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

Crystal and the third in Lake Crystal
Better than forty mile pace was re-
quired to do this. The people of
Lake Crystal were all lined up the
streets.
A slight sprinkle fell last night all
the way from Mankato to Lake
Crystal that laid the dust.
Tomorrow the tourists will rest, and
resume their trip Monday morning.
Few Accidents Occur.
Aside from few blowouts Of tires,
only one accident of any moment oc-
Cured, and that was to the F Glide
car, which sustained broken spring.
On the whole there was little tire trouble
yesterday. No. r., a Ford, had a blowout,
but no penalty is attached to that.
This blowout was an unusual one, as
the casing was blown SO completely
off that only five minutes was lost in
putting on another.
The wireless operator stated that
his apparatus works best when set
up upon a water tank, and he made
arrangements about using the tank
over the Patterson Mercantile COM
pany's building.
Only few ladies were in the party,
and they were taken in charge at the
Saulpaugh by a committee of local
ladies, and extended every courtesy.
Many of the members of the Man
kato Automobile clubs dropped around
at the Saulpaugh in the early evening
to welcome the visitors and form their
acquaintance and assist in making
their stay pleasant.
The Concorda band was engaged
by the Mankato Automobile club and
gave a concert in the street in front
of the Saulpaugh from seven until
nine o'clock, and this was greatly en-
joyed by all. The band has already
won back its old reputation for music.
Sanitary Policeman Ore was placed
in charge of the cars that were parked.
and spent the night patroling the
place. Not even the owner of the
car is permitted to cross the ropes
after his car has been sealed. The
oiing was done before the cars were
parked
Roads Were Fine
The tourists remarked OH the good
roads found all of the way, and one
who was in the Glidden tour last
year said that the roads yesterday
were much better than they were
then.
Much interest was shown in the tour
at all points visited, and everywhere
the people were out, lined up to see the
cars go by. At control points cour
tesies were extended, such as at Owa-
tonna, Albert Lea and Mankato. The
first days run was most enjoyable, with
magnificent weather and road condi
tons. 1t seems likely that the
weather will hold throughout the tour.
After spending the night in the city,
the tourists departed this morning, the
first car leaving at a. M, ana the
others following at intervals of one
minute. The route taken was through
Lake Crystal, Madelia, Mountain Lake,
etc. Dinner was had at Window, af-
ter a run of seventy-one miles.
On each car is an observer, changed
every day, who notes everything that
happens on the tour and reports it
nightly and at controls to the head
observer. Marking of the tour de-
pends almost entirely upon the re-
ports of the observers.
Lost Way Out of Window.
The autoists arrived at Window at
1870 and remained one hour, taking
dinner there. The only incident of
note was that they got started wrong
on the lap for Luverne and had to
retrace their steps and begin over
again. No accidents are reported.