The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-07
ITINERARY OF
THE PRESIDENT
viii Start Sept. IS and Travel
Over Most of the States
of the Union.
DUE IN SALT LAKE SEPT. ~
WILL SPEND GREATER PART OF
TWO DAYS IN ZION.

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Washington, Aug. 6.-Before his de-
parture the president made public a
tentative outline of his trip through the
west and south this fall. It will en-
brace a journey approximating 1900
miles, and will be one of the most nOta-
bic ever made by a president. It Will
be as diverse as could well be imagined
and no Seeing all America" tour could
be devised to embrace as many points Of
interest in so brief a space Of time as
President Taft will give to his jaunt to
the Pacific coast and back through the
south.
The president, accompanied by Sec
rotary Fred w. Carpenter, Captain
A TQr-ff "a military aide
several White house attaches, and per
haps a guest or two for various parts of
the trip, will travel in a private car,
attached for the greater part Of the trip
to regular trains.
Some Objective Points.
During his tour the president will
traverse the Royal Gorge Of the Rocky
mountains Will visit the Alaska Yukon
Pacific exposition at Seattle; viii spend
three days in the famous Yosemite val
ley; will stop off at the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado; will greet the president
Of Mexico on the international bridge
over the Rio Grande at FL PasO on Oct.
Is; will take a four days sail down the
Mississippi river from ST. Louis to New
Orlenns with various stops en- route,
and will spend four days on the ranch
Of his brother, Charles p. Taft near
Corpus Christi, Tex.
The president viii motor into Boston
the morning Of Sept. 15-his ffty-secOnd
birthday-and there board the car which
practically will be a rowing White house
for two months.
The presidents first stop will be at
Chicago, where he arrives Sept 16, and
spends the day leaving Sept. II for
Madison, Wis. The president viii spend
Sept. Is and 19 in Minneapolis. Five
h In q
Sept 20. when the president goes to
Omaha for the late afternoon and even
ing.
Denver Sept. Fl.
Denver. Colo, will be reached the aft
ernoon OF Sept. q, and the president
viii go almost directly from his train
to the state capitol for a reception to be
rendered by state officials, by the cham
Der of commerce, civic organizations.
etc. At p. m. the president will make
an address I'm tire Denver Auditorium.
The president and his party viii break
fast with Thomas +. Walsh at VOL
hurst, near Denver, the morning of
Wednesday, Sept. %, and then return to
the city for the chamber Of commerce
banquet at noon. Leaving Denver at
p. m, Sept. p. the president and his
party will stop for an hours visit at
Colorado Springs, and then go on to
Pueblo, where. in the evening. he viii
be the guest at the state fair.
The morning OF Sept % will find the
president at Clenwood Springs for a brief
visit and that afternoon he viii visit
Montrose to have a look at the great
Gunnison tunnel Of the Western Colorado
irrigation project.
Salt Lake Visit.
Returning to Grand Junction to resume
the tourney westward the president viii
arrive at Salt Lake City Friday after
noon, Sept "a, to remain there until Sun
day afternoon. when the party leaves for
Pocatello, Ida, and Butte, Mont the lat
ter city being reached Monday at $40 a.
m. After spending half a day in Butte
there will be a brief excursion to Helena,
Thursday morning and the entire day
will be spent IN that city. The forenoon
OF the 18th VIII be spent at North va
kima and the party will arrive at Seattle
at Sis that evening. President Taft will
spend two days. Sept. 50 and Oct. I, do
ing the Alaska YukOn-Pacific exposition.
leaving Seattle late the evening Of the
second day and arriving in Portland, Ore.
oct. at 7 a m. Two DAYS VIII be spent
IN Portland the party leaving there at
6 p. m Sunday for trip down the ia
nous Shasta route, through the SiskiyOu
mountains 10 San Francisco.
In California.
The president will stop the evening Of
Oct. 4 in Sacramento. reaching Oakland,
Cal, early on the morning Of Oct. s. He
viii spend four or five hours in and
around Oakland and Berkeley. before
taking the ferry at 12;30 O'Clock for San
Francisco After spending the afternoon
and evening Of the 9Th IN San Francisco
the president will leave carly in the morn
ing of the 9Th for the Yosemite valley.
He will spend the 18th, sth and 9Th in the
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