Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1912-06-27
TWIN CITIES AND WINNIPEG Az.
TO TOUR

The pathfnding car for the 1912
annual reliability tour of the Mime
sofa State Automobile Association
started from st. Paul and Minneapo-
lis Tuesday morning in charge Of j.
H. Prior who is laying out the route
for the run. The car is a Mitchell
Baby Six in charge of Driver George
Murphy and Dick Tucker, represent
ing the Frederick 3. Murphy Automo-
bile Co., Minneapolis, to whom has
been delegated the task Of Investigate
ing the roads between the Twin Cities
and Winnipeg. The tour proper starts
from st. Paul, Wednesday, July oath
and it is expected there will be Is
cars at least.
The. total mileage of the tour this
year will be approximately 1000 and
will take six days Of running, leaving
the tourists day and half in Win
nipeg. On the return trip the cars
will be taken through the northeast
part of North Dakota through Grand
Forks, Fargo and thence following the
line of the 500 into Minneapolis.
The route to Winnipeg as planned
by Mr.. Prior will include St. Cloud,
Little Falls, Long Prairie Wadena,
Perham, Detroit, Thief River Falls,
Warren, Hallock, Emerson and Win
nipeg. The roads are believed to be
in good condition at this time and if
there is no more rain the pathfinder
will be able to make nearly as good
time as the tour itself Hotel accom-
modations and gasoline and oil sup
ply stations will be arranged for as
well as control points along the line
where application has been made by
the local Automobiles for a control.
Never has more interest centered
in this annual event of the Minnesota
State Association and the entry list
will be a large one, both of contesting
and non-contesting cars The trip
to Winnipeg is one that has interested
| Twin City motorists for many sea.
sons. At the time the Winnipeg Au.
tomobile Club visited Minneapolis, a
cordial invitation was extended the
Twin City owners to return the com
pliment, so when the twenty-five OF
! more cars roll into the Canadian me
tropolis on the afternoon of July 9th
royal welcome will be extended.
Elaborate plans for entertaining the
tourists have also been outlined a.
various points along the lines and the
! journey will be filled with pleasant
surprises for the tourists.
| The principal trophy is the Journa
trophy for the touring car making tn,
best score. Other trophies will b
announced later for roadster class an,
also for the automobile club outsid.
the Twin Cities having the larges
number of people on the tour. DR.. c
E. Dutton, president Of the M. S. A
A. will also give prize to the or
server who does his work the best.
The good roads trophy of the Min
neapolis Automobile Club valued a
$1,000, which will be competed for b,
the Minnesota counties outside o
E[ennepin and Ramsey, will also cen
ter the interest of the county commits
sioners in the counties through which
the tour passes. The best ten mil
stretch of road will be awarded tn
handsome trophy which is the mos
expensive good roads trophy ever o.
I fered in the United States. 1t is he'll
at the present time by Renville coun
ty and graces the courthouse at Oliy
ia, MINI.
1t is thought this trophy will, as il
former years, stir up a lively interes
and keen competition among tn
counties.