The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-07-10
SURE THAT TAFT
WILL REACH ZION
President Makes Public Outline
of His Plans for West
ern Trip.
HAS ABANDONED IDEA
OF THE VISIT TO ALASKA
From Salt Lake to Seattle,
Thence Down Western Coast
Through Sunny South.

WASHINGTON, july 9.-President
Taft today while en- route TO Washing
ton gave an outline of the tentative
plans for his trip through the West
and South this fall
Tho president has abandoned all idea
of visiting Alaska this year, LARGELY
owing to the fact that Mrs. Taft viii
not be able to 90 with hlm. Upon his
arrival here today, the president re-
ceivcd word from Beverly that Mrs
Taft was rapidly improving in health.
She went for sail Yesterday, and the
cool weather of the northern shore of
Massachusetts is assisting in her re-
cuperatiou. The president feels, how
ever, that it would he too much OF Il
strain upon his wife to ask her TO 90
on the long western trip this fall which
will occupy about two months.
AS soon as the tariff bill has received
the action of the president, Mr.. Taft
will leave Washington for Beverly. He
will remain there until September Is
his ffty-sccond birthday-whcn he
hopes, if Mrs. Taft continues 10 i'm
prove, TO begin his western journey.
Will Stop In Salt Lake.
The president will head directly from
Beverly to Seattle, stopping for brief
visits en- route at Denver, Salt Lake
and Spokane. After visiting the Alaska
Yukon-PaciGc exposition, the president
will swing down to the Southwest,
stopping for n time mt Portland, where
he viii be the guest OF Senator ]ona-
than Bourne. and proceeding thence TO
San Francisco, where he Will spend scv.
cral DAYS Leaving San Francisco. the
president will 90 direct TO Los Angeles,
where he will stop for several days with
hls sister.
From Los Angeles the president will
and New Mexico. If the weather is
pleasant and his arrangements permit.
the president hopes TO visit the Yosemite
valley before going To Los Angeles
Coming out Of New Mexico. the prcsi
dent Will stop for n time at III Paso,
where he expects TO meet President Dlaz
of Mexico. President Diaz and Presi-
dent Taft have never met. The Mex
lean president wrote recently to the
White House suggesting Il conference
Mt FL Paso. and President Taft replied
TODAY that he would be delighted To
meet the Mexican executive about De.
tober Is. the meeting depending. of
course. upon the presidents S ability TO
make the western trip.
Trip Through Southwest.
After his stop at III Paso, the presi
dent will Visit san Antonio, where he
will inspect Fort Sam Houston. Mr..
Taft, while secretary of war, was deep
" impressed with This post and was
instrumental IN building it up to its
present importance. After visiting Aus.
lin and Dallas. Texas, the president OK
poets to spend several days on the ranch
owned by his brother, c. p. Taft, at
Corpus Christi. near Brownsville.
Continuing east, the president will
stop at Houston and 20 to New Or
leans to attend the meeting of the deep
WATERWAYS congress, the date Of which
Will be fixed TO suit his convenience,
After attending the convention, Mr..
Taft wants TO stop for a time in the
Bayou Tcche country of Louisiana. the
land of Evangcline and Arcadia. From
there the president will proceed to