Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 96, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1915 — WILL GIVE WELCOME TO COLORADO TOURISTS [ARTICLE]

WILL GIVE WELCOME TO COLORADO TOURISTS

Mayor Spitler and Others to Drive Out Saturday to Meet Ocean'to Ocean Highway Boosters. They 7 are coming tomorrow. The schedule to which they are trying to conform is for the Pikes Peak Ocean and Ocean highway boosters to reach Rensselaer Saturday afternoon at 2:30. Mayor Spitler has undertaken a plan to have several auto loads of Rensselaer people meet the visitors between this city and Remington and pitat them to this city, where they wil be given the glad hand and told how perfectly delighted we are to have Colorado pay Indiana a visit and how pleased we will be to ha*ve the Ocean to Ocean highway pass through Rensselaer, bringing thousands and thousands of people through here during the auto season. BI Indianapolis the visitors were given a great welcome Thursday. Many auto loads of people went south to Danville, Ind., where they met the tourists. Danville was crowded with people who came into the town to see the visitors and flags were used in welcoming them. Rensselaer might well adopt this sort of program. Flags and penants should be used on the automobiles and flags could be profitably used in decorating business houses. Mayor Spitler will be glad to have all who care to go to meet the Visitors join in the parade. They should leave the court house by a quarter of 2 o’clock and proceed south until the pilot car of the visitors appears. The visitors are from Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs. Just how many cars there are is not stated in The Indianapolis Star, but that is not a matter of great importance. They are coming on an important mission and as the development of great highways is to be an important thing within few years, we want to be right in line all the time and then we want to welcome these Colorado people with an enthusiasm thdt will be expressive of the pleasure we feel at their coming. Residents of Hie city should make it a point to come out on the street Saturday afternoon between 2 and 3 o’clock and show the interest that goes with a live city.