The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-07-14
SAW MINNEAPOLIS
FROM AUTOMOBILE.
MEMBERS OF GRIDIRoN CLUB CIV
EN- A DIZZY DRIVE.
washington N ewspaper Men Take a
Whirl About the Town Thought the
Lakes and the Boulevard System
Were the Greatest Things Since Mint
Juleps Were Invented.

icy" Warman Of New London, Ont,
the Well-knoWn poet and novelist saw
Minneapolis in fifty minutes today. from
an automobile. Hanging on to brand
new straw Skinner, with one hand
one eye on the scenery and the other on
the road ahead and the rear elevation
of Dick Ferris blond head, Warman
and party OF visiting newspaper men
saw Minneapolis in cord-breaking
time. The others in the car were Henry
Hall, Washington correspondent and
part owner Of the Pittsburg Times; and
James Jane s; Henry e5 Of the Phil ,s,h a
with Dick Ferris and a local newspaper
man in Mr.. Ferris big machine and
for fifty minutes burned up every bou-
levard in the city.
Mr.. Warman is well known thru his
literary work especially his railroad
is ..strong" for the west, owns place
in Wyoming and writes and boosts the
west. Mr.. Henry has not been
in the city since the national re-
publican convention in 1892. The
nice thing the three had to
say Of what they saw would fill book.
Mr.. Warman and Mr.. Henry waxed en-
thqsiastic as the big machine flew by
Of these lakes within twenty miles Of
Denver,' said Warman and T would
| rather have it than gold mine. They
would be worth million apiece out
there
The party taking the trip with Mr..
Ferris, and about twenty other promi-
nent Washington newspaper correspond
ents, were the guests Of Minneapolis to-
day;
The party arrived in Minneap-
oils over the 500 after a 9.OOO-miie
journey covering over three weeks.
Leaving Washington June 81 "a guests
Of the Western Canadian Immigration
association and the Grand Trunk, Ca
madam Pacific and Canadian Northern
r rail y 4 the party Visited iai Montreal
Canadian Pacific railway to Van
couver. Three side trips to Prince
Albert, to Battleford and to Ed
monitor were also taken. This is the
first time the party has been in the
United States since the beginning OF
the trip: Leaving st. Paul this evening
hey yin P Pst3fn oyer the Soc a3
Washington Monday afternoon.
| While in Minneapolis the visitors
were entertained by the Press club ant
the Commercial club. The Commercial
club entertained at lunch, following
which the party was taken to St. Pau
in a special car. where Governor John
son gave a private reception. TIL
ward to the meeting with Governo
Johnson with more than usual inter
est, and it was largely for the purpos
Of meeting Minnesota's Independent
governor that the side trip into til
state was made.
These in charge of the tour ar
George H. Hamm, assistant to the presi
dent Of the Canadian Pacific railroad
Western Canadian immigration associa
tion. Those in the party are Cy Wal
man, poet and novelist Of New Londo1
Ont; Richard Lee Fearn Of the Ne1
: York Tribune; Thomas w. Dawson Q
the Associated Press: Fl. ellison Care
ner, Cleveland Press, Newspaper Ente1
York Press; James s. Hornaday, Ind
annapolis News; John Snure, New Yor
Globe and Des Moines Register an
Leader; Harris Crist, Brooklyn Eagle
, Arthur J. Dodge, St. Paul Pioneer Pres
ana an! Milwaukee Sentinel; G. Arthr
) P Mi11itlissms, HOUSTON Post; Henry Hal
O'Brien, Boston Transcript; Richa1
l Lloyd Jones, associate editor Collier.
3. G. Snyder, Omaha Bee; W. W. Je
name, Minneapolis Journal; Arthur Y
r Dunn, Associated Press; James
Q Henry. Philadelphia Press, and Jam,
Q s: ,Shriver, Cincinnati Times-Star an
Q Baltimore American. as -3A'&'' 21ei -
Q Oyer half of the party are membe7
:, Of the lGridiron club, Washington s f
8 nous newspaper organization, which o
Q cuples unique position among the pre-
a organizations in America Arthur '
> Dunn, who is Minnesota man and
former twin city newspaper man, IS
former president, Richard Lee Fearn
q vice president, and will be preside1
t next year, and James S. Shriver is seer
e tary Of the Organization.