Evening star., 1909-08-29

valley, skim along the Grand river
and across the Green to climb over the
Wasatch range into the old Mormon me-
tropolis. Here during a two days stop
will be viewed the great Mormon tenn
pie and tabernacle. the harems of Brig
ham Young and that new world wonder
of the first magnitude, the great Salt
lake. Then the trip is continued on up
through the mountains, across the Bear
river and the Blackfoot Indian country
into Idaho. where there is no scheduled
stop. Across the Bitter Root range is now
found Montana, where the great pacifier
must placate the rangemen who are
disgruntled over his victorious fight for
free hides. Over the northern neck of
Idaho he rushes westward. and the end
of his second week finds him hurrying
to the Seattle exposition, there to stop
two whole days.
the Pacific slope. with stops at Portland
and the Golden Gate of the western
world. thence eastward to Oakland
In that most picturesque playground
of the nation, the Yosemite valley. the
President will spend three days and
half. from the 9th to the 10th of October.
Here he will enjoy some Of the most
magnificent scenic wonders of the world
the Bridal Veil falls, precipitated from
a height Of 900 feet, or twice as great
as that of the Washington Monument;
El Captain, that majestic block of granite
with a vertical edge $500 feet up; Glacier
point commanding view of the valley
nearly a mile below: the Nevada falls,
the Three Graces the eMerced river and all
of the understandable fairyland of the
Yosemite Park.
The oldest of all living things of earth
Mr.. Taft will view in the adjacent Mari
posa grove. These are the giant Sequoia
trees, some of which have been standing
since five millenniums before the birth Of
Jesus of Nazareth, and which now tower
over 400 feet into the air, half again as
high as the cap of the Goddess of Free
dom on top of the national Capitol or
New York harbor. After his rest in
this place of delights the chief magis-
trate will make run through southern
California, with brief stops at Merced
and Fresno followed by two whole days
spent amid the beauties of Los Angeles.
That place of wonders. the Grand can
yon of the Colorado, will ingulf him on
the day that he begins his fourth week.
Here his eyes will gaze in wonder
down sheer descent of a mile and a
quarter into the river of colors. The
next lap will be southeastward through
New Mexico to the banks Of the Rio
Grande, at the westernmost point of
Texas.
The most picturesque International
event of our recent history will take place
on the 10th OF October at this point, where
Mexico and the United States are joined
by the International bridge spanning the
Rio Grande. Porfirio Diaz, part In
dian, part white man, wonder of modern
statecraft, President and ruler of Mexico
for twenty-nine years, will proceed across
this bridge from the Mexican side and
will grasp the hand of President Taft.
Whether President Taft will respect
American traditions and take care not to
overstep the international bridge is yet to
be seen. There are those who affect to
believe that were Mr.. Roosevelt to figure
in this ceremony he would roughride
across into Mexico and take look at the
country.
The longest stopover scheduled for the
Taft special will now be made after a
two days spin across southern Texas to
Taft. At this town. named not for the
President. but for his brother Charles,
a four days visit will be paid to the lat
ter's vast estate, the famous Taft ranch.
This property embraces 10000 acres,