From the Lawrence Daily World for Sept. 1, 1910: “When the Stubbs Special reached the station at 6:20 last evening it was met by a reception comprising Mayor Bishop, Chancellor Strong, Geo. Innes and a party of newspaper men. The first thing the rough rider did after swinging off the rear of his private car, Republic, was to walk briskly up to the engine and shake hands heartily with the smoke-grimed enginemen. As the former president grasped their oil smeared hands, it was a question whether his famous smile or their own was the wider…. When Teddy reached Lawrence, he received the first intimation that he would be expected to dedicate a fountain. As he was hastily bustled into a waiting auto by the local reception committee he turned to the governor questioningly, ‘What’s the plan, governor, am I to make a speech?’ ‘Yes-s,’ replied the governor hesitatingly, ‘they have a little affair planned and want you to say a few words. Had to do it you know.’ ‘Oh, sure, that’s all right, yes, yes, to be sure,’ obligingly responded the rough rider, baring those well-known teeth in a grin of assent…. Roosevelt’s comment on his stay in Kansas today was, ‘Bully, fine. The best time I’ve had on the trip.'”