Evening star., 1927-06-15
WILD WEST GREETS
PRESIDENT GOING
INTO SOUTH DAKOTA
Executive Sits With Mrs.
Coolidge on Rear Platform
Passing Through Prairies.
CROWDS WAVE WELCOME
AS TOWNS FLIT BY
Air Mail From Washington Over
takes Party at Madison, Wis,
and Is Taken On.

by the Associated PresS.
PRESIDENT COOLIDGE'S SPE.
CIAL TRAIN, EN- ROUTE TO BLACK
HILLS, S. OAK, June 15.-President
Coolidge was welcomed into South
Dakota today soon after he crossed
the State line on the journey to his
Summer residence in the Black Hills.
AS the special train sped into the
State a crowd waved its greeting to
the President from Elkton, first sta.
ton in South Dakota. Similar greet
ings were awaiting at the other small
towns, and shortly after breakfast
Senator Norbeck of South Dakota
and delegation of more than 80 cit.
liens from the eastern part of the
State boarded the train to extend the
first official welcome.
Arising earlier than usual, both the
President and Mrs. Coolidge were out
on the rear platform to meet the
crowds as the train left the last Of the
Minnesota cities on the route.
At Huron the first extended stop
was made, and here again the station
was jammed by those Of the city and
nearby countryside who wished to see
the President.
Gets Touch Of West.
A touch of the prairies and the old
time West unfolded itself to Presi-
dent Coolidge. He sat with Mrs.
Coolidge in the rear car of his long
special train and saw stretching into
the far-off horizon rolling fields sown
recently in wheat and corn. Toward
the end of the day the ranges where
steers and buffaloes Craze were in
store.
The President was travelling through
the heart Of that country where the
folks he saw and the folks who came
to see him were those whose desire
for farm relief were embodied in the
vetoed McNary-Haugen bill.
Shortly after sunrise the Presidents
train entered the State which will be
host this Summer and at noon he was
to receive an official welcome at it's
capital, Pierre, from Gov. Bulow and
other State officials.
The President, Mrs. Coolidge and
their large party expected to detrain
at Pierre for a brief tour of the city
and the Capitol grotilda. There was
d hint that something not on the reg.
ular program might be waiting-per-
haps a lusty wild West greeting from
cowboys and Indians.
To Finish Trip by Motor.
After the reception at Pierre, the
200-mile trip to Rapid City lay ahead.
then drive by motor to the State
game lodge, which will be the Presi-
dents Summer residence.
Travelling at steady, rapid pace,
the Presidents train passed during
the night through the southwestern
corner of Wisconsin and the greater
portion of Minnesota. Before dark
ness fell last night large crowds came
to see the President, and frequently
he and Mrs. Coolidge waved hurried
greetings as the train sped along.
Occasionally Rob Roy and Prudence
Prim, the White House collies, perch
ed their paws upon the sills of the
observation cars windows and barked
at the smiling and waving groups.
After dinner in the dining car with
other members Of their party, the
President and Mrs. Coolidge retired
to their quarters and saw a motion
picture program, which included views
of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's recep-
ton in New York and Washington.