The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-06-13
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About 800 people heard the spysrnoE's
i've minute talk In Wamego. A dolega-
ton IN q dozen automobiles from Man
haitian accompanied the party from
best time on the trip was made over
this strip Of road. An ol1icial pilot sent
from Manhattan 1T pace et 30 miles
an hour along q portion Of the route
and the on1cjal car followed At q spead
OF Is to Is miles an hour.
At st. Narys the party stcpped ~
hour for lunch. although the schedule
called for q visit Of but Is minutes. The
party left 81 MaFys nearly 20 minutes
late. but over the race track road to
Manhattan, the schedule was reduced
nearly . half hour and the Red Line
boosters arrived in the Riley county
seat but ten minutes behind time.
Perhaps the State Agricultural col
leCe bandmaster never thought Of Il,
but when the motorists ana good roads
boosters stepped Into thu auditorium at
the Agricultural colleGs. the band
ernor Hodges. in his spesoh. assured the
800 college students that there had been
no trouble on the trip and that no ono
had found it necessary to get out and
set under" since leaving Topeka
Keats u 2 little town OF 50 or IS
people on the Rock Island between
Manhattan and Riley. No stop was
scheduled for the town. But when
the of1cisl car came In sight Of the
Keats main street, almost every man,
woman and child In the village was
waiting to see the motorists and the
governor. A stop OF 6ve minutes was
made ana Governor Hodges shook
hands with every one on the town
site.
The town of Leonardville didn't
lists, but 1t provided a crowd that was
even larger than the one at Riley.
So there was another 20 minutes Of
oratory and the good roads advocates
were on the last lap OF the first days
journey to Clay Center.
It is a strong 16 miles from Leon
ardville to Clay Center. But the road
between the two towns had been un-
der the care and supervision Of ex-
perts and was ~ smooth a. race
track. The automobilists were nearly
IS minutes late out OF Le0nardviIle. So
the cars were headed westward and
every one held tight while the ma
chimes climbed up hui and down hill
and plowed through the valleys on .
% minute run to the end OF the days
minutes late in Clay Center.
Everywhere the motorists saw the
greatest crop prospects in the history
Of the state. Wheat. such as was new
for the haryesters in the counties
along the route. In fact the harvest
has already begun and in many locali-
ties, the harvesters have already fin
ished their work In the fields and the
grain - now in the shock.
Probably 20 covered wagons were
passed by the good road boosters in
the course OF the afternoon run. The
wagons were all going in one direc-
The men driving to the harvest fields
did not stop for tho small cuttings In
the eastern psrt of the state and will
not be content until they reach the
big western Kansas fields. Next tell,
when the harvest Y over and the
start back east again. or the owners
Of the teams will cell their outfits and
ride back home on the railroad. But
the numerous threshing crews driving
west to the harvest, vas the strong
been heard and answered.
At Clay Center speeclaes we're made
by Governor Hodges, ". 8. 0earhart,
state engineer, and Jasper T. Kincaid,
state accountant. L F. Davidson Of
one OF the few road promoters who
does not make public speeches. But
Davtdson's failure to make speeches IL
offset by effective and continuous work
in the interests Of good roads And
work has been largely responsible for
most OF the good roads in Kansas.
Travelling west from Topeka. through
Clay counties. the Red Line trailers
found but little II any bad road, The
rains OF Thursday night were not SUM-
Gent to prevent fast travelling west Of
WameEo and most Of the route from
Topeka to Wamego is over q high
grade road.
An even 1O4 miles was covered on the
Friday afternoon trip. With the pos
sfble exception Of not to exceed five or
six miles. the entire route from To-
peaa, to Clay Center was found to be in
excellent condition and the Red Line
can now officially take it's place among
the high grade dirt roads Of the state.
Today's run Is comparatively easy.
The trip from Clay Center to Beloit
is for a total distance Of but 81 miles.
At noon the party stopped in Glasc0,
President Davidson's home town,
where the party spent more than three
hours In his Glasco speech, Governor
Hodges mixed politics with good roads
and discussed both state issues and
highway building.
DEATHS and funerals.
Eiixebeth Heard. 81 years old, died
today at a local hospital. The funeral
will be held from Hawley 4 steele's