Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-27

off at the last moment, to the dis
appointment of a good many peo-
pie along the route laid out, and
especially to the hotel manage
ment at Flat River, where the
reputed large number of tourists
were to take dinner, and at Ste.
Genevieve where preparations had
been made to feed and accom-
modate them. It was first an
nounced that the run would be
made with about 100 machines,
each carrying its full quota of pas
sengers, but it is reported that
when the time to start came there
were only about seven or eight
entries, and the run was postponed
until some time in August. The
hotels will probably be a little
dubious about again loading up
to feed the party unless guar
anteed against loss. The ST.
Louis Republic last Sunday con-
tanned the following interview
with Pathfinder Poland:
The Marion route checking car
which checked over the route of
the the three-day endurance run
of the Missouri Automobile AS
ISOLATION for the Arcadia Country
Club trophy for touring cars, and
the Howard Harrington trophy for
runabouts returned to St. Louis
last Saturday at noon.
The a carried Pathfinder Fo-
land and A. B. Patterson of the
Lane-Lynch Mo. or Car Company,
the driver, and covered the entire
296 miles in two days and a half.
The first day out the car made
the run to Arcadia, which is the
first nights control, in six hours
actual running time. The second
day it traversed the roads between
Pennington and Ste. Genevieve
and back to Flat River, the second
nights control, and Saturday the
run from Flat River into ST. Louis
was made.
There were absolutely no re-
pairs of any kind made on the
machine, and but one puncture
was recorded on the entire trip.
The car upon its return to the city
was beating an even tune.
The bad stretch of road which
was encountered by the pathfinder
car which laid out the route in
May can at the present time hard
lily be recognized as the same, as
SO much work has been done on
it, and work is now going on. A
great deal of the distance has been
cut out by short cuts in the new
road, which is costing in the vi
entity of S 5000 a mile to build. A
committee of the citizens of De
Soto met the crew of the route
checking car Saturday morning
and assured them that they would
have the distractions taken out of
the road in their county. This
will put this road in fairly good
condition in time for the run.
The route checking car was met
by a committee of citizens at
Pennington Friday night and it's
occupants were shown the beauti-
full roads which st. Francois coun-
ty has. They are like boulevards
and work is going on in that coun-
ty all the time. Judge Marshall
of the st. Francois county court
stated that the rocks would be re-
moved from the small stretch of
rock road near Middlebrook be-
fore the run went through their
vicinity.
The work which has been going
on in this part of the State in the
way of good road building is
wonderful. st. Francois county
will this year spend something like
$40, 900 on its roads.
Concrete culverts and other up
to-date road improvements can be
seen on the entire trip to Arcadia
and next summer this will no
doubt be the mecca of st. Louis
motorists who are looking for an
outing with their families. II
opens up one of the most beautiful
parts of the State, and no doubI
draw the autoists from this city ,,,as
it will be one of the most beautiful
drives out of st. Louis and ovel
excellent roads.
The interest which the residents
of the districts through which the
Arcadia run will go are manifest
ing is wonderful. Decorations are
put up on the prominent buildings.
and a number of them have ex-
pressed the intention of joining
the contestants and following
them through their territory. This
means that something like seven
ty-fve cars will be at Arcadia the
first night out of st. Louis.
All with whom the crew of the
route checking a talked have
expressed the opinion that The
automobile has been the mea o
securing good roads for their dis
tricts.