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THE OAK PARK RE PORTER -ARGUSWILL MAKEBIGRUNOak Park and Austin Cars to Have Great Parade'INext Saturday.On Sat,nnla y afti'iwmton, June U, the* ■Austin Aut,«inol(iIr club will inukii its Gist annual run. It will be over theprincipal boulevards and parks of the West, and north ;dd«*s. going south also m Michigan .ivriin* to Thirty liirststreet, and return to the Bismarck, on the north side, where a dinner will he served to the club and its invited guests. The club will form in Bark avenue and Central avenue and gothrough some of tin* principal streetsin Austin Then* will be about Inn touting ears in line, carrying about loo people. Mayor I hi mu* will aero in pany the e} u b, and v\ i 11 be a guest of its president, Joseph 11. Francis, (iov ernor Deneeti and tin* entire member ship of the west park hoard have been extended an invitation and will probA great many Oak Bark ears will he seen in t he big automobile tour of Chicago by the* Austin club next Saturday, June d. President Francis estimatesthat there \\ i 11 not. he less t han a limi-line when the .tart, isidr»*d cars in made.B L. Dodge has purchased a Rambler, but insists that, it is st rict ly for the use of M rs 1 U dge.Nelson A. Mlt;‘Clary is still steering his ear \\ ith one arm, the other having been broken by the crank striking it.| I lore is an i automobile w iust ration of what andlt;» for you, a demon-lt;■ '-M fell! lt;*+■*. ■*Hiorf an ! eoi ! ga w Ibv! pa h% «atmlt;w 1 torefiri laI A *ij ru! slt;*di.l.JOSEPH H. FRANCIS,President of the Austin Automobile Club.Sab-nary Sim-ga vc •field l dayably attend. A trumpeter has been secured from Fort Sheridan for thisoe easin. (Rub colors have been adopted and each ear will carry a pennant. The Austin Automobile club is oiu* of the largest and most, nourishing in the I’nited States and this run will be oneof the leading soeietv events of theo ..season.The enuunitiee on arrangements arersv li llrTels-*1 adi-n ex ta isfoiple'sn(Hi vli iiiMon-gratnJ. II. Francis, ('. 10, Ingalls, 10. 0.Westwood, .lames 10. Blew, Dr. M. B. McBurney, John Wa3rinan and Charles 11. Burras.Bresidrnt Francis desirlt;*s us to state that Dak Bark owners of ears are cordially invited to join in the paradewith their families. They are re-%11 nested tlt; meet. at. the puld ic si pi an* in ample time to start with tin* procession at I :.a p in.st rat ion of its peaetieability. A couple of days ago Dr. Thomas 10. Roberts made all of his calls in the morning in his touring car; went to lOvanston at i ‘J, reaching tin*re at BJR, w ithout a single policeman raising his linger; dined with Mrs. S. 10. Delbert; took party of friends up the lake shore drive; answered an urgent call to the Baptist hospital in Chicago; took Mrs. Roberts and the children hack to Oak Bark; went back to the hospital and attended a patient. In all he traveled about 12s miles and reached home at 11 p. in.- Oak rmalreignY. M.\vife, ning,»U/le• -*IV*iafei eIiv-I A-I —•l'sI A. • —D *b# —IVIAft -IVI A-• —|Ci • I/ * —.N.'That very unobliging policeman near the little church on Washington boulevard lias rereived a small jolt from his superiors. lie. with a few others,have been ovei/.eaIons * in running illntourist.-, who wen* wont lo skip along the boulevard at a fair rate ot speed, and as a result the matter has been taken up to the “powers that be.” There has been no official order issued by the authorities raising the speedlimit, hilt the police have been given to understand that ears going as high as fifteen miles an hour were not to be molested.The following is a list, of the members of the Austin Automohle Club; which includes a number of Dak Bark people:Joseph D. Francis, Fred C. Rounds,Dr. B. A. Me Burney, J . W. Francis,S. D. Waugh, C. H Ingalls,(’has. 11. Burras, J. M Attley,i )fwlaleUw♦vMelLrtstSIVJ. J. Walser.W. L. Kelly Dr. U. ('. Newt1 H. M. Bay,J. J. Walser, JJ. K. Blew,A. A. Strom,J. b\ O’Neil,John IlemwitllRoj.cot* JenkinsDr. ( *. 11. t a rpent er, (ieo. M. Davis, Deo. M. Davis, Jr., F. \. Mudd, Jno. J. Miller, 10. Walser,Dr. Fred B. Olenn, 11. S Mills,F. ('. Newell, W. 11. Sell roverF. M. Olson, J. W. Royer,J. S. (Reverdon, IB N. Hastings,11. B. Johnson, T. J. Met./el,Beter DeVries, A. S. Terrell,Farnham B. Hanks D. R. Bott.Pa*nri:asIiAustin is said to have the largest a u t omobi le el u b in the country wit.li tIn* exception of Chicago, and Austin oflieials claim their meetings are better alt-ended than tbo^e of tin* Chicago club. RRiey have seventy three mem-hers, representing about eighty-five maehines, the majority of whom areenthusiastic tourists Teo «dnL loo *»lt;*. *.»» ** .complished many improvements in the condition of tin* streets and boulevards and has yet. other work of this kind in view for the summer.o.VK PA UK.H. W. Austin, Thus. ('. J aekson.10. C. Westwood,W. 10. Martin,W. 10. Rotter,10. R Hibbard, .John S. Waviium,• 7John Farson.■10. 10. Roberts.1,1 ^ T 1 l ( ' . ^ , 1 r* » * • lt;' o o a ^Dr. RRios. I. MutterIB /. Mallen,1 avid James.ivW. S. Weston,( has. T Hafner,W. R. Harvey,A. J. Redmond,A. I’1. lt;Lsterloh,11 erma n Fiet.seh . J rJ S. S. Bernard.*Dr. IB B. Simmons, , Dr. J. W. Tope, Nelson A. MeCleary, Frank Thompson,Xhos. 10. Roberts.
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Oak Park Reporter Argus
Oak Park, Illinois, US
Sat, Jun 02, 1906
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