Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 March 1915 — EVANSVILLE YOUNG MEN ON LONG WALK [ARTICLE]

EVANSVILLE YOUNG MEN ON LONG WALK

Reached Renssealer Thursday Enroute to Attend Panama-Pacific International Fair. •—•—<-■ , ' Two young men from Evansville, Wendell R. Phillips and Walter C. Gleason by name, arrived in Rensselaer Thursday enroute to the PanamaPacific International Expoistion at San Francisco. They expect to walk the entire distance. They left Evansville on March Ist, clad in khaki uniforms of the Boy Scout pattern. They were traveling light and about all they had with them was a lot of photo cards of themselves which they are to sell along the way as a means of supporting-themselves. The young men are bright looking chaps and were confident when here that they would be able to cover the entire distance to the Golden Gate on foot. Phillips has worked as a reporter on an Evansville newspaper. They carried letters from Governor . Ralston and Lieutenant-Governor O’Neill, to show that they were genuine and also had several newspaper clippings from along the route of their travels. Wednesday they made 35 miles, which they expect to be about the average when they get well seasoned. Thursday they had made only about 18 miles, having come here from Monon. They have it figured out that it will take about three months to complete the journey. ; v Doubtless the young men will es-> counter s number of pleasing experiences enroute and should be able to make them the basis for an interesting write-up after their return.