Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — 1140 AUTOMOBILES IN COUNTY [ARTICLE]

1140 AUTOMOBILES IN COUNTY

Registrations Up to July 1 Far In Excess of Last Year’s Total. According to statistics compiled by. the Campbell Circular Advertising Co. of Indianapolis, there were 1140 automobiles registered at the secretary' of state’s office from Jasper county up to July .1, or for the first half of 1917. This is far in excess of the total registration for last year. - George W. Goar of with his Hupp car was the first to register from this county, and the last was John Nagel of Rensselaer, license No. G 6932 having been issued for his Ford on last Saturday. The total number of registrations for the entire state of Indiana is 167.181, the last license number being G7lßl. The letter A on a license number is between 100,000 and 110,000; B is between 11'0,000 and 120,000, and so on, edch succeeding letter indicating an additional 10,000 licenses. The estimated vdlue of all automobiles in Indiana is $85,000,000.