Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-30
DENVER AUTOISTS ARRIVE
Forty Members of Chamber Of Com
merce on Sociability Run.
ESCORTS TRAVEL TO HASTINGS
Complimentary Dinner BY CONNER
cial Club to vfsitors-Mayor ARM
strong of Lincoln Injured
Taking Culvert.

Denver had a taste of Omaha hospi-
tality Friday. when the members OF
the party participating In the Denver
Chamber Of Commerce sociability run
from the Colorado capital to Chicago.
were given a complimentary dinner by
the Commercial club and the Omaha
Auto Motor club at the Henshaw hotel.
The Denver people were escorted into
the city from Hastings by automobiles
from Omaha. The omahans gathered as
escorts at Lincoln. Ashland and Gretna,
being added to the Denver party as the
Colorado autoists neared TINS city.
They were met at Hastings early in
the morning by pilot car sent out from
Omaha over the Golden Rod road on the
line Of the Union Pacific, In the pilot
car were Lee Huff, w. r. Mcfarland. A.
s. Kelley and w. H. Jones
At Lincoln they were met by Randall
Brown and his party, later at Ashland
Joined In the line and on reaching
Gretna the Denverites found several
Omaha cars waiting to guide them into
the city. In the squad at Gretna were
Ralph Sunderland. Fred Metz. D. M.
Carr. editor Of The Motorist; Cadet
Taylor. The Gretna band also was
mustered out and gave the Colorado
tourists rousing welcoma
Mayor of Lincoln Hurt.
Randall Brown started out from Lin
coin to bring Mayor Armstrong with him
They had gone only few miles when
the machine struck a culvert and all In
the car were bounded abruptly against
the top. Mayor Armstrong sustained
such severe strain of the neck that he
was forced to return to Lincoln.
The Denver people expressed them
selves greatly pleased with the condition
of the roads all the way to Omaha. They
said the country all along the way was
In the best of condition a,d better
time of the year could not have been
chosen for the trip. They are en- route
to Chicago to spend July 1. On the return
trip they will stop at Council Bluffs and
make : swing down to Kansas City.
Members OF Party.
In their party are Mr. and Mrs.
Howard Smith. C. M. Kitredge. jr.;
Richard jackson, r. r. Gillette, Mrs. r.
w. Sherwood. Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Rohling, r. q. Spencer. N. A. Rowan.
M. r. McCrery. Joe Lovan, John ".
Brannon, Charles Woodward, Lord
ogilvy. =. J. Yetter. Eugene S. Gehrung,
Dpay nd na1p proA axA
Mrs. North, Lea Ruberstone. F. E. Frost.
William II. Tombkin, r. A. Craise. L. J.
Collins and r c. Hartwell.
Mrs. r. w, Sherwood is 70 years old.
She declared the trip one Of the greatest
of her life and said 1t had proved very
rejuvenating.
Lord ogilvy is a representative of the
Denver Post. the only newspaper man in
the psT.y. e. ]. Yetter is president Of
the Denver Chamber Of Commerce.
r. C. Hartwell stopped in Omaha, He
Ia going to his home In Mcclellan. Ia.
Gehrung. Gillette, Rubenstone and
Brannin represent the Denver Real
Estate exchange.
The caravan is composed of several
autoists outside Of Denver. Longmont,
Idaho Springs and Sterling being repre-
serted.
The dinner at the Henshaw last night
was marked with much enthusiasm for
good roads, lively welcome spirit on
the part Of omahans and an at home
feeling for the Denverites
He Amt Got no Style" was sung on
most everybody. Following the dinner
speeches were made by ]. A. Sunderland.
Harry Lawrie. George Haverstiek. w. A.
DeBord, E. J. Yetter and others.
From Iowa there We're the following to
meet the Denver motorists and pilot them
over the River-to-River road to the Mis-
sissippi: e. H. Spaulding. president
River-to- River route. Grinnell. (Spaulding
is manufacturer Of the Spaulding automo-
bile). o. II. Carpenter, first vice presi-
dent Iowa City. (architect)s Bert N.
Mills. secretary, (Des Moines editorial
staff; Edwin Delahoyd treasurer. Extra,
Ia. (banker); John w. Foster, banker,
Guthrie Center: E. w. Clark, Grinnell.
They reached Omaha at II p. m. Friday
too late for the banquet. The River-to-
River road within the last two weeks has
been dragged from end to end.