Show EDITORS HEAR INFORMAL Al TALK BY COOLIDGE President Singles 0 u ii t Lowden Advocate for Little Chat RAPID CITY S. S D. D June By The Associated Sur rounded by projecting mountaIns far from the seas PresIdent Cool Cool- CoolIdge CoolIdge Idge tOday focused attention on the conference whIch will as- as Monday londay In Geneva Gencva to con con- consider consider sider further limitations Ita ot of no noval val armament arm am ent The president expressed the hope that Sour our country and the theother theother other nations Interested may re- re e cei great benefit from rom It as ashe ashe he called attention to the con con- conCe fe Ce ence In n a brief talk talle to mem- mem members bers ot of the National as- as assembled on the lawn ot of the summer White House Lavishly praising hIs new sur- sur surroundIngs Mr Coolidge told the editors although far ar from homo home base basc he was In as close touch with It as It If he were In Baltimore and hp he told how today he had receIved reports on the naval parley In which Great Britain Japan and the United SUites will participate I 1 am watching the closely President Coolidge em- em emphasIzed emphasized In a serious tone r GIE LUS l ALOFT Ar An eagle cagle Americas America's bIrd soar soar- soar soar- soared etl ed over the steep pine covered hillsides rising before the president dent who stood bar headed un- un under Under der I. a brIght sun All All' A he talked to the attentive group which Spread across the lawn the bird as aa It If by coincidence circled lower directly over oer the tall pole from which thE national colors nut hut gently In the mountaIn breeze Previously he and Mrs Coot Cool CoolIdge Idge had shaken hands with the editors and theIr families who had come Into the Black II hills Ills from their annual convention In Omaha As the last of the long line flied filed past the president step step- stepped stepped ped back for or a broader vIew ot of othIs hIs guests I 5 want to tell you he began In what was one ot of the few Cew In- In informal formal ormal addresses he had made since enterIng the White House that It Is a great pleasure to meet your our association In this regIon It Is true Mrs Coolidge and I have been here only two or three days but from rom the hearty welcome extended to us we as we were one ot of those who live here LIKES I doubt It If one went to any part ot of the country that he would find It more Interesting and more mor Inspiring than thIs locality and regIon Other places are arc more eloped developed Industrially and have longer history but none nono Is more none has pad iad su h a wonderful development In so short a a. time as these regIons bordering on the tho Rocky Moun- Moun Mountains I have ha never ne seen anything that excels the region In here When you ou are sending your dis- dis dispatches patches bacle to your papers I want you OU to advertise ad this 1 terri tern territory tory to the limit I will do what I can to support you youIt ou It may seem that we are quite a way from home base I 1 Iam am 1800 miles from the capital yet et I am In just as Intimate touch ns as It If I 1 were ere In Baltimore Cleveland or any other eastern city I am Interested especIally to- to today today day In receIvIng reports on the conference on naval armaments Continued on Page lIve EDITORS ED TORS HEAR INFORMAL TALK Continued from Page Pace One which will assemble in Geneva Monday I am watching it closely I r hope our our country co and the theother theother theother other nations nation Interested may re receive re- re receive receive great benefit from It It But It is I not my plan p n to make an extended exten d address s. s I r rant want ant ant to to tell you ou how glad Mrs rs Coolidge and I rare are to greet you jou ou We e hope this this' convention con has been be n bene beneficial b beneficial ne- ne and that you jou OU reach home safely MEETS rEX MEN 1 After posing ro ln for a a. picture with the group the president asked for Governor McMullen 1 of oc Neb- Neb Nebraska raski T sia and Governor Bulow or of South Dakota who were with the editors Upon Mr Ir Coolidge's invitation the governors with Mrs Bulow and Mrs McMullen l Mullen joined the president and Mrs Urs Coolidge tar for a few minutes on the front porch of the lodge lodge- Governor McMullen Mc who has expressed favor toward Frank Frant O OLow O. O Low Lowden den as i a candidate for the Republican nep presidential nomina nomina- nomination nomination nomination tion next year ear later described his visit isit as entirely social and certainly certainly certainly without any political dis dis- discussion dis- dis Declining to discuss politics Governor Gov McMullen lc len lu did say that Mr Coolidge Is 13 a won won- wonderful president and a good man m n |