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Show aourcea. PRESIDENT III IIOliTI! OF HICHIGAIJ Much Interest In Great "Soo" Canals and Giant Locks. v. BAVLT 9TE. MAB1K, Mich., Kept. IB. Ia th presence of a cheennf throng, President Taft - was fonnsllr welcomed to fault 81 e. Marie a h alighted front the train her today at noon. Kuch a crowd had never been eea ia tbe Soo before and naay kad come by special trains from great distances., dis-tances., A noticeable element ia the ameembly waa ' the great number of Canadians, who had crossed from the other aide ef the Ht. Mary's river toeee, aa many of thrai humorously put It, "the maa who waa goiag to aanex Canada." He produced pro-duced a profound Impression oa them with his genial smile aad hearty handshake, hand-shake, as he said: "A centletnan from Canada f Glad te meet you. air." Early todav big erowda from Caa-ada Caa-ada and northern Michigaa began to e-nther here to we.t-pme tbe president. The weather is aJl that could be desired de-sired snd the city Is decorated ia gala attire for the oreasioe. Tbe day's program includes a brief tour of the city by the president,-a review of S-jOO school children ia th? government park, after which the preai-deat preai-deat made a brief visit at the home of Governor Otvboriie. . Elaborate plane were made for the .onrbeee mt the armory tendered the president shortly after aeon by &00 resides te of the city. The principal ad-Ireaa ad-Ireaa of tbe day waa scheduled for de-ijvery de-ijvery in the school park. e 'Continued oa page fi.)j PRESIDENT IN NORTH OF MICHIGAN (Continued from page 1.) I ATT FIRST PEESTDrTrTT TO VISIT MOKTH ICICHiaAnT MACKINAW CITT. Mich.. Sept. It. For the forst time a preeident of the United States passed-- through here today, to-day, gn route to northern Michigan, -when the special train, carrying President Presi-dent Taft and hie parry, waa taken aboard tne ferry to cross ths straits of Mackinac In spite of his hard day yesterday yes-terday In the southern part of the etate. the president looked freah and waa evidently evi-dently tn good humor. Hie train stopped' la Mackinaw City only a fsw minutes. |