The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
RED CROSS AUTO
RUN IN FAIR WEEK
ONE OF THE sPECTACLEs AR
RANGED IN MINNEAPOLIS.
Floral Parade Of Automobiles to Be
Supplemented with Dashes Of Ambu-
lance Corps and an Exhibition Run
Of the Fire Department on the Mic
ollet Avenue Asphalt. @4t i.

EXemplhcatlon of the Red cross au-
tomobile work as originated for the
Grand era Army encampment IN Minneap.
lives, Of exhausted veterans, will be one
of the great attractions Of state-fair
week in Minneapolis.
Besides giving regular service, fast
runs will be made up Nicollet avenue
to show how injured and sick persons
were taken care of under the new auto
mobile system.
After Nicollet avenue has been roped
of, next Tuesday night in preparation
fof the run of the Are department, q
member Of the automobile club will
feign a swoon at Tenth street. Rush
summons will be telephoned to head
quarters on Bridge square. Then a fast
run will be made by two Red Cross
machines m to Tenth street and and back TO
with stretchers, first -aid-to-the-iniured
boxes, doctors and attendants.
Several runs will be made and the
automobiles have been paired off for
individual speed tests as follows: p.
R. Brooks and Earl D. Luce, George
Beckwith and J. B. Gilfllan, Jr., and
G. W. Dulany and J. II. Queal, il.
Earl savage's challenge is open to all
corners.
Every one Of the entered machines
J
week, and the crowds on the streets
Tuesday night will have an opportun-
ity to see the veterans of the Red
Cross service repeat the work which
made the Minneapolis encampment the
most famous in Grand Army history.
Paper Roses in Demand.
Paper roses will be in unusual de-
mand in Minneapolis next week, ow-
m 1o of ho
apolis Automobile club, which will
take place on the evening Of Sept. g.
Artificial flowers will be needed to
carry out the elaborate decoration
schemes which have been drawn up by
those who have their eyes on the prize
money hung up by the club, and for
this reason the club officials have ar
ranged to register all artificial flower
| makers at the clubrooms in the Plaza.
Further to facilitate the work Of
those who wish to decorate their cars
tically decorated autos in the parade,
the club has secured the services Of
Mrs. A. 9. Jamison, who has been as
| ISOLATED with the management Of near
! ly every big floral parade in the coun-
| try in the last fourteen years. Among
! the big events which have been ar
ranged under her direction are flower
fetes at Buffalo, Pasadena, Los Ange-
les and Milwaukee. Mrs. Jamison will
be in the auto clubrooms every day
until Thursday of next week to give
directions and free advice to all auto
mobilists who care to apply to her.
After the thrilling Red Cross contest
there will be q special run Of the Min
neapolis fire department., arranged for
the entertainment of the visitors to
the city. The avenue will be carefully
safeguarded and policed for both
events.
IL The Two spectacles.
n order to inform the people of the
state of the attractions offered by Min
neapolis for fair week, Secretary w. G.
Nye of the public affairs committee of
the Comm rcial club has sent out $4,000
circulars describing the fire department
dent that this will bring a large crowd
Of visitors to Minneapolis ana he has
appealed to the automobilists to make
good the reputation gained by the city
during the G.. A. R. encampment.
TO make the arrangements for the
automobile events complete, President
Joyce. has appointed a general commit
tee Of arrangements as follows: G.. a.
Daggett, j. J. Barclay, Earl Luce, e.
". Dulany, Earl Savage, E. L. Brown
George Beckwith, P. r. Brooks, DR.. W
H. Card, E. J. SERVER, DR.. G. n. Koh.
Ter, J. H. Riheldaffer, Claude E. Cot.
ton, H. E. Pence, T. G. Jordan, s. M,
Colburn, W. H. fhorp, w. A. Thomas
Walter Egerton, DR.. A. E. Peck.
This committee will meet at pm
Wednesday in the automobile rooms at
the Plaza.