The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-09-02
A LONG BICYCLE TOUR.
"A New York Whselman In Town on
! Trip Around the
World.
Expects to Complets the Journey
Some Time In the Fall OF
1893.
The Tourists In the Yellowstone National
Park Make . Pet OF 'Oatinx's"
Representative.

All the bicycle riders in Helena turns'
out last night to greet F. g. Lsnz. = younI
man from New York CITY who ID making
tour Of the world on = bioy role. He started
from New York on june s, and 80 far ha'
travelled 3,l9s miles, which includes 81,
days whesling in the national park. MIR
LEM will rest in Helena four or i've day
before starting west. On leaving New
York he took the Hudson river road te
Albany; thence 10 Buffalo, Detroit, Jackson
Chicago, Milwaukee, Lacrosse and st.
Paul, From st. Paul he came west to
Aberdeen, s. D., up the jim River valley 10
jamestown, following the Northern Pssins
railroad to Livingston. Six DAYS were
spent in the park whore MIR. Lanz was the
pet Of she tourists. M ~ much Of an
attraction a. "Old Faithful" Reyser. He
lsft Bozemsn Wednesday, morning and
spent the night at Grow Greek and arrived
in Helena at five p. m. yesterday. When
he leaves for ths west he will fol-
low the old emigrant road TO Port
land and thou go to san Francisco
whore he will take n steamer for
Japan. Daring the winter months he
will b in China, where Mr.. Lenz expects
he will meet with soma difficulty. owing to
the ignorance OF the natives in tho interior.
BY next spring he expects to be in Persia
and Turkey. and will afterwards ID"
Europe On his wheel. returning to New
York in the fall of 1898.
The wheel on which Mr.. LEM is travelling
WAS An object Of much interest last night to
the local wheolmsn and others. It ia a
pneumatic safety. Over the rear wheel is a
steel framework IN which ia strapped a
special ,satchsl containing clothing weigh
ing twenty-five pounds. When on the road
Mr.. lsnz carries IN his back 4 camera
weighing fifteen pounds. which was espee-
tally made for the trip. 1t has an ingenious
Lsnz which makes the camera automatic
and with which he can take his own pic
turs. The proofs Of his snap shots are
sent TO Outing" = magazine published in
New York. with letters describing his trip.
Over the front wheel he carries q c~antesn,
and strapped to the handles is \ case con
This Mr.. Lsnz calls his dog pull
verizer,' to b. used on CANNES who
dispute his right to the road. He has no
use for the ammonia guns which soma
whselnen carry. These are a special fea-
ture Of bicycle equipment. They carry a
charge Of ammonia which is squirted at
viz AuAAA0 ~ = N~&s ma. LUNA kACAO4o = |
a. being moro effective and be-
it is 4 better weapon for general ser
vice than the ammonia squirt gun. Around
his waiSt in 4 leather belt he carries his
money and watch and q hunting knife, the
latter being = present from a cowboy ad-
whom he met while passing through
the Dakota bad lands. The two little
leather fobs on his belt whore he carries his
watch and currency Mr.. Lsnz calls Thine
and Money! He says that's what it takes
to make a tour of the world.
When he reached Helena last evening he
was in good spirits and excellent condition.
He 10 we'll tanned and his muscles are hard,
His weight ID lao sounds and hs stands five
feet seven inches in his shoes, and is.25
years old. Montana, 30 far a. he has
through it, he says, has the worst
roads he has met since leaving Now
York. Wisconsin and Michigan roads were
bad, but not SO much 80 az the highways of
eastern Montana, particularly in the bad
lands, whore be found it very lonesome
wheeling. At every place on his tour Mr..
Lenz says he has been we'll treated, the
especially taking great interest
in him and doing all in their power to make
his stops agreeable and aiding him in every
way. After he completes his tour
Of tho world Mr.. LEM will write a POOL in
which he will describe his trip around the
world on 4 wheel.