The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1934-08-02
President To
Spend Sunday
Glacier Park
Will Broadcast Talk to Ma
ton from Two Medicine
Chalets.
LARGE CROWDS
ARE EXPECTED

GLACIER PARK, August Accord
ing to the program submitted by Ma
tional Park service officials, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt will visit all the
principal centers of interest when he
comes to Glacier National park next
Sunday, August S.
The Presidential special train is
scheduled to arrive at Bolton early
Sunday morning, but the party will not
leave the train until o'clock. Then
they will proceed by automobile up the
Going to the Sun highway over Logan
pass. At Going to the Sun Chalets a
Is minute stop will be made in order
to acquaint the party with the beauties
of that area From there the group will
go to the Civilian Conversation Corps
camp at Roes creek. The Presidential
party will remain at the camp only
about five minutes and then 60 on to
Many Glacier hotel for lunch 1t is
expected that the arrival there will be
about 1.30 o'clock.
After lunch the party will proceed
down the Blackfeet highway to Two
Medicine chalets on the shores of Mid
die Two Medicine lake. Here it is ex-
pected that the President will have din
ner, broadcast talk over both national
networks and be entertained by a group
of full-blood Blackfeet Indians and a
like number of Civilian Conservation
Corps members. In the morning the de-
parture will be from Glacier Park sta
ton on the special train about or 9
o'clock.
Expect Largest Crowd.
Glacier National Park is expecting
the largest crowd in its history the day
of the Presidents visit and special ar
rangements are being made to handle
the traffic" said Superintendent E. +.
Scoyen yesterday, but those entering
the park that day can count on some
minor traffic restrictions. Although we
regret that the situation will be that
way, we are asking the cheerful CO.
operation of everyone in the park in
order to get the Presidential party
through safely and expeditiously.
1.-The entire Two Medicine valley will
be cleared for the exclusive use of the
President and his party. No one will be
allowed to remain in the chalets there
or in the automobile campground cx-
cept members of The party selected to
stay there and those concerned with
handling the group"
Arno B. Cammerer, director Of The
National Park service, arrived in Gla-
cier National Park July 81 to make
final check of the preparations for the
President in addition to making a gen.
eral inspection of the park. Other hosts
of the President during his stay here
have been on the ground all the time,
arranging the details of the proposed
schedule. Superintendent Scoyen has
had his force of park rangers and other
park employees at work on the pre-
parations for some time.
VIII Police Area.
AT the town of Bolton members of
the sheriff's force of Flathead county,
under the direction of Sheriff Ward
Mcmillan, and the Kalispell company of
the Montana national guard, under
Captain Carl Anderson, viii take care
of the policing Of the area and handle
the traffic outside of the park. AT Ola
cier Park station Sheriff James w.
Stewart Of Glacier county and his depu-
ties, augmented by the national guard
company, will handle the crowds.
i Although it has been decided that the
President will broadcast a talk to the
nation from Two Medicine chalets. the
definite time Of the speech is not yet
known Broadcasting facilities have
been installed and the talk will go out
over the networks of both the National
and Columbia broadcasting companies.
Indians Will Entertain.
AS the day President Roosevelt
spends in Glacier National park is
designed primarily as one of rest, of
ficials have scheduled only one short
entertainment to be given. This enter
tainment will be open to members of
the presidential party only and will be
held at Two Medicine Sunday evening.
A chorus of carefully selected members
of the Civilian Conservation Corps
camps from the park and surrounding
forests will give several vocal numbers
and about SO members of the BlacHeet
tribe, in full native regalia, will take
part in the program in honor of the
s'Great White Father A welcome to
the President in the native tongue, the
telling of several stories in the sign
language and the performance of sew
eral ceremonial dances In his honor
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gram. In addition, the President will be
adopted into the tribe.