The Ordway new era., 1909-07-16
WILL START SEPTEMBER 18Th
AND HAS PUT COLORADO
ON HIS ROUTE.
TAKES IN SEATTLE FAIR
70 MEET PRESIDENT DIAZ AT Ell
PASO, AND RETURN THROUGH
THE SOUTH.

Washington President Taft has
gwen an outline Of the tentative plans
,a- his ,up through the West and
South this fan
Inr president has abandoned all
tya OF visiting Alaska this wear large
rs unlus to the fact thar Mrs. Taft
All. NOT be able 20 go with him Upon
his arrival here from Massachusetts
,ha president received word from Bcv-
,-,y thar Nrs Taft was rapidly i'm
proving health The president feels.
Hnac,er. thar ~ would be TOO mGth
NJ strain upon his wife to ask hrr
90 20 on the long Western trip this
'au which Will occupy about two
months
" soon as the tariff hill has been
acted on by the president. Mr. Taft
a.lI leave Washington for Beverly. lie
w.,l remain there until september -
his nfty.seCund birthday when he
lo..s. II Mrs Taft continues to i'm
Err.e. 10 begin his Wer'ern journey.
The president will head directly
from Beverly TO Seattle. stopping for
brief visits en- route at Denver. Salt
AXE and spokane. After visiting the
AIaska-NukuH.PariNc exposition the
resident will swing down TO the
southwest. stopping for time at
Portland. where h. U0ll be- the guest
u senator Jonathan Bourne. and GO
!nE thence to San Francisco. whore he
"a III spend several days Leaving san
Francisco the president will 90 direct
20 Los Angeles. where he viii stop for
several days with his sister
from Los Angeles the president
ali. 20 10 san Diego and then go into
Arizona and New MEXICO. the last re-
naming territories which soon are to
he admitted TO the Union II the
weather is pleasant and his e.Cnge-
D,U's permit. the president hopes to
tlsj' the Nus"mI," valley before going
- Los Angeles
Coming out OF Old Mexico. the prcsi-
dent Nlll stop FOR time at FL Paso.
where he expects to meet President
DlaZ OF Mexico. MIR Daz and Prcsi.
dent Taft have never met. The McNi-
cau president wrote recently TO the
White House suggesting conference
al Fl Paso. and President Taft replied
today Jha, he would be delighted to
Meet rhe Mexican executive about
October -. the meeting depending. Of
course. upon the presidents ability to
make the Western rrip.
After his stop a. Fl Paso the presi-
dem S-Ill wish san Antonio. where he
viii Inspect Fort sam Houston. Mr.
TAFT, - h.Is secretary OF war. was deep.
Is impressed nth this post and was
Instrumental Ia building it up to its
present importance. After visiting
Austin and Dallas. Texas. the presi.
dent sNp@c-- 10 spend several days on
the ranch Owned by his brother. c. p.
atr, a. Co-u-s Christi. near Browns.
vile
Continuing east the president will
stop a. Houston and 20 TO New Or.
.ezHs TO attend the meeting of the
Deep Waterways congress. the date Of
which all. be fixed to suit his con.
rsuience
After attending the convention. Mr..
Taft wants to stop for a time in the
Bayou Teche country of Louisiana. the
land Of EyangelIne and Arcadia From
there the president will go to Jack
son. Miss. thence to Montgomery.
Birmingham and Macon. From Ma.
con the president will go home" to
Augusta to have a game or two OF
golf on the links where he spent much
time last winter Leaving Augusta.
the president goes to Savannah and
from there begins his northward
flight to the White house. stopping at
HHt,aA 4.
Z New York.-John D. Rockefeller
Friday increased his donations to the
general education board by a gift of
slO.OOO,OO0 and also released the boar d
/ from the obligation to hold in perpe.
I tuity the funds contributed by him,
| The gift brings Mr.. Rockefeller's do
nations to the general education board
/ to s52.O0O,0O0. 1t was contributed. ac.
cording to Chairman +. T. Gates of the
board. because the income available
Z for appropriation had been exhausted
and larger income to meet tmpor.
! tant educational needs had become
necessary. Mr.. Rockefeller's action EN-
! powering the board and it's successors
to distribute the principal of funds
contributed by him upon the affirma
tive vote OF two-thirds, OF its members
was said to have been taken in con
sideration OF the possibility, now re
mote. that at some future time ths
purpose OF the Rockefeller foundation
might become obsolete.
Immense Fleet Gathered.
Provincetown. Mass.-There lies IL
the harbor Of Provincetown and near