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Show SALT LAKE AUT01STS RUSH FOR METERS, . DEALERSAYS Handy Boyce Moto-Meters Are Said to Hit the , Local Fancy. Like the proverbial duck takes to water. Salt Lke motorists are taking to ths Boyce Moto-Meters, according to K B. Brasier. aales manager of ths Intermountaln Electric company, who 'announces that the Initial atoek of ' Boyce Moto-Meters hss been received re-ceived by the accessory department of ' tha company. The manufacturer of the Boyee I Moto-Meters got out soma extremely ' Interesting Information regarding not only the advantage of having a Moto- 1 Meter on every sutnmnblle but the ah-solute ah-solute necessity of the devise in the ( majority of cases, according to Mr. Brasier. who declares when forty-alx of America's foremost automoblls man-ufocturers man-ufocturers adopt a nsw Invention aa a necessity for their cars. It la reasons-i reasons-i I bly safe tir at"" " th devise '.n. ' question hss merits and will do with reasonable certainty what Ita manufacturers manu-facturers claim. Under normal " conditions modern ' cars will not overheat, but tomorrow a pet -cock may Jar open, an oil pipe break, someone may forget to put In oil or water then the motor becomes a raging furnace and the operator. - In aerene Ignorance, continues driving until costly damage la done. HARD TO DETECT. Before the adoption of the high speed type of motor overheating could be detected de-tected In time to prevent damage; but the car of today may be driven with the radiator steaming, the motor overheated over-heated and the most experienced driver Ignorant of It all. The overflow pipe In the radiator carries ateam underneath under-neath ths car and when driving against the allghtest brsese, detection of steam la Impossible. Bearings are apt tn bum out with the continued operation of a baaollne motor when overheated, which causes friction snd friction cauaes premature wear; if the condition continues, a piston will seise or a cylinder will be cored. It la claimed that tha Boyes Moto-Meters Moto-Meters are used by every racing driver tn the world and the United Statea government gov-ernment apeclflea that no auroplana can be ' aupplied them unless first equipped with a motor aheet Indicator. The Boyce Moto-Meter waa Invented to give the driver accurate knowledge as to ths exact temperature at which his motor Is operating. Ita utility and real necessity on ear are so ebvloua to the experienced driver that It seems willful neglect to continue driving a ear without one. The driver doea not have to leave his seat to know how hot or cold his motor Is operating. HALF BILLION USED. Over one-half billion Boyee Moto-Metsrs Moto-Metsrs are In use today on American ears. Ths Moto-Meter will signal a driver of a car of lack of oil ten to fifteen fif-teen minutes before motor damage can possibly take place; lack of water twenty to thirty mlnutea. Any model of the Boyce Moto-Meter can be attached to any car regardleaa of horaepower, and It la only neceaaary , to drill a small hole In the radiator cap. Scores of Boyce Moto-Meters ars already msklng their appearance on local cara. according to officials of tha accessory department of the Inter-Mountaln Inter-Mountaln Eleetrio company, who report aa active demand for the meters. |