The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-10-18
AUTO LICENSE TAGS
MAY BE ISSUED HERE,
SAYS STATE OFFICIAL

Automobile license tags probably
viii be issued next year right here
in Richmond. through the Hoosier
State Automobile association at it's
local headquarters at II North Tenth
street. II. d. McClelland, head of the
motor vehicle department under Ed
jackson, secretary of state, and NJ. r..
Noblet, manager of the Hoosier State
Automobile ASSOCIATION were in Rich
mond Tuesday, comforting with Fred
Bethard. director of the Hoosier State
Automobile association. and with l.
B. Campbell. who has been acting as
manager of the Wayne county branch
CT the automobile association during
the past summer.
Mr.. McClelland stated that the pres
ent headquarters could be arranged
very satisfactorily and that in all
probability final arrangements would
be completed with the automobile as
ISOLATION 10 go ahead and issue the
tags.
This will mean that any automobile
owner who applies at the office of the
Hoosier Automobile association can
fill in his application blank, pay the
money and get tine license tags with
out having to send TO Indianapolis
as heretofore
Must Present Certificate.
II will be necessary, according to
instructions from Mr.. McClelland, that
in each instance the owner present his
certificate of title SO that it may be
inspected at the time the application
for license tags is made out. These APP
plications must be made in person
ND 49, - 49,,
There are great many motorists
in Richmond and Wayne county, ac-
cording TO Mr. Campbell, who have
not yet learned that during the past
summer touring information has been
supplied to motorist from local head
quarters.
Auto trail maps, wall maps and
various other types of information
have been available at headquarters
/ here so that the tourists as well as
local people have been getting real
service.
Expect More Members
It is expected that local member
ship in the Hoosier State Automobile
association will be greatly increased
as the public learns TO know more of
what is going on At present Rich
mond probably has smaller member
ship than any of the other branches
throughout the state where the auto
mobile association has arranged to
issue license tags.
I'VE have really made no particular
effort" said Mr.. Noblett, ito increase
our membership in Richmond partly
because we have had so much road
marking and sign posting and organi-
cation work to look after in other
parts of the state and partly because
we wanted the service started in Rich
mond some time ahead of the member
ship work.
Another thing that the local auto
mobile owner does not realize is that
in all the larger towns throughout
Indiana any member may have first
aid mechanical service, towing SER
vice or gasoline delivery within a rad
JUS Of five miles free of charge as one
of the benefits of member ship in the
Automobile association. In Richmond
the member simply calls $500 and
then the operator relays the call to
the dealer of whatever car is in dis
tress. If it happens that the call
comes after these places are closed
arrangements have been made to give
night service"
1T is high time" said Mr. Bethard,
that the motorists of this county real
ize that it is not only an opportunity
but that they are under obligations to
belong to the Hoosier Automobile as
sociation by virtue of the fact that all
the road and motoring legislation Sc