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Show BANQUET CONCLUDES PGLEUiVENTl Automobile Distributor Is Host to Large Gathering of Visiting Dealers EXPERTS GIVE TALKS 1 Motor Car Men Come Long jr Distances to Be Present M at Unique Gathering wj I The Quigle autornob le con ent ou Wh Ui his been the b g th ng of the ieel n automob 'a circles f not the Hj ggest th ng ever atten pted by any Vjf automob le d str butor in the h story ot the automobile bus uess tamo to an end last night For the past three days representat ve automob le dealers from e ery e t on of the intermountain webt have been the guests of Colonel C 4. Qu gley in 5alt Lake where they had an opportun ty to learn all about the Chalmers and. Dort cars as told by ex i perts from the factor n en who ac tuallj built me cars and knew what the were talk ng abo t is a fitting end for such an under taking the is tors were tendered a banquet at the Aewho e hotel last n ght by Colonel Qu gley It was str ctly an automob le oanquet where I e erybody talked and d scus ed cars n general and the Chalmers and Dort cars n part cular For over two hours the I culinary department of the ewhouse hotel brought forth the best they had !ana wine and c gars probably from another departn ent helped to make e erybodj nappy I Come From Afar ' Colonel Quigley. a ted as toastmas ter and presented se eral speakers nearly all of whom d seussed quest ons of importance to those, who make sell ing automob les the r bus ne s Some of the speakers came thousands of miles to attend the banquet and se ejal notable figures n the automobile world were included among those who fave the visiting dealers pointers on ow to sell cars Mr Quigley greeted many of 1 s old fr ends son e ot them rivals in business but the compet tors were given to understand that such matters were not to be thought of on -a occasion such as th s He declared j he felt highly complimented that so many men would come so far to attend Jfcthe banquet, as well as the convent on W ust held w th no nducements other t than to hten to the opportunity he was 1 gi mg them to take o er the agency for the cars ne represented H G Wh tney spoke n behalf of the newspaper men and Colonel Joel L Pr est of Bo se, late of Utah was fiven an opportun tv to talk As e ervone knew Colonel Priest could talk on almost any subject except antomo b les so he told of the wonders of Idaho all of wh ch Mr Quigley politely nfofmed those present he had heard Mr Tnest say about Utah before he was Expatriated Just to See Quiglej H L Keats Chalmers d stnbutor of Portland came more than a thousand thou-sand miles just to meet th s man Qu gley and study the convention, w th perhaps an idea of trv ng t -when he returned nome L H Bo niers d str butor of San 1 ran s o g an interest ng talk on the auto ol bus ness from the dealer s po ut ot v ew J D Mansfield sales manage of the Dort factory explained sell ng organ zat ob and what t meant to the dealer who expected to get the b s ness II s. talk was a clear and a pla n one on elhc ency n d sposing of motor are Paul Smith ce pres dent and sales manager of the Chain ers co npan came d rect from Detro t to Salt Lake to be present at the banquet He ga e a short talk on hat the manufa turers are doing today to help the dealers n selling cars One o? the features of the e en ng was the sudden appearance of a bev of newsboys who Droke n ou the ban quet and ga e out a spec al ed t on of the Qu gley Qu ps a paper publ he 1 for the occas on It can be safely sa d that every per son in attendance agreed that Char ley Quiglev had certa nlv put one over with his con ention and ban quet Guests at JBanquet Those present were A H Campbell Xw n Falls, Idaho EBB pley Filer Idaho C L Pratt Weser Idaho I C Marquardson Buhl Idaho J A Stewart Binghan Utah J Hirsch San iraneisco Paul Sm th Detro t L. II Rose San Iran sco Piatt W lson Kemmerer Wyo Clar ence Ashton Vernal, I. tab, Ben Ado t Twin Falls Idaho A W Hansen Sho shone Idaho J C Peck Montpel er Idaho C H Warren &t George, Jo seph S Berry Provo S JS Barkdull ' Burlej Idaho E J Jones Blackfoot Idaho B Douglas Pocatello Idaho P O W n ter Bexburg Idaho Bl ss Gee Bex I burg Idaho W Lohman Preston Ida I ho Peter Du Ford Ontar o Ore. S E S la Good ng Idaho J Lewis Sal na W H B own Sal na L Low ry Manti M W Cox, Mant A F Haycock C rcleville Al T Blum San Franc sco Joel L Pr est Bo se J L Fo vler Ha ley Idaho H H Ge ser Ta r6eld Idaho E F Guttery Ha ley Idaho O C Bob n on Caldwell Idaho H H idamson Tooele Utah Harry East man Detro t H L Keats. Portland John D Mansfield Fl nt Mich S B Langlor Burley Idaho T B Daley Oakley Idaho Dan el 0 Conner Sal mon Idaho J E Wh te Kamas Utah G A Ferney St Anthony Idaho Berne Walton Provo A F Jones Ce dar C ty Horace G Wh tney, J N Jensen F E Lowry J Sudweeks Frank Foster John Dee W H Clements I eo Le ne O G Cross E T Evans W J Lew s W D E shel Frank L Beat e F Hi Call ster Frank J Gust n Jack Groes beck and C A Qu gley all of Salt Lake |