Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-08-12
$50 NILE AUTO TRIP
THROUGH WISCONSIN
Made by L. H. Stevens and a
Party of His Friends.
Many Places of Interest Visited, In
Guiding Half a Days Stop
at "The DeIIs."

A very pleasant 350-mile auto trip
through the central portion of the
state was made by Mr.. and Mrs. l.
H. Stevens, DR.. and Mrs. j. A. Gault
and the editor of The Herald and wife.
last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, fB
Mr.. Stevens, fine z passenger Chal-
mers car. The start was made about
four clock Friday afternoon and the
route included Dodgeville, Mount
Horeb, Madison, Beaver Dam, Wau-
pun, Fond du Lac, Portage, KiIbourn,
Baraboo, Mazomanie and thence home
again.
The first night was spent in MadT-
son and the second in Fond du Lac
and the return home was made Sun
day night from BarabOo.
The roads were found in good con-
dition for travel much of the way ex-
cept that the dust was heavy in some
portions of the country visited, and
through parts of Dodge, Columbia and
Sank counties the sand was deep and
travel correspondingly hard.
In was found that the sections of
country visited were very largely i'm
need of rain, the pastures being browrn
and dry and growing crops consider
ably affected. In no part of the jour
ney did corn show up so favorably as
that of Grant county. In several of
the sections visited it was stated that
there had been no rainfall of conse
quence since June.
In all directions leading in and out
for many miles around Fond du Lac
the roads are a delight for all who,
need to use them-well graded and
nicely surfaced. The worst roads of
the journey were found stretching for
miles eastward and northward fronn
Portage, where the sand is deep and
loose, but for a few miles east fror2
Portage, as the city is approached
there is a stretch of fine macadamy
four or five miles long, built upon
the sand and afterward oiled, which
is as hard and level as asphalt, and
much freer from dust.
In some of the counties the law rel
ative to the erection of sign boards at
all cross roads is being complied with,
which is a source of intense gratitude
from the traveller. Elsewhere the
law is ignored, the same as it is IN
MANY portions Of Grant county, al--
though the penalty for not posting the
signs is a severe one. Some day q de-
mand that cannot be ignored, asking
for the rigid enforcement of this law
will be made, and then the traveller
over road with which he is not familiar
will not be compelled to evade cross
dogs or tramp long distances from the
highway, day and night, to inquire
which road it is proper for him to GO
over to reach the desired destination
Kilbourn, where the big dam across
the Wisconsin river is located, which,
furnishes electric power for transmits
sion to several Wisconsin cities of inn
portance, was reached at noon on Sun
day, after a drive of nearly 100 miles
that forenoon from Fond du Lac.
Kilbourne is the nearest city to the
famous Dells of the Wisconsin, which
with their grottoes, canyons, gulches
and queer formations of rock along
the shore of this big river entice.
thousands of sight-seers every season.
to admire their wonders and beauty
Several hours were spent by our party
at The Dells and very much enjoyed
Another auto party from Lancaster,
H. E. Schreiner, Earl Ivey, DR.. A
B. Cook and w. C. Suttle, who are
making a couple of weeks trip through
central and northern Wisconsin in.
Mr.. Schreiener's car, arrived at Xii
bourn while we were there.
Our trip home, from Kilbourne to
Lancaster, was made Sunday night.
a distance of about 12O miles as we
came, from six O'Clock until two ii
the morning, including a stop at Bar
aboo for supper and brief stops at
Prairie du Sac, Sank City and Ma
zomanie.