The Evening standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1910-1913, 1910-08-27
Former President Watches the Cowboys Ride
and Waves Greeting to Them=-- --Meets
COlOred Soldiers Who Were at San
Juan Hill==-He Suggests Monu=
ment to Remington

ing trottng boots like a park team.
The Japanese delegation closed the
parade They halted in front OF the
stand and shouted three 'Banzals
while the Colonel smiled and waved
his hat
Col Roosevelt watched the parade
with the closest attention He stood
at the front Of the reviewing stand
with Governor Brooks on one side
and General Smith on the other.
When the colors were carried by he
took of his hat and stood at atten-
tion. head thrown back, heels close
together, like a soldier.
When the Indians rode by yelling
their war cries the colonel waved his
hat at them, and. turning to Governor
Brooks. said
Twenty. seven years ago we shot
one OF these Sioux In a brush on tho
plains and the Indians shot q COW
puncher. / stood of 20 OF them for
two hours"
The colonel liked the cowboys. but
he did not think they looked quite as
they used TO when he lived in the
west
Look at the chaps the boys are
wearing" he said They are a good
deal prcttler than We used 10 sec
when | was out here"
The cowboys were EallopsnG past
the grandstand when the crowd on
the sidewalks grew so dense that
scores werc pushed Into the street.
The cowboys throw their horses on
their launches to avoid collision
and their companions galloped up
from behind and II looked as though
there would be a dangerous crush of
horses In front OF the reviewing
stand IN a minute 1t was all over.
Col Roosevelt smiled again, and said
"Twenty-siX years ago 1 saw 500 COW.
boys ride into Glendiye, Wyo, on a
dead run. They pulled up their horses
just like that messed In the middle
OF the street, This is just like old
times"
When the parade was over. Col.
Roosevelt said:
"It was fine fine enjoyed 1t very
much. indeed
Quickly taken 10 the Intcr-OceaD
hotel. where suite OF rooms had
been reserved for him. Col, Roosevelt
took luncheon with Governor BroolCs,
Senators Warren and Borah, Jas. r.
Garfield and others Of his party.
His time was largely taken up in
talking to his hosts OF this city.
Theodore Roosevelt delivered the
following address here today
when. at the close of my hunting
trip In Africa, | reached the borders
Of civilization. the first invitation
! accepted was this, to visit the capital
~ in, ihn ha,F u-hn hn
pie of the frontier came together to
commemorate their achievements;
was glad IL was so, because | have 4
peculiar feeling for the men and no
men OF what used to be called the
Far West and especially for those
OF the cattle country For a number
Of years I lived on ranch on the
| Little Missouri, sharing work and
play, good fortune and bad fortune
with my neighbors, working on the
| roundup. serving as delegate from tho
Little Missouri roundup district tc
! the Montana Stock-Growers' assocla
ton. and even at times acting as dep
| uty sheriff AZ my end OF the country
! | count those years az among the mos
| valuable OF my life, because nothing
breeds such community OF feeling aS
10 work with ones fellowmen at theil
| life tasks, and 10 learn to know tthei
feelings by actually sharing them
The man OF the west, throughout thu
! successive stages OF western growth
+, has always been one OF the two ol
three most typical flgures-lndeed.
am tempted TO say, the most typica
fgure-in American life. and no mai
can really understand our country anC
appreciate what 1t really is and wha
il promises unless he has the fulles
and closest sympathy with the ideal
and aspirations OF the west. TIL
prime reason for this is to be foun'
In the fact that the ~esterner is 81
good an American He is an American
flrst and foremost; for this is tn