The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-10-01
Taft On LONG TRIP.
PRESIDENT WILL BE GONE TILL
NOVEMBER.
FL PASo SCENE OF BIG EVENT
Meeting Of American and Mexican e..
eeutives on Connecting Bridge
Of international Importance.


President Taft motors into Boston
Tuesday afternoon, to be the guest Of
the Chamber OF Commerce at dinner
that evening, he will have actually
started on one OF the most notable
trips ever taken by a chief magistrate
OF the United States.
After spending the night at a hotel
in Boston, the President will leave at
10 a. m Wednesday on the first stage
OF his long journey, the first stopping
place being Chicago, where Mr.. Taft
will be entertained part of the day by
the Commercial Club and the remain
der OF his stay by the Hamilton Club.
Leading through thirty states and
both OF the far Southwestern terri
tories. the Presidents trip will reach
its climax at FL Paso Tex, Oct. 16,
where he will meet President Diaz OF
Mexico. The meeting will be sur
rounded with all pomp and dig
nifty which such rare occasion de-
mands, and after Mr. Taft has form
ally received President Diaz at FL
Paso he will cross the International
bridge TO Ciudad Juarez, officially to
return the call OF the chief executive
OF the southern republic. During the
evening of the 10th President Taft
will be entertained at state dinner
on Mexican soil President Diaz will
be entertained at luncheon al Fl Paso.
The Presidents trip covers an itin.
erary OF l2.759 miles and his private
cars, the Mayfiower and the Hasle-
mere. will be handled over twenty-five
different railroad systems The voy-
age down the Mississippi River from
steamboat Mississippi. covers 1876
miles and occupies four days and five
nights.
The revised schedule OF the prin.
cipal stops TO be made by the Presi.
dent follows
Sept. 16-Chicago. afternoon and
evening.
Sept. Milwaukee. forenoon; La
Crosse. late afternoon; Minona. MINI,
evening.
Sept. 1S-1s-Minneapolis and St
Paul
Sept. 2O-Des Moines. la. forenoon;
Omaha, Neb.. evening
Sept. 21-Denver. afternoon and
evening
Sept. Wolhurst. Col, forenoon;
Colorado Springs. early afternoon;
pueblo late afternoon.
Sept. 23-Glenwood, COL brief
morning visit; Grand Junction. one
hour: Montrose. afternoon and even
ing.
Sept 24-Provo. Utah, afternoon;
Salt Lake. evening.
Sept. 25-Salt Lake
Sept 26-Salt Lake. morning; Og-
den. afternoon. Pocatello, Idaho,
brief night visit
Sept. 27-Butte. forenoon: Helena.
Mont. afternoon.
Sept. 2S-Spokane. Wash. all day.
Sept 29-North Yakima. forenoon;
Seattle. evening.
Sept 30-Seattle.
oct. l-Seattle. morning. Tacoma,
afternoon and evening
oct. 2-3-Portland. ore.
oct. Sacramento. Cal. evening.
oct. Oakland and Berkeley Cal.
forenoon; San Francisco, afternoon
and evening.
oct. 6-Merced. one hour, en- route
to Yosemite.
oct. 7-S-s-In Yosemite Valley.
oct lO-Ffesno. Cal. afternoon
oct. ll-l2-Los Angeles. Cal
oct l3-Phoenix and Prescott
Ariz. one-hour stops.
oct. 1.-THE Grand Canyon.
oct. 5-Albuquerque. y. NJ
oct. l6-El Paso and Ciuda5 Juar
ez. Mexico.
oct 17-San Antonio. Tex, even
ing.
oct 1S-San Antonio, morning.
Oct. l9-20-21-22-At ranch and in
Corpus Christi.
oct. 23-Houston. Tex. forenoon;
Dallas. evening.
Oct 25-St Louis. Mo. most OF the
day: East st. Louis. brief afternoon
visit. begin trip down Mississippi at
) p. m.
oct. Escape Girardeau. Mo. one
hour. early morning. Cairo. Ill, one
hour at noon: Hickman, KY, one hour
late afternoon.
oct. Memphis, Tenn. entire
forenoon; Helena. Ark, one hour,
evening.
Oct. zS-Nicksburg. Miss, evening.
oct. 29-Natchez. Miss. evening.
Oct. 3O-31-New Orleans.
Nov. jackson. Miss, all day.
Nov. 2-Columbus. Miss, after
noon: Birmingham. Ala. evening.
Nov. birmingham. until y. m.
Nov. Macon. Ga. forenoon. Sa
vannah. evening.
Nov. ~ Savannah, forenoon;
evening.
Nov. Colombia. S. c., afternoon;
Augusta. Ga. evening
Nov. Augusta.
Nov. S--Augusta to 1880 p. m;
Florence. S c., short visit. evening.
Nov. Wilmington. N. c.. all day.
Nov. 1O-Richmond. all day to p.
m. Washington at s:35 p. m.