallas the president
proceeds to ST. Louis to begin his
four days trip down that historic
waterway. En- route he may stop at
Oklahoma City. He reaches st. Louis
at 1927 a. M, the morning of Mon
day, Oct 25, and will leave at
D. m. on the steamer assigned to
him by the deep waterways associa-
ton, which is to hold its convention
in New Orleans upon the presidents
arrival there.
Following the presidents boat will
be a spectacular following of river
craft. One of the trailing boats will
be assigned to the thirty governors
of states who have accepted invita-
tons to make the trip down the riv-
er and to attend the convention. An
other boat will be assigned to con-
gressional delegation or more than
100 members.
The first long stop of the river will
be at Cairo, ILL.,, at $40 a. m. Tues
day, Oct e. The second stop will be
at Hickman, KY, at $3.50 p. m. the
president making brief addresses at
both places. Arriving at Memphis,
Tenn, at a. m. Wednesday, Oct. 27,
the president will make an address at
9 a. m, and that afternoon at
o'clock will speak at Helena, Ark.
On Thursday, the 2Sth, at $3.50 p. m.
the president will make speech at
Vicksburg New Orleans will be
reached about o'clock Friday after
noon. The river journey will also
include short stops at Cape Glrar-
deau, Mo. and Natchez, Miss. The
president will remain in New Or
leans from Friday afternoon, the
29th, to Monday morning, Nov. !. He
will address the waterways conven-
ton Oct 80 at $3.50 p. m.
From New Orleans the president
goes to Jackson, Miss, spending
practically the entire day Of Nov. l.
He will spend three hours of the fol-
lowing day at Columbus, Miss, and
will arrive at Birmingham, Ala, that
evening at 7:45 o'clock. The presi-
dent will remain in Birmingham un-
til the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov.
8, when he proceeds through Geor-
gia, South Carolina and Virginia, ne
turning to Washington Nov. 10.