The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-22
NEWS OF THE CITY
AUTO MEN OF WEST
COMING TO ST.PAUL
City to Be Goal of the Greatest
Endurance Run Held in
the West

| The Chicago Automobile club and the
| Illinois Automobile association have ac-
| cepted the invitation of ST. Paul to make
the greatest endurance run of any size
| that has ever been held in the west.
| Word was received by B. A. Ledy. secre-
tary of the Automobile club of st. Paul.
yesterday that both of these splendid or
ganizations would heartily participate in
the big run that is being planned for the
| second week in July. The kilograms are
as follows:
B. A. Ledy: We accept the St Paul
Automobile club proposition, and tour will
be made under auspices of Chicago Auto
mobile club. Ira Cobe, president; S. S.
| Gorham, secretary.
B. A. Ledy: We are heartily in favor OF
! Chicago-St. Paul tour. and Illinois Auto
mobile association will assist in making
the tour a success. John Farson, presi-
dent; Robert w. Spangler, secretary.
AS an advertisement of ST. Paul the
motorists of this city think the meeting
will be quite the greatest thing that has
! happened in recent years. They say that
500 cars will certainly participate I'm the
run and that there may be any number
up TO 1000; the latter number of course
depending on weather and a number of
contingencies that might intervene.
Together with the felicitous accept
ances of the Chicago club and the Illinois
association a cordial letter was also re-
ceived from the American Automobile as
sociation, under whose sanction the run
will be made. In this it was stated that
the association viewed the western run
in heartily favorable manner as it pre-
| sented a happy solution to the difficulties
| interposed by the fact that the run of
the association this year is to be through
New England, which would thus tend TO
cut down the number of western ma
chimes in the run to next to nothing. The
American association took pains to ex-
plain that only a small number of eastern
cars would be present in the run, but it
also assured the club that the big east
ern cities would be represented.
Prepare for the Meet
As soon as the definite acceptance of
the st. Paul proposal was received the
officers of the club went to work with
snap to prepare for the big meeting.
During the period when the matter was
in abeyance the directors had given the
matter more or less thought. but yester-
day the first real plans for the run were
formulated
Quoted by the sanction of the American
Automobile association and under its
rules. 1t will be under the auspices of the
Chicago Automobile club and as soon as
the run starts the Automobile club of st.
Paul will become the host and from the
start at Chicago until the last car is in
st. Paul; and during the time the motor
lists are within the city and until the
last car has departed on its way the local
club Will act individually and collectively
In every way possible to add to the pleas
ure of the motorists.
The Importance of the tour to the city
OF st. Paul is well shown by the fact that
the Commercial club thought so well of It
that the organiZat ton gave 81 500 for the
purpose L aTin no.
for the entertainment of the guests This
sum was not merely subscribed by the
raised by subscription, but was actually
given out of the funds of the club. The
Automobile club will raise Immediately
another fund of So 900 and will further
hnance the plan from time to time.
Entertainment Plans
The fragmentary outline of the pro-
gramme as it was announced yesterday
shows how important the tour is regarded
by those who have given the matter the
entertainment will be furnished by $50
musicians who will be employed a large
part of the waking hours of the visitors
and their hosts
The directors of the st. Paul club
promise a pyrotechnic display and a ban
quet such as have never been given in
this city in point of size and elaborate
ness.
One day will be devoted to racing at
the state fair grounds at which six events
viii be decided. The parade alone with
hundreds of fine machines in line will be
well worth seeing, and there will be
dozens of features incorporated into the
programme that will lend attractiveness
to the occasion.
The itinerary has already been publish
ed in L h G o b e with the exception of
the one alteration which includes Owa-
tonna as one of the division points
One splendid feature that will do much
to insure the success of the run is the
provision that as soon as the. cars leave
experienced motormen wiz also move out
on the track of the tourists and when
breakdowns occur they will be ready on
the spot to fix up the cars and help them
on their way.
The start, according to present plans
Will be made July z from Chicago Re
tore that time the cars from Wisconsin.
nave assembled at the starting point
Ihose from Kansas City St Louis
Omaha and the west and south will also
start from their respective towns. Those
from the Dakotas and the west will come
in from that direction, while those from
Duluth and the northern cities will enter
of the procession.
President John Farson of the Illinois as
sociation, multimillionaire and motor en-
thusiast, will make the run from Chicago
with three of his heavy touring cars
Ira Cobe, president of the Chicago club
Will participate with several. and alto
sented among the guests of St Paul on
the occasion of the tour than ever before
In the history of the city.
Rockford will be the first station on the
trip and Freeport, Ill, will be the second.
The route of the tour then takes the mo-
torlsts up to the river and crossing will be
made at Dubuque. From there to Inde-
pendence and Cresco and the Iowa section
OF the tour is done and the racers will
cross into Minnesota. Austin is the first
station this side of the state line. and
continuing northward the route runs
through Owatonna and Faribault to ST,
Paul.
During the stay of the guests in this
city and entirely aside from other honors
that will be rendered them will be a re-
ception to be given them at the CONNER
cial club. AT this date and so soon after
the assurance was received that the city
was certainly to have the tour, the def
mite placing of all the entertainment that
will be rendered the visitors is Impossible.
but within a short time the COMMITTEES of
arrangements will meet and agree on an
entire programme for the most notable
automobile meet that has ever been given
in the west.
Dentists Attend CIuh MaaSfz-