Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-02
ROOSEVELT IN OMAHA.
Nh special Demonstration BY the r"o'
~ i;c-Breakfast at Club. :.

Mo Special Demonstration Hy the
~ i;c-Breakfast at Club.
omaha. Sept. 2.-The Roosetsis ssis
.rain arrived here at O'CLOCK 'nis
roorning and the party was TAKEN ~
the omaha Club for breakfast.
Entering Omaha early TO-DAY
any special demonstration py the pot
nle, Roosevelt was escorted auieS ,as
tha omaha Club, where oreahias. Mr
served to a small companS' - No.
senators Burkett and t'roMn'
braska. and Dolliver, oi Ao"a
- noIiiver Tells Stories.
.,,ara no set speeches at the
,ai.fas+ given Roosevelt at the Omaha
T,,h hut senator Dolliver, OF low d.
.,,s r,rch to entertain the company Wy
ta,,,n, stories illustrating the marine,
.,,,;ch the colonel has been receiVeo
=. ~. ,,,est. Roosevelt added 10 the en-
.asn,,ant ~ by reviewing some OF MS
African experiences 49,. r,,,h
a. noon at the Omaha f1elo ~
4,ara was an informal iuncheun
,vf;ch 400 guests were invited Noo@H -
". aa,;vered his Omaha speech iu
80 auditorium this afternoon oea ~ =
,,...,1;tt ~. introducing him. Later tne
oo,nnel will go to the o1naiid ~,
na dinner for $50 guests VIII oe
.,ad Later in the evening ne IS 10
- entertained by the Ak-oaro
poosavelt will spend the night M us
a;t,, and an the morning Will leave ~
Sioux Fails. o+o-.ns of
shortly after luncheon Ve.eian
.ha Grand Army and Spanish h-2Aiiiei :,
ean war visited the club mousse aau
shook hands with Roosevelt VINO aiaoe
a brief address.
: discusses Panama Canal.
Tn his speech at the auul.oitu.li
afternoon Roosevelt devoted MS
marks to the magnitude ana iiiipoAe
ance OF the Panama canal.
a. regards the Panama canal, re-
~, think that outside nations have
iustar idea than our own people ol
,,,a magnitude and success OF the
,,.orL wish our people realized What
60 being done on the isthmus. II a
nan Of intelligence who had never
,aft +his country asked me whether
,non1d advise him to make short trip
tn Europe, or a trip to the Panai,a
canal. I would, without hesitatlon' ao-
wise him to go to the panama caiai'
He would there see in operation tae
coronleting of one Of the grea>Ateats
~ modern times. Colonel Goethals
and the men working under him are
rendering a service to this country
which can only be paralleled IN our
past history by some OF the services
rendered in certain wars.
Six years ago lasts pring the Amer
lean government took possession OF
Six years ago last spring the Amer
team government took possession OF
mus. to assembling the plant anu the
working force, and providing quarters,
tov. s11Nn1jnS In all these
points the success was extraordinary.
From one of the plague spots OF the
globe one Of the most unhealthy re-
ptons in the entire world, the isthmus
has been turned into a singularly
healthy place of abode, where the
death rate is small, and where hun
dreds of children are now being raised
under as favorable conditions as in
most parts of the United States. The
luu,iartts-s, food. and water supply are
excellent, and the plant the best ever
gathered for such a purpose. Active
5 excavation on a large scale did not
begin until January, 1907. Three years
and a half have gone by since then,
and three fifths of the total excava-
ton has already been accomplished.
The amount taken out has passed any
thing which previous experience war
fa0IeO us In DeleNlHS W Ue poSSlDle.
In 1908 and 1909 the monthly aver
age Of rock and earth removed was
100000 cubic yards, Notwithstanding
the fact that nine months of each year
constituted season of very heavy
rainfall. There remains to be excavated
only about 60,0O0,O00 cubic yards. If
we could keep up the past average of
excavation, this should be done in
twenty months; but it is impossible to
maintain such a ratio as the depth in
creases; for the output necessarily
diminishes as the field of operation
narr3ws. Still, it is certain that such
rate can be maintained as will enable
the workers to finish the excavation
considerably in advance of the date for
opening the CANADIAN. /, 1915. In
deed. shall be surprised II the canal
can not b. opened six months or even
.sear 4. A1YAnGA Of the time set