Show A r fv K - - ' it- - AUTOMOBILES GOOD BOADS ' Z' l( v BflO'T0KHES5 BAtET EDITED "( SALT: LAKE 'CITY MOTORCYCLES B H’PHEBSOW UTAH SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 1917 ar BY UTAH BETTER ROADS BODY FOR - in the :1 good old days BACK Olds was Ford AUTO RADIATORS : of how the automoblllst arrested for fast driving— maybe ten miles an hour—offared as an excuse for his unseemly speed the necessity for It because his gasoline was almost all gone and he was anxious to reach a supply station before It was completely-- : exhausted Now comes a believer In this theory-anwrites to a newspaper setting forth the claim that more miles to the (less quantity tooths mile) gallon can be obtained a car at f orty-- f lve milesbyperdriving hour than by doing the s&me thing at twenty- five miles per hour' No one will deny that extremes in speed dither or low are productive of high' hjjh fuel bills for the ordinary car flivver plain- and pauper around twenty miles per hour is ths most economical rate of speed The need of keeping the cylinder Interiors hot enough' to Insure full gas expansion tends to make materially lower speeds uneconomical while at higher speeds the swaying and car all Jars of the hard driven rapidly Increase the work required of the’engine and more' power means more fuel': with1 a' smaller end Furthermore it mileage e will be found that an average speed of around twenty miles per hour without any regard whatsoever as to the cost' of maintaining It means saving many things besides gasoline your nerves among them s - CanAr- ' - : ’ -- four-passen-ger EMBERS of the Utah ' Better Roads association the state body newly organized which compares with auto clubs of’dther cities and statef are to be known by a distinctive radiator emblem affixed to their automobiles The official emblem was decided on last week at a meeting of the executive committee held at the Commercial club An oval plate 5 by S Inches and artistically done In four colors red white blue and green le the design chosen On a white backgrounds the words -- Utah Better Roads Association will appear In red at the top At the bottom also In red wlllbe the word --member In the center done In blue and green enamel will be a reproduction of the entrance to Little Zion canyon In southern Utah The order haa been placed with an eastern engraving firm to supply the emblems They will be arranged with wires similar to the “Three A’ design of the American Automobile association so that they can be slipped right upon the front of the radiator honeycomb Motorists who wish however may have the design bolted to some other part of their cars Official Magaslne Heeded While the campaign 'for new mem hers has scarcely started new memInto the secre berships have flowed a office 'slow but steady Jn tary's stream the last week and conduring fidence Is expressed that the membership will soon Asattain most sizeable the membership proportions grows additional planp for benefits will he formed Among other tentative plane for the association's future at present Is "one to establish an official monthly magazine The need of a good road and motor publication to cover the west has often been pointed out and It has been suggested that one now be started with the backing of the association Tt la proposed' that each membership fee Include a yeat’i subscription to the publication ' The automobile dealers and distributors of Salt Lake upon whom the publication would largely depend for business support are In favor of the plan The matter will be taken up at the next meeting of the directors 'The New Joiners The following list of new members was issued yesterday by Secretary W D- Rishel: W E Newman D K Stewart W B Scovllle Lester £LScoville all of Og den Dr J W Aird and Alex Hedonist Provo W M Bransford James E Jennings Utah Auto Painting company F S Murphy CL E Groesbeck Leon Sweet W H Korns Browning Brothers Howard Hout M J Greenwood V H Lovesy J CL Howard De Witt Knox George T Odell R CL Gem-me- ll Walter H Dayton Russell I Tracy F W Hornung Walter G Lewis B F Bower Will Fr Farrell Edgar L Newhouse A D McMullen Grant C E Davis it A Schwelk-ha- rt Hampton CL W Stlmpson all of Salt Lake : Inter-mounta- L L Baker in Tooele MISSOURI CONVICTS TO BUILD NEW ROAD Missouri’s war program Includes the employment' of 500 convicts on road work It Is likely that the first road to be built by convict labor will be the Columbla-Jefferso- n City road which will link the seat of the state univercapital sity with thethestate construction of a perFlans for manent highway over this route have been under contemplation for several years and the drafting of Missouri’s quota caused a labor shortage which Inthreatened to check road building 'sobecame labor the Prison definitely lution aa a result of the abolition this year of the prison contracts : What Is the I -- - & Young Sales Co - - Exclusive distributors in four states'' FALLS Sept 29—Biff-tivaudeville sets cabaret entertainment