The Oskaloosa herald., 1913-01-02
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but he stuck to the "Riyerto-River'
Iroad
Nh. Mcclure and his escort wer,
loudly applauded as they proceeded
along High avenue and about the
lpark streets, the horns on the ma
1ehifes footing the while and glvln.
notice of the approach of the victor
Ious party. Leaving High avenue, the
Oakland was driven to the Mcclure
Garage, and here many people hur
lried 10 greet the intrepid and nervy
idriver of the winning car. People
lcrowded about Messrs. Mcclure and
iMacklin offering congratulations and
IAN eager to hear of the great drive
from the lips of the men who turned
1.-THE trick. All the way east from
Council Bluffs Sunday afternoon peo
pie crowded the homeward route 10
lapplaud the winners of the cross
state run. Stops were made here and
there on the way down and the car
Iarriyed in Des Moines about seven
lo'clock y. m, and the occupants were
enabled TO get to their room in the
hotel before the crowd found out the
car had arrived. Des Moines people
insisted that the winners should re-
main with them today and accept
their hospitality and entertainment,
but the boys were intent upon reach.
| ing home and started out this morn
ling. Reception after reception was
awaiting on the way down from the
state capital this morning as the tele-
phone told that the victors were on
tho way
4 nj
west to meet the Oakland and bring
ii to town, where the Oskaloosa cars
greeted its arrival.
Enthusiasm over the winning OF
the cross state run by Mr.. Mcclure
ran riot all day Sunday with Oska.
loosa people, nor had it abated with
the coming of Monday morning.
| Word was passed around of meet.
ing to be held at the committee room
| of the Oskaloosa National Bank ear
| ly this morning and the hour found
a company OF twenty-five or thirty
business men anxious to organize a
movement that would show some
! thing of the appreciation of the town
over the victory in which our citizens
have personal pride and gratifica-
tiOn. Plans were made for the meet.
| ing of Mr.. Mcclure on the way home
and had time been granted the band
would have been out and the home
coming would have been heralded by
the blare of the trumpet.
5anquets and Receptions.
Formal appreciation will be ex-
pressed. however. in a banquet to be
rendered Mr.. Mcclure at the Elks
apartments this evening, after he has
lad a few moments to pull himself
together following the nervous strain
to which he has been subjected, and
another banquet and reception will
be. given in honor of the winners, on
Tuesday night. .........
Mr.. Mcclure talks freely of the
trip but the honors rest easily on his
shoulders. He does not concede that
he has done any great thing in win
ming even If he has amputated full
two hours from the Iowa cross state
auto record He attributes his sue
cess &c the splendid roads over which
he passed and the fact that the way
is plainly marked so that the driver
cannot go wrong. No chance of an
error or OF taking the wrong way is
possible. Mr.. Mcclure knew every
crock and turn of the way between
Davenport and Des Moines and west
of that city the road could not be
The perfect condition of
the roads, Mr.. Mcclure declares to
have been remarkable. For a dis
lance of twenty-five or more miles
east of Council Bluffs, the roads look
ed like they had been swept by hand
clean of all dirt and distractions.
They were hard and smooth, hills
long and the roadway wide, permit
ting of the hardest kind OF driving.
The roads passed over were the fin.
est Mr.. Mcclure has found anywhere
in Iowa.
Mr.. Peterson on the other hand was
unfamiliar with his I'M
marked route and he was compelled
TO make frequent stops to pick up
pilots TO show him the way. He had
at times to almost feel his way along.
Small Accident.
One accident occurred during the
read reception to Mr.. Mcclure this
the breaking of j. G. Rob-
erts' car on the way to Pella. The
Doctor was driving his car at high
rate OF speed, about FIVE miles west
OF this city, when the front axle broke
and ran the car into fence. Fortu'
nately none of the occupants we're
hurt.
On the Way Home.
Des Moines, Dec. 30.-Don P. Nc
Clure of Oskaloosa, who drove his
Oakland roadster to victory over the
Great White Way in the cross-state
race Saturday, made a
triumphant return trip over the same
route as far as Des Moines yesterday.
He reached Des Moines at z o'clock
and left for Oskaloosa this morning.
p. c. Peterson of Davenport, Nc.
Clure's opponent in the race, reached
Des Moines. at the same time last
evening -
Mr.. McClure's return trip over the
Great White Way was in the nature
of triumphal of a conquering hero.
The White Pole boosters were out all
along the route to greet him. They
begged him 10 stop in every town
for dinner. AS Mr.. Mcclure express
ed IL, eve would have been coming
for a week had We accepted all oil
the invitations to stop To show
their appreciation of the work MT.
Mcclure had done in their behalf, the
Great White Way enthusiasts loaded
the victorious driver and his mechani.
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