The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-08-24
the CANNON BALL TRAIL

Official Route is Selected for Nev
Trail from Leon to Trenton,
No., and on to Kansas City.
Last Friday morning three autos
filled with good roads boosters left
Leon for a trip to Modena, Mo-, tc
meet the delegations from Pleasan.
ton, Iowa, Goshen, Princeton, Mo
dena and Trenton, Mo-, for the pur'
pose of completing the organization
of the new Cannon Ball" auto tran
which starts at Leon and extends
south through Missouri as far south
as Trenton, Mo-, and from that city
will be extended on to Kansas City
party, being accompanied by Geo. E.
Hurst and A. P. Olsen, the inspect
ing committee In the second car,
driven by G. B. Cooper were J. A,
Caster, Uncle Bob Bowsher and O. E.
Hull, while the third car, big
Reading owned by Bowsher & Bow
sher and driven by James Ausman,
accompanied by NJ. S. Jones, was
taken along for the purpose of pick
ing up some parties along the route.
The run from Leon started over
the Pleasanton road, and we must
say we were surprised at the fine
roads between Leon and Pleasanton,
for we had not been over this road
in twenty years and had been told
that 1t was not a good road, but the
farmers along this road have been
very busy and the road shows the
result of their work. Down in Eden
township b. F. Robson and H. w.
Townsley, two of the good roads
boosters of that section were picked
up as additional passengers in the
big car and accompanied the party
clear through. At several places
along the route farmers were at work
on the roads and just south of Joe
Dale's farm they are doing some
heavy work on the big hill which has
made great showing. and does away
with one of the worst pieces of road.
Mr.. Dale, Albert Brown, James
Drury, Allie Woolsey, James Moore,
Chester Dale, John Fuller and others
We're out with their teams and we
stopped few minutes and they as
sured the committee they would
meet all the requirements in the way
of improving the roads if the trail
was located that way. Just before
Pleasanton was reached an auto
with the committee from Pleasanton
met us and escorted us into the city
over the new road which has Just
been opened up SO as to avoid several
bad hills and It is. a fine piece of
road work: Arriving at Pleasanton
we were greeted with\a big welcome
sign across the street, the band was
playing and an enthusiastic road
meeting was held in the park, short
addresses being made by A. P. Olsen,
]. r. Bowsher and J. B. Tye There
is a good bunch of boosters at Pleas
anton and great enthusiasm was
manifested over the new trail.
Leaving Pleasanton another car
owned by G. A. Crawford, who lives
six miles southeast of Pleasanton
was added to the party, and the
Pleasanton committee consisting of
Charles Cornett, J. Wesley Chew,
DR.. O. E. Macy. Charles Tharp, ]. N.
Painter and Charles Smith were
taken in this and the other. cars.
Before the party left Leon Judd
Craig, who lives few miles south
OF Pleasanton had invited the party
to stop at his big melon patch and
help themselves, but our route
turned east before his place was
reached much to our disappointment,
but we got melons just the same, for
when we reached the fine farm of a.
N. Taylor about eight miles southeast
OF Pleasanton he stopped US, and
had a great stack of fine melons all
cooled for us. We had feast in the
road and then he loaded the cars
with big melons and we continued on
our way rejoicing. All through this
country the roads are fine with but
few hills and nearly all the way from
Pleasanton to Goshen the road is a
ridge road over the famous Goshen
Prairie, and finer country we never
saw. They have had much more
rain down that way, and corn and
everything looked splendid. The
clover meadows were ready for d
second cutting and pastures were
good.
A. A couple of miles north of Goshen
We were met by couple of Goshen
cars and several cars from Princeton,
which lies six miles east of that
point, all filled with enthusiastic
boosters for the trail: The Princeton
boosters had editors w. G. Price of
the Post and Frank Sparks of the
telegraph with them, and repre-
sentative delegation of business men
and farmers. They will see that
there is good branch trail from
the Cannon Ball' to Princeton,
which is only six miles. At Goshen
another good meeting was held.
here being large number of farm
ers waiting, and a few minutes was
devoted to short speeches by A. P.
Olsen, ]. R. Bowsher and Geo. E.
Hurst. 49,. =
In the neighborhood of Goshen
We noticed large fields of real Mis-
souri long green tobacco growing and
t looked fine. Leaving Goshen we
sped on through beautiful country,
With well improved farms, and fine
CATTLE, horses and mr1as and tho