Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-03-21
Ho, FOR THE JUNGLE

MT. Roosevelt neeu not A0oA, think, that he will not carry into DarA- est Africa the admiration and high re- yard of many sturdy Americans wno wish him much luck, big game, ana a safe roturn. That hunting expedition ;s close to the hearts of the common people of this land, and is of no small irte-est to the uncommon people, too, as we have occasion to know. Here come, for instance, MT. Edward Leland Strong, the Sweet Singer or Pawtucket, and bursts into song ln re- suect of this impending event, warbhng | in this wise:
 ss+rssSa ,.s-sr rgsvsSTTTT ssg; | Into the jungle fierce and dank Goes our president of highest rank; A sturdy lad will also go
 To take the snaps and push the button' ohl
 Far away from protection of our meet And no dainties there-only canned meat, All hearts will make an earnest wish That good time will not be missed
 ; sN1r. q Some. who do not like him scof l Et this trip. and say, ''Oh, come oil; But it is no laughing matter to be In the jungle wilds of that country How many. editors who sheer ana puri Would be brave enough to go to Africa! | I wonder what they would do Tiff face to face with an angry gnu? On Roosevelt ali can well depend That the bullets he will swiftly send To animals that come his way And show them he's from the U. 5. A Should lion oppose his walk He will give him line of talk That the lion will, like Hartman, reel And say he Is made of brawn and veal And so here is an earnest hope | That no danger comes into his scope And that he gets home fresh and green Back to the White House in 1915.
 Then railroads and Wall Street and the l rest
 Will once more break like glass of his
 breast,
 And after his season of refreshment His trip to African will prove a good
 investment.
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 This is by no means the first time We have had occasion to note the pat riotic and uplifting effusions of MT Strong. He is not only a poet of unique and compelling persuasion, but he ob serves the trend of political progress and embalms his sentiments concerning the same in soul-stirring verse, even as Rudyard Kipling has been wont to dc now and then.
 A careful reading of the exhibit here in displayed will show careful consld- eration of events and things as they may fall out, and as the poet unQues tionably hopes they will fall out. As Mr. Strong inquires, ''How many edi tors who sheer and purr would be brave enough to go to Africa?" We pause an instant for reply; but no longer because We know 1t will not be forth coming. Editors who 'sneer and purr never banker for the jungle; they spend their day rather in high living, wine bibbing, malefactoring and other repre- hensible pursuits too numerous to men tion, and not fit to print, anyway Thank heaven, there are very few edi- tors who "sneer and purr audibly at all events.
 Also, Poet Strong sees plainly vi sion, of e-Roosevelted White House in 1918. We doubt not this is a blessed vision lowering on the horizon of many hopes. Poet Strong may be not only a poet, but he may be prophet as well Who knows? And if it should happen so, perhaps "his (the ex-president 8 trip will prove a good investment '- and that even though Wall Street might rot be interested in it, or congress am iably impressed thereby.