The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-07
Rev. Shumway and Party Complete
Auto Trip from Coast to Coast.

Rev. G. w. Shumway and family
and Rev. F. B. Carter, of Los Angel
es, California, Who stopped in Leon
couple of weeks on their auto trip
from Los Angeles, California, to Bos-
ton, Mass, writes us they completed
their long journey on August oath.
After leaving Leon they visited at the
Amana Community near Iowa City,
and also visited the Shaker settle
ments on the line between New York
through the Ford factory at Detroit,
Creek, Mich, spent a day at Niagara
just two weeks and four hours after
leaving Leon. The following clipping
from the Boston Globe Of August "a,
tells of their arrival in that city:
Leaving Los Angeles, California,
two months ago, Rev. Chas. w. Shum-
way, Methodist preacher, mis- wife
and two children completed an auto
mobile trip across the country this
morning when they arrived at the
Cnarlestown police station and were
the guests of acting Capt. Charles B..
McCroskey. The little family arrived
at the police station total strangers
to the acting captain, who extended
them the hospitality of the building.
1t was a chance acquaintance be-
tween the minister and the police Of
ficial. Rev. Shumway stopped his lit
tie machine in front Of The police
station to lower his hood and acting
Capt. McCloskey, looking out of the
window, spotted the number on the
machine, and, seeing the party had
come a long distance, invited them
in. The machine was loaded down
with supplies, bedding and other
camping equipment. The party spent
the night on the road anyplace they
happened to be when darkness came
over them They pitched their tent
one night on the bank of river, an
other in forest, another in desert
ed adobe building, and one morning
when they arose found that they had
slept the night before 20 feet from
the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Rev. Shumway stated that they left
Los Angeles on June %, taking their
time on the road, making stops of
several days in some cities. He in
tends to remain here for three years
and will take post graduate course
! in Boston University. ne graduated
from the University of Southern Cal
ifOrnia last June and his travelling
Z companion, Rev. F. b. Carter, a
Methodist preacher, of Los Angeles,
accompanied him on the trip. Helm
tends to take post graduate course
at Harvard. Rev. Carter left him to-
day before reaching Charlestown to
secure position in Boston for the
summer. Rev. Shumway will temper
arlly make his home in Charlestown.
/ After relating incidents of his trip
to Acting Capt. McCloskey, Rev.
Shumway and his wife and children
made trip to the Bunker Hill Mon
/, ument After the visit they were
guests of Acting Capt. McCloskey at
/ dinner. Upon leaving Los Angeles
they spent two weeks in southern
/ Iowa on visit to his wife's parents.
/; They also spent several days in Chi
, cage. They slept one night in a pet
rified forest in Arizona. Another
night they pitched their tent on the
rim Of the Grand Canyon, another
night at the entrance of the Garden of
i the Gods in Colorado.- One night
near Niagara Falls, one night ON the
yer. #
They mAdeSthe trip without an ac-
cident. One OF his children contract
ed whoopine cough in the west, but
twas cured in q few days. The children
are Harry Shumway, aged 6 years.
and Paul, aged 3 years.
Rev. Shumway has held four pas
storates In southern California and
A. IA.