Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1919 — HOOSIER STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION KEEPS “TRAIL BLAZER” BUSY ON ROADS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HOOSIER STATE AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION KEEPS “TRAIL BLAZER” BUSY ON ROADS

Indianapolis, Ind.—"Hurrah!” says the motorist —“Look at the road sign and pole marking work being done by the Hoosier State Automobile Association." Twenty-nine cross state highways they have organized and marked during the past two years, and now a man and road posting car from headquarters at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, Is being sent over these roads to fftiish marking a few unmarked sections and see that all turns are well marked along the routes from terminal to terminal. To supplement the pole marking work and the ten thousand metal signs and various special wood signs put up by the Motor Clubs in the H. S. A. A., a guide posting law was fostered by the Automobile Association, as a result of which the state is making high grade steel signs now at Michigan City and supplying to the counties at cost. The heavy steel sign, giving mileage and shown in the foreground of the above picture, is a sample of the work being done by the state. These signs can be read easily at night as well as in daytime on account of the drilled in aluminum finished letters. County commissioners can have a survey of their county made free of charge by request to E. J. Fogarty, Warden of the Michigan City State prison. These signs are to be paid for out of the automobile license fees and citizens generally should urge their county commissioners to buy these signs NOW, because all auto license fees go to dhe State Highway Commission fund after January 1, 1920.

Large numbers of Detour signs shown in the above picture are being used by the Automobile Association to guide the traveling public around construction work. The Jackson Highway and Michigan road markers shown on the pole back of the road posting car give a good illustration of the tyi»e of pole marking work done for the association by Perry Lewis, who is to be seen in the car. The other special signs shown in the picture are to be seen in large numbers around Indianapolis, and are put up by the Hoosier Motor Club, which is the parent organization in the Hoosier State Automobile Association ‘made up of clubs and individual members throughout the state of Indiana. The purposes of the Association are to encourage and foster legislation looking to the improvement of road and all motoring conditions and to prevent class legislation against the auto; to put up danger and direction signs and other markings to protect and guide the motorist; and in all ways serve the motorists as the state’s attorney serves the people. One of the important services rendered the automobile owner by the organization L, the installation at state headquarters of a reliable Touring Department, which keeps on file the latest data on road conditions everywhere. The Association is supported by membership dues of public spirited men entirely, and any member automatically becomes a member of the American Automobile Association and its nine hundred affiliated organizations throughout the U. S. The o£-

ficerg and directors of the organization are as follows: Officers A.- G. Lupton, Hartford City, President. Martin Luecke, Ft. Wayne, First Vice President and Chairman Road Marking Committee. M. O. Reeves, Columbus, Second Vice President. D. M. Peck, Crawfordsville, Third Vice President W. C. Hand, Union City, Fourth Vice President. Thos. A. Wynne, Indianapolis, Treasurer. M. E. Noblet, Indianapolis, Secretary and Manager. Milton Elrod, Field Secretary. Hubert R. Kroh, Fields Secretary. „ Board of Directors James Bepnshot, Ist Diet., Petersburg. J. D. Meyers, 2nd Diet., Worthlngtoo. Chas. W. Lantz, 3d Diet., Bedford. T. S. Blish, 4th Diet., Seymour. W. C. Osborn, sth Diet., Danville. Frank Anstead, Sth Diet., Connersville. Roy E. 7th Diet., Indianapolis, S. G. Phillips, Bth Diet., Alexandria. W. H. Arnett, 9tii Dist., Kokomo. W. E. Jewell, 10th Diet., E. Chicago. Jess Murden, 11th Diet., Peru. Sam Leeper, 12th Dist., South Bend. A. H. Beardsley, 13th Dist., Elkhart. E. W. Steinhart, Dlrector-at-Large, Indianapolis. Walter Crim, Director -at - Large, Salem. Walter Brown, Director -at - Larger Frankfort. E. A. Brenton, Director-at-Large, Lebanon. L. H. Wright, Director-at-L rge, Indianapolis.