Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1911-07-28
The PILOT HAVING TROUBLES
MUST GO SEVERAL ROUTES TO
FIND THE BEST ROAD-CON-
DITIONs CHANGED.
Indians Show the Travellers in the Buzz
Wagons a Lively Time at Poplar
Longest Road Of Tour on Today
Few More Penalties Imposed But
Some Cars Have Perfect Score.
Special to The World:

Malta, Mont, July 27.-Having COW
cred two-thirds Of the way and tired
from their long days run from Glas-
gov, the Twin City-Helena tourists last
night rested for the hardest and longest
running schedule for the entire tour.
Roads today perplexed them, for a
change Of route to Great Falls awaits
them, due to recent cloud burst.
party of twenty tourists will drive j,
automobiles to Glazier Park and end
the tour there.
Nothing marred Wednesdays run
beyond few penalties which concern
ed the various drivers. The weather
was warm but the air clear and they
motored through the Milk River valley
arriving here ahead of schedule.
Several suffered tire trouble. While
the roads for the most part We're good,
some rough stretches were passed and
one or two severe ruts encountered. The
Halliday pilot car with G. S. Harring
ton acd his crew covered heavy mile.
age being obliged to go over different
| routes.
When they passed over them or the
pathfnding expedition the conditions
were different and new obstacles were
presented to them. Their work has been
especially hard the last two days.
Racing through Glasgow, the noon
control, the tourists caught their first
glimpse Of the new Milk River Irriga
tion plant being operated by the gov
ernment. This extends through forty
miles Of the tour IS route and was view
ed with great interest. The work j:
in charge Of George o. Sanford, pro
ject engineer. This is the work through
through which water is to be drawr
from Lake St. Mary in Glazier Nation
al Park and it passes through the
North Fork river in Canada and viii
then be diverted into the Milk river.
At Hold Up Tavern, two miles cas-
of Glasgow, the visitors saw their frs
signs Of real western life. All kind
Of gambling devices were there for L.
spection and a few women even had tn.
temerity to shoot social game o,
craps.
Very few gave the appearance of be
ing startled by the warm welcome they
had at the edge of town.
From Glasgow J. T. Farris If Hi1s
dale escorted the pilots to Saco, hi
being new route and one hard to I'm
derstand but they got through with
out accident and scattered confetti
so dextrously that not one of the con
testing cars lost its way. With topog
raphy changing and higher altitude th
tourists are anxious to see the famou
Rockies Investigation shows that onl.
small percentage Of the tourists hav
ever cast eyes upon the country's bael
bone and their first glimpse will com
to them today when they get west o
Havre. Sub-controls have been estab
lished at Chinook and Ft. Benton. Eacl
will be Of fifteen minutes duration. L
!; W. Hill, president Of the Great North
ern railway, started out from Popla
early Wednesday morning and reached
Glasgow almost as early as some Of tn
other tourists who left Culbertson.
Major Lohmiller, superintendent o
the Fort Peck Indian reservation, wen
, as far as Glasgow with the party. Let
ters Of appreciation were framed t
Major Lohmiller last night. He di,
} mroe than any other one man in en-
tertaining and providing roads for tn
tourists. 1t was the Major who bull
the bridge across the river on the res
ervation which had to be forded by tn
pathdnders and at great effort he stag