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T x SS x ei tw j M m a aA cJ Jl A R q S U 3 i t t I j sAi V S1 Jv s nih t it il- il r f tt Cr i f Buc Auro Ca Cot CO V rt vr bV t f Y t l iL I w J Y r a 1 J t Dressed Dressed in regulation olive drab enamel and looking overt over inch a product of the American genius that produced it to aid in m beating the Hun Salt Lakes Lake's quota of a surplus of Ford J 2 passenger carrying buses and trailers has hils arrived in in Salt Lake The Alkire Smith Alkire-Smith company was the only Ford dealer in in Utah to be allotted one of the war emergency passenger trains produced by the tho Ford company As ls a r result sult of or unrelenting efforts Horts extending ex extending ex- ex I tending tending- from shortly after the lie signing I of ot the thA armistice I up to the present time the Smith Alkire compan Utah H oldest oldest old old- est t Ford ord dealers was as fortunate ellou enough h to be as one of ot the one hundred hundred hun hun- dred dealers of Ford cars in the tho United States Stites to receive a passenger train bu bus bUl o one o of the most practical nn and Ingenious wartime products of or the great Ford or- or organization or or- the tho stress of or transportation difficulties while the tho thear war ar was n hi n progress progress ress the Ford Tord engineers perfected I A passenger carrying earning bus and trailer to relieve relle the situation in the vicinity of or orthe the l' l Ford ord plants ani and other Industrial c centers engaged In hi work A l simple sure and economical means o of ot f transportation was needed Thousands Thou- Thou sands of or men and women workers had hall to be hauled to and from the great emergency plants that sprung sprung- up as 88 overnight overnight over over- nl night ht in all parts of or the country countr Ita It Ita a again aln aln devolved de upon tho the great Ford eng en engineering en- en g organization to meet the transportation problem of tho war ar emergency emer- emer genc gency enc as they thc met the commercial transportation trans trans- problems of or the countr years ears cars before HUNDREDS PRODUCED The Ford passenger bus and tr trailer lI r was vhs the ultimate achievement of or the fort efforts put forth ThO They wOre were produced In gre s grel i l f tics lles a and 1111 were promptly adopted l h by the government and hun hun- of o ot great Ireat industrial plants wherever her hercer ever er a H near C existed coll for thorn thom The Thebus Thebus Thebus bus an and trailer are arc cala capable le of or carrying n a load of or thirty six adult persons at nt a good oo rate of oC spec speed o over an any Kind of or road rOHl The rhe trailer IK is eo so attached to the truck a aa as to almost bo be a part of or it it For Tor economy econom and durability ura they arc are said paid al alto I to possess all tho tha characteristics and virtues of or tho the Ford Tord passenger cars When the armistice was 6 signed there were cre about a hundred of oC the passenger tr trains on hand han y for dell delivery The They came carne into great demand soon after making their appearance an and the compan company com com- pany pan panas was as besle besieged e with or orders ers for them from private at concern concerns However in its anxiety to get back to normal production production production tion of or passenger er cars the company compan discontinued discontinues dis dis- continues continued the manufacture of or the tho passenger passenger pas laS song song-cr trains for tor the present Onla Only a n hundred of or the machines were on hand to meet tho rho avalanche a of re requests re- re quests So true to Its Kb polio Palle of or fairand fait fair and equal distribution the thc busses buses were ere dl distributed in er c state of the Union I I I among tell teh most prominent Ford For dealers ONE FOR SALT LAKE Realizing that somewhere In the In- In country there was need for such equipment the tho Smith Alkire com- com nain promptly put In its Ht claim for foi the I one allotted to Llah The success of or it its enterprise and untiring efforts to get s-ct the bus Is best beat e t Illustrated In the fact that the bus bub Is on 01 the Job in Salt Lake Some Interesting data has recently been hn ed b tJ by Fred Pred Alkire manager cr of the Smith Alkire-Smith company concerting the production and distribution of or Ford cars throughout tho the United States A statistical statistical statistical statis statis- report received recel b by Mr bIr Alkire shows that there are t six K million cars in the United States and approximately three million Lire are Fords The three millionth Ford for use in this country countr was cast st at the Detroit plant at 1 30 p p. p m. m on April AprilS S last Since that time the thc dall dally production has exceeded cars TheFord The Tho I Ford pi plant int is employing 00 men for three shifts not one of whom receives levy less le 9 than 6 C G a day da daIn In wages Although the company compan has haN again reached normal normal normal nor nor- mal production reports from the factory Indicate a present shortage of or more than cars |