Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-09-01
ROOSEVELT TOUR hOEIENTOljS ONE
Political 'lItera1Ces of Great
Import Expected In View of
Rebuffs Handed Him
In Native State OF
New York.

SoloHei roosevelt, VINO. though born
in the east and educated at Harvard.
scion of one of the oldest families of
New York, is still the beau ideal of
the tranSmissouri, the rough rider. the
Cheyenne and the west feel the
honor that the colonel has done them
In accepting their hospitality before he
accepted any other. They have re-
turned the compliment by naming the
last two days of their tournament
Roosevelt days" There the colonel
speaks-presumably Of his apprecia-
ton of the spirit of the west and of
his own days on the ranch-and there
he becomes the center of the widest
and most genuine welcome that an
American citizen probably ever re-
ceived. BY mere bulk and numbers it
may have been dwarfed by the New
York reception to the returned hunter
There were more whistles, more plug
hats and possibly more Of Il parade at
the metropolis But in spontancity
anG pictur squeness-aye. even i'll pa
triotic thrills-the palm must be given
to Cheyenne.
Rides Plains Again.
While at the Wyoming capital the
colonel takes a horseback ride across
the plains. and it will not be molly
cod1le ride at that. 1t will be re-
minder of one of those dear old Vir-
GINA cross country galops that used
to give nervous prostration to the army
officers
On Sunday, Aug. 2S. Colonel Roose-
welt is the guest OF Governor Brooks
of Wyoming and early Monday morn
ing starts for Denver. 1t is safe to
say that on this trip Il large section of
Cheyenne will go with him. Cor one
thing the rough riders and Spanish War
Veterans will feel it their bounden and
patriotic duty to form an escort. and
as many cowboys will follow as have
the price. After Mr.. Roosevelt reaches
the Colorado capital at 1880 in the
morning the programme Is as follows:
He will be met ut the Union station
by representatives of the state and
city. the Live Stock association and the
Spanish War Veterans.
Following Il parade the former pres
ident will be the guest Of the Denver
Press club ut Il cowboy luncheon. At
go O'Clock he will address Il public
meeting under the auspices of the
Colorado Live Stock association. At
o'clock he will address the Spanish
War Veterans. 1t 6:30 he will lie the
guest of honor ut Il roundup dinner
at FL Jebel Temple of the Mystic
Shrine.
Leaving Denver on the morning of
Aug. 80. the Roosevelt party proceeds
to Pueblo, where Il stop or nearly an
hour is made. From that point the
journey again turns eastward. on the
morning of Aug. 81 reaching Osawat-
omie. Kan
Visits john Browns Battlefield.
On the site of the old battlefield, al
ready historic ground and liable to
grow more historic with the passage
OF the years. Roosevelt will dedicate
John Brown park. 1t hnr been fifty
four wears since Brown made his
stand against overwhelming odds at
Osawatomic and over fifty years since
he gave his lie ut IIarpers Ferry.
Mailman he was called in those days.
vet his name became the battlecry
for marching millions. 1t was on
Aug 80 that the battle of Osawatomie
occurred. The celebration this year
begins on that date. Colonel Roose-
velt's speech occurring one day later
The park comprises the Old battle
field. which become" public property
through the action of certain patriotic
women. 1t may cause masculine
blush to recall also that it was a SO
ciety of patriotic WOilcn who gave
the home of Washington TO the IN.
ton. Recurring to Holm Brown. his
cabin and monument stand on the hat
tcfield. At OsaWatomie Colonel ROOSa-
welt will be speakin" on insurgert ter
ritory. Amid such memories and such
surroundings he sho I'll utter some
word of new and pregnant meaning TO
the American people.
It is on the morN'n" Of Sept. that
Colonel Roosevelt leaves Ceawa.omio
for Kansas City, arriving ut noon.
There he is tie guest of the CONNER
cial club and speaks at Convention
hall Then he turns north. arriving ut
Omaha the morning of Sept. , and
leaving tWenty-four hours later At
Sioux City there are Il stop of forty
five minutes and an informal address.
Sioux l'ail''. y. D.. is reached at 400
in the afternoon. Here again the
colonel viii be in the land of the pro
gressves.
Sioux Falls Once Famous.
In the old days Sioux Falls was IA
nous for those who got unmarried
there. even as Reno is now. 1t is also
celebrated as the home of Il. +. Petit
in hfI1N pCr,