Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 267, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1911 — Young German Lad on Mile Bicycle Trip. [ARTICLE]

Young German Lad on Mile Bicycle Trip.

Louis Comboy, a seventeen year old German lad, arrived in Rensselaer last evening on an ordinary bicycle. He is making a trip from Denver, Colo., to New Orleans, a distance of 2,300 miles. He left Denver August 12, having covered 1,300 miles when he reached here, and having 800 miles yet to travel. He says he makes an average of 40 or 50 miles per day Ob his wheel and expects to travel fast enough to avoid cold weather. He departed for Indianapolis this morning. Cool boy says he lived in New Orleans until he was 15 years of age, when his father put a tag on him and shipped him to the west. A Colorado ranch owner adopted him and he is now returning to New Orleans for his mother, who was deserted by his father and left in destitute circumstances. The lad started on his long trip with a fund of S3O. When reaching Crown Point he had 30 cents left, but this small sum was exhausted when hd reached Rensselaer. The lad is in good spirits and thinks he will have no trouble in finishing his Journey. He is a bright young lad and bis eyes twinkle when he speaks of his future prospects. He says that the ranch owner with whom he makes his home is the owner of thousands of acres of ranch land, and as he has no family or relatives he expects to eventually Inherit the ranch.