The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-05-05

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another. After having gone our 20
miles west and it was getting dark
We stopped at farm house for some
water to light our gao lights with and
was surprised to learn that it was II
miles farther to Lincoln. We were
tired and hungry so we ''didn't see .
hill" between there and Lincoln. We
put up at the Nebraska Garage and
received fine treatn ent.
Wednesday morning / cleaned the
spark plugs and at 1880 we lett by
the south road past the state prison
and ran into some mud and rough roads
for ten miles out, stopped at Court
land for dinner and at Beatrice an
hour. Roads we're good and our only
stop through Ellis, Jansen. Fairbury,
Reynolds, Williams. Hubble and into
Kansas. was about q minute for tight
ening spark plug. After entering
Kansas we passed through Munden and
tied up at Belleville. There was no
garage here 90 we put the car in q
livery barn.
We left here at II o'clock Thursday
and had some trouble with broken
connection. however we located the
trouble and repaired it and the way
we enjoyed those Kansas roads are
worth writing several pages on-just
like pavement and for miles one did
not have to touch the throttle. We
assed through Scandal. CORTLAND,
(stopped here for dinner t'ormosa and
Randall then to Beloit. My wife has
relatives here so we visited them and
took in the sights. The reform school
for girls is located here and the soil
for a depth Of from 2 to 5 feet is
underlaid with q rock strata about six
inches thick. so everything is built Of
rock. fence posts. sidewalks, curbings.
buildings ETC.. giving neat appear
ance.
We remained mere until Saturday
at 3 p. m. and started northwest
through Glen Elder. Woconda Springs.
Cawker City. Downs, Hummer, Belle
aire and Smith Center. where we ate
supper. The wind was hot and dry
and blew hard 20 that our lips cracked
and we burned terribly, and while the
roads were fine the culverts and bridges
were sometimes foot out Of the dirt
maxi, \ any speed impossible, yet we
arri, 3 in Kensington. Kan, about
1880 there my uncle lives and where
we i-tended spending few days.
-. I'VE had our first and only trouble
with the car. The contact breaker in
the timsr had seized the pin so that
it could hardly turn. CHS had caused
the cam to wear through the small
steel plate lining into the brass and
q short circuit resulted With the
aid of the blacksmith we repaired this
and we left at 8 80 p. m. Tuesday,
April 20, for Norton. Roads were
good except cut up badly in places.
passed through Agra. Gretna, Phillips
burg, Luctor. Prairie View. Calvert
and into Norton. Car run better than
when We left Deuison and few miles
from Calvert to Norton was level &c
we just sailed along.
At Norton we attended revival
meeting. which was being conducted
by cousin Of mine from Fl. Dodge,
Iowa. and when We went in and sat
down, there never was q more sur.
prised man. In fact we ratified hin
60 he could hardly preach
We left about o'clock Wednesday
morning with my cousin for passen
ger, and passed through Oronoque
Delvale, Clayton, Jennings, Dresde,
and arrived in Seiden at 12 O'Clock
noon, ate dinner and my cousin tool
the train back for Norton. We ha,
passed over 7s miles Of the best road