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Show BR01II REPORTS eiMEILilEB Local Distributor Hard Put to Fill Dealers' Insistent In-sistent Demands. w Business prosperity throughout Utah, Idaho and Wyoming is reflected in the heavy demands being felt for automobiles of all makes, J; according to Arch Browning, manager of the Browning Automobile company, distributors distrib-utors in t his territory for Willys-Knight Willys-Knight and Overland passenger cars and Master trucks. Mr. Browning returned re-turned from Idaho last week and reports re-ports an unprecedented demand for Overland model 90 "s, tho "Thrift car." 1 ( Our biggest problem now is to find cars to meet the future demand," said Mr. Browning yesterday. "Fortunately, we anticipated trie demand to a certain extent and are able to make deliveries, owing to our f oresightedness. But how long we will continue in this happy position po-sition is a matter of conjecture. Pres- ent indications are that we will be completely out of tho model 90 Over-lauds Over-lauds before the end of the month. "On account of the shortage of cars and the tremendous demand for them, we have been forced to notify our in-termountain in-termountain dealers and branch houses that there will be no Overlands or Willys-Knights for them during the balance bal-ance of this month. The only reason why we have had model 90 's on hand at all is the fact that last winter, when most dealers were afraid to store and the future of the automobile business appeared complicated jcnd perplexing, we were preparing in advance for a heavy demand and stored as many models mod-els as the factory would ship us. Hence, we have been able to supply all orders with immediate delivery. "Conditions throughout the inter-mountain inter-mountain territory are excellent. Everything Every-thing points to a'heavy crop and in the rural communities especially prosperity reigns. The motor car industry is a direct index to general business conditions, condi-tions, and 1 venture to say that twice as manv automobiles will be sold in Utah and Idaho this year than at any previous year. "Automobiles are being sold in increasing in-creasing numbers because the people of the country have had it impressed upon them that the automobile is necessary nec-essary to their lives. They learned during the war that they could not get along without cars, and now that they can secure, new cars they are buying them. Many men who ordinarily get a new car every year did not do so last year on account of the war. This year they are making up for lost time and getting machines." |