The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-07-28

i having them placed along the trail,
that people might know just how to
follow it. The other thought was the
, necessity of improving the trail itself.
Mr.. McHose showed two signs. The
: larger sign, besides the words men,
| toned above, had the monogram of
D and B, signifying Daniel Boone.
There was also small square sign,
also of white enamel, with this same
monogram in black.
Three From Mankato.
There were just three MankatO peo-
pie that accompanied the entire run
from Minneapolis to MankatO, and
| these were Mr.. Hohmann, Frank w.
Hunt and A. H. SLIDER. There were
just two cars when the party started
out from the RadissOn hotel at eight
o'clock in the morning, but many were
the cars that Joined the procession
along the road and fell out after going
few miles, and were succeeded by
others, who accompanied the tour for
time, and then fell out.
At Shakopee, Joseph MOriarty, the
Scott county director, joined the tour,
but he did not come the whole way
to Mankato. At st. Peter, A. L.
Potts, Senator Benson and others,
helped to make the occasion interest
| ing. Speeches were delivered during
stops made at Bloomington, Shake
pee, Jordan, Belle PLANE, LIE Sueur,
/ st. Peter, Kasota and other points. At
/ LIE Sueur the party was received at
f, dinner and at Mankato those who
came in the six autos that were then
| in the procession, dined at the Elks'
club the Saulpaugh hotel and else
, where. OLD
Great Commercial Importance.
| Everywhere the speakers sought to
impress the people with the idea of
/ the great commercial Importance of
| the Daniel Boone trail. The people
were made to see that this trail would
be sure to bring business, if properly
cared for and marked out.
Mr.. McHose is going to extend this
tour as far south as Des Moines Only
three individuals will take that entire
! trip. These are Mr. and Mrs McHOse
and Mrs. Barklay. But they will with
out doubt have plenty of company
and large crowds to address, as well
as good professions of cars with
them, along the whole of the route
Mr. McHose said last night that he
had been informed that considerable
preparation had been made to receive
the guests at Good Thunder The ex-
pectation was to take dinner today
at Algona, Iowa, and to reach Boone
by bedtime, or earlier.
Mankato Party Met the TraiIers.
Quite a number of men interested
in the Boone trail movement met the
delegation in ST. Peter and there
/ listened to the splendid talks given
by the trail boosters and the ST. Pet
er gentlemen. Senator Benson of St.
Peter, in fowery, but impromptu re-
marks, referred the Iowa boosters to
the fact that his city had produced
some men and women of national and
international fame, and had furnished
fine governors of Minnesota. Referring
to the wide street when the talking
occurred he told how the capital of
, Minnesota was once located there, and
the streets width was due to this
cause. He strongly advocated kindly
feeling toward the Boone Trail move
ment urging all men to keep up an
, interest in the good roads movement
and especially the north and south
trail, in order to keep tourists COM
ing through Mankato, st. Peter, lie
Sueur and the other towns in the
! beautiful Minnesota valley.
G. A. Lewis, John Nyquist Theodore
/ E. Just, M. D. Fritz, A. E. Quimby,
Ben Bangerter, G. III. Saulpaugh and
other Mankato autoists met the dele
/, cation in St Peter and accompanied
them to this city.
The party on the trip from Min
, neapOlis consisted of Mr.. and Mrs.
McHose and Mrs. A. J. Barley in one
car; in another car Mr.. and Mrs. l.. j.
Dickinson and son and daughter. Carl
and Ruth, and Miss Maud Hutchinson.
Mrs. F. w. Hunt and daughters en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. McHose and
Mrs. Barley at a dinner last even
ing. Afterward they gave their guests
ride around the city, all of which
was greatly enjoyed.
John H. Hohmann is deserving of
! great deal of credit for the interest
and work that he did to make the
party's trip from Minneapolis to Man
akato successful and pleasant.
Logged the Road.
John HI. Hohmann logged the road
all the way from the twin cities to
Mankato. He found that from the st.
Paul hotel in st. Paul the distance is
eighty-four and one-half miles. From
the Radisson hotel in Minneapolis it
is eighty-two and one-half miles. In
general the roads were in good con-
dition. Most of the good roads work
has been done.
There are excellently graded and
gravelled roads from st. Paul and
Minneapolis through Shakopee and
Jordan to Belle PLANE. This covers
about forty four miles. The train
through Scott county for about thir-
ty-five miles is all graded and near
ly all graveled
County Commissioner Schmidt of
LIE Sueur told the party that about
$4,000 would be spent in crawling
the road from the top of LIE Sueur
hill towards Belle PLANE.
The road between st. Peter and LIE
Sueur, distance of about eleven
miles, is ahouf half graded and Tho