The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-02-04
CAME TO KANSAS IN 1904
Has Been Used as Power Source
for Farm Sawmill.
viii BE Attraction at Chicago
automobile Show.

There may be arguments as to the
coolest day, highest wind and Oldest
building in Topeka, but Elizabeth
the ancient Ford now being shown by
the Baddcrs Motor company at the
Midwinter Exposition, has successfully
maintained her claim to being the old
est of her line in captivity today.
Few who observed the aged vehicle
as it made it's way over the downtown
section a week or so ago really appre-
ciated the antiquity of the car.
In these days when a new model Is
almost passe before the owner Cdn
drive it home from the salesroom' the
thought of ELIZA beth" being olo
enough to vote is absolutely startling
Was Power Engine.
She first saw the light of day in
Defroit during the year 1901. At an
early date, her parent GHenry ForuJ
removed her to Chicago. A ven Is
drawn over her life for the next W.
years in the city made famous by M sI
OLeary's COW, but In 1913 r: ,, w
Lain. general manager of the Railways
lee Co. of Chicago and Topeka, be
came owner of Elizabeth me Iol-
lowing wear McLain was transferred
TO Newton, Kan. and the car accom-
panied him. In 1903 he disposed OF II
TO c. L. Howell of Putnam, who USED
the car continuously until 1918, drlF-
ing it during fair weather and in the
winter "jackink" up the rear Wheels
and using the motor to supply power
for farm machinery. In 1913 Ho"eH
sawed some walnut logs and the VET
eran vehicle supplied the power Tor
Officials Use Car.
Two wears later the car came into
the possession of the Price Auto SerV-
ice Co, Of wichita, the present own
crs and t has since led life or ease
being used only when high ot1lclaIs
OF the Ford plant visit Wichlta ana
insist on riding in the relic' ...
1t must not be presumed, however,
that Elizabeth" is decrepit. She still
shakes a mean getaway and can ne
rotiate twenty miles an hour with the
best of them in crowded traffic better
than the rest of them. because OF the
short wheel base seventy-two lnc mes
In ALL the car. has had but TOUR
owners and each has evidently given IL
the best Of care possible. The original
carmine paint covers the pooy anu
aside from tires, it has its original
equipment. Motorists who know the
average life of pistons and crankshafts
arch their brows at this, but an IN
spection of the car will conyince them.
Original Price $3.50.
In lYUl the L ora MOlOL COMPANY
manufactured $40 cars and the
original price was $3.50 but George
Radders declares five times that
amount would not purchase Eliza /
beth" which is believed to be rec !
ord value in used cars.
Sentimentalists have deplored the
fact that drivers do not have fond /
ness for their autos that men had for
their horses in the past years, but
only recently Mr.. McLain made spe- !
cial trip to see Elizabeth" and drive
her thru the park once more.
From the Midwinter Exposition !
Elizabeth" is going back to the
scenes of her early girlhood. The
management of the Chicago Automo-
bile show which is the largest dis
play of its kind in the world. says she
will be the principal attraction there.
All her travelling expenses will be
paid and she will be covered by an
insurance that would indemnify the
loss of the most elaborate models of
today.