The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-27
TRAIL INSPECTION
TOUR JUNE 1-2. #
Officers and Good Roads Boosters to
Inspect WaubOnsie Trail-Will
Arrive at Leon Tuesday AZ
ternOOn, June 1st.

| arrangements rOr the Itinerary OF
the official inspection tour of the
historical old trail, the road that
stretches 286 miles through the fer
tile southern tier of counties in
Iowa was arranged at meeting OF
1.-THE Waubonsie Association Tuesday
might at the city hall in Shenandoah,
says the Shenandoah Sentinel Post.
The tour Of inspection to be made
| by the officers and friends of the
Waubonsie Trail will start from
Shenandoah Tuesday morning June
"a. Cars from Nebraska City, Ham
burg, Sidney, and other points west
will arrive in Shenandoah Monday
fafternoon ready to start the next
morning.
81 AS the party leaves Shenandoah
Tuesday morning it will include G.
F. Mitchell, president of the asso-
citation, G. A. Wenstrand, secretary,
II. ]. Ross, treasurer; also a large
delegation Of citizens of Shenandoah
and vicinity and number of prOmi-
nent men from other parts of the
state.
Among those who have arranged
to join the party here are A. Mar
ston, Of Ames, chairman Of the state
highway commission, H. c. Beard
of Mt Ayr, secretary of the state
highway commission, of Mt. Ayr; I.
H. Mcdonald, chief engineer; and J.
w. Eichinger, editor of the Bulletin
at Des Moines.
Local people who have agreed
thus far to go are j. j. DOtey, 3. Il.
Ferguson, Henry Field, Senator H. /.
Foskett and w. D. Jameson. 1t is
expected that the members of the
board of supervisors of Page county
and possibly of Fremont will ac-
company the party.
Every automobile owner in Shen-
andoah and vicinity who can join in
the tour is invited to do so. 1t
will make splendid four day outing
with lots of fun and entertainment
all along the way. The several cities
and towns along the way will vie
with each other in showing the visi-
tors good time. At Keokuk every
the American continent.
At all points along the way autos
will Join the party and by the time
1t reaches ke0kuk 1t will be as big
as one of the German armies. People
from Springfield and many other
places in Illinois will meet the party
at Keokuk.
There will be plenty of speeches,
music, Ice cream and fried chicken.
ya;ske your CHI ofce. ~
This cfoss.state route, the short
est sS...river- r-to-river' road across
Iowa is named for the Indian Chief
WaubOnsie who with his tribe of
redskins roamed this section years
ago. The idea of this cr0ss-country
highway is distinctly Shenandoah
one and the road association was
formed here January 80, 1911, at a
banquet at the Delm0nic0 hotel at
which Earl Ferguson presided and
which was arranged for by c. F..
Mitchell, Thomas Mcmahon and
Henry Ross, enthusiastic boosters for
the better roads. U. G. Reininger
was elected the first president and
Martin List, of Yorktown secetary.
A A meeting in January of this year
was the time of the annual election.
Vice presidents were chosen in every
county along the line and this year
an active interest has been taken in
the improvement of the. trail. The
idea took like wildfire and the
towns along the route have accom-
plished remarkable work in max
ing the Waubonsie a prominent rout-
ing for cross continent tourists.
Twenty-eight towns will be visit
ed during the two days and the
schedule of the stops has been ar
ranged as follows.
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