a splendid orchestra engaged for daneiog and a big band to stir things np properly are but a few of the features engaged by the entertainment committee of the Idaho Falls Automobile Dealers' associa- me tion to put the proper pep into the big State Automobile show which opens in this eity next Tuesday morning and is to eontinue for five days And judging by the daily programs there will not be a dull moment during the entire life of the exposition and' the affair will be a fitsuccessor to the War Bonnet ting Round-ti- p which for jean was a big feature or southeastern Idaho life Louis Chevrolet’s- - Victory Over De Palma Is Told of Graphically CONSERVE LABOR IN HIGHWAY WORK BeriH-Sfpiblle-u SAYS OFFICIAL OF - CAR ASSOCIATION National Chamber of Com- merce Secretary Tells How to Ciit Costs - HE last' word In motor car surprises —the Inclosed "chummy" Kissel of course ever right there with the quick pick up and fast getaway when It comes to winter “Jobs In-Is the primary announcer of such an When the novation roadsters came out for the first time this year there wai speculation early look of oourse as to how with winter topst- Now with this first announcement? - Is more than likely that there will be a whole flock of makers establish the inclosed chummy club foursome or whatever they are called ns regular winter-tim- e W H t White manager of the Intermountain Motor Car company Kissel Ktr distributors anticipates this and another new type will be the ' pride of the winter’s auto shows He explains that in this innovation may be found the detachable top 'In which all windows but that In 'the rear may be lowered’ This feature will also obstaggered-doo- r tain ln'a new modeL model is a small The sedan which without the top Is a sport roador club model or ster Of course it has the Kissel feature of having the top comremovable for the substitution pletely summer of the top’ In connection with this Is the additional feature that can be raised or lowered when the car la In winter shape1 It had been one of the drawbacks previously In the detachable sedan that the work had to be permanent It glass Is fitting that the Kissel ? company which olglnated the Idea of the detachable top should also be the originator of this latest advance In It Designed to seat four persons It nevertheless has plenty of leg room a feature sometimes neglected by the deof signers bodies-- ' This model has seats of the following dimensions: Front seat 16 Inches wld with 16 taches leg room The rear seat Is 421 Inches wide and 19 Inches deep with 15 inches leg room Doors are 24 Inches In width' and there Is four feet 4 inches In height Inside with the top 'The model which Is known as the Staggered Door touring sedan differs from the regular sedan In that there are two doors Instead of three one on the left side by the driver’s wheel and the other on the side opening Into the tonneau : right Also it is featured by the new top In which all the windows but the rear can be raised or lowered the new style of summer top and two rests that fold Into the two auxiliary seats forward This is mounted on the chasls only These models are In addition to the present line of standard open and 'regular " TTIGHWAY commissioners find LA themselves in a difficult position between a tendency on the part of state legislatures county commissioners and township boards to economize by cutting down highway" 'appropriations 1 and the demands of Commerce and agriculture for better highway facilities to move an increased volume- of production at a time when there is unprecedented railroad freight congestion ' There are ways In which the situation can be met succeeefully accord' ing to H W r Perry secretary of the good roads committee of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce who aays that labor and materials constitute the largest items in road work and therefore offer the great possibilities In economy' In desiding upon the kind of road to build he says that type should be selected for which the- materials 'can he bought at least expense delivered and which will require the least labor In producing a- finished road always provided however (tbiat the material Is suited to the kind and-- mount of traffic the road will have Ito-- bear"'- DesMii'Flnt Needed' :' A traffic census' ' should' first' be taken the probable Increase of traffic after reconstruction of ths road calculated and "then an estimate made ' of the probable cost of maintenance of different types of road under such' (raffle for a ' period of years —from ten to twenty This ‘ maintenance cost plus Interest should be added to first cost of construction This will determine which of several types will be 'most It Is false economy to choose a kind of road merely because It will oost less to build 'than a more durable road One of the tilings that makes road building costly Is ths fact that it has been the practice In many states to let contracts for ' many' short pieces of road often for