Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1911-08-03
Booster Excursion,

Ing az nlilS q clOck rlO covered
q distance OF ninety miles, re-
turning home at six o'clock
without a lnishap. Twelve cars
were in the procession and as
many more would have gone if
the roads had not been so dus-
ty. The mornings drive in the
western part of the county
wasn't near so dusty as the af-
ternoon driving in the hills.
The autos were compelled to
stay two hundred yards apart
as in some places it was impos-
sible to see. Only one mishap
marred the days pleasures and
THAT was of a minor nature.
Will Orr driving the much
talked of Model Is Buick was
unable to make one of the hills
and had to be pushed 10 the
top, very much to his disgust.
Mr.. Orr has been driving auto
mobiles for the past seven
years and yesterday was the
first time that he found out
that automobiles wouldn't run
without gasoline. When get
ting to the top Of the hill he
looked into his gasoline tank
and found barely enough to
run the car to Woodbine. To
make things worse, N. B. Spa
fard took an excellent picture
| of the machine, showing the
crowd pushing the auto up the
hill, and will have it on exhi-
bition. We heard that Mr.. Orr
offered a neat sum for the
negative which was very polite
| " refused.
On account of the lateness in
yetting started from this city,
'alifornia, Iowa, was missed.
Modale was the first step. The
boosters visited about the town
while the Missouri Valley band
played several pieces DIR
Cooper, of Modale, joined the
crowd with his car and made
1.-The rest of the trip with them.
At Mondamin the same pro.
gram was repeated and the
next stop was Magnolia for
dinner. The L. D. S. ladies
had dinner prepared and wait
ling for the boosters. Evident
lily the man who made arrange
ments with the ladies to stop
There for dinner had eaten
there before. Fried chicken,
mashed potatoes, salads, pic
kles, ice cream and a dozen
other good things to eat were
on the table. Everything was
served in the best of style ard
after the dinner was over there
was enough left for as many
more. After dinner James
Stuart, of the Magnolia Phar.
macy, passed free cigars about
to the boosters and insisted on
each one taking two or three
cigars. Magnolia has won a
place in the hearts of the boost
ers and the next booster excur-
sion will stop at Magnolia for
dinner. The next stop was
made at Woodbine, where after
a few selections by the band,
the boosters headed for Dun
Flap. Promptly at five O'clock,
schedule time, the boosters
pulled into Logan. At six
O'Clock the tired but happ'
bunch arrived home and fel
repaid for their efforts of ad
vertising the Missouri VALLEY
chautauqua.
Booster Trip Notes
The chief conversation or
the streets of this city today is
the fine dinner the Boosters
had at Magnolia.
The free cigars at Magnolia
certainly showed the right
spirit.
Geo. Kellogg says he never
worked so hard in his life as
when he helped pull the Orr
car up the hill, and everyone
believes him too.
All the towns visited surely
did give the glad hand to the
Boosters.
Ten more cars could easily
have been filled by the boosters
who wanted to go on the trip.
The trip covered 1874 miles
according to the Kellogg speed
ometer.
The dust was so thick at
times that the drivers could not
see five feet in front of thei,
car. Driving } mile apart was
the most satisfactory.
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