The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-12-26
|COOPER'S PARTY
MADE FINE TRIP
Ernest G. Robinson, keokuk Boy
Who Drove Car, is Home
/ to Spend the Holt
days.
REPORTS NO ACCIDENTS
Alsiers Most interesting Country and
Switzerland strIctest for
Machines Robinson
Declares.

Ernest G. Robinson returned to
keokuk Wednesday evening from his
trip through Europe as chauffeur with
the Hugh l.. Cooper party. Mr.. Robin
son landed in New York Monday and
made all speed in getting to Keokuk
in order to spend Christmas with His
wife and daughter.
Mr.. Robinson today in speaking of
his trip said that everybody had fine
time and that he was glad to be home
and that he knew the rest of the party
would be as glad. He said the car
made tile trip on the continent with
out mishap or an accident
| The most interesting county which
the party visited, to Mr.. Robinson,
was Algiers. where they encountered
/ the Arabs, and made a short trip into
the desert. The car was driven as far
as 1t was thought expedient from the
gate of the desert to the first oasis,
where the Oldest mosque is said to be
situated
You can push the little donkeys
off the road without any trouble" Mr..
Robinson remarked, but you can't do
that with camels, and the pesKy ami
mails bothered us little in Algiers."
The auto is nothing new or strange
to the Algerians as many English peo-
pie spend the winter months there.
Comment From Paper.
i In the English Notes of one of the
papers published in the city of AL
giers is the following comment on
Hugh l.. Cooper:
Mr.. Hugh l.. Cooper, the famous
4 American hydraulic engineer, after
having completed one of the engineer
4 ing marvels of the age, the famous
Keokuk dam across the Mississippi
river where 100000 horse power
are developed, is reposing from his
Hercnlanean labors by making an ex
tended tour of Europe and North AT
RIGA with his family. Mr. Cooper land
ed in Hamburg with his 1914 Packard
touring car early in September and
since that time has visited most Of
the European centers of touring and
many of the great cities" Then fol
lows list of places the party visited
The article closes with this comment:
"Mr. Cooper will spend several week:
visiting the world renowned curiosi
ties of Algiers and then after shor
visit in Egypt will return home where
he will probably startle the engineer
ing world with some daring project.
Switzerland is Strictest.
! Switzerland. is the strictest c9untr,
for auto driving the party visite7, MI
Robinson slid. All of the contin snta
countries have strict enough rules, bl
J the little republic has the most irol
: clad ones. The roads through tn
e mountains are of the be t, and ther
| is law prohibiting the use Of chains
They are not needed. Mr.. Robinson
added
In Italy the party found the creates
: number of children. The old Gene
y terry in Italy where 10000 person
: are buried was extremely intsrestin
to the party. The underground rive
in France was another very Interest
= ing sight to the tourists.
1--WE had a wonderful trip and
fine time" Mr. Robinson said today
/ "but Pm glad to be back, and I CUES
> we all are for that matter. We ha
the best kind of trip, no accident
to mar it in any way.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper and thei
9 daughters will return the mid lie c
January, it is expected at the p-eser
time