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Show THE SALT LAKH THIliiXK. KlNRYY TvlOKMXG. MAV 1 1G, 1920. ON TAUGHT BY OOiN ROAD f- -f - Makes Official "Ship by Truck Train Is Botterill Expected to Point Value Comparison After Trip to to Citizens of the West. Eastern Motor Factories. Marked contrast lh general hualnee. Industrial and social onditlons between the east and the wet was the most impressive feature of the recent trip of A. Brown of the '( DeXlke and Fred Botterill Automobile company to the Detroit factories. T.ie object of the trip . "as to nee at first land the conditions t the Hl)db011 Lal(f,x and iodge Uo to expedite snlpmtnia of automo- torle, bile to the Bottenll from tne factor to Increase the territory andof tocarsendeavor to the local distrlbu-ter- s alotments The west. In their opinion, la upon n much more stable basis than the east. There, as litre, they said, a marked undercurrent of uneasiness for the future In business is lc!t by business men generally lhere is to Ua o served quite generally a feeling that something is about to g tisppen but no tine seems to have but tile vaxusst idea about It. It I would appear to be based," said Mr. BeNike, "on tne sudden tendency on the of the huvlig public to sla ken their I part j purchases of almost everything but we- - j I cessitles Some merchants, heavily! stocked with wbat mav ue tt.vnfd. tu-- j I urles or at least Items which nre not j In the list of essentials, are rather gen- erally regarded as fuclng a future of great uncertainty, 1 nla altitude on the part of tho pub-- j j 11c, however. Is not so maiked In the east to be hete It is in el- iss It seems dence. of emurse, but iwvcrtheles reca-les- s and utterly sciiseiees extravagance la atill all too prevaa.ot The otgy of luxury buying In the evt Is f'ir frpnj i IS'TRTle' wtftnleF that oSr being iftter I tfe west the buying wave acrafn Me and each year has nevT resvehed the height it has In highwaca go unattended If there is anything bke a a cen be safely spent the east um as small a It will be etnsod here is allotted to their construction and up- cresn approai hlng It Is In the east and advance before long keep he will made to meet the that be remembered must preparation It thea It has been so In the past, roads of iloma brought something else situation ro&structtv e and traditional the besides militarism to tha empire, and hence to the work! 1 hey earned culture conservatism will, beyond question, find i and law to that it haa prepared this sec lion of the wealth and enlightenment , country to weather any storms which the four corner of the universe. For fjie first time In the histois of gather In the east and come this wav. Conditions, around Detroit are s Ightlv the great Intermountatn empire, the Rail shipments of automobiles roads that bave been successfully neg- Improved lected for years will be put to the test are virtually at a standstill, but dnve-awaare picking up Mr DeMke says by a grandlfleet pf power wagons MonDealer have descended upon the facday. May Ti. tha Itinerary of the local tories and are driving their allotted cars shlp-b- y Truck begins and If the roads bold out it is anticipated bv tbe advo- away, either to their cities or to snipcates of modern freight hauling meftiods ping sopoints where railroad conditions are chaotic as they are at Detroit that the truck train will not only go not nil the wav to Boise, Idaho, Its final Nevertheless with allotments to distributor true and k dealers all over the country mawill but make' stopping station, terially reduced, the demand for automotrain history that will compare favor- biles exc reds the tupp.y and now ably with that of any other truck caraorders he said, are more than likevan to take to the highways of the naand good roads ly to remain unfilled during all or the tion during greater part of the best driving season of week. lien man constructs roads that dis- the vear Ipon the return of the party from De play the same kiaenuity and circumspection he has employed in designing and trolt, Mr Botterill and Mr Brown drove into the Idaho territory of the Botterill motor probtrucks haulage equipping organization, spending the middle of the lems will bs virtually settled week with dealers In the north Mr and Rivet your thoughts on good roads returned Friday, while Mr week, Mae 17 to ti, save Botterill the committee in charge During tills Brown continued the visits In that week the power wagon will' make truck In of this section every history land. The accessibility and utility of in a way to in be tested the truck wilt arouse the interest of the most biased The economy and stability of the motor truck will be shown or disproved In no um ertam manner. To maintain its stock of cord fabric, The Interniountain caravan pill tackle movement of which was interrupted bv a herculean task. It will have to drive tho strike, the Firestone Tire & Rubber over as poor roads as may he found Vet oompanv of Akron, Ohio, has put into Rtstes ,inv where In the Fmted ho are guiding the destinies of commission an emergency fleet of fifty those. this first great truck demonstration have five ton trucks silch an abiding faith It the American These trucks, working as several truck that they have no fear that any are running bv schedule between Btrioua trouble will eventuate while en units, the cotton mills of Worees lour and have laid thetr plans for a suc- Akronand .Yew Bedford and other Mans cessful hike .to tbe end of the road at ter, chusetts Boise. points, which involves a 100 mile journey each round trip. Fast bound they are carrying tires and tubes The Roman empire furnished the first concrete example of the value of good The merit of the Roman road', which connected all parts of tho empire, ai not only that they were well constructed It lay principally In the fact that they were through roads, all of them leading to Rome and from Rome. Tim Home rpad did not atop on th edge of a morass on tbs frontiers, to bo resumed some miles away In another land And In those dajs