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Show i Tna bALT hAHa TKlBUMfl, SUMJAV A1UKA1A(V XJLmUAHX ltffl. L'U, c inHistory PUBLIC INTEREST among the other states is in a large measure credited jo him. Senator Smoot, likewise, is known to be friendly to the project now being put under way here.asThe membership committee of the sociation haa set itself the goat of 1500 new members to he recruited on the day Tbs Utah State Automobile association is contacting s whirlwind campaign to Increase Its membership to 2500. A "600 dub, composed of members of the association who pledge themselves to of the round-uThe varioiti civic and clubs of the city have pledged members Into new Is the fraternal, five organization. bring meeting with huge succeed and plans are now being made to obtain 1000 members In one dap by a Canvass of the entire city and state. their hearty support to the movement The membership committee is composed of. from left to right: T. H. Eardley, Dr. William T. Ward, Vepht J. and will help to stage the numerous specn (chairman), William Lambert and Bussell G. Lucas. tacular features on the main thoroughfares oflthe city. The cooperation of the women of the city Is- - also beng enlisted. Thejr will preside over booths to be erected along Main street and will distribute association Information. The day will cloee with a banquet for the association members. Only one motorist out of forty beW jt. longs to tbe Utah Automobile association. This figure, when contrasted with ' 1 California's record, one out of eight, shows room for growth tn ths state. p. a -- Thousands Expected to Vis it Bonneville Park and In vestigat? Motors Shown. c' . 1 ,''7yV J To Cover State. 5k?v; of Better Roads Tourist and Increased Travel Impetus to Trade. Promise When the special drive for membership In Salt Lake, the organizers will move on from city to cit, town to town, until the entire commonwealth has been thoroughly covered. The tn Its scope and Indrive Is state-wid- e terval a. The association's achievements wilt benefit directly every autolst in the state and add to tha prosperity of by using Its influence to secure a better Bystem of roads. The work to be done is constructlvs and forward-lookin- g tn every .sense. The word is given out that candidates for membership In the Five Hundred !gb are- doing great aerutoe In rounding up recruits. Any motorist" who is in-- " atrumeutal. to securing five new members will be eligible for membership in the Five Hundred club. As an Inducement to competitive enterprise, an arrangement haa been made whereby it will be the privilege of the man securing the most new members for a given month to act as president of the association for the subsequent month. Furthermore, he will be the motif for a complimentary lunch- hA been completed rs Since the motor car 'first made Us appearance In numbers in this region. Salt Lake has held an annual automobile thow. This year ushers ki the fourteenth annual show. From 7.30 oclock row hen. ihe dcmrg of Btinne- vllir pavilion will open to the 'visitors "lb the first time during thelastexhibit, until spectator they close slowly as the leaves the building Saturday night at 11 o'clock, there will be housed under one roof the greatest aggregation of motor cars and accessories that has ever been on display In Salt Lake and the region. Its coming is anticipated by thousands of motorists who laet year were Interest ed only in a casual manner. A the in the passpublic Interest has Increased ing years, so has the- - magnitude and power of each succeeding exhibition belnter-mounta- ln come s greater Utah has shared well in the honor accorded the automobile in its rapid ascension to-- the second greatest Industry Lir the world. Today the state has with Tn Its boundaries and registered more tlian 43,000 cars. This -- total represents approximately one machine to every ten person of the states population. Facilitates Business. The reasons for this growth ars numerous and many-sideThe greatest causa has been the need for Individual The pursuit of the avertransportation. age man's duties in Utah consists ol earning his wage by following agriculture, mining and livestock. Statisticians , liave compiled charts and have computed, figures that leave no doubt as to the .increased business that can Or accoin iplldhed with the aid of an automobile. The need of Individual conveyance developed perhaps when transportation was first, conceived. Only, however, during recent years hat it manifested Itself very strongly. The growth of this spirit obviously has been unconsciously fostered with the growing rapidity or business movement has transactions. Quicker been the object of inventive geniuses ao--ti vltles for decades. - During the age of man there has never existed a means of transportation that he - In lowie manner- - has not at ome-time employed to