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Show FORflUTO DEALER, Records Show Sales of Cars Far Surpass All Previous Previ-ous Seasons. While Utah and Salt Lake are rightfully right-fully boasting of thoir progress nnd achievements during the year 1912 the progress made in the antomobile trade should not be overlooked, because tho automobile game has made history in this section o the country during the jiast twelve months. Hero are the facts.' Thoro arc nor. in Utah -GOO cars- One year ngo there were 1S0O care, an iucrcato of S00 cars in tho year 1912. Jt took twelve years to soil the 1S00 cars, yet in 1912 nearly half this number was told. When it is said in cold tvno that 1912 is by far the great- I list year this stato has ever had in the automobile business the figures prove ;hat statement without further argu-Jt argu-Jt is only fair to note that this same condition oxists all over tho United States, but it is doubtful if any state Can show the percentage of gain shown in Utah. Automobiles speak of pros-peri pros-peri tj- and it must therefore follow that Utah has had- the same percentage of gain in prosperity that it has had in the sale Qf automobiles. Dealers Optimistic. For this reason Utah automobile dealers ure in a happy frame of mind. They are entering upon a now year with a view of doing even better in 1913 than thoy did in 1912 and will frankly tell you every indication points that way. Larger contracts in their car allotments are tho rule which plain, ly indicates all expect a larger business. busi-ness. A shortage of curs, however, seems apparent as reports show many of tho larger concerns have already sold their output. Tu fact, it is known in some cases, local dealers havo been asked to make new contracts for 191 J in which their allotmont of cars will bo cut dowu. I After Better Roads. With tho increase of tho motor-driving population in Utah hns como an added interest in tho good roads movement. move-ment. This lias boon especially notice-ablo notice-ablo in tho many meetings held during tho past six mouths with "a view of improving im-proving the state's highways. Perhaps Per-haps tho strongest singlo element in this work has been tho Automobilo Club of Utah, which was organized early last summer. This Orgauiwition bas'bceu ncfivo sinco its incoption, en-pccially en-pccially in its effort, to securo trans-con trans-con I inontnl automobilo travel for the 3tatq of Utah. "Karly in the cummor this organization organiza-tion succeeded in bringing tho automobilo automo-bilo travel coming west through Wyoming Wy-oming into Salt Lake by developing and advertising the Parloy's canyon route. Later its officers got behind the Midland irnil movomont with a view of bringing automobilo tmvel from Colorado into "Utah, which it is estimated is four to ono as great as the travel that comes to Utah by tho Wyoming route. Up to the present time eastern travel headed for Colorado has como as far west as Grand Junction and turned cast because tho road into Utah was impassable. Tho now Midland Mid-land Trail association lias pledged itself it-self to open a route into Salt Lako by this route which should greatly increase in-crease tho auto travel into the state. Tourist Travel Helps. While tho average citizon may not appreciate what the automobilo tonr; ist travel means to a state, those who have watched it grow predict it will within a short time bo more important than tho tourist travel by train. The Automobilo Club of Utah has conducted conduct-ed a bureau of information during tha past summer nnd secured a register of part of tho cars passing' through tho state. This register shows a record of 500 cars and it is estimated fullv as many moro passed through without calling on the bureau. Tho.o cars will average four -persons each with an average av-erage timo of eight days suont in the state. It can be readily seen that this means tho spending of thousands of dollars tho past year in tho stato, and the total will probably rnn into millions mil-lions by tho timo the San Francisco fair opens. Local Touring. A greater part of the cnorgy Bpcnt on tho good roads work tho past year has been on transcontinental routes with a view of encouraging this work. Local routes, however, have also been dovcloped "with added interest in travel from Salt Lako to the different parts of tho stnto. The Tribuno pathfinder mapped and logged tho Vernal country district, tho Deep Creek country and established a route into southern Idaho via tho Raft river country. Past experience ex-perience has proved that "tho publication publica-tion of theso routes has poured a steady stream of automobile travel into in-to tho districts mapped and these sections sec-tions should get the benefit of such local lo-cal travel tho coming year. Farmers Enthusiastic. One feature of tho good road movomont movo-mont which promises to gain tho ends sought, is the interest taken by outside out-side communities. In tho past good roads talk has mostly been confined to tho cities, but now tho farmers aro the strongest advocates for better highways. high-ways. Tho sale of automobiles in tho country is largely responsible for this "chantre of heart." As soon as a man owns a car ho becomes a good roads booster and in this way converts to tho causa aro made all over tho country. During tho past season half tho cars sold in tho stato wont to the country and for this reason the city good roada advocato is finding the much needed support in tho country whero bettor roads arc needed. Tho automobile owners of tho state arc expecting much help from tho legislature legis-lature tho coming session in tho way of a bond issue for building roads. The Automobilo Club of Utah has been working along theso linos for some time and hopes to bo ablo to show tho law makers that tho sentiment of the peoplo is for moro nnd botter roads, .fust what, will bo accomplished rc-mnins rc-mnins to bo seen, but with tho better roads will conic moro automobiles, which means moro business for tho automobilo au-tomobilo tradesman and ioro pleasure for tho people owning tho cars. |