The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-11

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their station and prepare for the great
review for the President on the occa-
sion of his visit to taat city.
Mayor Joseph L. Sweeney. of Ell
Paso. will receive both presidents in
front of the chamber of commerce
building al IL O'Clock. After formal
introductions the presidential parties
viii go to breakfast.
Just before noon the presidents and
their encourages start for Mexico.
crossing the international bridge at
high noon. The officials of Juarez.
the Mexican city opposite Ell Paso.
have arranged an elaborate entertain
ment.
Al lis o'clock. President Taft will
go back to his own country. The re-
turn will be marked with a reat civic
and military parade. The President
will then address the people of El
Paso. and at 3 O'Clock Mr.. Taft is
again due at the Chamber of Com
merce to meet the Ohio Society and
Yale Alumni. After half hour re
ception the President will be enabled
10 enjoy a brief rest al his hotel. and
at $50 o'clock President Taft's spec
ial will cross the river for the six
o'clock banquet which will be given
for the two executives at the JuareZ
custom house. Two hours later Mr.
an empire. His leaving will he char
acterized only by cheers and the good
wishes of his countrymen. as the War
Department regulations do not per-mi.
of gun salutes after sunset. However.
in Mexico he may he given a noisy
farewell as he quits the Mexican soil.
The Presidents brief visits to Mex
leo will he fraught with a number of
pleasing little Incidents which the
Mexican officials have not yet made
public. The Mexican government be-
gan a quiet house-cleaning in the
northern part of the republic a month
ago All the undesirable citizens
were asked to go south and remain
there until the word was passed
that they might again return to the
border
Not alone in Mexico. but Texas "a
well have the Mexican secret police
been operating and lining up those in
dividuals who have at one time or
another displayed a revolutionary ten
dency. Secret service officials of the
United States have not been inactive.
and they have co-operated with the
sleuths of Mexico.
On his long journey from El Paso
TO San Antonio there will be ample
escort for Mr.. Taft. Notable in this
ascort will be one hundred members
Of the International Club of San An
tonic who have chartered a special
train for the trip to and from the
border. Mr.. Taft is an honorary pres
ident of this organization. and so is
General Diaz. The purpose of the
club is to promote business between
the two republics. The club members
purpose holding a special meeting al
Juarez. in order that General Diaz
may preside. Immediately ahead of
the Presidents train will be the An
erican troops returning TO San An
tonic.
Continuing his journey eastward
President Taft will at night travel
through the desert portion of Texas
and also that part which scenically is
as beautiful as any in the state. He
will awaken in the little town of
Longfellow. where his daylight recep-
tions will again begin. A few miles
further on a ten-minute stop will be
made at Sanderson for a change of
engines. and then he will come to
Langtry, a little place noted not alone
because IL was named for the Jersey
Lilly" but because of the residence
there of a justice of the peace. Roy
Bean, who proclaimed himself the
''law west of the Pecos river"-and
he was.
Just a little further on the Presi-
dent will cross the highest railroad
bridge in the United States. A If
teen minute stop is scheduled at Del
Rio. a town OF 1000. which has been
in the limelight because of some revo-
lutionary societies formerly in exis-
tence there.
From there on Mr.. Taft will pass
through a part of the irrigated sec
tion of Texas. portions of which have
been known as the garden spot of
Texas. An enthusiastic lot of people
reside in the small towns. and the
President Is assured of some hearty
cheering as his train rolls along.
| Just as night falls the Presidents
train will be entering San Antonio,
commonly accepted as the metropolis