The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-06

Md This week
Tho tact that. the Kansas Antomo-
bile association. With headquarters -
Topeka. IL an Important factor In
stimulating interest IN gooA rad
building In the stnfe via ~ 81 feetA
in q folder that Win be sat o&t -
automobile owners In all parts o4
Kansas by Clarence Jordan. tbs nsw
secretary.
This folder WIN contain me follow
ing facts concerning the work Of this
organization and the American Auto
mobile association:
This organization reaches practi-
cally every vicinity throuGhout kan
sas. 1t has . membership OF nearly
5000 and invites the cooperation and
support OF every car owner In the
state.
THE state body - amliated With
the American Automobile association.
has q membership Of 0eyenlvs0vo
thousand.
Both organisations have for thotr
paramount issue better roads and
better road laws They are the only
organizations that are actually get
ting results and whose efforts are con-
scientifically applied three hundred
and sixty-fve days In the year.
The American Automobile aaDo-
eral aid for our highways, and with
the support Of their various state
clubs II seeking to have the govern
ment build and maintain = network Of
permanent roads.
Both the American Automobile a.
sociation and the Kansas State Auto
mobile association have been instru-
toll to- i2AA RNn ASSaAA 3~f
which have come before the state leg
islathre and the national congress.
The state association alone has saved
every car owner In Kansas over ten
dollars since its organization eighteen
months ago.
I'm 1912 Kansas spent over $s.o7s.-
900 on her roads and bridges. Al
there are only one hundred thousand
miles Of roads and highways In Kan
over nifty dollars per mile each year.
This does not include the automobile
tax.
EVERY car owner in Kansas is adj
vised to join this association at once.
It will put you In touch with $4,000
car owners in Kansas and $4,000
the United States. A 10y
may, II they will, practically shape
and direct the good roads cause OF
the future
New County Organisations.
Several new county automobile. as
sociations viii be organised soon by
Clarence Jordan, secretary OF the Kan
sas State Automobile association. Sec
rotary Jordan viii attend meeting
for this purpose at Hill City In Graham
December Is. He will be In
in Trego county the fol-
lowing day. and In Ness City on De-
cember II. The question OF estab-
lishing the Red Star highway running
from Lexington, Neb., to Dodge City
will be discussed at these meetings.
The 1914 Oakland Car.
The Oakland Motor Car company
has entered the light six field with q
car which smbodies all Of the latest
accepted practices.
The new car. known a. Model els,
which il said to be the largest car
built that comes in the light SIX class
Ifcation, is pure stream line in body.
with tapered sloping hood and round
ed German silver ''v'' shaped radia-
tor.
1t is fast and has plenty Of power.
and will average about fourteen or
The motor is long stroke and Of the
typical Oakland style, with motor
clutch and transmission a. q unit and
no essential changes of the motor it
self are announced: splash system of
is continued. The cylin-
ders are cast en- bloc, q feature OF
which IL the removable heads, which
are held down by nine bolts.
However, the light six has left-hand
drive, q new feature with Oaklands,
and the doors are. Of extra width,
for greater convenience in en-
tering and leaving.
Dr.. 8. r. Willard has purchased =
Jackson olympic this week.
Charles Kouns. son Of General Man
ager C. W. Kouns, Of the Santa Fe.7
broke q wheel by running into q curb
With his Pullman this week.
Motorists have found that the rainy
weather Of the past few days has him
dersd auto driving. There are more
cases Of autos being stuck In the
mud this week than at any other like
period in several months.
Automobiles ~ Christmas presents
have been purchased. according to To-
peka dealern One has received orders
for 1t least four carr to b delivered
on Christmas morning - . pleasant
surprise.