Show ONE lUNG USEFUL BUT BT PROGRESS DEMANDS SOME ADDITION Tho The first car that I bought I oiled eyer every ten mlle miles That's what the book of ot instructions I 1 received with it said Mid and I followed those instructions to the veT very letter Now we run a a. car for hundreds of miles milts and never think about the tho oil says B. Samuel H. H Sharman Sharman Shar- Shar man man president of or the the Sharman Automobile Automobile Auto Auto- mobile company When I think of ot the car r that 1 II I bought hought in iii 1002 1902 and the highly perfected piece of at mechanism and fine coach work wont now offered tho the public I 1 am strongly reminded of the evolution Uon that has taken place In the automobile industry industry indus Indus- tr try Mr 1 Sharman Tho The car was a 0 one lung Oldsmobile bile I resided In Ogden at the time timo and there were on only I tour four machines beside bo- bo side m my own in tho the state te of Utah In January 1905 It was about the first of or orthe the month I moved to Salt Lake and andIn andIn andin In November of that year car started d Inthe in inthe inthe the automobile busness es here The fu future future future fu- fu ture of the Industry you OU eee see looked good to mo me When I 1 first came to Salt Sail Lake the license number I re received received received re- re was DS No 41 H. When I went into business In tn November the license number for m my demonstrator car was No 6 58 fiS That Th shows that during tho the period o of eleven cleven months only fourteen cars had hati been sold In Utah I took tho the agency for the tho neo Reo car carand carand carand and contracted for fifty cars to be sold In 1906 I 1 W was S informed after I 1 made the contract that somo some friends were considering having me declared temporarily tem temporarily tem tem- Insane and placed under re ro- ro They figured I was going broke and wanted to savo save me money As As' a matter of or fact I sold that fifty and Jus fifteen moro more cars in 1906 A A pioneer in the automobile business business business busi busi- ness Yes I guess I am There were two others in business in a small way v.-ay when hen I 1 came camo to Salt Bait Lake They quit the business some time n ago In all I havo have handled sixteen makes maltes of or cars Since Sinco 1911 the Cadillac has be been en n my choice What are the prospects for tor 1916 Tho The same lamo old question laughed Mr Ur lr Sharman Well Veil I have contracted for cars and from m my present lineup I 1 believe I shall shaU dispose of eyer every one and anel even more I sold last year ear and this season is going to be much better Our factory at nt Detroit is is turning out cars dally with nIth men em em- That t doesn't look like an off ort year docs does it The trade In Utah is gradually bT extendinG extending extending ex ex- tending from the congested centers to tho the smaller towns and the country The farmers are arc commencing to buy cars Last year 65 per cent of ot my mr business was from out of ot town Good roads and success in the different branches of or Industry in industry industry In- In in the Intermountain rc region lon spell good times Take that from tram me me concluded conclude Mr Ir Sharman |