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Show QU1GLEY TAKES OH - CIK AGENCY Announcement Made Which Will Be Welcome News to Buying Public JHE TALKS OF THE CAR Declares It Is the Best in the World for the Money. k- An announcement of unusual interest to the local automobile trad is the taking of the distributing agency in Utah Idaho -western 'Wyoming and eastern Nevada by C A Quigley for the Chalmers automobiles Mr Quigley has just returned from a trip to the east and after a thorough in Testigation of all of the automobile fao tories of any prominence, decided to handle the Chalmers in the above territory ter-ritory Speaking of his trip Mr Quigley said During all of the years of ex perienee I have had in the automobile automo-bile business I can honestly say that the newest creation of the Chalmers Motor company is the greatest value on the market. I do not know what the morrow holds v forth but I do know that today the srr-cvhnder Chalmers six thirty is the dean and peer of all cars m its class. In the demonstration of the car to me it never failed to respond re-spond once and it is absolutely the freatest automobile I have ever nven and I will be glad at any time to qualify this statement Mr Chalmers, who eight years ago gave up a position with a sal ary of $90 000 a year to foster and found the Chalmers Motor company has a plant m Detroit that is sec " ond to none. Efficient Organization The Chalmers organiiatlon is of the highest type of efficiency and the finances of the company are unquestioned. I personally went through the entire manufacturing plant of the Chalmers Motor com pany and know that in its every de-tail de-tail the Chalmers s a well manu factured car Mere technical or descriptive de-scriptive literature will not Bufflce this car must be seen to be appreciated ap-preciated and must be demonstrated to show its worth. I want the pub-lie pub-lie to know this car and I extend f an invitation for them to call and ride m it I plana, sales campaign of the most aggressive sort and am confident that this Chalmers six thirty wiH meet with instant popularity pop-ularity and approval. A shipment of these cars has been received by me and is now on display at my sales rooms at 33 Ex change place Coast Manager Talks J Hirsch, Paeific coast manager of the Chalmers Motor company, and it. T Blum, his assistant are in Bait Lake City as the guests of Mr Quigley They are very much elated over the Chal mers six-cylinder six th rty the newest creation of the Chalmers factory and predict that it will meet with unam mouB favor at the hands of the public so much so in fact, that Mr Hirsch stated that the Chalmers Motor com pany intends building 18 000 of these cars by June 1 of next year Speaking of the specifications of the new Chalmers in general, w thout going into technical details Mr Hirsch said The new eix-cvl nder six thirty Chalmers is pro og the astounding sensation of motordom Hugh Chaf mers aptly calls t the 3400 be cause tie engine t rns at a speed of 3400 revolutions per minute Tak ing advantage of a low market, Chalmers f gur ng on a rise oi prices on account of the war bought in enormous quantities and now when other factories are contemplat ing a raise in pr ces the Chalmers Motor company is announcing a new ear at a new price the lowest that a Chalmers quality automobile has ever sold for This new car has a wheel base of 113 inches the over all length of the car being four teen feet six inches. Beautiful Car It will be noted that this length of wheel base enables the produc tion of a very artistic looking car and at the same time alio vs for a bodv construct on that hangs well between the axles and which in sures easy ndmg qualit es long graceful lines and comfortable seats The we ght of the car s "60 pounds an I when one cons d ers that the engine actua-ly devel ops f orrv five horsepower you will see that the car has one horse power for every sixty two pounds of we ght a remarkably low ratio The body painted w th twenty one coast of paint is of d e molded steel, ery beautifully fin shed and upholstered, the upholstering be Eg of the best o 1 machine buffed French finish long grain bright enameled leather stuffed with h gh grade curled hair The motor is of the long-stroke high-speed h gh efficiency type and develops on dynamometer test close to 100 per cent above its rated power (8 A. E rating 25 4 h. p This motor de elops ts maximum power at 2600 reolutions per minute and has a piston displacement of 224 cubio inches The motor is of the most im proved L type, with fully in closed valves and detachable cylin der head for cleaning The West-mghouse West-mghouse system of starting is UBed and the Bemy ignition distributor is also use The springs are semi elliptic, of the finest steel while the transmission is of the selective si d ng gear type three speeds for ward and reverse All steels and other materials used are of the f n est to be obtained and undergo a rigid inspection before being placed in the car The foregoing is but a brief synopsis of the specif cations of this new Chalmers 'six thirty The announcement that Mr Quigley had taken on the Chalmers agency 8 not the only surprise for the automobile buying public Another of equal im portance is the closing of a contract for the Dort car one of the best cars of low price known m the trade today Mr Quiglev made a thorough investigat on of ail mach nes in this class while east even to the examining of the service books at the Dort factory Here he dis overed that the company had never been called upon to replace a broken or defect e part for a Dort car He had also known Mr Dort in a personal and busine s way for thirty years and had known him as a most successful manu facturer during all this t me The first shipment of Dort cars will arrive in the city tomorrow and will at once be placed on the Quigley sales room floor Mr Quigley is planning for a conven tion of out of town dealers to be held m this c ty announcement of which will be made later |