The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-11-20
SPANISH TRAIL
SCOUTS GIVEN
Fl NEWELCOME
Hundreds of Representative
Santa Rosa Citizens
Greet Car.
OKOLOOSA COUNTY
JOINS IN WELCOME
Walton Good Roads Advo-
Gates Then Took the
Scouts In Charge
OKOLOOSA COUNTY
JOINS IN WELCOME
(sTAFF CORRESPONDENCE,

Milton, Nov. 19.-The passage
through this county today of the "Old
Spanish Trail" scout car and party
marked on epoch in the history of
the Good Roads Movement in this
section.
The scout party was met at Flor
idatown this morning by between fifty
and one hundred of the most repre-
sentative citizens of Santa Rosa coun-
ty and welcomed to Santa Rosa in a
most enthusiastic way. The local
delegation was headed by Hon. P.
Tomassello, County Commissioners
Jernigan and johnson and Editor D.
r. Read of the Milton Gazette.
At Floridatown Mr.. Tomasello de-
livered the address of welcome on be-
half of the large delegation and the
entire citizenship of Santa Rosa. The
welcome address of Mr.. Tomassello
was. responded to most appropriately
by Mr.. Emmett, city editor of the
Mobile Item, who paid glowing tri-
butte to the gulf coast country, espe-
cially that part of it lying between
the Mississippi river and Key West.
Mr.. Emmett referred to his great love
for his home state of California, but
] said that he would not give up his
chances Of living out the balance of
his life on the gulf coast for the privi-
lege of residing in the well-developed
state of California. In this statement
he was loudly cheered by the assem-
bled citizens, as he was also in several
other complimentary references to
this section.
From Floridatown the scout party
proceeded to Milton, followed by
some twenty automobiles. At Milton
dinner was served then at the Ex-
change Hotel, where several other
good roads talks were made by differ
emit citizens.
WELCOMED TO OKOLOOSA.
Just after the noon hour dele
cation from Crestview, Milligan and
Holt, IN the new county of Okoloosa,
arrived to escort the scout car
through to the eastern line of Oko-
loosa county, where they were to be
met by delegation from DeFuniak
and escorted to the capital of Walton.
In the Okoloosa county party were:
Messrs. P. T. Ewing, C. B. Fondon,
j. Fl. Richburg, M. f. Savage, J. H.
Nelson, w. C. Blackwell, DIR. j. A.
Nixon, Editor Bill Mapoles, w. A.
Douglas, and p. L. Rollo, who says
he Is as much at home in Okoloosa
as in Pensacola, and who certainly did
act the part to perfection yesterday.
After many greetings and much
show of enthusiasm on the part of
Milton and Santa Rosa people gen.
orally the large party of good roads
enthusiasts left Milton at 2:30 o'clock
this afternoon for DeFuniak. A tele-
gram was sent here from DeFuniak
asking what time the scout car would
arrive there. 1t was announced that
a banquet had been arranged at the
Hotel Walton in DeFuniak for eight
o'clock tonight in honor of the scout
party.
| From the great enthusiasm dis
pIdyeu dlOnS the enI1Te route tOOdy
there is no discounting the excellent
spirit of the good roads advocates of
West Florida.
A great boost has been given the
plan of Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties for bridge at Floridatown,
This plan appeared to be uppermost
in the minds of the delegates and
citizens today. There was much in
terest manifested in the splendid
| steel bridge which Santa Rosa county
is completing across the Blaclwatel
river at this place.
1t is understood here that Santa
Rosa county viii have full delega.
ton at the Mobile meeting December
i 10-11, and that this delegation will
be prepared to guarantee Santa
Rosa's part of the fund necessary te
construct the much-desired bridge
across the upper bay from Florida
town to Ferry Pass.
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