carry him and his belongings. Until thirty years ago the means of transportation were divided among animals. that under the existing conditions and climates adapted for this performance. d. were-bette- Various Animals Used. -- The horse has been in almost universal use and In America survived the onrush of the motor longest. - Ths camel was, snd is yet, the greatest mover of merchandise and man upon which desert dwellers hsve to rely. Elephant. too, performed the bulk of transportation labor of their clime. The war developed the motor more rapidly than ever before. On. It performance armies depended for food, munitions and medicat attention.''' The conflict tested the automobile and from the flame It emerged devoid- - of lnfertortt lea, Today word is received that motor car are achieving aatoundlng 'aucceaea In all parts of the world. The desert, plains, mountains and valley all give way before the progress of the motor vehicle. Its force I rapidly being adapted to places heretofore believed Impassable by anvthlng but animal life. The United States la the greatest owner of automobiles In tha universe. With more than 1,009, Odd machines registered at the- - Close of 1130, the density to ths population is on car to every eleven per O o sona Utah's record Is slightly better than that of the nation. The state's acceptance of the automobile has been rapid, but not so fast as that of other states whose efforts were eagerly directed to the perfection of complete highway systems. In four years. 1017 to 1130, Inclusive. Utah spent 117,000,000 on roads. This expenditure Included all federal, state and local approprlattona At the end of 1911, Utah's rat per capita for road expense per year was 7 07, which was exceeded by only three states Oregon, 19.71: Idaho, 17 OS, and Arizona, $7.69. This year the prospect for increased tourist travel Is greater than ever. Hundreds of motorists journeyed to Zkm Na tional park and their unqualified approbation and support will serve to bring added thousands to the natural pleasure grounds. With prospects for a great national highway program taking form, and maintenance seem almost assured of the greatest development that the hatlon has ever experienced. Improved roads everywhere In the state will greatly facilitate the progress of motor transportation In Utah. ITliT ait IT this prospect that the fourteenth annual automobile show hat been called and tomorrow will open Its doors to motor lovers. Half a hundred exhibitors of automobiles end accessories ar assembling their exhibit ready for the final opening minute. million people In Utah One and and surrounding states that are conversant with the center of auto distribution in ths Intermountain region are without doubt watching the gait Lake shew with eager eyes. Motor cars are rapidly being standardized. - Those "exhibited at earlier and greater expositions differed only slightly tn body lines and proportions. Simplicity in engine and frame is apparently Even the objective of manufacturers. colors are subdued and radical changes were unknown at eastern chows. Bonneville pavilion has been dressed In flowing robes and lta walls hung with bunting. 'Band ihuslo will greet the ear of the visitor aa he enters the historic building. To the right and to1 the left will be seen automotive vehicles and equipment until ths senses will reel at mase wealth. the of Salt Lake, Utah, and Idaho, Wyoming and Nevada have sent In reports that their attendance at the exhibition will be greater than ever before. The automobile will be supreme in Salt Lake ths week snd the center of Its supremacy wifi be in Bonneville pavilion. eon. I ( By W. D. NISH EL. Fourteenth Annual Salt Lake " Automobile Show. There Is approximately on motor vehicle to' every ten persona In the state of Utah. Statisticians say the average family is five persona Then It follow that practically every other family In the - -- 1 I United States Senator Hiram tv, John.Senator Heed the Utah State Automobile association tn Its drive for member, according to ths announcement made yesterday by 'the association. The enatorswiH be the speakers jit tne first annual round-u- p, which will be held late in March or the early part Of April, upon the convenience of the depending a conference with a group of vial tors, about a reported Invasion of I. W. W visitors who will encourage tn memberstated that an unprecedented enthusiasm as a proposed free war her ship drive. prevailed among the outside dealers, all had been abandoned. speech Senator Johnson will Inject the enthuof whom, he declared,, ahtlcipated the siasm into the cooperative movement that biggest telling year in the automotive mad him famous during his connection ANTIALIEN BILL KILLED. Industry. a similar campaign waged In CaliSALEM, Ore., Feb. 19. The antlallen with "With business generally better and fornia while he was