Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-08-07
PRESIDENT TAFT GOES
TO THE SUMMER CAPITOL.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

Sept. 80 and Oct. l, doing the Alas
ka-Yukon Exposition, leaving Seattle
late the evening of the second day ant
arriving at Portland, Ore, Oct. 2 at I
A. M. Two days will be spent in Port.
land, the party leaving there at 8 P M.
Sunday, Oct. 3, for a trip down the
famous Shasta Route, through the
81 skiyou mountains and in view OF
Mount Shasta, to San Francisco. The
President will stop the evening of Oct.
at Sacramento, reaching Oakland
Cal, early on the morning of Oct. S.
He will spend four or five hours in
and around Ookland and Berkeley, be-
fore taking the ferry at 1890 O'Clock
for San Francisco. After spending the
afternoon and evening of the 5th IL
San Francisco, the President will leave
early the morning of the 9Th for the
Yosemite valley. He will spend the
It'll. Seth and 9Th, in the valley and
coming out the morning of Sunday
Oct. 10, will proceed to Los Angeles
stopping for three hours at Fresno
Sunday afternoon. The President viii
spend Monday and Tuesday, Oct. II
and /. in Los Angeles, visiting his sis
ter. He will arrive at the Grand Can
yon the morning of Oct IA and will
leave again that night for Albuquer-
quo, New Mexico, where he will spend
the evening of the 18th, reaching El
Paso early the following morning for
the meeting with President Diaz OF
Mexico. This meeting, 1t is said, may
take place in the center of the Inter-
national bridge, the chief executives
of the two nations standing in their
own territory and shaking hands across
the border. 1t is said that a ban
quet also will be served on the bridge.
The President reaches San Antonio
Sunday night. Oct. II and will pass the
forenoon of the following day in an
inspection Of Fort Sam Houston. with
the upbuilding Of which he had much
to do while secretary of war Arriv-
ing at Corpus Christi the evening Of
Oct IS the President will go at once to
his brothers ranch where he will pass
all of Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday.
Visiting Houston the forenoon of
Saturday, Oct %, the President will
proceed to Dallas that afternoon to
| pass Saturday evening and all of Sun
day. From Dallas the President pro-
ceeds direct to St. Louis to begin his
| four days trip down that historic wa
| terway. He reaches ST. Louis at 727 A.
M. the morning of Monday, Oct. rs, and
Will leave at p. NJ. on the steamer as
signed to him by the Deep Waterways
Association which is to hold its con-
vention in New Orleans upon the Pres
dents arrival there Following the
Presidents boat will be spectacular
fotilla of river craft One of the trail
boats will be assigned to the 80 COVER
nors of states who have accepted inyi-
tatiors to make the trip down the river
and to attend the convention. Another
boat will be assigned to a congression-
Ial delegation of more than 100 members.
During his stay in st. Louis he win
breakfast at the Commercial Club, will
make an address at IL A. NJ, in the
Coliseum. will lunch at the Jefferson
hotel as the guest of the Business
Mems League and before boarding the
isteamer at 4 P. NJ. will make a brief
visit tn East ST. Louis, Ills.
4 The first long stop Of the river will
be at Cairo, HIS, at $50 A. NJ Tuesday
! Oct. e. The second stop. will be ii
! Hickman KY, At 2.50 Ps Nj the Presi-
dent making brief addresses at both