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Show NEWS NOTES OF AUTO WORLD This will be a big coupe year in the motor world The steady increase of Chalmers business in California has mad.- net esaary the establishment of new quarters and the separation of the retail re-tail and wholesale departments by t In-Western In-Western Motor Car company, distributors distrib-utors for the Los Angeles territory Four hundred and eighty -five SJ Chalmers models, are now in use in the Sunset state. There were 10,000 commercial cars built in 1912 Harry C. Sutz, president of the Ideal .Motor Car company, believes that when a raeinc driver takes his life in his hands In such events a the 500 mile race, or any race, be us certainly entitled to every cent he-wins he-wins and that the advertising and in formation gained from racing events should be ample recompense to any motor car manufacturer An automobile kept by an Intelligent Intelli-gent man Is less expensive- than a horse and bugi: F. Fj Lovell of the Worrell Lnsm fectant company, St. Louis. Mo has recently completed a 7,000 mile busi ness trip in his BmplK touring i .ir. having crossed five mountain ran a and traversed lourteen states. California has an automobile for : every L'S inhabitants. There are ."jcS motor car manufai turers in the United States G M Smith, formerly with one of the l.irgcst Detroit factories as pro dm lion manager and until recei tl factory manager of the Cole Motor Car company, has been appointed fac- 1 lory manager of the Henderson tfOtOI Car company It is estimated that it takes 3,000.-000 3,000.-000 tires to equip the cars in use in i America. One of the novelties that att.aci-i much attention at this year's auto shows is the wire wheel, which reappears reap-pears after long disuse. S H. Strmtenburg recently finished B transcontinental run In a Studepak-er Studepak-er :',0'- demi-tonneau. covering 3,027 miles in 21 days, despite the fac thai he had to cross the Roc kies In a foot of snow The motometer. a witchlike Instrn nent which can he attached to any, radiator cap and warns the driver In-1 stantly when the radiator needs wi ter. or when the oil supply is insuifi- j M?nt. ha6 made a pronounced Ml 31 ii. motorists Estimated first value of Amen-an cars in use today in something over1 $1,000,000 ooo Handsome to a degree that almost beggars description, the new 1913 a comobile models displayed in Madison Square (iarden are products of which the makers may well feel proud Quyot, the famous French driver may enter the 500 nile race o be run Sl the Indianapolis speedw.j.. on Memorial daj al the wheel of the Snn beam Racer a speedy- English cr fter negotiations which have COV ' ered several months. Keetou Motor Company of Detroit has secured title to the plant formerly occupied bv ibej )hvr Motor Car company In Detroit ! There are now under ronstru'tio:i at the Detroit Studebaker plants four large new buildings One of the most inierestlng is the new forge shop which is being built around 10 pov.er hammers that are constantly busj on pans for the Studebaker r;irs |