The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-09-15
BURLINGTON MAN
GETS INFORMATION
More About Good Roads, One of the
Interesting Topics Of the Hour
for Iowans.

j. K Garrett of the Hawk-Eye staff
who is spending two weeks vacation
on the Crab Tree dairy farm, twenty
eight miles north Of Chicago, writes
as follows of the great dairying coun-
Try In that section, as a result of i'm
press1ons gained through an automo-
bile trip covering parts of southern III
nois and southern wisconsin:
Lake Forest, Ill, Sept 3
The value of good roads and the
marked advance in intensive farming
made in the last few years Is recog-
! nized in notable manner by a tour
OF several counties in northern Illi-
nois, made by automobile / haye.just
returned from a 225-mile trip by auto.
covering the charming lake country
northwest of Chicago, over grayeIled
roads as smooth as floor and lined
on each side by well kept farms stock
ed with the finest herds that money
can buy. Back to the farm is the
call that Is being answered by many On
Chicago's wealthy business men. who
are purchasing farms in this region.
For thirty miles north of the bio town
on the lake, the shore is lined with
handsome estates Farther back in
the country other more practical es-
tates are found, combining the best of
farming and home ideas.
Good roads abound, as the people of
this section are favored with abund-
ant supplies of road building material
in the form of gravel pits, making the
cost of improved highways less expen-
sive than in the states west Of the
Mississippi
Dairying Is the leading farming In.
dustry and the most advanced meth
DDS are used. Every farm has one or
two huge silos, and it is stated that
over 700 silos have been sold here
abouts this summer.
From Chicago north to the wis.
consin state line the route is through
a succession of pretty towns along the
shore of Lake Michigan, past Fort
Sheridan Uncle Sans great military
post, and a few miles farther north
Is found another remarkable govern
ment Institution ne naval training
station, built at cost of 5000 900,
where 1000 boys from the corn belt |
states will annually be prepared for /
duty on the high seas. Striking west
from Waukegan, a thriving manufac I
turing city the lovely lake region OF |
northern Illinois is reached. This is
the Mecca of the shooters and anglers. /
Over 100 lakes containing the best of
game fish, form magnificent terri
tory for the vacation seekers
Passing into Wisconsin. the topog.
raphy Of the country changes. The
land is rolling, the hills covered with
forests, and the valleys wondrous in
their trim cultivation. It is again
country of lakes and streams and the
roads would bring delight to the most
blaseichauffeur. Twenty-Five miles an
hour is the clip easily maintained. The
roads wind over the hills from the
crests of which the views are unsn.j
passed Quaint Villages far from the
railroads, are visited and everywhere
is the appearance of prosperity and
comfort
"Wayside inns for the refreshment
Of auto touring parties are frequent,
, revival OF the coaching period OF
fifty years ago. And It is not alone
he city folk who are driving cars but
he farmers are likewise buying
The garage is an impor-
ant structure in many farm yards,
and it is as prominent as the big red
barn.
The farmers fought the autos at ,
'irst but they are now the most en- |
husiastic about the gasoline wagons,
. Wisconsin dairyman told the writer.
"A marked advance in the good roads