Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-07-10
DECLARATION OF INDIANAPOLIS
TOURISTS HERE THIS
MORNING.
Golden Belt May BE a Part Of the
Ocean-tO-Ocean Concrete
Highway. Says Book
walter.

coast tourists, who arrived in Abb
lene at TAO this morning. "Wher
the Lincoln national highway II
built from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific It will in all probability fol
low the route of the Goldren Belt
through Kansas" said Charles A.
Bookwalter, former mayor OF In
dianapolis, who with Carl G.. Fisher
is the chief representative OF the
Lincoln project with the tour, which
is under the direction of the Indiana
Automobile Manufacturers Rssocia-
ton.
The twenty cars arrived about an
hour ahead of schedule time, but q
crowd of several hundred collected
during the forty minute stop. Gov
ernor Hodges is with the party, and
will accompany them clear across
the state. The tourists were enter
tanned at Junction City last night.
At noon a luncheon was furnished
at Ellsworth, and tonight the party
will camp at Ellis, where arrange
ments for entertainment have been
made.
The Abilene Commercial club had
made arrangements to have the
band out, and to furnish a supply
of ice cold Sand Springs water, but
the arrival before schedule time
caused the plans to go awry.
c. M. Harger, president Of the
Golden Belt Road association, ac-
companied the party from Kansas
City to Ellis, and conferred with |
the vice presidents of the road as
ISOLATION in the various counties
along the line.
One of the most interesting per-
sons with the tour is Elwood Hay
mes, inventor of the first gasoline
automobile. He rode in Haynes
car. The first gasoline machine,
which he invented, is on exhibition
at the Smithsonian Institute at
Washington, among other famous
inventions.
Several famous drivers were with
the party Ray Harroun, the win
ner of the first 50-mile speedway
race ever held, drove a Henderson.
Besides Harroun there were Ray
Mcnamara, driver of the Premier
pilot car; Bob Spiegle, driver of
the pathfinder car of the A. A. A. Il
and United States government; AL. |
eager, winner of the last big Glid- &
den tour; Bert Adams, driver of I
many race cars on the indianapolis I
speedway, and Heinie Scholler, who
made three trips across the contin-
ent last summer in less than six
months.
One of the machines, Hender- I
son, is equipped with a kerosene e
carburetor. Its driver, Ray Harroun, 1
has had little trouble, and says that Il
he believes the new system is prac- C
tical and will effect great saving Il
in fuel expense. Probably the most k
interesting machine is the Path b
finder $40" driven by Bob Spiegle. p
This machine was used by the A. A. tt
A. and the U. S. government in its 0
survey of three new transcontinen-
tai routes last summer.
A sealed lock was placed on its
hood when the tour commenced at
Indianapolis, and the key was
mailed to Governor Johnson of Cal
ifornia. The engine will not be =
touched during the $500 mile jour =
ney across the continent, in spite :
of the enormous distance the ma
chine has travelled.
The primary purpose OF the tour
Is. to further the plan for establish
ing a national highway, continuous =
from ocean to ocean, to be known :
as the Lincoln highway, open to :"
traffic of all sorts, and built of con- -
crete wherever practicable. Over -
four million dollars has been sub ?.
,cribed, and it is necessary to IN = :.
crease this amount to ten million
before the project can be under
AIKEN. w
Automobile owners will eventual
y be asked to contribute, although
he bulk Of the money will come
rom eastern manufacturers, some tel
4 whom have pledged certain per- to
,entage Of their earnings. me
The plan of the Lincoln Highway of
is to furnish the con- be
rete and other material necessary la1
:, ,oo.truct,on. and have the coun- Ell