governor. His sucwith the demand for economical transland bill, which waa recently passed by cess with this movement was so great portation on tbe increase, the 1921 auto- the Oregon house of was that today Californias great representatives, mobile market should bp tha liveat tn his- killed lat the senate. and commanding position today by prestige tory." declared Mr. Rlshel "Dealer everywhere hold this optimistic viewpoint. And that they are right Is shown- - in the records made at all the big eastern shows. A brightening market Is always reflected first In the business of the small dealer who Is In closer contact with hie prospects than are the larger concerns. , T he Intereet manifested1 tn this year' exhibit'" by every outside dealer buying through Salt Lake distributors, la Indicative of a big year. Not only will thla Interest in the auto show mean that there will be a heavier attendance than In former years, but It also means that all previous show sale records will be broken. Unless every single dealer with whom I have talked ba missed his guess this sell ing record will hold throughout the year." Mr. Rlshel said. son of California and Smoot of Utah will aid x- -r state of Utah is Interested In the motor ear Ths automobile show Is organised and managed to give these person an opportunity to study car, new well as standardized models at a minimum of time and expense. In no other Industry In which ths public Is Interested la It possible to study the article on aale and all the goods mad In competition to that article a at an automobile show. Is Open eompetltlon ths only fair system to serve the publlo and the automobile show compels competitors to sell their wares oa price and quality alone. il Experts In, every line, fro moires to be on hand to bursters, advice that the public may get tha maximum. qt twice on lta Investment Some people prefer ULmak their-pchases from their own conclusions Such Individual can easily hid their Identity among the thousands who visit the auto shows car--wf- give-expe- rt nr Personal Study Possible. A man with his family can study all make of cars from a distance or cloee up even to the Intricate working parts of the car and make his own selection. But ready and willing salesmen will be on hand to give advice to those who wish to buy on the experience of others. It la trulam In the automobile trade that every person la a prospect, for the purchase of an automobile. Polite and courteous treatment to everybody la therefore naturally the watchword of every exhibitor In the auto shew. The modern auto show la th latest thought of tha most aggresslv big business lo America to serve a publlo demanding Its good. N DEALERS ARRIVE FeRti WILL PROBE eiBBONEV AFFAIR. WASHINGTON, feeb. 19. Th'"embasy In Mexico City and th American con-sat Progreso have been Instructed to Investigate further circumstances under which D. Clarence Gibboney of Philadelphia and members of his pasty died recently at Progreso. Official reports said the men were drowned when the boat In which they were cruising off. the lower east coast of Mexico foundered, but recent unofficial published reports Indicating that they might have been killed by bandits prompted further Inquiry. I. W. W. ARE SENTENCED. FPOKANTH Wash, Feb. 1. Eight alleged members of ths Industrial Worker of th World were sentenced In court here today to elxtr days Inpolice Jail on charges of vagrancy, after their coun- a list of the exhibitors at the fourteenth annual FOLLOWING isahow.r Automobiles. Passenger Car. 421-2- 3 South Main St. Trucks, Tractors. '. ... Hudson, Essex Botterlll Auto Co Browning Automobile Co Overland, Chevrolet Motor Sales Co......... Chevrolet ' Franklin Motor Car Co Franklin . Ford Motor Co. (Factory Branch). Ford Orady Motor Co Cole, Reo M L. Orahsm Co Kloar Hyland Motor C0.......1 Marntnn, Rupmohtle Motor Car Co.,,. Kissel Kar, Scrlpps-Boot- h n Motor Co, Stephen Six Motor Co Pal L- - O. Naylor Co , T. W. Htudebaker Pierce-Arroj M. D. Naylor Co Paclflo Nash Motor CO Nash - Randsll-Dod- d . . .. . Bulck Auto Co. Klchardxon-Bowe- r, Inc. Dodge Rharman Auto Co Cadillac, Oakland Hhepherd-Mitche- ll Motor Car Co.. Liberty The Sims Co Packard A. E. Tourssen Olds mobile WMlys-Knig- And Have Their Wheels Tested for Alignment ht Ford Trucks. Tractors Reo er Our new indicator machine, just arrived of testing- running alignment. . - Jhe onlymeans. So Call on the FELT BOYS For a Stitch in Time Saves Nine." OPEN SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS y IN FACT, EVERY DAY, EARLY ANDXATE. Mult (graph Sale J. Louie Anderson. Bowers Building Co. R. F. Bowser Co Harry 1 Bracken. Centdry Printing Co Capital Electric Co Lon Claflln t huRg A t rawf jrd ( o. American- Paige re Ntrevell-PaterSo- A '4 , Btudebaker, Vim, Acme Pierce-ArroNash w O. M. C. Dodge Packard Olds Accessories snd Special. Exhibit. Co... Daily