The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1910-09-08
GREET Big GUEST
WORLDS FOREMOST CITIZEN is
GIVEN HEARTIEST WELCOME
EVER RENDERED IN STATE
ROOSEVELT is DELIGHTED
Expresses Appreciation of the Cordi-
ality of His Reception and De-
clares Himself Citizen
of the Dakotas

Colonel Theodore Roosevelt will
never forget his visit of yesterday to
Sioux Falls, if he lives to be a thou
sand years old.
He did not say so, but he looked it,
and Colonel Roosevelt can look vol
umes.
There was cordially which required
no effort to impress that fact upon
the guest of the day.
There was enthusiasm, not rampant
and wild, but organized and most ed
ucational.
The guest of the day was certainly
Teddy" to the people in Sioux Falls
and he was IN handshaking terms
with every one of the more than
twenty thousand people who were in
the city during his brief sojourn, had
he desired to indulge in that pastime.
Utterly without any unpleasant fea-
lures was the entire day. The fore
noon was hardly well advanced when
; autoists, from as far away as Water
town began to reach the city and the
resting places and hotel Hobbies be-
gan to fill with a crowd which was
here for just one purpose and that
was to have a whole day with the
man who has set the world thinking
along new lines.
Then the railroads began to add
their quota and when the dinner hour
approached it vas ~cOngested with an
appetite which threatened to engulf
everything there was in the city to APP
pease hunger, in a minute, but that
crisis passed, before the supply of
sandwiches ran out.
COMPETITIVE DRILL.
The afternoon was amply entertain
ing for the multitude. the competitive
drill of state militia companies on
Main avenue, from l o'clock until 4,
commanding the attention of thou
sands. That drill resulted in the fol-
lowing named companies winning
prizes and honorable mention.
Company A of Mitchell, first prize.
Company B of Sioux Falls, second
prize.
Company f of Dell Rapids and
Company M of Canton were third and
fourth respectively in the markings,
and received credits but no prize, the
$50 cash prize going. $50 to Mitchell
and $40 to Sioux Falls.
Following the competitive drill, the
several bands in the. city stationed
themselves at convenient corners and
for an hour entertained the assem-
blage with music and the moving pic
ture shows were other sour eS OF
amusement.
ASSEMBLING AT DEPOT.
At 8 O'Clock, the crowd had begun
to drift toward the Omaha depot and
a wait of an hour and a half or more
did not dampen the good spirits OF
the multitude one whit.
Even when it was announced that
the train would be fifteen minutes
late, the people held their ground and
even telephoned up town to others
who were tardy, that if they would
hurry they would be able to be in at
the open air reception Of the common
folks, to the man with a message.
When the train reached the limits
of the city on the east, n whistle
sounded the tOCsin and the crowd
arose to tiptoe for a glimpse of. the
man who was coming.
Three locomotives, standing on the
Great Northern track, near the depot
of that road, added their prolonged
shrieks to the medley of band har-
mony. flies shrill tones, beating
drums, footing of whistles and the
ringing of bells in the city and the
hurrahs and shouts of thousands or
South Dakotans.
Finally the locomotive whistled.
The military escort formed two ranks
between the railroad track and the
west side of the platform and when
the train stopped, the first man to ap-
pear in view, at the open door of the
rear coach, was. Colonel Theodore
Roosevelt, with his big black hat in
his right hand, waving at the people.
Mayor Geo. w. Burnside left the
coach first and directly behind him
was Colonel Roosevelt, who wa. ked
across the intervening space to the
automobile assigned TO him, in a very
~leisurely manner, about six feet be-
hind the mayor, who glanced back
over his shoulder to see if the re-
mainder of the procession was COM
ing.
THE RECEPTION PARTY.
Theodore Roosevelt rode in an au-
tomobile with Judge John E. Garland
and Mayor Geo. w. Burnside. DR.. K.
F.. Browns auto being used, and
driven by his son, Rush Brown.
Following the car containing Mr..
Roosevelt were eight others, which
travelled in the following order and
conveyed the men named:
Car conveying Governor R. S. YES
sey, United States Marshal Seth Bull
lock, DR.. G.. A. P~ettigrew, Robert j.
Huston, owner of the car, drove it.
Car conveying n of Roosevelt par
ty, United States Senator Robot j.
Gamble and John l.. Erickson, private
secretary to Senator Crawford, whom
he represented in the Sioux Falls re-
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