The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-10-11
PRESIDENT TAFT'S
WEEK IN TEXAS
CONTINUED from First Page.)

the greatest garrison, In point OF mum
I5ers, of all the military reservations.
For months preparations AVE been
under way for the reception at the
Taft ranch, e Corpus Christi. In
The four days that he remains on the
great estate now as La Quinta"
ne will have golfing, hunting. fishing.
and a chance to admire the fine cattle
his brother Charles has down there. |
which will be paraded before him by
the proud managers.
Thus for four days the capital of
the United States will temporarily be
located at Gregory, Texas, n of the
small towns on the Taft property. L.
will be a fine opportunity for the
President to recuperate from the IA
tigue of his long trip. There is to be
some real seclusion for the Presiden.,
as only a few members of the party
will accompany him TO the mansion
which Charles p. a has built. The
newspaper men accompanying the
president will ave their headquarters
several miles from the ranch. M the
only communication will ibe the pri-
vaie telegraph and telephone.
Joseph F. Green. the manager of
the Taft estate, had everything in
shape a month ago. The construction
of the golf links was the greatest puz-
gle for Mr.. Green. He is -colversant
with everything that is worth while
about raising stock and farming, but
the Scotch game proved an unknown
quantity. So Mr.. Green did the next
best thing. and kidnapped the amateur
golf champion of Texas, Robert II.
Conlerley. of Austin. and brought
| along another expert, Frank NJ. Lewis
of San Antonio. to decide where the
President should play golf. The ex-
perts have declared the links to be
fit. n the Presidnt SHOULD derive
some great sport there.
| But that is only one of his recrea-
| tons. The President Is going to hunt
wild cats and other game which
ab0unds down there. Mr.. Green
secured Texas and secured a pack of
| celebrated hounds Ole for their
fighting qualities. In the language of
the natives. these cat" dogs cant
be beat" The President will have
this thrilling hunting both during
daylight hours and after dark But
he Will not have to hunt on horseback
Several large automobiles recently
reached the Taft ranch, and the Presi
lent is expected TO go on the chase
in these. Some of the cowboys down
there no longer shy at an automobile,
ard one OF two of these will always be
with the President to show him how
10 tree the cats and then finish them
Then there are lots of BILLY Pos
SUNS" on the Taft ranch. Because
the President is partially responsible
for bringing that animal into the lime
light. the men on the Taft ranch nat
urally ant him to enter the chase
and land for him at least one of these
The 'possuins down there are report
ed TO be fat. and fit for the epicure
SO The President stands a good
chance of getting more "possum and
taters." And there are in Texas a
number of darkies who know just how
an 'possun should be prepared.
II has been 81 long since a gun
was fired in certain parts of the Taft
pasture hat some of the game is al
most gentle. AS h President seem.
ingly does not fancy shooting, muci
of the game will be unmolested, un
less the members of his party decide
on a ibit of sport of this kind.
Aside from two or three of the di
versions which Mr.. Green has ar
ranged. there will be no unusual
amusements. and above everything
there win he no Wild West shows
That particular sort of amusement is
about as far removed from the Taft
ranch as is possible. Under the di
~rection of the Presidents brother and
Mr.. Green. there is a new era of mod,
ern thrift and co~mmercialism on big
property. One of the striking fea
lures is the packing plant now build
ing. for which the Taft properties
will raise the cattle. This packing
plant will have a capacity of $50 head
of cattle daily. and it will be enlarged
as business warrants, which will pro
badly be at an early day, because OF
the contracts Charles p. Taft has Sc.
cured to supply the commissaries In
Panama.
Further than this, there are going
to be some u%p-to-date factories to con.
sune the b~y-products of the slaughter.
ing houses. w. T. George. an expert
I'm the packing house business. is In
charge of this particular part OF the
Taft properties.
Land is now being broken for the
greatest cotton plantation in the
world. This field will extend from
the town of Taft to Portland, a dis
lance of sixteen miles. skirting both
sides of the railroad track. Thous-
ands of acres will be planted in ad-
dition TO h land already under Guilt
walton. The manager of the farm de-
partment, c. A. Williams, Is going I o
show the President over this part OF
the ranch. A little patch of garden
truck covering three hundred acres
and cultivated under the direction of
i J. T. Pierce. will be another surprise
for Mr.. Taft. After the President has
been told how much these partic liar
sections of the big property are net
/ ting his brother, ]. Tumlinson, the
boss COW puncher is going to have
his inning. His jurisdiction covers
the greatest area. and it has been
much OF a puzzle how to show 1t all
| within a short time.
There are 225 other men on the
property who would like to show the
President what they have been accom-
plishing. but that is out of the ques-
ton. Tins, far there has been but
one to suffer a keen disappointment