Show I I AUTOMOBILE WORLD The one great cry among local auto automobile automobile automobile mobile dealers is more cars ears There is not a dealer in the city elt today who is not pressed pres OO to deliver the orders as fast as they are received In some eases rases deposits on cars are taken and the purchasers have to content them themselves themselves selves with the simple statement that the tha cars will be b delivered as soon as possible While competition is keen yet there is enough business to toke keep ke p j all tu U Uthe the dealers busy bus and no sooner Is one prospective customer disposed of than another in is ready to talk business In Inmany Inman Inmany many man cases customers customers are paying a bonus to get the cars as fast as they the arrive arrie inthe h the city Local dealers claim that the present rush for automobiles is a good indica indication indication tion of the prosperity of ot the tile city and the faith the public has in the imme immediate Immediate immediate diate future It Is claimed by those in touch with the automobile situation that Salt Satt Lake is today spending more money for tor automobiles than any city in inthe Inthe the country of its size sine sineI I JC x Manager Raymond Ramond of the Raymond Ram nd Bracken Auto company reports that a carload of Jacksons ons will reach Salt Satt Lake the latter part of oC this month Two of the cars ears have haxe been sold to F S Murphy furphy and Mrs Irs HartwIck of ot this city elty The Jackson company compan has been so busy this season that it has been found almost impossible to fill till the or orders ders ds H L Bracken of the local firm is now east cast at the factory and the corn com company patty pany announces that arrangements have been made for speedy delivery of all cars ordered in the future Entries for th Glidden tour close on onIa May Ia 15 16 this year e r which is unusually early earb but the inducement of the contest is much greater greeter than ever eer before and Chairman Hower Rower has bas now in hand quite a lot kit of ot entries of cars cUrS of oC all aU sizes with many man more that are most positively pledged like those of the Detroit makers and which surely surel will willbe willbe willbe be entered Although a few still sUII favor touring rules that permit of a lot of ot cars being tied at the finish with perfect scored score and do 10 not deem such sueh a finish farcical there are more manufacturers welcom welcoming ing the conditions of a atrue true contest in which the rules ru make certain It that a winner will Ill be evolved One manufacturer manufacturer hirer says saye I would like to see the tour our finish with no perfect scores the car with the smallest penalization win winning ning Two big Pierce Pieree Arrows were ware e received and delivered during the week weel by b the Tom Torn company One OM sees goes oes to Gps Holmes and the other to Governor F R It of Idaho Id ho The oar eel taken by It b Mr Holmes Is one of ot ottile the tile handsomest t Pierce Fierce cars in lathe the eity elty elt and aDd has haM a full equipment of ot electric lights 4 Fielding H if Teat Yost the famous hurry up op coach of the U t of M 11 has ha just bought ht a Franklin car which he shipped to Tennessee Tenne p f The Sherman Automobile AutO tOWIe company oe pan did a good business In tn Maxwells this week wk Among the cars sold and dell delivered ered were machines machine for Judge O 0 W Powers Mrs Mn G S Gannett Dr Wright of P and Dr Muster S The For Forty won Q e fresh laurels during the past pest week At Atthe Attile Atthe the tile Memphis Tenn Team hill bill climb April XI 21 1 the tile Forty was wa first in three events including the It also won in the 2110 M and Itoe class elas and arid in the Uie class for tor previous winners wieners a a aThe The Utah com compa compan pa nv fly n reports the following sales sates of White Steamers during the week A 11 model modelO O 0 twenty horsepower bone was dellY red rf to Mr II Trap of Rock Springs Springe S t W WHo Howe Ho p of ot Ogden purchased a model isodel odel M c s ener forty er f The TM Hubbard Investment I company re e ived a new nfl Cadillac thirty horse borse fI e touring turing i ar during the week 4 a were ItE TP ais a to t L B Brown and aid Henry Hemy st ll j Both are for cry An Apperson Jack lack Rabbit touring car ar was purchased by J JJ 1 J 1 Chapman this week M 11 D Josephs Joseph also secured a Apperson Manager Judd of oC the Utah Vehicle company who was formerly located at atIos atIos Ios Angelee Angeles says the Apperson Jack Tack JackRabbit JackRabbit Rabbit is one of ot the mOst popular cars carson carson carson on the coast eo st and that its record as a ahill abill hill bill climber la Is Believing B that the mileage contest to be held under the auspices of ot the New York Automobile Trade association Friday Frida April 30 at New NewYork Ne NewYork York is one of the best host efficiency con eon contests tests t ts ever held in this country countI John JohnN N Willys president of the Overland Automobile company comp n Indianapolis ha offered the contest committee and the latter has accepted a 50 O sterling all sil siler allver ver er cup for the car traveling the great greatest eU est distance on one gallon of gasoline in lit the contest The CUD cup will wilt be known as the Met Metropolitan Metropolitan Carnival Trophy Troph anil amI is one or of the beet cups which has been of off f fred red for any automobile event in New York for some time I An open order was waa wired to the Thomas factory this week by the Ran people of oC this city to ship Thomas cars as fast as aa they the can be boe turned out No specifications or col colors colors colera ors era are stipulated the firm being will willing willing willing ing to take the regular stock cars ca as fast feat as aa they can get them themI I Sam Sharman left for Smithfield on Thursday morning to deliver a Reo Bee cur car Although the snow was falling failing thick k and the roads muddy mudd Sharman telephoned from Ogden that he had made nade the trip that far tar In two hours hourI Later reports show he made Smithfield without a mishap of at any an kind Sharman will remain in Cache valley valle valleu u tomorrow looking after prospective prospective tive tie sales sates on flees He says he has been trying for some time to get away to close several orders orde and that he ex cx expects poets to return to Salt Lake with these orders in his pockets C COne One month ago when the Maxwell ear car started on its remarkable mile nub nonstop run which it has Just