The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-13
SOCIABILIIY AUTO run
Jefferson Highway Directors Tour
ING from St. Joe to Winnipeg,
Visit Leon Friday, July n.


attempted in the United States will
pass through Leon on Friday, July
2 tn, when the directors of the JET
ferson Highway will make sociabil-
ity run and 900 mile talk extending
from St. Joseph, Mo-, to Winnipeg,
B. c..
The meeting of the directors will
be held at st. Joe on Wednesday and
Thursday, July 10Th and goth. Leav-
ing st. Joe on Thursday afternoon
the sociability run will commence the
first night stop being scheduled either
for Albany Or Bethany, Mo-, and at
each town along the route speakers
will talk for fifteen or twenty min
utes. Arrangements are being made
to give the directors and those with
them a cordial reception when they
visit Leon. Many autoists from La
moni and Davis City will accompany
the party to Leon, and it is planned
to have number of cars from Leon
meet the party at Davis City. 1t is
expected that large number OF De-
catur county cars will accompany the
run from Leon to Osceola, and full
details of the arrangement. will be
published next week.
The following official announce
ment of the run gives program and
details in general:
This promises to be one OF the most
interesting sociability runs ever un-
dertaken. 1t is the first one over
the Jefferson Highway and the otflc-
ials are expecting to make it a record
breaker, both for interest and the
creating a good roads sentiment. To
that end some very unique plans are
being formed.
The run is to be pulled off in re-
lays so that good time can be made
and yet permit of road talks at each
town on the route.
Three or four speakers are to be
provided for each town for fifteen or
twenty minute talks each. The first
speaker will open the meeting and as
soon as through will leave, with an
escort of two automobiles, for the
next town and open the meeting
there. The second speaker will con-
tinue the proceedings for his allot-
ed time and then leave for the next
town with an escort of two automo-
biles to do his turn there. Upon his
departure the third man takes his
place and upon his arrival in the
next town, the first speaker proceeds
to the next appointment. AT the close
of the speaking in each town, every
one taking part in the run proceeds
on the way,
In this way each town can be given
full hour or more and yet the main
run will be halted only a few minutes
at each place.
The General Coleman DUPONT par
ty, on sociability run to the Yellow
stone Park, will be in the Twin Cities
the same week, and arrangements are
on foot to have junction of the two
parties. If this is accomplished it
will undoubtedly prove one of the
most important good roads meets
ever undertaken. After this juno
tion has been formed, the Jefferson
Highway party will proceed on it's
way through the wonderful country
of northern Minnesota to Winnipeg.
Night controls will be at Albany or
Bethany, in Missouri, the first night
Thursday, July goth; at Des Moines
the second night, Friday, July 21st;
at Mason City the third night, Satur-
day, July 22nd; and at the Twin Cit
les the fourth night, July 23rd.
The itinerary through northern
Minnesota and Manitoba will depend
on the result of the contest for the
Jefferson Highway to be determined
the first week in July and will be sup
piled later.
An exact time schedule giving the
hour and minute of the arrival and
departure for each town will be made
To o1, II q G
we have heard which towns wish to
have us stop on our way through
Follow the Flag.
At each place visited local cars are
to fall in behind the car carrying
the large United States flag.
This United States flag is to be
awarded to the town that lines up the
greatest number of cars bearing pen
nants with the name of their town,
according to the population. Under
this regulation the town of 1000
population stands just as good a
chance to win as larger town. Cars
carrying the town pennant will be
counted regardless of where they
come from, if they stay in line until
the next town is reached.
No car will be counted that is in
front of the flag. Cars will be
counted that are in line behind the
flag when the flag car is ready to
start.
A Tank Car of Road Oil to be Given
as Premium
In addition to the flag there will
be offered as premium tank car
of road oil to the town having the
largest number of automobiles in line
as outlined above, provided at least
ten town compete for the carload of
OIL
This carload of oil was offered af-
ter the above arrangements about the
flag had been made, and hence there
will be a first and second premium.
The town that wins will have the
choice of the flag or oil, whichever it
chooses, the other will go to the town
having the second largest number in
line, as provided.
This tank car of oil is to be used
on the Jefferson Highway, after the
road has been properly prepared for
its application. If the town winning
this oil is not familiar with the use of
oil, expert advice will be rendered by