Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-09-10
IFTEEN CARS
JOIN THE TOUR

Willmarltes Have An Enjoyable
Trip Thru Nelghboring
Counties.
The automobile tour which was
made yesterday and arranged by L,
A. Tjosvold, president Of the Will
mar Motor Club, proved most en-
joyable affair and was big success
from start to finish. It was sue
cess except in the matter Of attend
ance. There should have been at
least four or five times as many cars
and it is to be regretted that more
members of the club and other auto
mobile owners could not break away
from business and help make a big
showing for Willmar. There were
fifteen cars in all and the fifty eight
occupants had jolly and dandy
time.
The towns made on the circuit
were Atwater, Grove City, Litchfeld
Greenleaf Gan inland village),
Hutchinson, Buffalo Lake, Hector
Bird Island, Olivia and Svea. The
route was thru as fine farming coun-
try as you could wish to put your
eyes on. The corn crop especially
was immense all along. In Meeke1
and Mcleod counties the corn was
more than half cut and the farmers
were busy with their corn binders
In Renville county where the soil is
heavier the corn was not quite as
far along. At Olivia there is a large
canning factory in operation and
seemed to be doing a good business
the orchards were heavily laden all
along the way and the farmers
there as here, have more apples than
they. can use or dispose of. We un.
derstood that there was one firm
however, at Hutchinson, which was
shipping apples to Montana.
The stop for dinner was made at
Hutchinson and it is needless to say
that everyone was good and hungry
Hutchinson is a beautiful city. II
has a population Of about $500
and has large beautiful parks and
is well kept all thru. It has been
"dry' for five years. The south
fork Of Grow River, which has its
source in the Kandiyohi lakes, runs
thru the town and runs a mill. Chas.
Avery and Burt Day run the ''Lead-
err" and there are lot Of other fine
and progressive people who run
things there.
Before the party left Photograph
er Simons lined up the "bunch" or
Front street and took it's picture.
There had been some friction as
to which car was to be No. l3 but
the old hoodoo theory was again
knocked in the head. Just as the
caravan entered Buffalo Lake it was
the first spring on car No. z that
broke down. The village blacksmith
was called into service and in ar
hour or less the party continued OF
it's way thru Bird Island to Olivia
where a stop Of an hour was made
for lunch. They arrived home via
Svea at about $3.50.
Those who didn't go missed g
good time, and those who did will
want another auto tour arranged.
The members Of the party wer'
as follows: L. A. Tjosvold, R. E
Dahlstrom, E. E. Lawson ad wife
M. R. Simons, Atty. 0. G. Ronken
Ole Nicholson and wife, J. Carney
G.. O. Sand, wife and three sons
Mrs. o. A. jacobson, Miss Nor;
Johnson, Ed. Benson and wife, o. r
Berkness and wife, Miss Hazel Ben
son, Ed. Sanderson and wife, Mis-
Ruth Sanderson, Sigurd Berknes
and wife, DIR. C. E. Anderson, wifi
and little daughter, Max Lewis AM
wife, Judge Gilbert and wife, Mis-
Edith Glad, Miss Ada Fridlund, j
A. Curran, wife, son Russell and lit
tie daughter, Fred Smith and wife
Misses Ethel Smith, Laura and Am
Jorgenson, DR.. H. F. Porter an
wife, Chas. German and wife, Mrs
Albert Baldwin, Mrs. Carl Carlson
Misses Margaret Stockwell an
Celia Carlson. Chas. Adams, Herr
Osmundson and II. T. Olson.