The Green Forest tribune., 1908-07-10
SEARCHING" THE U. S..
Austin Davis Spends 5 Years During the Country Over

For an interesting conversa- tionlist there are few people in- deed who can equal Austin A. Davis, who was guest at the home of The Tribune editor for brief stay during the past week.
 Austin has made a neck and neck race with his brother Henry, of whom mention was made last week, in searching" the United States during the past five years.
 The two have made about every nook and corner of the vast expanse of the United States government during this time, each travelling separate and alone. A comparison of notes show that sometimes one would be in Canada and the other in Mexico and visa versa, or one in Maine and the other in Cali fornia or perhaps the two almost together at some point.
 In the five years traveling Austin has covered on an average of 10000 miles a year. While his business as a man. ager of lyceum attractions dicta- ted his routes to some extent, yet his tours have been systematic enough to carry him through and over every state and to almost every principal city as well as vast array of the smaller towns. While his travels have been limited almost exclusively to the United States, yet he has taken occasion to visit several tributary countries. Having a special facination for and being we'll versed in the country's history, Mir. Davis has made it speciality to visit every point with which the country's history is connected, coming within the radius of his travels. He could write volumes on what he has observed of this character. He has mace it a speclalty to hunt up the graves of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and has succeeded in finding the last home of more than 60 per cent of these patriots, which ac- cording to careful research, he believes is more than any one else has located.
 MT. Davis will write a history of his travels relating especially to the historical feature, making it sort of 8 cross between a history and tourist guide book, but he has not yet begun the great task.
 To illustrate his travels MT. Davis adoped the plan of secure ing post cards of various scenes he has taken in and as result he has 8 collection of cards that would make an ordinary traveller comfortable amount of luggage.
 While necessity has compelled MT. Davis to travel by train from one point to another, yet he boasts of the fact that many hundreds of miles have been covered on foot. In the cities there are few street cars, carri- ages or autos receive patronage from him. He can learn so much more of what he wants to know by using his own motive power; then he is great pedes- train any way, depending upon this form of exercise to keep up his robust health, which has scarcely failed him for a day in all his travels.
 Since he last visited Green Forest some three years ago, MT. Davis has accumulated a lu xuri- ent set of whiskers, giving him a somewhat striking resemblance of Governor Hughes of New York
 The end of Mr. Davis travels is not yet. He has no other plans than to continue his jour neys up and down the United States indefinitely; but he mani fests desire to circumnavigate the globe as the growing event to the travels and there is little doubt of his being able to accomplish the feat if he undertakes it.
 Now, friends, we are in earnest