T. Dillon, Reo; Geo. Ernst, Overland; Frank Goodwin, Chalmers-Detroit; F. M. Woolridge, Buick; W. B. Cooper, Ford; Hans Peterson, Ford; E. J. Dillon, Ford; Wm. Ballard, Ford; H. C. Erwin, Ford ; F. O. Baker, Ford ; J. A. Erwin, Ford ; Mr. Holladay, Ford ; Mr. Van Pelt, Ford; B. K. Bushee, Reo; W. D. Atkins, Buick; A. H. Amos, Ford; W. J. Davies, Studebaker; Hubbard & Nugent, Buick; C. E. Lockwood, Reo; J. Ewbank, E. M. F.; Ira Lee, Reo; G. Linn, Velie ; P. Maginnis, Rambler ; W. T. Young, Jr., Cadillac; J. Claussen, International.
The Modern Highway
Dr. S. M. Johnson of Washington, D. C, official spokesman for the Motor Convoy, was in Kimball at that time. Being unable to give a lecture in the interests of Federal highways in Kimball, the following was given the Observer by Dr. Johnson:
"The war experience has showed more than ever before that the motor vehicle was a boon to humanity. Civilization progressed just as facilities for transportation were provided. The spread of civilization and the productiveness of the commonwealths have followed where transportation showed the way.
"In the earlier times it was the waterways and the wagonways. Since the invention of the locomotive it has been the railway. In the era in which we now enter the motor vehicle on the modern highway will be the main factor in the development of communities and national advancement. When we first built the railway we first provided the roadbed, then bought our rolling stock and then put it in commission. Now we have reversed the order. We have purchased our rolling stock, a costly and delicately constructed mechanism, and put it into commission before we have a roadbed suitable for its use.