The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-03-28
THE LEON 4Er6RrER, THURSDAY, MARCH - 1914
NO COAT, NO EAT.
President Reininger of the "Wau-
bonsie Trail Up Against 1t.

Talking about good roads, the big
gest bunch of good roads boosters in
Iowa are along the "Waubonsie
Trail" And they are real boosters"
too. They not only hold meetings,
make speeches, pass resolutions, ban
quet each other, and in divers and
sundry other ways keep alive the
spirit of good roads, but they actual
ly work, and what's more, get re-
SUITS They are setting a splendid ex-
ample for other organizations in the
state and if the other fellows don't
watch out" the "Waubonsie Trail"
extending clear across the southern
tier of counties from Nebraska City
to Keokuk will carry off the banner
for the best river to river road in
Iowa.
Those Waubonsie fellows have a
way of doing things that listens like
business. For instance: there is
section of road west of Mt. Ayr, that
Mike Shiel, we'll known character,
and others are caring for. One farm
err refused to drag his road, so the
others turned in and did it for him.
When harvest time came this farmer
was short of help and needed it bad
ly, but his neighbors refused assist
ance. It's dollars to doughnuts this
farmer will be found dragging his
road this spring.
When H. Huebinger, engineer and
good roads expert and his assistants
were logging this road for the "Wau-
bonsie Trail Guide" and "Huebing-
er's Automobile and Good Road At
las" of Iowa both of which are now
on the press and will soon be ready
for delivery by the Iowa Publishing
Co., of Des Moines, the trip was
largely in the nature of a triumphal
tour. At nearly all towns they were
met by committees of prominent cit
liens and escorted into town. At
Mt. Ayr, in particular they received
a royal reception. U. G. Reininger,
president of the Waubonsie Trail,
former Shenandoah editor and good
roads booster and now engaged in
the manufacturing business in Sioux
Falls, was along, coatless and grip
less.
When the Pathfinder Car left
Shenandoah, Reininger was busy and
said he would join the party at Con-
way. This he did, but the Auto that
brought him to Conway returned to
Shenandoah taking along the Presi-
dents coat and grip. He wired to
forward it by express, but the map
making car always left town before
the coat and grip arrived; nor did it
catch up with the party until they
reached Keokuk, the end of the
journey. President Reininger, how
ever, was game and when he arrived
at hotels where the rule was mo
coat, no eat" his brother good roads
enthusiasts came to his rescue and
clothed him so that he might be fed.
Speaking about the reception at
Mt. Ayr, the party was met here by
H. c. Beard, president of the Mt
Ayr Line Highway, which runs from
Des Moines to Kansas City and St.
Joe, former state binder Howard
Tedford, Mr.. Teale, the banker and
mine host Breeze of the Mt. Ayr
House and many others, who did
everything in their power to make the
stay in Mt. Ayr both pleasant and
profitable. Leaving town the mid
land Ground Hog" as the map MAX
ing car of the Iowa Publishing Co.
is known, was accompanied by about
Az automobiles, as far as Kellerton
and Lamont. At Kellerton Tim
Foley and his friends did the honors
and at Lamont they were met by
President Hopkins of the Interstate
Trail Association who entertained
them in hospitable fashion.