Show Davis Davk County HiS Hs More Automobiles S SPECIAL SPECIA TO TilE THE CLIPPER Davis County ranks high in inthe inthe inthe the United States In automobile population Latest published publish cd fi figures res show that there arc more cars per families locally than there are in most counties in the countr country As of or the beginning of or last year car there was a total of passenger vehicles registered reg reg- in Davis Count County equivalent equivalent equiv equiv- alent t to cars per 10 house house- hh ds Vj 1 if compares y favorably with the te figures presented for Cor the rest of oC the countr country an average of cars per households In the Mountain States Stales it ran I per The data is contained in consumer consumer consumer con con- sumer market studies made b by bythe bythe the Standard Rate and Data Service for Cor every county in the United States It Il shows as would be expected expect expect- ed that there is a close relationship relationship relationship re re- re- re between level of earnings and car ownership The more prosperous areas have more cars per capita In Davis County there has been a gain of or percent in inthe inthe inthe the past five years in the number number num num- ber her of passenger cars in use The total has risen from in 1954 1951 to in early 1959 according to It was more of a gain than was reported for Cor the United States as a whole which averaged averaged aver aver- aged percent The Mountain Moun Moun- Mountain tain States States' growth was percent The automobile has been called the Ule backbone of industrial industrial indus indus- trial civilization in America because because because be be- cause of the millions of people that arc are employed directly or indirectly in the production and operation of or cars care Approximately Approximate Approximate- ly a fourth of oC the steel produced produced pro pro- in the country is consumed consumed consumed con con- by the industry The demand for cars has been rising by leaps and bounds in the last three decades Since 1930 as a result they h have ve multiplied five times as rapidly as the population Today the trend is toward vard a second car in the famil family According According According Ac Ac- cording to 0 the Survey Research Center of Michigan University two car families now comprise 17 percent of or all families And an additional 17 percent are arc in inthe inthe inthe the market wanting to buy second second second sec sec- ond cars How much traveling are people people people peo peo- doing inn all aU those cars More than they ever did thanks to bigger incomes better roads and more leisure The average per car is about miles a year ear Davis Count County drivers on that basis are arc covering some million millir miles annually |