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Show BDTTEfilLL REPORTS 1 lit BUSINESS The fact that the EotteriH Aurohv.AMle company, one of the largest motor car concerns in the intermounta in .west, reports re-ports business during the past two weeks us up to normal in spile of the fact that peace has come so ' quickly, is taken as 4 most promising sign of the ability of local business institutions to adjust themselves to new conditions. Frank Hotter ill, manager of the Bot-teri'l Bot-teri'l Automobile company, reports the usuifi number of ua'es and inauiries concerning con-cerning Dodge Brothers, Hudson Super Sixes and Pierce-Arrow cars, for which his firm are distributorw. With" conditions condi-tions so favorable now, ' Mr. Botterlll is looking forward to the spring activity with the greatest optimism. Only one barrier to maximum ales will be a probable inability on the part of the manufacturers to .deliver sufficient suffi-cient cars. There is some indication that thifi will be the case with the Hudson factory. It may be that all Uil: Hudsons lor which there is a demand in the Boiler Boi-ler ill territory cannot be furnished. In view of this fact, Mr. Botterlll and his sales force arc urging their customers to select their cars now. "If anyone wants to secure the car of his. choice for use this spring. lather than being compelled to accmt whatever crr' might be available, they Rhculd buy at once." t:-.iO. Mr. Botteriil. "Xow we can immediate deliver on h'odgc T-u'o'hors, Hudson Supei- t?ixr:- and P i : rc c - A 1 ro w s , H o w Jong it will take these manufacturers to readjust themselves, them-selves, and change from a 100 per cent war basis to a peace basis, renin ins a n.pttf?'- of unco'tainty as yet. There m?y he intervals of several weeks, or even several months, when deliveries will ho exceedingly scarce, and may stop altogether. al-together. "We are expi-rienchig unusual activity in our used-car department. We are fortunate for-tunate in having a number of choice bargains bar-gains in used cars that will prove at-traeMve at-traeMve t o men who are particular as to th kind of enr they want, and vet who do not fee! that they can afford to purchase a new car of that make-" |