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Show OLD MINING CAMP THRILLED Coolidge and South Dakota Notables See Great i Monument Begin KEYSTONE,. S. D., Aug. 10 (OT) The gold rush fever which sent men from hansoms of Fifth avenue to this deep recess of the Black Hills in '70 again thrilled the populace popu-lace of 100 in this mining town today to-day when President. Coolidge brought his "White House retinue up here to see Gutzon Borglum start his gigantic monument of Washington, Washing-ton, Lincoln, Jefferson and Roosevelt Roose-velt in the solid rock of Eushmore mountain. There isn't a railroad for 22 miles and no road which can be traveled comfortably by nutonloblle for 11 miles. There' is a truil from the summer White House which wind( its way like a. creek bed over hills' and around nreacherous curves and this is the trail-ninore than 50 years ngo -which the president nnd his party came over to utteud the ceremonies. cere-monies. . " Coolidge To Preside borglum is to hack out of rough stone In the side of Itushmore. heads of four great presidents of the United States, and Mr. Coolidge is to preside at ceremonies inaugurating inaug-urating the work. The president will make a .sjieech to those who braved the journey . to be present when Borglum drives the first drill into the rock. The president's boy pastor Rolf Linm, is to read the benediction, nnd all celebrities in the state of South Dakota are expected to attend. at-tend. The trip was begun this morning following a fleeting visit from Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior Work, wlio brought word to Mr. Coolidge that the Johnson-Swing Boulder canyon dam bill would pass the next session of congress with some slight modifications. modi-fications. - " |