sections of lees than a mile Such Jobe are too small to warrant the use of equipment for doing the work In the cheapest way If big contractors could bid on sections of ten to fifty miles of continuous road work or could i erect they gravel-siftin- g plants ' lay light narrow gauge railways and temporary wttr pipes set up large mixing and heating Plante use motor trucks In' large numbers and' where extensive cutting and filling or grading are required could or other' i suitable employ excavators - on ' a’ large scale power' machinery By such methods the cost per mile of construction will be materially less than where the same amount of mileage Is divided into r many scattered small sections The result will b more satisfactory to the public also as there - -- f - eco-nomlc- aL rock-crushi- ng will be continuous gdod roads that start somewhere and go somewhere Good Engineers Heetffd 'r Intelligent' carrying out of a policy of true economy fn highway work under present conditions calls for the services of thoroughly qualified road engineers who' understand' nsthe econ-as well omies of their profession Its purely engineering phases' V It is further imperative that the work of road building and maintenance be removed from political Influences as such Influence Is responsible' for the uneconomical policy: of spotting the road maps ' with sample quarter-hal- f and mile bits of improved road that begin and end In bottomless mud desp sand or other stretches of bad road A highway like a chain’ Is no better section as It Is the than Its poorest limit- the s'ze pieces of bad road:-thaof the loads that can ho hauled over It TRADING IlffX' FINALLY PASSED Washington: Sept 29-- The trading with the enemy hill passed through the final stage In Congress today and went to President Wilson to' become a law - : -- - five-passen- four-passeng- ger er four-passeng- er All-Ye- ar the large field of famous drivers ' oh the state fair automobile racing card will be seen the popBill' ular Idol of the dirt tracks' ‘'WildAmeriof the veteran Endlcott king can dirt: tracks:1 Bill eems“to obey the Injunction to “profit by 'experience for each season finds him ' better than the season before If that Is not paradoxical In the early part of this year he entered his famous Sweeney special the speed marvel designed and constructed Automobile School qf by the Sweeney Kansas City In several large races eastern circuit where he acquitted himself very creditably: Lately he has made several appearances on the western 'tracks where as usual hb has been pulling down hie share of the prise money- - and trophies Besides his Sweeney special Endlcott has also brought to Salt Lake his world-famoAmerican Blitzen Benz No 2 the car 'whlok holds the world record of a mile straight away in 25 '1-- 5 seconds ' This record- mile was then driven by the late Bob Burman onBur-mabeach track at Daytona Fla and then pronounced this car “the car of ' of mechanIt le ' a 'wonderful ' example ical perfection It has a motor with a bore of 9 inches land 'a stroke of 12 inches' the piston displacement Is 1760 cubic Inches and the power rating Is 200 h p actual test The gear ratio In fourth speed le I to MONG ' ’ on-the us epeed-- 4 possible but this is more easily understood when we stop to consider the power of this wonderful motor The nearest 'to the Bens’a record was madeapproach the Fiat Submaby rine which has covered a1 mile on the Galveston straightaway in 27 secondsAn event of special Interest has been arranged for the state fair races In the matching of the Bens and Flat In a ' special race Endlcott will drive the ?i-anthe Fiat Submarine will be piloted ' by the English champion R Burr Lamkln This la the first time these two monster cars will in a competitive race on a half-mi- appear track 2- -5 - d le - - the-future- ” three-mlle-a-mln- ute er four-cyllud- - -- 1 x the-wlndo- ed so-call- -- four-passeng- er close-coupl- ed v LOCALCARSTO - all-ye- ar RACE WEDNESDAY - What Is expected to be the most thrilling of all auto races to bo staged at the rUtah-statfair will occur Wednesday afternoon between 5 and C when local speedsters will enter a ll free-for-a- go ftfty-qil- le Arrangements for the race' of local cars were completed yesterday after- five-passeng- er - all-ye- ar semi-rlctor- la six-cylin- der all-ye- ar It eeepia almost Incredible that such noon following a conference between bodies: J E Wlndle of the Paige Motor Sales a company H P'Federspiel of the FeL deraplel Motor Car ' company Irving C P(Sudrow of the Chevrolet Motor company and members of the Utah atate r - V g Power r a-pl- enty Bo-dell- L The Maixfer : Pull Capacity Ton-Truck-Ma- Can ker all co- Loads-unde- nditions'' j have a Few :standard trouble-promore more powerful 'or power plant" than the Max-- f The Ford er 225 as motor is rated horsepower while the average of all (average price $1459) is 2L1 ton-truc- ks of Ton-Trnck-Mak- er: ton-truc- kd I horsepower' j Only- $380 installed : - Up" to then nothing but the circuit races were scheduled Three entries are certain— “Bud” fast stripped down Paige a special' Louis Chevrolet: racing car owned In NeVada and Federeplel In a stock Cole Eight’ It is claimed for all three cars that a speed of seventy-fiv- e miles an hour or greater can be attained In addition there Is a fast National speedster In' the "city which may be entered''1' ’s 'The race Is' free to any car and owners of fast machines to - are-urge- enter and make the go as interesting ' as possible Those wishing to enter should get In touch today with either Mr Wlndle at the Paige Motor Sales company or Mr Sudrow at the Chevrolet ' store - -- THECULC0 ' MOTOR CO OLYMPIAN BRANCH OPENED’ A branch of the Olymplna Motor company lntermountaln tributors for ' the Olympian' car' bas 4 Just been opened In Ogden at Grant avenue XL O IKlttenger Is manBenson assistant ager and E Sales dis- - S77 S West Temple : Phone Was 2573 14 - - ' ' ' - 21-2- - 100-ml- le long-famo- us lower-powere- - : : - ACCUSED OF HANDLING GERMAN BRIBERY FUND By International Xewp fan leaf Paris Sept 29 — Bole Pasha or Paul Bolo was arrested by tho police today In connection with aa alleged German conspiracy to start a peaoe propjLganda In Franceu Bole’s arrest resulted Indirectly from tho exposure that Miguel Almereyda editor of tho Bonnet Rouge had been accepting German gold In today’s issue the editor of Action FTancalse declares the German government turned over to Bolo Pasha abont 40000000 francs part through tho former khedlve of Egypt In Switzerland and part through an American chanThe money It Is stated was Innel' tended to subsidize the press in the Interest of n premature peaces 100-ml- le 1 I : James Benedict Ira Vail Dave Lewis and Otto Henning completed the list of finishing drivers j Elgkt Finish YYlthoat Step All nine racers to finish drove' cars shod with Goodyear cord tires eight of them completing the race without a top Louis Chevrolet- - by his wonder- ful record again emphasized the tra-- 1 dltlon that has become established among racingIs- men this season that a nonstop run absolutely necessary to win a race But De Palma came back strong In the futurity handicap race He and Chevrolet were placed at scratch and started after a filed of drivers that had been given handicaps of 15 to 40 seconds Hero It' was that Do ' Palma’s motor showed Its true worth He' wormed ’his way through the field and caught up with Chevrolet Both drivers let out to the last notch on the home stretch De Palma flashing across the line a car length ahead The timing device showed a speed miles per hour for this last lap i ’ ' - - - ‘ veritable auto oehool for present owners and Intending purchasers Show Begfnn Tueednjt The show will opes next Tuesday morning at 10 o’clock with a big parade participated In by all dealers merchants and city and county officials At tho Browning garage Acting Mayor H TT Kiefer will formally open the show and turn tho keys of tho city over to tho Knights of Auto Row And from then on there will not he n dull moment until midnight Saturday which will witness the close of tho big week with a Mardl Gras in which Joy will reign unconflned which have Judglnr ‘byto assurances been tho management large given crowds should bo in attendance dally The committees In chargs havb spared no expense In boosting tho affair Considerable money has bean spent for newspaper advertising largo posters have been sent broadcast over Utah and Idaho and dealers and citizens bavo made excursions to every section of southeastern Idaho and as far north as Montana On theso trips the Idaho Falls Club of Commerce band and two fine quartets were taken along street dancing Indulged in and everything dong to make these visits lively FOlks An Enthusiastic Cltlmens la the cities visited have pronounced themselves enthqylastlo over tho show and have promised to send largo delegations to Idaho Mills and boost tho motoring exposition The Browning garage Is being handsomely decorated fo the show and Idaho Falls has taken on a gala appearance Every one Is boosting strong and next week should prove namor able la tho automobile annals of Idaho Itallan-American fair'board A J 1 FAMOUS BUTZEN BENZ NO - 'V' Vv ns all-ye- ar - with his signature er lnstl-tutlo- - - four-passeng- they-woul- - - The handsome Browning Auto A Supply company garage Just completed at a cost exceeding 275009 will be the home of tho monster exposition The main floor hae been arranged to permit of the display of nesrly 100 of tho finest pleasure and commercial autos now being manufactured most of these having been ahlpped here direct from tho factories for this purpose Factory representatives will be on hand to explain the eqrs while displays will be made of motor larye accessories It will be a real show a IpteliL SHEEPSHEAD BAY Sept 29— gold trophy race proved the greatest speed holiday that the east has ever known A vast assemblage of 50000 persona returned