The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-13
GLIDDEN TOURISTS
ON ROAD TUESDAY
Thirty-Nine Cars will Make Greatest
Run in History of American
Cars, Reaching Des
Moines June %.
WILL HIT IOWA ROADS
Farmers Along Route Have Been Told
to Drag Roads and Get Them
in Best Possible Shape
for Big Event.


nual reliability tour of the American
Automobile association will start
from Cincinnati The Glidden tour
OF 1910 promises to be the most sue
cessful contest ever conducted under
the auspices of the association. Thir-
ty-nine cars have been entered for the
run. the machines representing most
of the leading automobile factories Of
the country.
Before the tour is ended the con-
testants vii have made a journey Of
nearly 5000 miles that will cover a
large section of the southwest and
middle west and take them within the
border of thirteen states. There will
be fifteen days of travel and two Sun
day, stopoyers The end will come on
the last day of the month at Chicago.
The tour this year will be contest
of physical endurance as well as one
that is bound to test the cars. There
will be days when the contestants
will have to cover nearly $50 miles
over roads that they know little about.
On the evening of June % the Gid
denites will reach Des Moines. Plans
have been made by the Iowa Automo-
bile club to give the tourists royal
welcome when they reach the city
Many members of the club will go half
way across the state to meet the con-
testants and pilot them into the capt.
toll city.
AS the tour passes throrrl Iowa
over the river-to-river dragged road
the contestants will be accompanied
by hundreds of Iowa auto enthusiasts.
Farmers along the route have been
notified and will drag the roads into
the best condition. Under the super
vision of the River-to-River Dragged
Road Association the tourists will
find easy going through the Hawkeye
state. Leaving Omaha on Tuesday
morning, June 2S, the Glidden tourists
will pass through the following towns:
| Council Bluffs, Avoca, Atlantic, Extra,
| Guthrie Center. Redfeld, Abel and
Waukee to Des Moines. The noon
! stop will be made at Guthrie Center.
cars will start from Des Moines and
/ pass through Colfax, Newton, Mar
/ engo, Cedar Rapids. Iowa City, West
Liberty and Moscow to Davenport.
/ The noon stop during the second day
4 in Iowa will be made at Marengo, ac-
cording to the plans.
After leaving the Queen City, the
tourists will head for Lexington and
/ thence on to Louisville. where the
| first night viii be spent From the
Kentucky metropolis the route then
4 takes them through Bowling Green to
Nashville. After spending the night
i in the Tennessee capital, the tourists
! will then take a southerly course
4 through Columbia to Sheffield. Ala,
the next night stop. Friday the jour
ney will be continued along the Ten
Mississippi line until Memphis
is reached
On Saturday the route will take the
travellers from Memphis to Little
Rock, distance of more than 200
miles. An easy Sunday run will be
made from Little Rock to Hot Springs,
where the journey will be resumed
Monday morning. Leaving Hot
4 Springs there will be run to the
Texas line and Texarkana, on the
/ boundary line, will shelter the tour
lists Monday night. Tuesday will be
devoted to run from Texarkana to
Dallas with noon stop at Paris.
Oklahoma will be the next stare 10
entertain the Gliddenites. After 200
mile run from Dallas, by way of Ter
/ rell, the contestants will reach Law