The Daily Missoulian., 1909-09-13
PRESIDENT TO START
ON TRIP
EXECUTIVE WILL ACTUALLY
COMMENCE WESTWARD
JOURNEY TUESDAY.

Beverly, Mass. Sept 12.-When
President Taft motors into Boston
Tuesday to be the guest Of the cham
Der Of commerce at dinner he win
have actually started on one of the
most notable trips ever taken by a
president. He will leave at 10 "A. m.
Wednesday on the first stage of his
long journey. the first stopping off
place being at Chicago. where he will
be entertained by the Commercial club
and the Hamilton club.
Leading through 80 states and both
of the far southwestern territories,
the presidents trip will reach its eli
max at El Paso on October l6, where
he will meet President DiaZ of Mexico.
The presidents trip covers an itin-
erary nf 1879 milea, and his private
car win be handled over - different
railroad systems. The Southern Pa
cific will get the longest haul of 2.2s9
miles. The Maricopa 4 Phoenix rail-
road. In Arizona. gets the short haul
of 35 miles. The voyage down the
Mississippi river from st. Louis to
New Orleans on the steamboat Mis-
sissippi covers 1,165 miles and occu-
pies four days and five nights.
Moonlight Ride.
Other striking incidents of the trip
will include a moonlight ride through
the Royal gorge and night trip over
the highest passes of the Rocky noun
tains. an inspection of one of the
greatest irrigation projects in all the
west, at Muntrose, Colo; a visit to
the smeIters at Butte: n visit to the
Occur d'Alene country of northern
Idaho: Il two days stay at the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition at Seattle:
n day of sightseeing down the Shasta
route in California. three days visit
tn the Yosemite valley; "A day passed
about the rim of the Grand canyon
In Arizona, and four days on the ranch
of the presidents brother, Charles T..
Taft. near Corpus Christi. Texas.
The cabinet officers who will be
with the president at the meeting with
President Diaz are Secretaries Knox.
Dickinson and Nagel and Postmaster
General Hitchcock. Secretary Baliin-
ger is expected to be with the presi-
dent during the greater part of the
president has also invited a number of
United States senators and personal
friends to make portions of the jour
ney.
Revised Schedule.
September 16-Chicago. afternoon
and evening. September 1T-Mil-
waukee. forenoon: Lacrosse. late aft
ernoon: Winona, Mimi. evening. Sep
tember Is and i9-Minneapolis and St.
Paul. September 20--Des Moines.
forenoon: Omaha, evening. Septem-
ber 21-Denyer. afternoon and even
ing. September 22-Wolhurst, Colo,
forenoon: Colorado Springs. early aft
ernoon; Pueblo, late afternoon. Sep
temher 23-Glenwood. Colo, brief
morning visit: Grand Junction. one
hour: Montrose, afternoon and even
ing. September 24-Provo. Utah. aft
ernoon; Salt Lake, evening. Septem
Der 25-Salt Lake. September 60
Salt Lake. morning; ogden. after
noon: Pocatello. brief night visit Sep
tember 27-Butte. forenoon; Helena,
afternoon. September 2s-Spokane
all day September 2a-~North Yak
ina, forenoons Seattle. evening. Sep
tember 30-seattle. October 1-seat
tie. morning: Tacoma. afternoon and
evening. October and 3-Portiand
October 4-Sacramento. evening. pc-
toher Oakland and Berkeley. fore
noon; San Francisco, afternoon and
evening. october 6-Merced, one hour,
en- route to Yosemite. October I, s
and 9-In Yosemite valley. October
1o-Fresno. afternoon. october IL and
1a-Los Angeles. October 13--Pres-
colt and Phoenix. one hour stop. oc-
toher 1.-THE Grand canyon. October
15-Albuauerque, \. NJ. October Ia
FL Paso and Ciudad JuareZ. Mexico.
October 11-San Antonio, evening. oc-
toher 1s-San Antonio, morning. oc-
tober 10. 20. II and 22-At ranch and
in Corpus Christi. October 23-Hous-
ton, forenoon, Dallas, evening,