The Bismarck tribune., 1924-09-26
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and then make the railroad journey
to their first camp on the game
crowded Kapiti Plains. With Colo
mel Roosevelt are his son, Kermit,
! and three scientific members of his
staff-Major Edgar A. Mearns, Ed
mund Heller and ]. Allen Loring.
After wonderfully successful
shooting trip in the Sotik country,
the expedition camps for more hunt
ing at farm called Saigai-Sai. Co.
ing next to Naivasha, the. party
meets with more good sport. At
Nairobi during race week, Roose-
welt is paid almost every conceivable
honor. Now he is giving the main
address at the Railroad Institute
at Nairobi, expressing his opinion
of the country and it's future pros
poets. ..
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ut seems to me that what is most
needed is plenty of men who know
the business of farming and have the
flexibility of mind necessary to
adapt themselves to and do we'll in
Il new country. The next need is
for men who, although not farmers,
will work until they become such.
"Finally, let the scientific farmer
from the old country and the pioneer
who has actually spent his life in the
new country especially the pioneer;
British or Dutch, from South Africa
remember that each is a very
short-sighted person if he cannot
learn something from the other and
cannot recognize the good in the
other. The pioneer can profit i'm
mensely from the government farms,
from the experience of men who by
the use of trained modern knowl-
edge, and modern methods and in
struments, make farming a paying
success; and the scientific farmer
from the Old World, with his highly
specialized training, needs to remem-
Der that, in the harsh conditions
under which much of, the life of a
new country is led, only the rugged
men, who have actually grown up
facing similar conditions, are fit to
tame the country so that others can
come in after them and dwell beside
them. Each of the two tyroes has
need oc the other, and can profit
greatly by working in hearty accord
with one another.
~ say again, stand by each other.
Remember that time spent in back
biting is waste Of time. Work all
of you heartily together so that you
may soon do what you will ultimate
Iy do-turn this region into great
and prosperous White Mans coun-
try"
CHAPTER XIV
ROOsevelt's Return to Naivasha
On the morning of Wednesday,
August 4, Colonel Roosevelt, Kermit,
Dawson and myself left Nairobi for
Naivasha.
We travelled by special train, leav-
ing at 8 o'clock in the morning, and
were to stop en- route at Kijabe,
American Mission. Colonel Roose-
welt had promised to lay the founda-
tion stone of the new European
children's school at the Mission.
There was tremendous crowd at
the Nairobi railroad depot to see
Colonel Roosevelt leave. On the
platform a number of the leading
officials and settlers pressed around
Roosevelt and thanked him very
sincerely for what he had said in
his speech at the banquet on the
previous evening.
ut will make a most enormous diff
ference to the country's future" re-
marked Lord Delamere to Roosevelt.
"Even the most optimistic had not
dared to hope for such a splendid
vindication of the possibilities of this
tropical country from your lips"
How highly his speech was priced
can be proved by the fact that the
East African Colonists' Association
and the Nairobi Chamber of Com
merce resolved, by an overwhelming
majority, to print and distribute to
members of the House of Commons
and the House of Lords some 1000
copies of the speech. This is sure
ly true indication Of the trend of
local popular opinion in regard to
the subject matter of Colonel Roose-
velt's speech.
On the way up to Kijabe, the
Roosevelts occupied their usual seat
in front of the engine, while Dawson
and occasionally rode beside them.
The day was dull and threatening,
but. luckily the rain held off. How
ever, the fact that the sun was
shrouded by heavy clouds made the
train journey wonderfully cool.
The Rev. Mr.. Hulburt met Roose-
welt on our arrival at Kijabe, and
conducted him up the road from the
railroad depot, through forest-clad
hills, to the site .fthe new Mission
school. A large number of Ameri-
can missionaries, their wives and
children were. already gathered
around the site. The new building
was to be constructed out of red
bricks, (which were made at the Mis-
sion.
The foundation stone, which Colo
mel Roosevelt was to lay in position
was handsome slab of white-dress-
ed stone. 1t was suspended above
the foundation by temporary der
rick. No time was wasted over the
ceremony, as Colonel Roosevelt was
anxious to get back to Naivasha as
quickly as possible SO as to hasten
on the preparations for the elephant
hunt to the Nyeri and Fort Hall dis
tricts. a
Following the brief Introductory
remarks BY DR.. Hulburt, Colonel
Roosevelt performed the ceremony,
and then made brief address to the
missionaries.
81 am glad to have had the