Show WALK 2450 MILES BIGGEST WEST TO EAST WALK EVER accomplished win fifteen hundred dollars over mountains and through snow through wet lish and mud freezing at times and oppressed by heat at others william jackson and R T hay two sturdy Scotch men walked every mile mille of the way from seattle to chi cago just arriving within a few hours of the time limit thereby winning a purse of fifteen hundred dollars gh given en by the seattle athletic club for ac comp lishing this feat within the pre scribed time jackson and hay left seattle with but five rive dollars in money were obliged to earn their way as they went and leave no unpaid bills and complete the journey in ninety days an interesting incident in connee tion with the walk was that each ot of the contestants wore a pair of the well known mayer shoes that neither ripped nor lost a stitch during the en tire trip of 2450 miles the hardest test any shoes could be put to speaking volumes for the extraordinary wearing qualities of the shoes manufactured by the F mayer boot shoe co mil alli waukee |