The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

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The rains OF the last few days have very no.
ticeably affected the level of the lake. Little
Island at Ferndale which Is usually not an
island, but peninsula, is separated from land
the water stands eighteen inches higher than
when the ice went out this spring. The upper
bays are said to have risen two feet. The diff
ference In level is accounted for by the greater
drainage surface, and by the fact that the mar
row channels prevent the upper and lower lakes
from speedily finding their level.
Hotel ee-Way Din is the picturesque name for
the new hotel at Cottagewood. It Is the In.
dian word for northwest wind, which Is singu-
lariy appropriate. as the building faces the
north, with one OF the longest water views ON
Minnetonka as delightful feature. The hotel
has sixty-fve rooms and is thoroly modern.
with wide, shady porches and handsome, grove
of trees. Henry schamberg is the proprietor OF
the hotel, which will be popular resort this
summer.
Mrs. Twombly and Miss Hall have taken
Northland Inn and its cottages for the season
and have already taken possession. The Inn
VIII be opened Wednesday. The formal open
ing will take place about the middle OF June.
The proprietors have already received numbers Of
applications for entertainment The musical
entertainments and hops, which made Cottage
proprietors, will be continued during the sum
mer. at the Inn.
The Mix Hill Hotel was opened to-day.
]. B. Christian is at the Phelps cottage.
Dr. Holmes Is at Breezy Point for the season.
The Mayfower will make her first trip to-
morrow.
The Acte has been fitted with new acetylene
lights. .@
G.. W. Hastings is at the Phelps cottage, In
Excelsior
A. f. Gale will open his cottage at the Beach
next week.
Miss Agnes Won sholten is at Excelsior for
the summer.
There are four cottages in course of erection
Mrs. Blackmer will open her cottage at Ar
cola next week.
William e.. Mccullough is building new cot
tage on Jennings bay.
Miss Emma OF rien is guest OF Mrs Frank
Perkins, of Excelsior.
The e. N. Osborne cottage, at the Beach was
opened during the week.
DR.. o. 2. McFadon and family are at the Ham
tlton cottage near Eureka
W.. I. Gray and family are In their home,
Gideon Farm at Manitou.
G. l.. Upton and Charles Bovey are occupying
their cottages at Ferndale.
John Bigelow and J. E.. Nichols are recent ar
rivals at Minnetonka Beach.
Mr.. Holden is building S., 600 cottage on
West Arm, north of Spring Park.
Mrs. George Il. Christian and Miss Susan Chris
tan spent yesterday at Ferndale.
Mrs. Elida Hayward, of Mt. Carmel, I'LL, has
taken the ConnOr house for the season.
R. s. Jones, of st. Paul, is visiting his broth
er, A. L. Jones, at the Powers cottage.
Preparations are going forward for the OBJ
servance Of Memorial Day In Excelsior.
Judge Torrance entertained group Of friends
by trip on the lake Thursday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. G. N Hardenberg have moved
into their Ferndale cottage for the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Impson, Of Chicago, are occu-
pying the Nichols cottage at Breezy Point.
Mrs. Q. r. Trowbridge win spend the summer
with her daughter, Mrs. c. A. speery, at Fair
view. y IS. s.s s. & 3
Mr.. and Mrs. O. w. Hooker are at the. Phelps
cottage, where they will remain for several
weeks.
Mrs. Edmund Troby and daughter. of West
Superior, Wis.,, are guests at the Sampson
House.
Fred A. Cutler and family. are occupying the
Sherburne cottage at Solberg's Point for the
summer.
Mrs. and Mrs Nichols and children were
guests of Mrs. Mathers at the Welcome Inn
over Sunday.
Mrs. W. P. Mcdonald, of Excelsior, LETT Tues
day for West Baden, Wis, where she viii spend
several weeks.
Rev. Donald Mckenzie and B. F. Butler are
Keeping bachelors hall in the Methodist parson-
age for the present.
On Mondoy afternoon, ten Excelsior ladies'
friends of Mrs. w. P. Mcdonald, gave her
very pleasant surprise.
A dancing party was given Saturday night in
I. o. O. F. hall by James Louden. About TWEEN
ty guests were present.
Miss Mable Wyer, who spent the past winter
in Snohomish, Wash, returned to her home in
Excelsior a few days ago.
Captain Deering has had his boat, the Florence
Deering, replanked and thoroly overhauled, max
ing practically new boat.
The Epworth League of the Methodist Episco-
nI,pr1 hN1H
parlors last Friday evening
The ladies of the Congregational church will
give an sold time supper in the parlors Of the
church here Saturday evening.
The Kalamara cottage has been leased for
the season by Willard Brown and Mrs. Brown
and daughter, Of Minneapolis.
Miss Susie Maddy and Miss Carrie Lane spent
Wednesday with Mrs. H. W. Whittier at her
| summer home, Meadyille Park.
The Carpenter ffty-foot launch, building at
| the Moore works, Wayzata, is nearly. completed
and will be launched next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hughes and daughter,
Helen, came out to-day and are guests Of Mrs
Day at the Galpin House, Excelsior.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Goodnow are in the
Wheeler house, which has recently been reno
waited and improved In many ways
Martin Mcyoy has purchased the Sutherland
place at the lake and he and his family will re-
side there during the summer months.
Hotel del Otero, Spring Park, was opened for
guests last Saturday night. The formal OPEN
ing will take place within a few weeks.
The hotel which has been known as the Belle
Alto for several years will be managed under
the name of the Donaldson in the future.
"A new Swedish church is being erected on
Jennings bay. The building is located on the
shore. and the work is in charge OF Rev Mr..
skoberg, Of the Swedish tabernacle.
Mrs. Lyons, Miss Amy Lyons and Miss Ida
Dickey, all Of Wayzata, will leave June 1 for
the Pacific coast, where they will spend the sum-
mer at Seattle and other coast points.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Lane gave a dinner for their
daughter, Carrie, at their country hone at Cot
tagewood. Those present were Mr. and Mrs.
Susie Maddy, Emma Mcintosh, Carrie Lane and
McQuillan.
The Wayzata school baseball team met the
Hopkins school team last Saturday, on the
grounds OF the former. Wayzata won, IL to T.
return game was played this afternoon, at
Hopkins ~ 49, RI
Memorial Day will be appropriately observed
at Wayzata. u musical and literary program
will be given in the congregational church c.
L.. Smith will deliver the address, which will be
followed by exercises at the cemetery.
The G. A. R. campfire, held In the /. o. O. II,
and the town halls, Tuesday evening, was a very
successful affair. The supper served BY the
| Woman's Relief Corps was we'll attended, and
| the program which followed was very interest,"
| ing one.
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