The diamond drill., 1920-12-04
THE Pixies TOUR


ember came TO our desk during the
week, containing an outline OF the
pixies Tour TO be pulled of next July.
The article is followed by a fun page
OF illustrations entitled, what the
Pixies Pathfnders Saw In Iron Coun-
ty," the views being one showing the
Mansfield dam. another stretch OF
road west OF Crystal Falls and the
third the lonesome pine. with no.
%tation that II was preserved upon the
solicitation OF Thomas Conlin, editor
OF The Diamond Drill
The article is as follows:
"The Canadian head OF the Great
Lakes Fort William and Port Arthur,
Ont. will be the northern terminus
OF next years Michigan Pixies Assoc
iation tour. This was decided upon
by the M p. A. at its annual meeting
following a report by Chairman Gill
breath, OF the Runs and Tours Com
mittee. who sent pathfinding party
over the route early in October.
In addition to selecting the Twin
Ports as the northernmost point OF
the tour the Association accepted
that portion OF the route as covered
by the pathfnding party from st. Ig-
mace, Mich, to the head of the lakes.
The approved portion OF the route is
approximately $50 miles in length
and 1t passes through st. Ignace,
Rexton, Newberry. Manistique, Es-
canada, Marquette, Negaunee. Ish-
peming. Republic, Iron Mountain,
Florence. Wis. Crystal Falls, Mich.
Iron River, Watersmeet, Wakefield,
Bessemer, Ironwood, Hurley. Wise,
Ashland, Iron River, Superior. Du-
luth, Mimi, Two Harbors. Grand Mar
ais, and Fort William and Port Ar
thur
"The trip from Detroit TO St lg-
mace and from Port Arthur and Fort
William back 10 Detroit will be de-
cided on at later date by the Assoc
iation The pathhnding party will
probably make the tour to Mackinaw
City for the southern end OF the tour
IN the spring and will make its re
port to the NJ. p. A. in ample time for
the tour The journey homeward
from the Twin Ports will depend
upon what arrangements can be made
with the steamship and railway lines
as one or the other OF these means
OF travel will be utilized for part OF
the trip home.
The Soos, Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.
and Sault Ste. Marie, Qpt., will like
ly be included in the return timer
ary as these two enterprising com.
munities have been the pivot around
which all the northern tours have
rotated in past years. This recogni
tion is considered due these cities FOL
what they have done in behalf OF the
good roads cause in the past.
THAT the 1921 tour will be a won
derful success is indicated by the in
tense enthusiasm displayed in prac-
tically all OF the cities and towns or
the route between st. Ignace and the
Twin Ports. All through the Upper
Peninsula OF Michigan and in the wis
consin and Minnesota cities the good
roads enthusiasts welcomed the path
finding party.
THE spirit shown by the citizens
of Fort William and Port Arthur was
even greater than that in the three
states mentioned. A delegation of
from the Twin Ports drove TO Du
luth, 224 miles, to meet the pathhnd
ers. They then acted as an escort FOL
the party into Fort William ant
Port Arthur. They informed th'
members OF the pathfinding part
that the two towns would be turned
over completely to the "pikers' in th'
event the tour came that way. Thes'
statements were reaflirmed in foo'
OF kilograms sent later TO the ofiiciah
OF the Pixies Association.
"The north country through whicl
the tour will pass is unexcelled 70
roads. This the pathhnders Learned
soon after reaching the vicinity o
Newberry. From that point on to tn