The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1916-07-29
YELLOWSTONE
TOURISTS LIKE
"QUEEN CITY"
BIG AUTO PARTY SPENDS SUN
DAY RNOON AND
NIGHT HERE,
Participants Highly Pleased With
Splendid Roads of the Missouri
Slope.

Hundreds of Dickinson people lined
both sides of Willard street late Sun
day afternoon awaiting the arrival of
the automobile tourists of the Socia-
blnty tour, en- route from St. Paul
to the Yellowstone Park. The hotel
train, which accompanied the tourists,
arrived in the city during the mid
afternoon and passengers on this
train reported that the autoists were
following at a tremendous rate Of
speed.
Governor l.. B. Hanna and party
were the first into Dickinson. George
tinnegan, driving the governors
Chalmers Master Six, reached the
terminus about 500 o'clock, followed
in quick succession by the more than
twenty remaining cars. The govcr-
nor's party included Miss Dorothy
Hanna, Master Robert Hanna and Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Clapp of Fargo.
Mrs. Hanna rode through with
friends on the Northern Pacific hotel
train.
All the tourists were jubiant upon
their arrival in Dickinson because of
the excellent roads encountered.
vicinity were better than any en-.
countercd in either Iowa, Wisconsin
or Minnesota. One of the partici-
pants in the tour had the following
to say:
"The best stretch of road cncount-
cred was the speedway from Taylor
to Dickinson, eighteen miles of near
perfect earth roads. The road is
wide, sensibly crowned, and has been
frequently dragged. In the entire
distance not a dozen ruts were en-
countered, and it was real pleasure
to spin along, up hill and down, with
all pleasurable sensations afforded by
roller-coasting, minus the attendant
dangers. The Stark county commits
sioners cannot be too highly COM
mended for the work they have done
on the Red Trail Other counties:
could we'll afford to pay the expenses:
of junketing tri p to Dickinson for
their county boards and highway
engineers in order that they may
profit from this excellent example,"
The tourists spent the evening
viewing the city, retiring at late
hour to their berths in the hotel
train, which was parked in the rail-
way yards. A pleasant evening was
spent by several of the visitors at the
Elks' club rooms where open house
was held for several hours
The touring party spent Monday at
Medora in attendance at the dedica-
ton of the Red Trail bridge across
the Little Missouri and at the From
tier celebration. The Hanna car
again led the procession and the trip
was quickly made as the road was in
excellent condition, being more like 4
boulevard than country road. The
hotel train left Dickinson shortly
after the automobile party had de-
parted and arrived at Medora about
the same time as the tourists.
Dickinson for Speed
A staff correspondent of the Bis
marck Tribune wrote the following
paragraph for his paper:
''Things speed up as westward the
star of empire takes it's course.
When the Tribune press car reached
the west bank of the Missouri it
found speed limit Of about six
miles per hour. At New Salem and
Hebron, the maximum had been in
creased to eight. At the bright little
city of Richardton tourists were per-
mitted to hit it up to ten miles, and
upon arrival at Dickinson it was dis
covered that the speed limit had been
removed entirely, and the cars sped
over the Stark county seats we'll kept
streets as they listed so long as the
traffic cops were agreeable. The
street intersections at Dickinson all
are supplied with traffic signs, and
there is small excuse for going wrong,
no matter what pace one may elect to
keep"