The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-08-31
EX-President's Trip Through
Colorado and Western Kan
saS ArOuSeS Interest.
GREETS WESTERN PEOPLE
AS TRUE WESTERNER
Farmers of the Plains Bring
Wives and Children Long
Distances to See Him.

HORACE. Kas., Aug. 30.-Through the
heart Of Colorado and into the western
| edge of Kansas. Theodore Roosevelt trav-
cled today on one OF the long jumps of
his western tour. He left his train only
once during the day. at Pueblo, Colo. TO
lay the cornerstone of the Young Mems
Christian association building, and to-
night he is crossing Kansas. on his way
to osawatomie. John Browns old town.
where he is to speak tomorrow.
The people who turned out to see the
eN-president and hear his rear platform
speeches were as cordial as those who
met him on former days OF his trip.
although most OF the days Journey was
through sparsely settled country and the
crowds at many stations were smaller,
AS II was, however, almost everybody
who lived near the various stations was
on hand and at almost every stop there
was collection of farm wagons which
had brought the farmers and their fam
iies Into town to see the traveller and
hear his three minute speeches
They stood up In their wagons and
shouted with all their might. They came
dressed In their work-day clothes. which
pleased the colonel immensely,
Typical Western Scene.
Many of the men had On blue flannel
shirts and jumpers. and the women wore
y
Colo. was a typical one. Sugar City is
a little city not many miles from the
Kansas line, where the people raise sugar
beets. Perhaps two hundred persons had
collected at the small wooden station.
On both sides OF the railroad tracks the
countryside stretched out in uDbroken
monotony to the sky line. Prairie dogs
rompcd on the plains. an occasional wind
mill and here and there lone wooden
building, outlined sharply against the
sky. were the only signs Of civilization
a t,lN
tered along the single track of the rail-
road The noisy. enthusiastic crowd OF
men and women, their faces bronzed
yelled with delight as the colonel
emerged from his car. Half a dozen
freight cars. drawn up on the siding, |
climbed on top of them. The others
crowded eagerly around the rear end of
the car.
Throwing More Bouquets.
1T is good to be here, and to see you
men and women Of the west said the |
colonel his face beaming with pleasure |
Il have been Impressed, in going through |
this region. with the development OF your |
sugar beets and alfalfa; You have made
the country blossom like rose" He |
In the crowd near him stood Il farmers
boy OF nine or ten. wearing blue jumpers
which were q good deal too large for
him and a sombrero of such immense
could sec OF his face was the frecklcs
on the end OF his nose. Give 1t TO en-.
Teddy" the boy shouted.
. The colonel's smile grew wider. lie
reached down to shake the boys hand
The youngster could not reach him and
the colonel asked some one 10 lift him
speech. Here 1 see an army button"
he said. directing attention TO a veter
an who stood q short distance from him.
you did pretty we'll TO fight for this
A,YI,f Hfnr |
are plenty OF things that can be made
better and we win fight for them as you
did in the civil war. We will fight
against corruption. But. remember. this
gives us average men that are
superior TO many OF the people OF the
world
As the train pulled out Colonel Roose-
welt grasped some OF the hands that were
private car and then, waving goodbye;
shouted; "Thank you very, much and
hurrah for the pretty girls
The pretty girls had listened 10 his
talk with evident eagcrncss. the pretty
faces before, in many instances. encased
In poke bonnets,
Characteristic Gospel.
There were such scenes at a dozen
places along the &c of the railroad dur
ing the day. Wherever he stopped the
csty and good citizenship, and was al
ways cheercd for what he said. The
people OF Ordway stocked the entire
train with watermclons and cantaloupes
grown on the spot. They had n sign at
the station informing everyone that Ord
wan Is the best town in the Arkansas
valley. II know you people out here, and
you know me-" he said to the crowds at
Eads. '.You bet We do the crowd
shouted back. II trust you with all my
leart.' the colonel continued 'And we
trust you, the response came back. Tho
colonel wanted 10 speak longer. but just
then the engineer blew his whistle and
The train started to creep down the long
straight line of rails which stretched
away into the distance until II came to
l point at the horizon and disappeared,
Clifford Pnchot, former chief forester
md James II. Garfield. eN-secrctary Of
heS1nterIor, Travelled with Colonel Roosc-
relt today. Governor Stubbs OF Kansas
S 10 join the party early in the morning
md 20 on To Osawatome,
Elaborate preparations have been made ,
or the celebration at that place. There
= to he "A parade OF United States ,
roops, National Guard. and Grand Army Z,
yetcrans. There VIII be two band CON
,erts. n luncheon and dinner. In the {
afternoon. Governor Stubbs Is to make
speech introducing Colonel Roosevelt at
hc thrcc-acre park on the spot where I
Iohn Brown fought the Missouri raiders ,
IN August 80. 1856. When Colonel
Roosevelt spoke in Pueblo today Repre- ,
sentative Martin Of Pueblo, q Democrat ,
was on the platform with him ,
-Avc CORNER STONE