The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-11-12
AUTOMOBILE NOTES.

Oshkosh, Wis, is to have a runabout foI
its fire chief.
The total floor area covered by the Chi
cago show will be los, $50 square feet.
Don't disturb a carburter until you are
sure the trouble is not in the ignition sys-
tenn.
The next Grand Prix will be run by the
Automobile club of France between June
20 and July 5.
The Bombay 0ndia) reliability trials,
which will be held in December, will cover
5S5 miles and will include hfll-climbing
tests.
The Connecticut Highway commission
has received requests from 134 towns ask
ing for the state appropriation for road
Improvement.
Automobile racing has reached the Ha-
Waiian ISLANDS do the Hon9luu club 6 recent
famous highways.
Married at Butte. Mont, to Mrs. Mona
Cheeley. Charles L. Monsch of Lexington,
KY, took his bride all the way to their
new home in an automobile.
The new car which Fire Chief Baxter of
Philadelphia .. is using to respond to
pable of speed of so miles an hour.
Although the ordinary insurance COM
pantes are not permitted to insure au-
.tomobiles against loss by fire by the Mas
sachusetts laws the marine companies may
do so.
The speed laws in nearly all European
countries are less stringent than in the
United States, the ability of the operator
to handle his car being taken into consid-
GRAFTON.
The sixth annual Boston show, which
will be held usual in March, will oc-
cupy the entire Mechanics building, thus
feet
The most serious invasion yet of the
French automobile field is that of an
American manufacturer, who has placed
on sale at Paris a light four-cylinder car
selling for $500.
An ordinance is before Chicago's coun-
ellis to require all cabs and other public
w r.
May 1.
slaughter Ernest Stahl, chauffeur for
Aeinrieh Gonried' the New York i'm.
peasant in August
Inasmuch as presidents of the American
Automobile association heretofore have
been bankers. brokers and lawyers 1t Is
now proposed that the next executive be
a business man.
From so to 70 cars are now expected to
participate in the reliability contest to be
run by the chicago motor club for
Chicago show, November 30.
A feature of the decorations of the Chi
fo peceSer viii be a het OIL Daiatinsg
of motoring subjects. covering s704 square
feet of canvas.
\ One person Is killed every Is hours of
cording to figures compiled by Coroner
Hamburger, making the number killed by
automobiles small by contrast.
F. F. Prentiss, a Cleveland automobi-
list who makes annual tours in Europe, |
recently entertained the Cleveland Auto |
mobile club with descriptions of touring
conditions in the countries he has visited.
In sharp contrast to the salaries paid
chauffeurs in the United States, the
French government is offering but fifty
cents day to drivers of motor tracks to |
be used during the next army maneuvers. |
The Missouri State Automobile associa- |
ton has a political fight on its hands, |
. Mt iva = z aP
who is a candidate for governor, having
announced himself opposed to the auto
mobile.
According to the head of Philadelphia's |
police $500 out of the 10000 motorists
who operate cars in that city have neg
lected to take out city licenses this year
Prosecution Is threatened the delnquents |