Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1909-08-07

life came when the cool afternoon
breeze as If In greeting, seemed to
rise out of Golden Gate, San Francis.
co and make the home stretch to the Hxmm
Frisco city hall more pleasant. 1M@
Greeted by the people Of San Fran. yg@ssY
cisco with even more hospitality than xS6
he had experienced along the route, if
such condition were possible, this x@MM
interesting old was indeed at the AEN#
heighr of his glory. Wsss
Think Of it-you who brag about HH9x
ten-mile feat of pedestrianism-this EE
12-ycarold New Englander during his BMs%
years OF walking. has traversed more EESS
than $4,000 miles, which is the dis ES
lance around the world land and wa. kEs
ter included sg@
His latest achievement was accom-.
plishcd at a rate of As miles each day.
a hard proposition in consideration of
the fact that Weston returned the
.blic's little courtesies by address.
his admirers along the route
Some days over level country where
.ast time was possible, he would ne.
gCtiatc 20 and 60 miles. The record
was set when on his walk from Port.
land. Me. TO Chicago a year ago, he accom-.
iii he'd a stretch of 90 miles in a day Then,
however, he walked almost the entire "a hours.
Always carrying a regulation breakfast food
sr.i.c this quaint old character, who, by the
way. can address an audience as well as he
can walk long distances, never lost sight OF
tho optimistic side Of his venture. Happy,
hale hearty and a picture of color, he laughed
gayly at mention of the vicissitudes which he
was compelled to undergo in making good in
his determination to span the continent afoot.
Facing the sun-baked western deserts. he
wore the same typical Yankee smile. Only
once did the relentless heat of the sands cause
him to falter. That was when in crossing the
Great Salt Lake desert on the twenty-second
OF June he was forced to stop and rest almost
two hours at Lemay. Utah He rested almost
against his will but he realized that the little
snatch of sleep at Lemay was for the best.
Leaving Hogup, Utah, at $50 that morning.
he started his desert tramp. That night he
was at Lucin, Al miles away. At four o'clock
the next morning he saw dawn break over the
town Of Lucin, and he was several miles to the
west. walking with the same steady stride
which marked his progress along better roads
in the east.
lie suffered slight injury from fall in the
west. and this hurt augmented by the effects
OF the heat, promised TO make his daily walks
shorter Sheer persistence kept him at his
task and his will power overcame his all
mcnts Consequently, when he crossed the
west state line OF Utah, he was in splendid
physical condition.
All was not milk and honey for the pedes-
TRAN At Laramie, Wyoming, his manager
forced him to stay indoors for an entire half
day in order to conserve his energy.
Perhaps the states east of Illinois which
greeted Weston a year ago when he made his
memorable trip from Portland, Me, to Chi
cago, were not quite as enthusiastic over the
aged pedestrian as they were in 1908, but if
such was the case young Mr.. Weston failed 10
see the lack OF hospitality.
one of the speedest laps" which the walk
or accomplished before entering California
was that from ogden to Hogup, Utah. Leav
ing ogden one hour after midnight he reached
the smaller city late in the afternoon of the
same day. II was a tramp of Gil miles, and he