The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-06-23
pETRoIT. june 2o.-plans for


the around Lake Superior" Inter-
national Good Roads tour of the
Michigan Pixies Association, are
rapidly taking shape. Cities along
the route of the better highway mo-
torcade, July to "a, are making
preparations to receive the Wolverine
tourists and to hold good road rail-
les. The road meetings will be con-
Quoted in every town of any size
along the route which passes through
both the Upper. and Lower Michigan
Peninsulas, Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Ontario.
The tour will leave Detroit at
noon. Saturday, July g. and the first
nights stop will be in Lansing. The
entire tour party will be guests at
the REQ Motor Car Company, from
the arrival at p. M. until the de-
parture Sunday morning at 1880. A
monster road meeting will be con-
Quoted Saturday evening, probably
on the Capitol lawn by the Lansing
Chamber of Commerce and the Lans-
ing Automobile Association.
Sunday noon the tourists will be
feted ythe Mt. Pleasant Chamber
of Commerce; Clare is planning 3
ROYAL welcome during the afternoon
and the night stop will be in Gray
ling. Noon of Monday will be
spent in Cheboygan, when the tour
will be the guests of the Cheboy-
gan citizens and the night stop is in
st. Ignace. At the first stop in
the Upper Peninsula the Sault Ste.
Marie division, consisting of from
four to twelve cars will join the
party.
Newberry will be host t othe tour
party at noon the fourth day and
Mayor Ben Zero, of Manistique, vice
president of the Theodore Roosevelt
Highway Association has arranged
a banquet for the "Pikers" that
night. Noon of the fifth day will
be spent in Escanaba, with Mar
ouette the night control. Noon OF
the sixth day the tourists will be
in Iron Mountain, where Henry
Ford's numbering operations center. 8
Crystal Fails will be the night
stop the sixth day, Tom Colin,
editor O fthe Diamond Drill, has ar
ranged to have a barbecue for the
"Pikers" that night, roasting
steer from the Cloverland ranch.
Noon of the seventh day is scheduled
for Iron River and night that day
for Ironwood.
Noon of the eight day will find
the hating in Ashanti Wis.,,
and that night, which is Saturday,
July Is, one week after leaving De-
troit. the "Pikers" will be in
Duluth. After tour of the Duluth
boule7ards, which are built along the
edge of the Cliffs, overlooking the
city, on Sunday morning the party
will proceed to Two Harbors, Minn.,
for lunch, and the night stop, the
last in the United States, on this
leg. viii be in Grand Marias. MINI.
The next day will find the tourists in
Fl. William and Pt. Arthur, Ont,
where the Twin Ports Motor Club
is planning to be host to the "Pikers'
for AZ hours. This will be one OF
the "high spots" of the trip, In
Guiding a visit to the famous Kaka-
beka Falls. The tour party, with
all its cars, will take passage on
the Steamer Noronic on July 70,
at noon, for Sa1lt Ste. Marie, Mich,
where the 21st will be spent.
Early the morning Of July 22 the
party will start for Gaylord, Mich,
the night stop. The noon control
will again be in Cheboygan and at
night the entire party will be guests
at the Kneeland. Lunden & Bigelow
Company, at its lumber camp at
Hallock, four miles west of Gaylord.
Herman Lunden, of this firm, is
third vice-president of the M. P. A.
and promises the "Pikers" some un-
usual experiences. The noon con-
troll on July % will be in West
Branch and the night stop in Bay
City. where the Bay City Boosters
will entertain the "Pikers" more
royalty than they have in the previ-
Gus visits Of the good roads boosters,
annually since 1915.
The last days run, from Bay City
to Detroit, will be made by easy
stages, but the schedule has not
been definitely determined.