The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-29
THE LAKE SEASON
TO OPEN TONIGHT
'oPENINa OF LAFAYETTE CLUB
THE MARKING EVENT.
Cottagers Are Already Flocking to Min
netonka and the Season Promises to
Be a Brilliant One Some Handsome
New Suburban Homes Will Be occu-.
pied This Year.

I The opening of the Lafayette club
house tonight may be considered to
open the lake season, althb there has
been daily increasing number of sum-
mer cottagers going back and forth
thruout April. The opening Of the
club will be quite informal. It is for
the accommodation of the members who
wish to golf, bubble and enjoy the
spring beauties of the lovely surround
ings. Everything will be provided for
comfort, but there will be no frills at
present, for the house force will be
busy with renovation and alterations.
The club is to have a new stable and
garage in more conventional situa-
tion on the road from the station, near
the town hall. The present stables will
be remodeled into servants hall. The
roadway at the center, where the old
and new wings join, will be made into
connecting porch, and off from this,
at the back, a new billiard room will
be built. On the Crystal bay side a
new drive skirting the shore will be
g. much appreciated Improvement. The
club will retain the popular steward Of
last year, A. Aldray.
This is the time when the cottager
holds undisputed possession, for the
wayfarer who wants to stay over night
must carefully plan his route to end
at Excelsior, Wayzata, Sid IS at Deep
haven or some place where he is sure
OF private accommodation. Also, if he
wants q steamer he must 20 to Wayza-
"a or Excelsior. At Excelsior, Captain
Chiefly has the Acte in service and
Captain johnson the Hebe. Captain
Jones will have the Helena of the Ca
slno heet out the first of the week.
Inc small Wayzata boats are running.
Gapta1n Jones expects to bring out the
Excelsior for Memorial Dav and she
WILL Il, run regularly after that time. 80
:, ne Casino at Excelsior is open now
II peasant weather and will be omen
iR F. hn;nn HX soon. "A large new dock
she will not be obliged to tnrn IS 50 III, eaat
ing landing, but can run in ai Ia mak,
the dock. If. the roller-skatin@ cr raue
proves more insistent than the fonJ 800
ness Tor dancing, the DANCING hall w;i1
oe given up for a rink. go WILL
I'll The ;. legislature having suthorizoa The
t tIa s1 OF park board in Excelsior
t the e nee, Will be held May Is and
promntlv w uoSLu 49, IS =, expected to begin
:, Lake travel is unusuallv ba.ur e..
TINS season and many cottaoara ~ IL. ~
ready we'll settled. 9. W SaS+o are "a al !
famlly have been in their Reacb 1ha anu
Tor TWO weeks and were preceGed - no -, :
1ake by Mr.. and Mrs. viii Greoo Sne
s Inc sexton cottage on the Crystal Bary
Mot Will be occupied by A. +
onan"d e. Ihe p. 3. Dodges have
TXR eae thelr Crystal Bay home. The
W.. Brown Of Chicago. A ~ ~
Among the Beach and Arcade ,ao,,,.
now at the, lake are the Will BipeiowRs
me ); q. ~Wheelwrights. the q q
p1n4p5o9es, the ICavour Langdons, Mrs
E. e: Langdon, the j. G.ysEiiels. The "
b. P1neos and the George Clarkes.
IF: j.. B. Bemis hag thoroly re-
modelled his cottage and has rented Il -
Mr: ana Mrs John Shaw. F. I. Whit
icy OF the Great Northern has taken The
E EoaneA cottage for the. season, Attic
weeks weeks 'of e IS occupying it for few
the old Fuller cottage and have made
extensive changes in it. John Burk
holtz g new place will be a great add;
lion TO the Beach shore, az it fills in ar
unsigntly gap and the beautiful land
scaPe work being done, enhances The
hne and eommodious cottage. The Nil
!ards OF st; Paul have taken the Camr
:otIage ana Mrs. Banning of st. Pau
tage. - 80 : a. on1io COZ
Among the new cottages going M il ,
pretty and substantial one being bull
BY George Bestor on the north shore o.
crystal bay, not far from Mareck place
This is nearly finished. T. %. PenneJ
has taken an Orono cottage and J. p
Uonklin is living in his new home OF
the point. o. o. Searles is livinp a. hi,
island place. Major Morgan. com
mandant Of the university battalion
and family, will spend the summer in 6
Big Island cottage before Major Nor
gan reJo1ns his regiment at Fort Riley
Judge Jamison and family have tax
en- me larger Welch cottage at Wild
hurst and are already out. Other Wild
hurst denizens are Judge Simpson. F
p. McKusick, George Tenant and j. T
Garland and their families. John F
Stair has taken one Of the Haywood cot
tages at Brentwood. John W. Georg,
and family will return next week from
California and open their Fairviev
cottage at once.
H. B. Gates and family Of st. Pau
moved to their Phelps Island place thi
week. Mr.. Gates has bought tn
Emerson .Hough cottage adjoining his
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Chamberlain hav
, been in their cottage all Of April. A
Spring Park Mr.. and Mrs. George F
Hopkins are at the Hotel del Otter
/ making ready for the opening Of tn
season May 20. The damage done b,
!, provements are being made. Of tn
cottagers, DR.. O. L. Sargent, @. Wrigh
Davidson, Paul W. Smith, III. T
Sutorius and others are out.