Paper Zenith General Auto Kervlre Co GUI Piston Ring Co... Jake Oreennsld Harry Hidden House of Hopper Macks Headlight Shad,.... Motor Mercantile Co The Motor Cat Equipment Co. Rail Lake Hardware Co Rter Lubricating Oil Co n Hardware Co Utah Oil Refining Co......... Karl Wint- -r Non-Gla- " Kissel in Laraon-Clayto- w Do you realize that 75 per. cent of the cart on the atreete-todahave their front or reax wheels out of alignment, causing an' enormous unnecessary wear on tires? n the various English teachers of the state. Frances Gualtrough, chairman; Laura McCurdy Clark, secretary and the following members were present: L. A. Agnes Quivey, University of Utah; Lovbndahl, Weber normal; Ellen HinckBoxelder Athene ley, Farnsworth, high; Davis high. The next meeting will 1e held during conference week. - ul 'A 0 t? , ir A art s; ' 4 4m , ss, I v n Hfe&ttt swe oSifrSfr Oarages Carburetors, Auto Bed ....Gasoline Tanka Cylinder Grinding Utah Roenery etc. .Indian Motocyrle .Painting and Auto Top .....Oils, Prest-ODl- ' Oil Accessories wtr a fc '' 4 Wheel Service, Batteries if JIf .T- -' tj THE WHEEL familiar with many make of wood, wire and which possess strength and durability. But to combino these ail Important feature! with RESILIENCY and its resultant ECONOMY OF OPERATION ha been the problem confronting every manufacturer of automobile wheels. THE BENTLEY STEEL WHEEL COMPANY haa been successful in manufacturing such a wheel. THE EENTLEY STEEL WHEEL, owing to its RESILIENCY, will make any car ride with ease, eliminating the use of shock absorber. . THE BENTLEY STEEL WHEEL, owing to it RESILIENCY, will Increase your time mileage TOUR TIMES. THE BENTLEY BTEEL WHEEL, owing to its RESILIENCY, will eliminate the breaking of springs, the shearing of body bolts and the sagging of doors. THE BENTLEY BTEEL WHEEL la made of CHROME VANADIUM BTEEL, which it tougher than armor plate and practically indestructible. BENTLEY STEEL WHEEL EQUIPMENT improve the appearance of oof cor. THE BENTLEY STEEL WHEEL SALES COMPANY la prepared to prove all claims. INVESTIGATE this proposition without delay. Bentley 8teel Wheels are standard equpment for the Yellow Cab Company and the 6TH AVENUE BUSES in New "York. They are also standard equipment for California atage Hues operating between San Francisco and L01 Angeles, aa well aa many of the leading dry goods companies throughout tha country operating large fleets of trucks. BENTLEY STEEL WHEELS ARE ON DISPLAY AT THE Tho Automobile world F 1 disk- Automobile wheel AUTO SHOW Batteries te Piston Rings Bentley Bteel Wheel Shock Abjorbers Harlry.i.avldson Motorcycles Headlight Shad Accessories Batteries Accessories, Tire oils I AMERICA'S WONDER WHEEL . NEW LOCATION The state "Better Speech Week committee met yesterday at the public library to discuss wavs and mean of compiling and arranging suitable material to tie used in the coming .November. It was proposed that a "monthly" bulletin "be sent "out "to . Firms Listed as Exhibitors at Salt Lake Automobile Show y pp0j7 Co. . - Yesterday marked the arrival here of the advance guard of mors than 3000 automobile dealer scattered the intermountain territory, andthroughout who have signified their Intention to visit annual sel, Ralph Pierce of Seattle, had refused auto show thla week Among those who to give assurance that they would refrain came In yesterday went several dealers from selling on the streets here copies from Cache va'ley, southern Idaho and of L W. W publications. Pierce assured southwestern Wyoming. Mr. Rlshel. after the court that Srokane need not worry Ay to of New Members to Be Made at Intensive Drive. Throughout State. Round-u- p Senators Smoot and Hiram W. Johnson Speakers at Batter Speech Campaign Auto Association Event Planned by Committee OUT-OF-TOW- Every Car Owner It Requested to Stop at One of the distinctive alms of the Utah Automobile association will be to secure to Utah the prestige and popularity that her scenio resources so abundantly warrant. The mapping of prospective routes pro- -, and the Initiating of acts will be progressively undertaken. Keen interest Is at present being shown In certain pending legislation. The association Is enthusiastically supporting a bill proposing a nonpolltical highway commission. It is believed that a commla- slon whose membership Is chosen from ths state at large could include highway experts and men with more time to devote to development and research work. The board of commissioners, undfer the proposed measure, would be overlapping, its members being appointed for one, two, three and four years, respectively, road-buildi- $ I if AUTO SHOW OFFERS GREAT OPPORTUNITY Tourist Travel Sought. h lv road-buildi- one-ha- . J. A. - -DISTRIBUTOR UTAH, IDAHO, WYOMING W. Broadway, Salt Lake City 33-3- 9 'Exclusive Territory Open for Live Dealen Ask About Sixty Dayi- Fne Trial Offer |