The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-01
ST, JOSEPH AUTO CLUB
First Official Tour Over Interstate
Trail. Visitors Spent Satur-
day NiOht in this City.

h The st. Joseph Auto Club made Its
first tour of the season over the new
Interstate Trail from St. Joseph to
Des Moines, distance of 207 miles,
starting from St. Joseph Saturday
morning and spending the night in
Leon. Nineteen cars left st. Joseph
Saturday morning and no attempt
was made to establish speed record,
it being pleasure trip. The visitors
arrived in Leon about 1850 o'clock
Saturday evening Mayor James F.
Harvey and E. G. Monroe met them
at Lamont and piloted them to Leon,
several other autos from this city
met them at Davis City, and several
cars from Lamont came with them
from Lamont to Leon. They were
given d big reception in this city, the
band being out and the big fire
whistle at the electric light plant
announced theif arrival in this city.
Landlord Cooper of Hotel Leon had a
piping hot supper ready for them
and they were ready for it after their
ride of 1874 miles during the day.
The tourists had considerable trouble
with their cars and four or five cars
dropped out before reaching this city,
but three of them arrived about mid
night and continued on to Des Moines
Sunday. The Commercial Club had
arranged to entertain the visitors
and they were shown every attention
while in Leon. After supper they took
in the city and many expressed sur
prised at what good city Leon was,
never having been here before. All
of the cars We're taken care of at the
new garage of e. w. Teale, which is
almost completed and the visitors
were loud in their praise of the new
garage.
Manager Joe Corby, who was in
charge of the tour, said the roads
were fine all the way, the farmers
having dragged every foot of the
road, and the signs were up all along
the route, SO there was no trouble
in following the trail. The St. Joe
newspapers had press car with the
party, E. L. Plat representing the
News Press and Sam Abrahamson
} the Gazette.
The party left Leon Sunday morn
ing at 8 o'clock in the rain, and the
tour for the last half of the trip was
an endurance one, for they had to
plod though the mud nearly all the
way, but they reached Des Moines at
4:3O o'clock Sunday afternoon, every
car getting through under it's own
flower. Two. Leon cars, Jas Fl / 2a1Iar-
svey with Mrs. Harvey and Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. w. Hurst, and F. S. Stewart
with Mrs. Stewart and son Ralph
and DR.. and Mrs. J. w. Rowell and
son Edgar accompanied the tourists
from this city to Des Moines, and
Mr.. and Mrs. J. R. Bowsher went as
far as Osceola in their car, making
the trip from Osceola to Des Moines
on the train as they had no mud
chains with them. The Leon parties
all returned home Monday evening.
The st. Joe party remained in Des
Moines until Tuesday morning on ac-
count of the heavy rains and will
make the return trip to St. Joe over
the Ayr line, expecting to spend
Tuesday night in Mt. Ayr.
The trip has demonstrated that
great interest is being taken in the
Interstate Trail and the St. Joe
party said that several other tours
would probably be made by club
members during the summer.
: The St. Joseph members of the
party were: Vlk Malmfeldt, pilot;
MRS. Malmfeldt, Mr.and Mrs. G. w.
Harrington, Joseph E. Corby and O.
E. Schultz, G. H. Vineyard, E. L.
Platt, Frank McIninch, Charles Guth-
rie, Henry Hartrwg, Mr.. and Mrs.
E.. A. Grassfield, Miss Bernice Grass
field, Miss Ethelyn Grassfeld, Mr..
and Mrs. F. E. French, Miss Eula
Waight, ]. B. nerr, j. C. Sager, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Krug, Jr., Mrs.
Edith Resterer, E. F. Beasley, M. L.
Beasley, P. P. Weller, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. U. Philley, Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Van
Vliet, Mr.. Wesley Comet, Mr.. and
Mrs. Luther Kont, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles G. Kent, DR.. and Mrs. G. R.
Stevenson, Rudolph Meir, w. D.
Webb, Mr.. and Mrs William AL
brecht, Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Haney,
Felix Muleski and daughter, ]. w.
Holiday, ]. L. Frederick, Samuel
Abramson, Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Max
we'll, Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Goetz, Floyd
H. Fox, Mrs. M. Carey and F. w.
Naylor, of San Antonio, Texas.