Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-07-10
TAFT WILL VISIT
SALT LAKE CITY
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viii be Here on His Trip Through
The West and South
This Fall.
HE is NOT GOING TO ALASKA.
II Weather and Arrangements Permit
He Hopes TO Put in Few
Days in the Yosemite.

Washington July 9.--President Taft
today while en- route to Washington,
gave an outline of the tentative plans
for his trip through the west and south
this fall.
The president has abandoned all idea
of visiting Alaska this year, largely
owing to the fact that Mrs. Taft VIII
not be able to go With him. Upon his
arrival here today, the president re.
ceivcd word from Beverly that MIS-.
Taft was rapidly improving in heaili.
She went for Il sail yesterday and the
cool weather of the northern shore OF
Massachusetts is assisting in her re
$cupcraton. The president feels, now
ever. that it would be too much ofEa
strain uponhs wife to ask her to go
on the long western trip this fall which
will occupy about two months.
As soon as the tariff bill is received
the action of the president, Mi. TAFT
will leave Washington for Beverly. He
will remain there until Sept. l5--his
fifty-second brthday--when he hopes,
If Mrs. Taft continues to improve, 10
begin his western journey.
The president Will head directly from
Beverly to Seattle, stopping for brief
visits en- route al Denver, Salt Lake
and Spokane. After visiting the Alaska
Yukon Pacific exposition. the president
Will swing down to the southwest,
stopping for a time at Portland, where
he will be the guest of Senator Jona-3
than Bourne, and proceeding thence 70
San Francisco. where he VIII spend
several days. Leaving San Francisco,
the president Will go direct to Los
Angeles. where he will stop for several
days with his sister.
From Los Angeles the president VIII
go to San Diego and then into Arizona
and New Mexico f the weather is
pleasant and his arrangements permit,
the president hopes to visit Yosemite
valley before going to Los Angeles.
Coming out OF New Mexico, the presi-N
don't will stop for time at Ell Paso,
where he expects to meet Presldent
Diaz of Mexico. President Diaz and
President Taft have never met. ne
Mexican president wrote recently to the
White House suggesting conference ol
at Ell Paso, and President Taft replied
today that he would be delighted to
meet the Mexican executive about DC
tober Is, the meeting depending, OF
course, upon the presidents ability to
make the western trip
After his stop at Ell Paso, the Prcsi-
dent Will visit San Antonio where he
will inspect Fort sam Houston. MI.
Taft, while secretary of war. was deep
~ Impressed with this post and was
instrumental in building it UP to it's
present Importance. After visiting
Austin and Dallas, Texas, the presi-
dent expects to spend several days on
the ranch owned by his brother G. 2.
Taft, at Corpus Christi. near Browns
VILE.
Continuing east the president will
stop at Houston and go to New Orleans
to attend the meeting OF the deep wa.
sterways congress, the date of which VIII
be fixed to suit his convenience.
After attending the convention, Mr.,
Taft wants to stop for a time III the
Bayou Teche country of Louisiana, the
llnd OF Evangeline and Arcadia. From
there the president will proceed to
Jackson, Miss. thence to Montgomery,
Birmingham and Macon. From Macon
the president will go "home" to Au-
gusta to have 4 game or two of golf
on the links where he spent much time
lest winter. Leaving Augusta, the
president goes to Savannah and from
there begins his northward flight to the
White House. stopping at Wilmington,
N. C. and Richmond. Va.