The Sentinel=record., 1909-10-05
VIEWS WITH INTEREST THE TOW BRING PEAK OF MT. SHASTA,
 WHICH HE PASSED.
Makes the Longest Jump That He Has Made During His Tour of the Country--Makes Speeches
 from Rear of Car.

D"N' dulelltO, Odl-, OCt. 4-Atter mak- ing one of the longest jumps of his trip and travelling for twenty.nve hours through Oregon and the north ern half of California, President Taft arrived here tonight a. 7:fO o'clock to remain until 4 o'clock tomorrow morning, when he will proceed to Oakland and San Francisco.
 The president was met at the sta. ton by another large crowd. MT. Taft was entertained at dinner. was taken for an automobile ride through the oty, to be cheered all along the route and made an address in the state can. itcl grounds.
 The president selected for the prin. cipal of his speech the conservation of national resources in which he de- Hclared anew that before many of the Roosevelt policies of conservation can be c2rriedi into effect, confirmatory ans enabling legislation must be se- cvf1f and he pledged himself to use all his power to induce congress to aass all laws necessary.
 Having already made a number of set speeches. covering the various subjects he expects to incorporate ln his annual message to congress. the preident, during the rest of his tour. will discuss in more or less detail many of the phases of the larger ques- tions, for he believes that after all the details count more than a mere general declaration of policy.
 While to the average mind the thought of day and night of unin- terrupted travel suggests discomforts and fatigue. the twenty. five hours be- tween Portland and Sacramento prov ed to be a period of real rest and en- ioyment for the president.
 The only ssops made on the way were at division points--stops neces- sary to the operation of the tlain. There were crowds at each of these places and the president appeared in the rear platform of his car 10 shake hands or to make few informal re- marks. At Dunsmuir near the foot of Mount Shasta, one of the most magnificent snow clad peaks in all the world. the president declared that d night of solid sleep and the bracing air of northern California had entireay cured the cold he contracted in Seattle
 Mir. Taft thoroughly enjoyed his stay on the train He read little. lounged about the car. played friend ly game of bridge" with members of his party. and during the five or six hours that Mount Shasta was in sight admired that towering peak in all the charming aspects the winding railroad brought into view
 Shasta was really the flrst of the snow topped mountains of the west thar the president had soon on this tip The president said today that he had been overwhelmed with the reception he had received everywhere on the trip.
 1 He said the crowds and the cheers were launably those that every presi- dent receives on such a tour, yet this fact made them none the less well come and none the less inspiring to him who happened. for the time being, to be the central figure in the picture After passing tomorrow in san Francisco. President Taft heads for the Yosemite Valley. He never has been among the old giant trees in the valley. which are said to be the oldest living things in the world. MT Taft has been warned that the dust going in and coming out of the park this time of the year Is fairly suffocaflng, hut his enthusiasm in the trip has not been in the least diminished for the three days trip.