HE ROASTS MISSOURI ROADS.
C. M. Goetz Week Coming From St.
Louis in Automobile.
After floundering for one week over what he termed "the worst roads in creation," Charles M. Goetz of St. Louis yesterday arrived in Kansas City, having made the trip by automobile. With Mr. Goetz was his wife, Julius P. Hargrove and the chauffeur, Harry McGinty.
"For a solid stretch of sixty-two and a half miles we drove through mud and water," said Mr. Goetz at the Hotel Baltimore yesterday. "We used the second speed and succeeded in putting it clear out of business. Between Clark and Sturgeon we got into a cloud burst and were obliged to get out of the car and rig up a temporary tent by stretching our tarpaulin over a barb wire fence. We stayed under the shelter for nearly three hours until the farmer on whose ground we were, came out and asked us to go into the house. Altogether we lost a day and a half, the rest of the time we were on the road."
The original plan was to go on through to Denver but the illness of Mrs. Goetz made it impossible. Mr. Goetz accompanied her back to St. Louis last night. Mr. Hargrove and McGinty will remain until Tuesday while the car is undergoing repairs and drive back on that day.