when we are stead-il- v forgetting the lesona of the war and certering oyr efforts in a pioneering o A rid. o 0 I & Tv , V'r M ' A any-tnln- -- a r pU & m (HfTt kjW iw: a?' vtan UUUUUl um ' AJfrons great tire is The General Cord. It"was one of the firstesuccessful cords sq successful that The General factories have had to' work day and night ever since to make enough Jo go around and ix big new additions have been built in the last four years. -- ship-by-tru- You can have General Cords on your car by order- ing them now. Built in Akron, Ohio, by The General Tire and Rubber Company , ad Fleet Fifty Trucks Firestone Fabric Pulling 174 Makes of Cars Offered to British There are no less than 174 different makes of motor cars offered for rale to British motorists Of these only seventy-fiv- e are of British manufacture the rest being American, Belgian, French, Dutch and Italian. OIL INSTEAD OF GREASE. The car owner who is handy with tools may find It profitable to replace a number of the grtase cups which lubricate important parts of the mechanism bv an oil reservoir with leads running to these various parts, such for Instance, as the thrust bearing or throwout collar of the clutch. Tnls oiler should be constructed much like a mechanical oiler with con- trola for each lead . goes a long way to make friends . for the Atlantic eoast trade. In addition to this large supplemnn tary fleet. Firestone now has thirtv five trui ks on the roads between Akron and Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Indianapolis, Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Columbus and Detroit. Thev carrv tires to maintain the stocks of factory brant hes in cities most affected by the strike, so that inadequate tire equipment will not keep local trucks from joining the fleets of their communities. Utah General Tire & Rubber Company Lake alt food-carryin- g TWO-TO- N ' MODERN TIRE SERVICE SHOP, 2360 Hudson Ave, Ogden, Utah. OPERATING COST, The only method of predetermining the operating cost or cost per mile Is to I assume a series of typical conditions and determine the approximate minimum and I maximum figures for eavh assumption. MACK City, Utah - CHIPMa! MERCANTILE American 1 CO, Fork, Utah. ;i TRUCK TO BE IN SHIP-BY-TRUC- is an fi ery day necessity, and when it does not work it does not eat. A good motor truck reduces the number of horse necessary for a farmer to keep. Farmers who have hauling to do ean make their deliveries with Mack trucks and be back to work again in a few hours time; whereas, with horses, sev eral men and teams ara tied up an fa-tir- o There are a thousand and day. ooo things about the farm that a motor truck ean do. It ean haul material for TOUR TO BOISE K fences, for tilling, building; also tilizer, feed, seed, hav, harvested erops, in less time and nt less expense than a large force of men and teams. Mack trucks represeat tbe highest form of mechanical perfection because thev have been brought to their present high standard through rears of experience and elimination of weak spots revealed in actual use on all sorts of road condition in every part of the United states. The Mack is not an automomade into a truck, nor is it what is bile known as an assembled truck, made of parts received from a score of places fer- and put together. The Mack was a r way a truck, and is manufactured and complete in the factories of the International Motor company, at Plainfield, N. JM And Allentown, P Thsi result is that, considering length of service and every day efficiency, the Mack is the most economical truck to I eo-tr- ' use. FULL COTS. It is not uncommon to see costs stateanil ment in motor truck catalogues other literature wherein six months performance la quoted as a fair average though no general overhaul or tire replacement has been necessary fn that time. Further, much of this literature Ignores depreciation. Interest . and In such statement chargee the useful ton mileage turned in during the period is seldom noted at all. statement of thl kind must be accepted witu reserve, for if they 1 are taken literally the new truck owner likely to find himself disagreeably surprised at the end of the first year. other-overhea- BISTRIBUT' California 4 most successful tiro factory has disFabric ttfes tributorship open for thie eectioe. guaranteed J0O0 miles end cord tires 10,000 miles. This tire n forging ahead because it it delivering that the motorist expects. more mileage v Distributor proposition very attractive, our expense. Quick action Write, or wire two ton model will La used la bv truck good roads excursion company, sav that if should be of be 1o Boise which will leave bait Lake e t in before the publi$ at Mondav. Representative of the R.ib-ar- large Ihebringing of shipping by Motor enm'panv, distributor la this tnnk and advisability the neiesUv of good roads. b on true the w,il With pilot the farmer, for mxUnee-'-an- d it territory, tour . is this class of people to which this la speaking of t'ter toi r, Ruel Rith-aJ- tnnk tour w II have a particular manager of oe Ruhar.'r 1 otor hipji ng by trnk i espeiiallv neces-ear- A Mack fie "hip -- advantageous Prodiie 1 highly per-- Truvk farmers have to get to the market almot the very day it 'fruit farms, according to Mr Richards, expense of a large number of men end f hore. the biggest single faeter It When the trurk inn 't burr baulingjin the solutioa of the labor problem j mature. I reh fruit and vegetables eroj; haul. fertilizer vear and during the rush is the market, ng throughout jt mast Tie gathered end marketed at end materials for the"iniprni season, when the profits of a jenr ar jariou or hundred of dollar 'ywortii will meat ofTfio farm There is no end to lot or made. spoil in the field. The motor trin k is Mho workto be done on a truck or fruit There is hardly any lim t to the ahanlutcv necessary pu JaAa tnnk an I ) I'm and the motor tru k saves the ne of rbe motor truck on the farm. It inhabit-.- . rtjwhe adds: i TIRE A RUISCR CORF. IM W, Flee SU, Lee Angelo. SAMSON yF 1 r |