Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1911-09-14
TOUR OF
COUNTRY
Gov. Brady Of Idaho Has Plan
to Advertise Western States
to the East.
TAFT is SCHEDULED OUT
Indians Of Country are Dying Of
tuberculosis and Unsanitary
Conditions.

80 &#s
Washington, d, c., Sept 11.--Form-
er Governor James II. Brady Of Ida
no, has many friends at the National
Capital, and he is one of the men who
exchanges pleasantries with Presi-
dent Taft Whenever the two men
meet. The governor visited here a
few months ago and had much to say,
during his visit, regarding the great
unbounded resources of the west
Ffis friends in the capital and parti.-
ularly those from the western portion
of the country, are very much inter-
ested in the development of an idea
which he outlined while here, but,
which tat that time, was only in the
formuaative period, to attract greats
attention to the western portion of
the country. Governor Brady's plan
is to run train to be known as the
"Gor ernor's Speciaa'' arranged to
show the resources of the country.
The train will run from Omaha In
October, going to Chicago, st. Louis,
Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Cleveland,
Toledo, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, New
York City, up into New England, and
returning by Washington in order to
bring back with it senators and repre-
-sentatives of the western and north.
western. states. On the return trip the
congressman will be expected to do
the talking and handsha king, sreliev-
ing the governors who will perform
the service while going east. This
tour will be made on a special train
which will not only carry half a doz-
en- or more western governors. but
-four or five exhibit cars to show the
people of the east the products of
western and northwestern states re
sources of their soil, rivers, lakes,
mines, forests and factories. It will
be known as the Western Govern
ors' Special" The chief executives of
the following states, several of whom
are already booked to go, will be i'll
vited to accompany the party: Wash
ington, Oregon, California, Nevada,
Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Col:
orado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota, and Minnesota. The Pana-
ma-Exposition management is inter.
ested in the Western Governors spe-
cial to such an extent that high Of
fcials of this enterprise will accom-
pany the party to meet eastern peo-
pie and invite them to attend the
exposition in that city in 1915. They
have contributed $4,000 to the enter.
prise. AS the train progresses east
ward the western governors will in
vite the chief executive of each east
ern state to meet the special at the
border of his commonwealth and ac-
company the train while it is touring
the state. Stops of day to a day
and half will be made in many east
ern cities, and arriving at the nation
al capitol about the time the members
of the senate and the house Of repres-
entatives are packing their grips to
return home for the holidays, they
will be invited to join the special and
remain on board as guests until the
train reaches the Twin City land show
in st. Paul, about December IL.
The six weeks western trip by Pres
ident Taft includes a visit to one hun
dred and fifteen cities, and towns too
numerous to mention. The entire tour,
beginning at Beverly on September
18th and ending at Washington on
November list, will cover 1900 miles.
Among the places he will visit in
South Dakota will be Edgemont, Gus
ter. Deadwood, Lead, Sturgis, Rapid
City, Pierre, Huron and Aberdeen.
The new dreadnought, Wyoming
now nearing completion, and which
had been selected for the signal dis
tinction of being the first ship of the
Nays real force, will be finished by
July first Of next year. A good deal
of sentiment in navy circles centers
about the passing Of this honor from
the Battleship Connecticut which has
lorg held the distinction Of carrying
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