The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1910-07-29

observers.
Name Proposed by
Il. II. Ivey .Selby Garage
A. l.. Block . .Brictson Mfg. Co.
John johnson .......E. L. Sylvester
IL. Cheancy . Independent Auto Co.
j. Fogarty. .............L IL. III. ou'Ih
r. w. Oehler. Western Auto Co.
G. w. Dodge ........ w. L. Wheeler
10. Johnston. Reuben Warner
Wlfred Chapel. Electric Vehicle Co.
Bonn Fawkes .Fawkes Auto Co.
w. II. Davis. $3.50. Heaney Auto Co.
Joe Gjertsen. .. Heaney Auto Co.
c. X. Odekirk .. Reed Stensvad.
IF. w. Stair .. Ranger Auto Co.
+. c. Ovcnshlre. Hayes Auto Co.
J. f. Gable 80 Cole Automobile Co.
Frank Scifert. . Cole Automobile Co.
Route of the Run.
The route of the run is as follows:
First Day-St Paul to Mankato,
1922 miles; through Westcott, Farm
ington. Mortified, Dundas, Faribault,
Medford. Owatonna. Hope, Glendale,
Albert Lea, Hartland, Richland, OtiscO,
Waseca. GAINESVILLE to Mankato.
Second Day-To Sioux Falls, S. d.,
1879 miles: through Lake Crystal,
Madelia. st. jams, Butterfield, Noun.
tain Lake, Window, Wilder, Heron
Lake. Brewster, Worthington, Rush
more. Adrian, Magnolia. Luverne, Bran
don Valley to Sioux Falls.
Third Day-Sunday at Sioux Falls.
Fourth Day-Sioux Falls to Red
wood Falls, 1863 miles, through Dell
Rapids, Trent, Flandreau, Pipestonc,
Lake Benton, Tyler. Russell, Marshall,
Cottonwood, Wood Lake, Echo, Belle
view. Delhi to Redwood Falls.
Fifth Day--From Redwood Falls to
Minneapolis, $50 miles; througn M"-
ton, Beaver Falls, Ren+.le, Dannbe.
Orvis, Bird Island, Hecto.. Buffalo
Lake, Stewart, Brownlon, Glencoe,
Plato, Norwood, Young America, Wa
COMA. Excelsior, Edna Mills to Mime
apolis.
Journal Has Wireless Car.
The Minneapolis Journal wireless car
an Overland, owned by Thomas Mil
ton, carried full wireless equipment
to erect stations on the road, and keep
in touch with Minneapolis and ST
Paul. The receiving station is at the
Milton home, 2l7 Dayton avenue. where
Peter DAILY, Mrs. DAILY and George
! Burch receive the messages. Homer
Milton sends them.
! An aerial station is erected at con-
trolls from which Mr.. Milton sends
dispatches to The Journal.
The Press Car.
The press car furnished by Fl. Paul
man & company of Minneapolis, is a
six-cylinder, fortyfive horsepower. sew,
en-passenger Pierce Arrow machine
heavily sllod and speedy enough 10
keep the newspaper men i'll touch will
the head of the tour or any point along
! the line to the last car. 1t is d power
full machine and can outrun any of the
cars in the tour, as it has no set time
handicap. 1t is similar to No. | con-
testing car, with which Reuben Warner
expects to win the Dispatch trophy fol
the ST. Paul Automobile club
Officials of the Tour.-Referee, DR.
/ c. E. button; pilot, c. S. Harrington
chief observer. w. +. Roby; CHIEF
checker. Walter Winslow; non-contest
ant chairman, Colonel F. NJ. Joyce;
chairman of arrangements, c. +. Phil
lips; chairman of publicity, Howard
/ Kahn; technical committee, John Nils
son. Burney Burd Auto Company, st
Paul; II. w. Keep, Bazillc Auto com
pany st. Paul.
Cup for the Best Road.
The Louis w. Hill silver cup is
offered to the county having the best
roads as decided by the officials of thu
tour. The cup will be turned over to
the commissioners of the winning
county Immediately following the tour
The twenty counties to compete arc
Ramsey, Dakota, Rice, Steele, Free
born, Waseca, Blue Earth, Watonwan
Cottonwood. jackson, Mobiles, Rock
Pipcstone, Lincoln Lyon, Redwood, Rem
vile. Mcleod. Carver and Hennepn.
Nominal penalties were announced
tonight against the Glide, Hupp, Ca
dillac and Auburn cars. All other cars
have perfect records SO far. The ex.
tent of these penalties cannot be an
nounced until the technical committed
meets tomorrow night.
No. IL did not arrive until 1904
having had had luck all day.
Communication Established.
The wireless apparatus was erected Oh
top of the water tank over the Pat
terson Mercantile compahys store last
evening and communication was easily
established with the station at st
Paul and messages were sent off. II
was the first time that Mankato was
J ever connected with the outside worlt
by the wireless.
Escorted Part Way.
i c. H.. Saulpaugh, Theodore Just ant
William Sehwender, in the formers
Buick escorted tourists to point be
yon Eagle Lake. Three cars had gone
when they started the wireless. the
press ear and the big Studebaker, but
the Buick overhauled them, the tirst
one beyond the Tom Pugh farm. Tho
second four miles this side of LAX,