Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1917 — HAD FINE AUTO TRIP EAST [ARTICLE]

HAD FINE AUTO TRIP EAST

Found Many Miles of Erick and Concrete in Oh-o A. F. Long returned via rail yesterday noon from his trip to Niagara Falls via auto to see his daughrer, Mrs. Russel Strawbridge. IHis wife and son George and family will -not start hbme until a week from today. They left Rensselaer last Sunday morning and went via Rochester and Fort Wayne, Indiana, Napoleon, Defiance and Cleveland. Ohio, and Buffalo, New York. The first day they encountered quite rough roads and only drove ISO miles; stopping over night at Napoleon, the next day they drove 180 mues. stopping over, night at Paynesville, Ohio; the third day. they drove 215 miles and reached their destination at 7230’ Tuesday evening, hgving traveled 585 miles. They a fine trip, except some rough roads the Hist couple of days, and had no trouble whatever except a “blow-out" of one tire in Buffalo. This was quickly replaced, however, with one already inflated, and the twenty-six miles from Buffalo, 'to Niagara Falls, over a brick paved road as good as our Washington street, was soon made. They found several nice stretches of brick and concrete road through Ohio, one stretch of sixty miles running out from Cleveland. Altogether it was a very nice trip and one greatly enjoyed by them all- '■ • ' , ‘ !

George will return via Marion and Kokomo, Indiana, it being thought the roods are better that > ay. Mrs. Strawbridge and children will return with them.