The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-04-17
Fargo Has Gained a
National Reputation
AS Good Entertainer
Big Tour Will Be Made From Twin Cities to Glacier National
Park, Beginning en- LILY II
Tour VIII Reach Fargo Saturday Night, July u and Tourists
VIII Spend All Day Sunday July 13 Here
Great NSrtheA VIII Run Accommodation Train for Tourists
Expected That 500 VIII Make Trip

The National Glidden Automobile
tour, the greatest annual event in the
automobile world, will run through
North Dakota this year, and Fargo is
to be honored by having the only full
day stop on the entire trip.
The great tour will start from the
twin cities on Friday, July II, will
reach Fargo Saturday evening, July
IL, and will spend all day Sunday,
July 13, in this city. On Monday
morning, July ID, the tourists will
leave Fargo for Crookston, making
their noon control there and will con-
tinue west through Grand Forks and
along the line of the Great Northern
railroad.
The objective of the tour is the Glac-
ier National park, the great scenic
park which is on the main line of the
Great Northern railroad. The entire
run will cover a distance Of over 400
miles.
Details of the tour were made pub
/ lie in Fargo today by Robert w. Mills.
advertising agent of the Great North
ern railroad.
The Great Northern railroad will
furnish an accommodation train, as it
did for the Little -GIidden'' last year.
This train will be made UP Of Pullman
sleepers, dining cars, observation cars
and baggage cars. 1t will be a verit-
able travelling hotel for the accomn1o-
dation Of the tourists and will stop
at every night control along the route
for the accommodation of the travel
ers.
1t is believed that there will be at
least 100 cars in the tour and this will
mean about 500 people will make the
trip, judging from the basis of former
tours. Because of the large number
it is probable the accommodation train
will be run in two sections. A strong
effort will be made this year to get
turers' entries. This will be the first
time that the Glidden tour has been
accompanied by an accommodation
train and because of that fact It is
believed that it will be much easier
to get individuals to enter this year.
This Is the first time the GIidden
tour has ever come to the northwest.
It has generally been confined to the
east. Last year the tour was down
through the southwest. Two years ago
1t followed the Atlantic coast down
to Florida.
In an advertising way it will be
worth thousands of dollars to the
northwest. Every newspaper in the
country will carry an account of this
TOUR ana tne IdCL LndL FaTBO Is TO get
the only all day stop on the entire
route will give Fargo some splendid
advertising.
Fargo has made a great hit with
automobile tourists in the past, said
Robert w. Mills. "The Little Glidden'
tourists have always been splendidly
entertained in Fargo and they have
given the city reputation for hospl-
tality that has become nation wide.
1t was largely because of the way Far
go has entertained former auto tours
that those who were arranging the
Glidden route decided to make Fargo
an all day STOP"
Indian VIII Enter Car.
One of the features of the tour this
year will be the entry of car owned
and driven by an Indian. Long Time
Sleeping, member of the Blackfeet
Indian tribe whose reservation home
is alongside Glacier National park
will be the Indian to take the trip.
The Blackfeet Indians feel a pro-
prietary interest in Glacier National
park and are greatly interested in
anything pertaining to it. They ex-.
pect to give the tourists a rousing In