Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-07-28
AUT0ISTS ARE PLEASED
WITH DEVILS LAKE PEOPLE
Twentyseven Cars Twin City Helena Tour Stop Over
=. Sunday here. Are Entertained Royalty
by The People of This City.

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From Saturday evening last until
Monday morning Devils Lake enjoyed
extending hospitality to a distinguish
ed party Of visitors from the Twin Cit
les. The party included members of
the Minnesota State Auto club on an
endurance test and pathfinder "trip,
from, the Twin Cities to Helena, Mimi,
press representatives, prominent rail-,
road officials and men of affairs in.
Minnesota. A special hotel train on
the Great Northern ran in close con-
nection with the autoists,a and on this
train: the party rested at night and at
meal hours. There were 81 autochines
in the contest and with those who
rode on the train the entire party num-
bered about 150 They came as far as
Devils Lake without serious accident
although one car turned turtle on
high grade near Petersburg and nearly
cost the. occupants their, lives or seri-
GUS injury. There We're half a dozen
ladies in the party, some of them riding
with the autoists and the rest on the
train. Among enthusiastic feminine
autoists was Mrs. Dudley Fl. Hersey,
years ago when the Hughes and Her
sey farm of which her husband was
one of the owners was one Of the
greatest farms in the northwest, she
was a resident of Larimore, N. D. She
has toured bu automobile from San
Francisco to New York and after this
tour says she intends to go around the
world by auto. While on in years she
seems to stand; the trip we'll and IS
very enthusiastic about it's pleasures.
A day before the autoists arrived in
Devils Lake, members of the Commerc.
ial club careful of their safety and.
comfort went in. either direction from
the city a distance of about twenty
five miles and saw that every stone
was cleared from the highway and ev-
cry rut filled in. The result was splen-
did driving from Lakota here and on
west twenty-five miles. Arrangements
were made to give the autoists a good
time when they reached Devils Lake
and the efforts We're successful il COM
ments of enthusiasm ana pleasure are
any criterion.
AS soon as they entered the city
every member of the party hurried
either to a, room in the hotel or. to
their staterooms on the train to clean
up for the evenings pleasure which
was a local talent vaudeville show in
the Grand Opera house. The boxes
were filled with the visitors and among
the most enthusiastic in comment
about the entertainment afforded them
were President Louis W. Hill of the
Great Northern and John Ringling of
Ringing circus fame. The vaudeville
show was one Of the best stunts of the
kind ever attempted in the city and
the house was packed to the doors.
The proceeds will go toward the new
paper mill and it is understood they
were quite material. Ss}E }s5s i. 1 }5s n.
The band stationed on the porch 5of
the Great Northern gave AT splendid
open air concert for the benefit of the
visitors and repeated this pleasure on
Sunday afternoon and evening. "A base
ball game at the Chautauqua park at
tracted many of the men Sunday after
noon and a few even took the boat
over to take a look at Fort Totten.
Taken as. a whole; the time of the
party while in Devils. Lake was we'll
taken up and seemingly much enjoyed
), There were many prominent men
among the autoists, among them L.%3W.
Hill, the preside Of the Great North.
ern. Nj. Hill has probably never be-
fore spent as much time ii the city.
He expressed himself as delighted with
the progressive spirit Of the people and
while no rash promise were made, Mr..
Hills attitude showed that#he would
not stand III the wa ays Of doing q great
deal more for the city than atl,e road
mad already done.
Another distingu uished visitor ac-
companying the tourists was John
Ringing many times 4 millionaire and
one of the greatest show men On earth.
He trayeled dsinshis own private car and
was accom- panied by Nfrs. Ringing. he
declared he had never had such q Vaea-
stion trip IN his life before and was
thoroughly enjoying every minute Of
fit. He asked countless questions about
North Dakota, It's crop prospects ana