an unmistakable answer to the question as to whether automobile racing is a real sport of the people The largest crowd that ever wormed its way into the speedway pork early filled the double-dec-k grand stand to capacity with part of the overflow clinging to the steel structural work on top of the stand where they camped silhouetted against one of the finest skies that ever graced a ' speedway meet Although tho policing of tho park was of the highest order the crowd was so far la excess of what had been anticipated that at one gate the ticket-take- rs and choppers were overwhelmed and swept off their feet Reinforcements were rushed to tho scene quickly and a detachment of soldiers with fixed bayonets to back upon their private notions of trespassing held the line until things were straightened out Eighteen racing cars responded to Starter Fred Wagner's call for the big event driven by a galaxy of on the speedways of stars the country After a few laps of Jockeying for'positlon Louis Chevrolet established himself as leader followed closely by Ralph De Palma and Dario d Resta with the field of cars In hot pursuit ' Chevrolet Tikea Lead Resta who was expected to bo a dangerous contender having qualified for the race at a speed of 19 miles per hour was forced to retire from the race In the sixteenth mile with a broken camshaft leaving Chevrolet and De Palma fighting for' the lead' Both drivers gave wonderful exhibitions of masterful driving and soon lapped the field Chevrolet however refused to yield and for mile after mile' De Palma hung directly behind him waiting for an opportunity to sprint past There was a groan of disappointment from ths erowd when De Palma was forced " to the pits on the flfty-elxt- h mile Ha got stray again quickly and cut down Chevrolet’s lead materially but could not head off the fleeting Frenchmen who was evidently bent on lowering the world's record as well as capthe Harkness trophy Chevrolet turing stormed over the finish line winner in 54 minutes 2092 seconds having covered the distance at the rate of 1104 miles per hour dipping two minutes 'from the world's competitive record for that distance and capturing the 910000 gold trophy De Palma finished a good second in 56 minutes 124 seconds and also shattered the track record When he stepped up to congratulate Chevrolet on his wonderful performance It was seen that De Palma had received a 'gash Just above his right eye caused by a flying cap from Chevrolet’s oil pump He swerved dangeroiply as the flying metal struck him but soon regained was control of his car and the danger over Following closely behind the famous field camo Eddie Hearne Ralph Mulford and Dan Hickey who finished in the same second Only the ability of tho sensitive ' timing devloe to measure the hundredth part of a second enabled the officials to de- termlne the time of these three cars Most Complete Equipment We’ve-- a ForVtdcaxxizing Everything1 is in yonr favor here including price No delay We repair promptly Perfect satisfaction assured We en the' teat of guarantee our work' ' : road the Ct Co D Geo Colt Was 6676 146 E Broadway Bfitill HmM-KefaMl-tu SHEEPSHEAD BAY — inter-monnta- in thus - t 875 S West Temple - 1 SPEED HONOR AT in-th- ' r v FRENCHMAN GRAB I - if your automobile whereby use from one h p on up to axunnm power of the engine and power controlled auto: matically by a governor Vaudeville and Dancing to Feature Exposition of ’ Autos Tins Week ' BIG CROWD SEES - - a portable power plant are antifreezing mixtures done away with Re- gion Will Join In Gem State City’s Celebration air-cool- ed -- ikes Entire Intermountain ' - TVT NEW MOTOR CARS - - -- motor car owning citizens will ’acan lowering skies and thermom--eter- s with fear and trembling for 'their radiators when frosty morns will mean the necessity of hot water and cuss words That Is unless— The exception to the ' rule Is noted in- - the case of those who own Franklin cara' for as Manager CL W Newton of the Frankout lin Motor Car company points water Is an unnecessary - element with the Franklin Summer or winter a Franklin la and the danger of burst-e- d of radiators and the necessity ' - - Membership Grows Slowly but Surely Official Pub- lication Is Proposed HUGE SHOW and’ those to follow be THESE days— and 'nights— when roadster with all-ERE are photos of the last word in inclosed motor cars — the new Kissel "year top just' announced by the Intermountain Motor Car company Here are an aeroplane view of the of thetop with windows lowered half way Beating arrangement1 :ha car 'complete and a close-u- p H youngand it was a standard Joke Oat a' youth 1 yon Entrance Adorns tistic ‘Oval Design MOTOR TRUCKS 5 Mornings STAGE IS ALL SET Our Announced by Kissel Frosty New All-YeHave No Terorrs Doctored More FOR IDAHO FALLS’ to Owners These ScdmpirOgs Enclosed Sport Model Is We Latest Thing OF EMBLEM ADOPTED Picture of Little Zion R S® T-HOB- - 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