Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-16

| afflNaI mere Log HreS were burning
IN the huge stone fireplaces in the
living rooms OF the Lodge as they
entered. and their first look about and
inside and the outside of their tempo
| rary home was a most favorable and
| pleasing one. AS might be expected,
they retired early.
Less than half a mile before they
reached the Lodge they stopped their
| automobiles to look upon a small herd
OF buffalo.
Other Animals Abound.
| Several hundred of these animals
| are said to roam freely within the
confines of Custer Park, which is
game preserve of more than 10000
acres. There are thousands of elkS
| deer and antelope and some bear and
other animals, but none of these were
noted last night or this morning.
| Mountain lions also are said to be
| found in this section, but park au-
| thorities contend that the last one of
| these beasts was killed several years
| ago.
The first glimpse the President and
| Mrs. Coolidge had of real cowboys was
during their motor ride to the lodge
| last night. They were given rousing
| greeting by more than 100 cowboys It
| HermOsa. The men staged tabloid
| rodeo for the distinguished visitors.
and then rode along with the presiden-
| tial calvalcade for several miles.
Everybody about the Summer White
| House appeared we'll and happy this
morning and expressed themselves as
| being delighted with the spot. Maj.
James F. Coupal, the Presidents phy-
sician, and Col. Blanton Winship are
| housed in a cottage about 1000 yards
lNIr H6n
ice men and chauffeurs are living in
| attractive log cabins nearby.
The Presidents special arrived at
Rapid City, which is to be the base of
supplies for the Summer White House,
80 miles away, and in which is located
the Executive Office shortly after 5
o'clock, mountain time, yesterday aft
ernoon.
This thriving agricultural center did
itself proud in the matter of appro-
priately receiving the President and
Mrs. Coolidge when they alighted aft
err the long trip. The streets about
the little station were thronged and
along the route taken by the President
through the town on his way to the
game lodge the curbs were lined. Not
only was the towns population itself
on hand to join in the welcome, but
thousands of families from out in the
prairies, and the hills, and neighbor-
ng villages helped swell the crowd and
add their cheers and handclapping to
the happy acclaim accorded the dis
inguished temporary citizens from the
White House.
The little city was all dolled up for
this occasion. bedecked with flags and
bunting and banners containing friend
ly greetings, bands playing and with
several companies of the National
Guard from this section of the State
drawn up in an impressive manner on
the station plaza, Rapid City showed
that it's citizens had taken pains in
arranging. the greeting.
Bellamy Heads Committee.
Paul Bellamy, one of the political |
leaders in this section, headed a COM
mittee of about 80 citizens, who for !
mally received Mr.. and Mrs. Coolidge |
in their private car before they left |
the train. AS the couple later appeared |
on the station platform, the battery |
of the State Guard fired the presiden- |
tial salute of 81 guns. This was follow |
ed by few moments of cheering and |
clapping and waving and then the |
little caravan of automobiles contain |
ing the presidential party started on
the long ride to the game lodge.
If President Coolidge entertained
any doubt about the manner in which
his invasion of the West would be &C
copied by the people out here, it was
removed very soon after his train
reached South Dakota. In fact, in |
Minnesota and Wisconsin, although |
the greater part of the journey |
through them was during the dark |
ness of the night there were evidences |
of genuine interest and pleasure on |
the part of the citizens.
But it was regarding South Dakota, |
the State which voted against his |
nomination in 1924 and within whose
borders he is to reside until FALL that |
he was most concerned. The journey |
of his train across the State as far as
Rapid City, where he and Mrs.
Coolidge alighted, was strongly suG- |
gestive of a triumphal procession.
Greeted at Stations.
At every station along the railroad, |
whether the train was to stop or not
and even at many of the lonely cross
ings. there were gatherings of natives
to join in South Dakotas welcome to
the Chief Executive. There was every
evidence that these Westerners are
all pulled up over the Presidents
vacation in their State and wanted
have some idea of their appreciation.
This sense of State pride and appre-
citation as well as reverence for the
office of President, and the fact that
probably very few Of the many
thousands contributed to these happy
greetings along the way had never
before seen President, may have had
something to do with the size of these
crowds.
At any rate, the crowds were on
hand and their manifestations of
friendliness and pleasure were abso
lutely sincere. These almost countless
demonstrations, which commenced
early in the morning and continued
to the journeys end, were all that
could be desired.
Probably the most notable welcome
occurred at Pierre, the State capital.
The population turned out en- masse.
AS one member of the reception COM
| mittee mentioned within the hearing
| of the President. "the only people who
| are not on hand to join in our well
| come today. are those who are bed
| ridden or else out of town." 1t was
| here in this famous frontier town with
& history that is both old and roman
tic, that Gov. William j. Bulow
formally welcomed the President and
| the First Lady to South Dakota. The
| houses and buildings in the business
| section were decorated for the occa.
sion and the streets lined and the
station platform damned with the
happy populace. AS the President
and Mrs. Coolidge stepped off their
special car with the governor and
Senator NorbeCk, who had been guests
on the train during the greater part