The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1915-09-09
BOOSTER TRIP NO. 2.
Glendorado, Santiago, Foley, Ronne-
by, Oak Park, Foreston, MiIaca,
Book, Ogilvie, Mora, DaIbo
and Day Visited.
Boosters Heartily Welcomed Every
where and Hospitality Enter
tanned by Milaca People.

Thirty automobiles loaded with
enthusiastic fair boosers started on
the second fair-boosting swing around
the circle last Friday morning.
The first stop was at the aourishing
hamlet of Glendorado: where a
goodly crowd of farmers were in
waiting to welcome the visitors.
The band, under the leadership of
Henry Avery, discoursed some lively
music which was appreciated by the
Glendorado people. Then a dash
was made south to Santiago in Sher-
burne county. Here a short stop was
made, and then westward and north
ward to Foley.
After fraternizing with the good
people of Benton county's capital for
half an hour, the gang headed east
ward. Short stops were made at
.Ronneby and Oak Park, and the
band played selection at each place,
and the thriving village of Foreston,
where the tourists were made to feel
at home by the leading citizens of the
place, was reached at 1890. Here
Mr.. J. A. Allen of Milaca was wait
ing in his auto to escort the rovers
to that village.
At Milaca the band played several
selections in front of the Arlington
hotel. and then the hungry visitors
accepted MIR. Aliens kind invitation
to eat their picnic dinner on his and
his neighbors' spacious and we'll
shaded lawns. Fragrant cigars and
delicious ice cream were passed
around by the hospitable Milaca
people, and Mr.. and Mrs. Allen, as
sisted by numerous others: were I'M
firing in their efforts to make it
pleasant for the visitors.
But time was pressing, the run was
not more than half completed, and
after more music and hearty cheers
for Milaca the refreshed tourists
pulled out for Book.
Very few of the Princetonians had
ever visited Book before and they
were agreeably surprised to find such
prosperous little burgl, SO near to
Milaca-only four miles distant
Book is located in the center of a
splendid farming region and boasts
of bank, several general stores, a
hardware and furniture store, two
potato warehouses, a lumber yard
and neat brick creamery is nearing
completion.
The stop at Book was necessarily
brief. Ogilvie in Kanabec county
was next on the schedule. Up to
here the roads were good, but there
was miserable stretch of road about
half way between Book and Ogilvie.
When will road-builders learn that
sods are out of place in the center
of a roadway?
Ogilvie is pretty and prosperous
looking village. The visiting boost
ers were we'll received by the Ogil-
VANS.
1t was almost six O'Clock when the
metropolis of Kanabec county, Mora.
was invaded. They had been i'm
proving the road in spots between
Ogilvie and Mora and, as a matter
of course, fifty mile per hour gait
was out of the question.
Mora is live, growing and pros
porous town. Its leading citizens
were on hand to extend cordial
welcome to the visitors. If time
had permitted the visit would have
been prolonged, but the shades of
night were falling fast, Princeton
was more than 30 miles away and the
itinerary called for stops and music
at Day and Dalbo. The run to
Day was made in quick time over a
fairly good but extremely dusty road.
1t was quite dark when Da]bo was
reached. There were a couple of
threshing machines operating in the
vicinity, and there was only small
crowd assembled at the post office to
greet the tired and dust-stained
Princeton pilgrims.
1t was ten O'Clock before the last of
the weary boosters made Princeton.
Barring few 'blow-outs'' and
punctures there were no accidents
in the hundred mile run. Notwith-
standing the heat and dust each and
every participant enjoyed the trip
hugely.