Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-14

Moving pictures of the entire Lin
coin highway. from New York to San
Francisco. including over 200 feet of
taken last summer by the Lincoln
highway party, are to be shown here
three times on the afternoon and eve
ming Of Thursday. Feb il. The pic
lures will be exhibited at the Odeon
under the auspices of the Marshalltown
Club.
Three shows Will be given, one in
the afternoon at 2:15. and two in the
evening. at Ills and ais. An ad-
mission fee will be charged to defray
the expenses of bringing the Aim here
and advertising il.
A trip OF $685. miles by motor car.
with stops at various points OF his
toric. scenic and industrial interest in
twelve different states. is what the L.
900 feet Of Aim discloses to the au-
dience. The pictures arrive here from
Ames early Thursday morning. and are
to be sent to Ta1na.
Local Scenes In Film.
The local scenes in the finn. which
were taken on July ). when H. C..
Osterman and party were in the city.
depict the parade of autos. the recep-
ton in front OF the club rooms. some
OF the city's fine residences, members
of the Marshalltown Club In front OF
the Masonic temple and the flag low
ering ceremony at the soldiers home.
in which many Of the veterans took
part. There are also scenes Of the
Lincoln highway on either side OF
Marshalltown.
Historic Points Shown.
Starting from the Atlantic coast the
route travereed by the film party COW
ers many points of historic interest.
all of which have been faithfully re-
produced The Delaware river is
crossed not Tar from the point where
Washington embarked with his army
on the perilous journey thru the float
ing blocks of Ice. In Pennsylvania
the road runs near Valley Forge. In
Ohio the scenes OF old Indian fights
and massacres are shown. A shower
of oats greeted the camera man at
! Cedar Rapids from the Quaker Oats
! factory. Omaha was especially illum-
| mated for a night scene. and at Grand
! Island, Neb.. 1000 horses were placed
| before the camera. Al Laramie, Wyo.
! the cattle industry was depicted. and
| interesting scenes Of the wool industry
are pictured at Rawiins. Wyo. The
i journey ends inside the exposition
| gates a San Francisco. 4~
States and Rivers Crossed.
| Twelve states. eight rivers, and three
| great mountain ranges are crossed in
| the long coast to coast journey, and
points of interest are shown in con-
! nection with each and every one. The
states are New York, New Jersey
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana. Illinois
iowa, Nebraska, wyoming. Utah. Ne
vada and California. The rivers ar.
the North, the Delaware the Schuyl.
kill, the Susquehanna. the Mississippi
the Missouri. the Platte and tn
Truckee. The Alleghanies. the Rookie
and the Sierra Nevadas are the noun
tain ranges.
Good Roads Featured,
Since the primary object Of the trip
according to the officers. was to Civ
the people of the United States an ides
Of the good roads available on the Lin
coin highway especial attention ha!
been paid to the road beds in eaca
state. Pictures are sho wn OF work be
types Of highways in each state. TIL
pictures VIII be exhibited here in thu
order in which they were taken. start
ing at New York City and continuint
on westward to California There arr
seven reels. and the performance viii
last about two hours.