The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1911-07-27
Twin CITY AUTOS
THROUGH M|N0I
Twenty-Five Machines In Thls6s Reli-
ability Run From Minnsapslis 20
Helena, Mont, Arrive Here Morn
day Afternoon. s#

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Twenty-Five automobiles in the third
reliability run from st Paul to Hal
ena, Mont, 1888 miles, reached Mi
not Monday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
mud despatched but generally In
good trim. The cars had been two
and half days out of Minneapolis,
and, had that day travelled from Dew
ilks Lake distance Of lit males.
A special train on the Great North
ern. went thru this city about four
O'Clock carrying equipment for the
machines. There we're several sleep
ing cans on the train, where the trav-
elers put up. for the night At each
days stop, dining car, and q buf-
fet car. 0
The autoists found the roads In
North Dskota sood and had no trou-
BILE averaslng g miles an hour.
Pres. l.. W. Hill Of the Crest
Northern was among the number, ~
ing ONE Of the first to arrive. He
remained in Minot but few minutes,
being anxious to leave to inspect the
G.. Ms experiment tree farm few
miles west of the city which he had
not seen before. 5
Pres. Hill also had his private car
on the special train, as did also AL
Ringing, the great show man.
AL Ringing rode in his Pierce Ar.
row $1,000 auto, one Of the finest ma
chimes ever seen, here. It Is 66
horsepower car. Mr.. Ringing had an
accident with the machine shortly
after entering the state, and over.
turned the machine. His. ankle was
injured.
There .tere other accidents, altKo
not serious. j. H. Briar broke the
axel Of his Dayton car near Denbigh
and wired for a new one. The black
smith fixed the break temporarily. j
Andrew Berkey, "a friend Of Pres.
Hill. driving his Packard s,car, a non
contestant, went into the ditch near,
Niagara, the machine turning COM.
pletely over:.4 Berkey was not hurt.
|stho he might have, been killed. He.
was attempting to pass the other cars
~ . / g
and was going, forty mfses an hour;
podtiyelys against orders, 0
| The Petrel the only friction drive;
Car In the lot, suffered broken springs
20 miles east Of Minot, but it wss,
blocked up and continued. 3
The three Flanders the Krit and
the Hupmobile, came thru without &c.
cident.
The guests were entertained at the
Commercial club, punch and cigars
being served. All were greatly dis
appointed because they could not stay
in Mirot that night, but It was nee
essary to spend the night at Berthold,
in order to arrive at Poplar, Mont,
the followin@ day, where big time
was arranged for them ut the reser
vattpn u !. s$
They remained over Sunday at Dew
lis Lake, whore they were shown =
good time IA vaudeville show, ride
to the chautauaua grounds, . swim II
the lake, were some of the features
LOT the entertainment. s,g 81
Cllte Muhck, from Fargo, rode n
Ia Flanders car and was one Of the
observers. He met many old Mnots
There were dozen women In the
Enumbeg ana one little xirl. There
were number Of representatives Of
the Twin City press and several G. ~.
detectives. s aT #
+, gs eerthoid Entsrtalns. a
Berthold entertained the guests IN
Ia royal manner that night, several
autos from Minot going up. Amolo
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the Minot cars there were those of
NJ. T. Dahlquist, M, Jacobson, Lind
quist, w. H. Reighart, 3. 8. Person
and Dr.. A. ID. MCDANIEL. Major
Person met his old friend, DR.. Dut,
ton OF Minneapolis, who was surgeon
in the 14th. MINI. regiment when MI.
Person was mator Of II. 81
At Berthold Z bowery dance was
given, and refreshments served. One
OF the features was the arrest Of the
brakeman on the special, for closing
la certain street. Berfhold has bssn
lighting for q crosdng. ana Pres. Hill
was invited tn attend the kangaroo
trial. At It's conclusion, the brake
man was freed, but Mr.. Inn stated
that ned - that ~ crosslng was
provided.