The Mankato free press., 1909-05-07

1OurlSUS TO une NUMBER Ol nNt NUM-
red, en- route from Detroit, Michigan,
to Denver, Colorado, in a hundred au-
tomobiles, will be guests in Mankato
on July 10, next.
According to present plans, the tour
lists, comprising the members of the
great Glidden Tour party, will arrive
from Minneapolis about two o'clock on
the afternoon of Monday July 10, and
remain in the city until the following
morning The ears will be parked on
lots of the Chicago & Northwestern
Railway company on Main and Front
streets, and the travellers will be en-
tertained at the various hotels and at
private homes.
I2o Strong at Mankato
Scout Lewis, of the official path
finder party which spent Sunday in
the city estimates that no less than
l20 ears and 500 people will be includ-
ed in the Glidden party when it
reaches Mankato. There are now 100
cars entered for the long tour, and it
is probbale that there will be at least
l20 in the line which will chug into
Mankato next July, taking into count
the ears not regularly entered and the
press ears. Mr.. Lewis, who has routed
the Glidden tours for seven years past,
says that last year there We're $50
cars entered but that the number this
year would not be as large for the
pao hot l,iu nlu
to driving west of Chicago. Neverthe-
less, Mr.. Lewis predicts that the tour
will be the most satisfactory and en-
jeyable of any in automobile history,
because of the beautiful country to be
traversed.
1t will mean big day in Mankato-
the day on which the long line of
big ears steams into the city, and it
is probable that the party will be
royals entertained during the brief
stop here.
Arrival of Pathfnders.
If the tourists in July receive the
cordial welcome and reception that
was accorded the Pathfinder party on
its arrival late Saturday afternoon,
Mankato will have done herself proud.
The arrival of the pathfnders was a
long looked for event, and there was
a big crowd on hand to receive the
party
During the middle of the afternoon
five or six ears started out the Eagle
Lake road to meet the party and es-
cort them into the city. After the
local party had proceeded a few miles,
they decided to stop at a certain point
and await the arrival of the Pathfind-
er car, the condition of the road de-
terring them from venturing further.
1t was not long before the EMF
car loomed in sight and ploughing
through the heavy, sticky, rutted road
pulled up to the place where the party
was awaiting them.
EMF Good Pathfinder.
The appearance of the party told
story of bad roads and weather-a
long trip under the most adverse con-
ditions. The sturdy EMF was en-
cased in mud and its occupants were
pretty well bespattered. One could
not but admire the endurance of the
members of the party, but it was the
car that had negotiated such roads that
was the object of astonishment. It's
remarkable performance is winning it
hundreds of friends everywhere, and
it is establishing for itself the title
of hero car.
Scout Lewis says the greatest good
fortune that attended the organization
of the pathfnding party was the sell
ection of car of the EMF. He
praises the car continually using the
superlative most of the time i'm his
NJ. ID. Fancher who p-
loted the party from Minneapolis cam
not say enough nice things about the
b ME-, so he simply cinches all argu-
ment by remarking summarily, "That
EMF certainly has the stuff in it."
When the party pulled up to the
point where the local delegation was in
waiting, Scout Lewis was introduced
to President Holman of the local au-
tomobile club and congratulations were
heard on all sides