The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-06-17
WILL TRY To BRING TRAVEL
HERE OVER WAUBONS|E TRAIL
part of the state, it will be in first
class shape.
Enthusiastic Over Trait.

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Enthusiastic Over Trait.
The party which arrived last night
Is enthusiastic in its boost for the
waubonsie trail. They are confident
that it will prove good rival foE
some of the other trans-continental
roads If it is given little more at
tention. Their trip has. been to re-
viye the project and to secure assist
ance from the bigger places. The Off
Gals are counting on the great enEi-
neering project at keokuk to be the
magnet which viii draw the autoists
from Chicago, through Springfield and
into Keokuk. Then from here. the
trail would be used TO carry them
across the state. and they could then
90 to Lincoln Lincoln Is having
plenty of com petition, also, Mr.. Wen
strand said, and it was hoped that it
would be possible to overcome this
and grab some OF the western traffic
There are more people travelling by
auto than by train this summer, 1t
has been said and the Waubonsie as
ISOLATION means to get a share OF this
travel If il is a possible thing
Some NotabIes In Party.
Among some of the notabies in the
party are c. n. Baird. Iowa highway
commissioner: c. II. Mcdonald, high
way engineer: County Engineer
Taggart: TIL. board of supervisors of
Page county: Henry Field. seed mer-
chant of Shenandoah: C. A Wen
strand, mayor OF Shenandoah; c. III.
Hooper. Lincoln Nebr.. booster for the
Oma Observation-Disclosures highway.
The party left Shenandoah Tuesday
They travelled los miles the first day,
and stayed all night at Centerville.
They left Centerville yesterday. and
made Pennington at noon Their
schedule would have put them in here
at 1880 o'clock They were late. how
ever. and did not arrive until after
six. because OF the storm. A number
OF the local people met with them
last night at the Hotel Iowa
Party Visited keokuk Today.
The party remained here today. in
tending to leave Keokuk during the
afternoon. They were taken through
che power plant by the officials OF the
Industrial association and the Missis-
sippi River Power company Other
interesting points in the city were
visited before the tourists left for
their homes. On the first day trip,
near home. Mr.. Wentsrand said they
had been met with brass bands and
big crowds.
C. &. Wenstrand. mayor OF Shenan-
doah. is good booster for hts town,
and has extended a cordial invitation
to visit the town. 1t is the home of
the big Field Seed company. and has
a frst class postoffce and express
Office due to tn, amount of seeds and
stock food shipped out annually.
Those on Trip.
The party included TIE following:
Mr. and Nrs.4-C. H.-sRoper and fam
iiy. Lincoln:-Q. D. Strip. Clarinda:
W. c. .Jeffrey--Coin: Carl Aldrich,
Shenandoah: o. n. Johnson. Essex:
j. w. Levitt. Shenandoah: Thomas
Mcmahon, Earragut: D. D. Watson,
Clarinda: FLv Hanson and wife. Cen
terville. Charles Bank. Shenandoah:
Make Jewet and Howard Jewett,
Shenandcah:sTC. A. Westrand. Shen-
andoah: ]. J. Ross. Farmington: A. ].
Andrews Shenandoah: c. F. Mitchell,
Shenandoah; w. NJ. Kemp. Shenan-
doaf1; John 3. Mentzer, Shenandoah:
J. C. Fletcher, Shenandoah; Henry
Field. Shenandoah: c. Fl. Baird. G. H.
Mcdonald, Engineer j. Taggart, engi-
neer, Page county supervisors.