completed there was much mitch speculation among motorists as to how many tires would be required to get the car over that t distance Six AJax tires were all that were used four of oC which were on the car at The finish and in perfect con condition condition Had it not oot been for the rims used need and inflated busted tn tires carried in order not to lose Jose time Ume in case of oC puncture puncture ture tiltS one set doubtless would have suf sut sufficed Only seven punctures were re recorded recorded corded and one of the tubes ran relies on Its original Inflation The Studebaker people have had a good business e of E Eo M 1 F cars this week This e a the ear car r which is being used UC d as a pathfinder for the Glidden tour Cars Caz Ca were delivered the past week to t P K E Roberts of Welser Ida IdaR p R C McKinney of Welser C O 0 Thom Thomas Thoma a as of Dillon Dillen Mont MoaL and Walter Va Iter Sebree or of Caldwell CaMwell Ida W P Kiser of this city also purchased a thirty horse horsepower horsepower horsepower power runabout E M F Ii Wesley WesIe Smith of Denver Cole Colo the amateur who drove his Thomas from Denver to te Chicago to at attend attend attend tend the Chicago show and broke the record in his great run ran has notified Manager W B Hurlbut of ot the E R Thomas Motor company compan of ot New ew York that it is very yeI probable that he will drive drift the same car in the New York to Seattle race to the ex cx exposition position starting on June 1 Mr Smith is probably the driver on western roads in this coun country country country try today having driven bin bl Thomas over mee 75 miles In 1907 and miles mile In IMS 19 S His touring in the Uie western country carried him over all aft of the teStis roads from Denver to the southern line Une of or the tile United States and also to Cali Call fonia He informed Mr r Hurlbut that h hE had no trouble at all ail with the car carand and aid jd less with the th tires Ures He Heus us used J an equipment of f tires t and on the Denver to i ago run Tun over roads frozen and very ery t rusty He had no blowouts and no punctures and met with only one pane puno puncture ture nearing Chicago II R n N X Hastings of ot Ely Nev Ne has bas or ordered ordered ordered dered a 60 Thomas for tor Imme Immediate Immediate Immediate diate delivery Mr Dodd of o the oem com company pany received a wire Ire this week Item the Boise branch of eC the firm that five have been delivered this spring and that the firm had bad over twenty or orders orden orders ders den on hand for tor the same cars ears to be delivered as fast as received The A A A official pathfinder car carlor for lor the Glidden tour is making great groot time on its trip to Denver Demer to lay layout out the course for lor the great Glidden tour of oC 1919 It is now speeding westward and by the time it strikes Colorado should good weather w continue the roads will willbe willbe willbe be in such shape as to permit record breaking time The capture of the Glidden tour for Denver is the greatest achievement made macic in automobile circles there the The pathfinder is in expected In Omaha in less than two weeks week and the trip to Denver will be piloted by a car sent to Omaha by b the Denver Motor club clubA A Studebaker E M 11 F care Is being used aa as the pathfinder and the men with it declare that the light car ear is the theone theORe theone one ORe that will be heard from in this years tour The company has or ordered deed dered two 67 Thomas runabouts and andreport andreport andreport report they the will be here hefe about May 20 These cars ears are promised to te be the fast fastest fastest est ever eYer brought to the eity aUy During tha tM tie pact pa t week the Randall Dodd people have delivered a Thomas 40 to Mrs Irs Sarah A an another another another other to Ben Beat Davis Davia and still another to Ernest R n Woolley All AU are touring cars ear earon v on R It F Fend superintendent of the electric automobile department of ot the Columbus Buggy company is I a s visitor in tile the city eity He is ia returning home after a prolonged business tl trip that took teok in m inthe the Ole southern states to t the Pacific coast Mr Ir Fend reports automobile business good all over oer the country and sa says say there tit ere is a strong demand for tOl electric ears care The farmers of or Kansas and adjacent t states just now are the largest buyers buers of motor cars in the middle west says Salon Sales Manager E B R It Benson of or the Cadillac Motor Car company of Detroit My authority for tor this statement star startling startling as It may mar seem at first lInt thought is first hand based on reports just lust made by our factory salesman sale man in that section More actual sales are re being made to the farmers than to tile the townspeople Right in Kansas City this holds good The farmer who sets out to buy a motor car ear knows what he wants ants and nd every statement the salesman makes must be proved to him The men who own and manage broad acres are fully as well Informed indeed In hi tile the majori majority ty t of eases cases better concern concerning ing lag this and that oar car titan n the average city or small town buyer He wants a s acar car er which will stand up under the work he will expect of ot It They Th y trans transport transport port butter and eggs and produce to town in their cars ears and many malt use ue the motor to oversee the tho work on ora their farms faring In addition to this u useful I efu Me side of It the progressive farmer fanner must mt hive have havea a motor motel car or cease to be preg his neighbors and acquaintances tare have ve vethem them thorn and he must keep up with the tImes Umas The Con Wagon agon 8 Machine corn com company pany Miny has had bad a busy buS week IN is Model Iodel lOs IDs were delivered to J I E K of Ogden Attorney Richards of Ogden H G C Vannoy of the Portland Cement company and E B Critchlow of ot Og den The same company delivered a Columbus electric to J T X JC Payne Pay e of ot this city eft Manager Reed of oC the Studebaker company received a wire this week that thata a carload of oC model D l would be shipped at once from the San SaD Francisco branch to Salt Lake The local house bouse has been unable to get ears from the factory I fast enough and ami on hearing the San Francisco branch was not quite as hard up for cars cart the fac fee factory factory tory was Induced to compel the coast branch to holp help the Salt Lake store out Reed says these cars ars will be turned out as fast Cut as they the arrive |