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shoulders when he announced his de-
cision to not be a candidate to succeed
himself. Not only is the change in the
President noticeable to those who
| work in his office and the newspaper
| correspondents who see him each day,
but those who are in his household
comment upon 1t.
The President Is glad an opportunity
has been afforded for him to person
ally express his feelings to the people
of Rapid City. This opportunity will
be in the form of a demonstration in
front of the Executive office here to-
morrow morning.
The entire citizenry Is going to
turn out to pay their respects to the
President and to thank him for COM
ing to this section.
To newspaper correspondents who
have been with the President on for
mer vacations, it is apparent that
there has been interest in his stay IN
the West. 1t is. known that much
larger volume of news has been sent
about the Presidents activities in the
Black Hills than was sent from the
Adirondacks last Summer, or from
Swampscott, Mass, the Summer be-
fore.
A check.up with the telegraph COM
panies today showed that a tribe more
than 2,000, 900 words have been teie'
graphed during the three months the
Summer capital has been out mere.
This is more than 100000 IN excess
of that wired from the Adlronuacks
last Summer and more than oVV,VuV
in excess Of that flashed from the
North Shore in 1925.
- The records show that nearly w.
OOO words wete telegraphed from here
the AFTERNOON the President so unex-
pectedly issued his "I-don't-choose-t to-
r1n.again" statement. The following
day nearly SO, 900 words more deallng
with this story were sent.
The President follows very closely
what is written about his vacations
He has been especially ANXIOUS tnls
Summer that the correspondents VINO
have been with him give adequate
publicity to the attractions or the
Black Hills and on three occasions
has assumed the role of city editor by
giving assignments. He gave these
assignments, however, in the form OIL
suggestions. First, he told the CORE
spondents he thought it would be IN.
teresting to the rest of the country II
they refrained from writing so mucn
about him personally and devoted
more space to the scenery. Then ne
thought a story about the romance
and history of the hills would be good
reading. His last suggestion was to
write about the Belle fourche irriga-
ton district.
Ready for Removal.
Everything is in readiness for re-
moval of the Summer Capitol from
here tomorrow night. The personal
belongings of the presidential family
are packed and ready to be placed
aboard the special train to carry the
party back to Washington.
The President came to his ONCE
early and mapped out enough work
for himself to keep busy until noon.
Mrs. Coolidge accompanied him to
Rapid City and spent the morning
shopping. She visited several souvenir
and gift shops, where she made pur-
chases evidently intended as presents
for friends back in Washington.
Accompanied by Col. Blanton Win.
ship the Presidents military aide, and
Russell Wood, his secret service at
tendant. John Coolidge left the lodge
early this morning to visit the bad
lands, about so miles east of here.
The little party left the game lodge
ahead Of the breakfast hour and
waited until they arrived in Rapid
City where they had breakfast at one
of the local restaurants.