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Show Greater Many pects Thap One Year Ago CHICAGO, Feb. IS; The New York automobile show established the tact that the buyers bad j re turned 'to the 'marke'C ' The second naflonal show held In Chi-- I cago further proved It, Shows which had ' been held In otjier cities In the lnterven-- 1 Ins time likewise bore evidence to It. With reference particularly to Chicago, buying has returned to k city where little real business'll been transacted for the past two montht.and It has returned with ,I great enough vlnv to lead the dealers to hellers' that with continual, effective pushing It caa bs carried on through the ' I v E , - year or at tlons which vitally ffot the automobile . j market can he finally readjusted. i From every standpoint of the dlstrfbo-to- r and dealer the Chicago national auto mobile show waa a success. While the actual retail sales made on the floor were not aa great as during the same period a i year ago, reaching possibly 86 1 per cent of that figure, tire great attendance and the unusually large number of live pros peels obtained fully Justify the optimism which the selling organisation felt from the time the doors of the Coliseum and directed and made."' In a town First Regiment armory opened until they of 18,000 the properly dealer through hie assumpclosed a week later. tion that business was flat and would have to revive Itself has made practically ' Public Investigates. no sales at all. In a neighboring town " Before 8000 the dealer, looking at condition of distributors Show and the opened differently, was able to transact several ) dealers regarded the success of the ex sales weekly. It was all In ths matter of as dependent slraoet entirely upon I hlbit the state of mind. Generally speaking, the attitude of the public as evidenced by the country dealers were very optimistic, their Interest and not by the signing of contracts at the booths. There was sn but placed few orders. of a volume year selling unprecedented ago because condition then were widely Wage Earners Hesitate. different from what they are this year. down tbe prospects gathered It was a matter of course then that toa atRunning the show, properly assorting them, buyer would step into a booth, speak a salesman and without any other lengthy finding which are productive and which conclude a purchase. The Pub have changed their minds since they . formality jj0 hls year- - is achanged- - public, ZV 1 placed then name --and addressee-f- n the an Investigating public. It wants to be hands of the distributor or dealer will shown. It la a public that needs to be probably consume two months.. That will convinced. It Is not buying hsphaxardly. bring buying up to the season where purThs paid attendance, despite unsettled chases as a matter of course should In. weather conditions, a few days of rain crease. Bummer will then be on. but and other; days that were threatening ahead withafter that dealers see no was 12 or 20 per cent better than last out the hardest kind oflight work. It will year. With the exception of the opening take real salesmanship to win a prospect dav, dll admission were paid for. (The o er when he has placed hi name on half booths were so crowded the middle of the a dozen lists and It will take equally bard week that It was Impossible for the selling work to continue to make sales after the effective- - work. first gush of the summer season is pasts organ Isa lion- - t- and such discussions as were started were Business is not going to knock at any postponed for continuance in the sales man's door. It will have to be gone after room later on. There Is business, es the show demonbut it is not obtainable willy strated. Car Owners Attend. nilly. Dealers fee 1 both from the The crowd as a whole was not prompt that ed by curiosity. Its interest waa healthy attendance of prospects and dealers inclustates, ami wholesome. It was not s crowd that business in the agricultural will to remain continue of sive Illinois, was out on a lark It had a definite pur In a quiescent state unless real merchanpose in goingto the show. It was essendising efforts are brought Into play. In tially an attendance of car owners. There spots, there already, .appears to be an Were, of course, people who never had among the farmers, Every owned 'a ear and had' coma to the ahow easing up the crop producer a day nearbrings to look things over, but they were In the day er to the time when he vr!U feel more minority. re'1 here, were comparatively few buyers disposed to let go of last years cropmean of what the sacrifice may or prospects, as compankl with last year, gardless has been holding off for from the rural d Istrl ct.l Vn braced In the for him. He for many months, lie has prices Chicago distributor's terVyVy. The num- higher as struck the buvera have struck. ber jof country dealers inmved k. plight Financialjust banks is likely decrease. Those that came were filled to oeuse pressure by the - grain selling soon. with the confidence and optimism that will to tend permeated the show, snd this Will Eventually Bay.- increase their determination to Instil new life Into their business when they return In a number of Instances ths matter of hava corns did not home. Dealers who price was spoken of by ths prospect, but fallen Into the state of mind revolving this did not figure very materially In about depressed conditions at horns; the the discussions at the booths. General farming districts shout no business and business conditions affected In a as s matter of course ths dealers assume measure the sale of cars that wouldlarge be r. that there Is no business. Gelling cam- bought by the These usual Chibe will are not projected by shortly purchasers paigns exactly steady on their cago distributors to bring dealers In ths feet as yet; they are not settled In their country to s different way of thinking. own minds that the readjustment going One distributor cites two esses to show on will not affect them. They do not what can be done with efforts properly know when the ax will fall. If it will fall out-of-to- n wage-earne- 15,000 Miles on Tires Fuel Efficiency at all, and they wlU be called upon to reserve their surplus funds. The buyers of the higher priced cars have pretty well established positions, and while the purchasers of the moderate priced cars are to a certain extent concerned In readjustments they are not affected as deeply as are the lower priced car buyers. The feeling of hesitancy has taken hold of these latter more than it has of the other two classes. They all' ant cars, there Is no question about that, and even- 50 Road-abili- ty Zero-Balan- ce Less -- ' tually they will buy them.- - Some prosstatepects discounted the ments, borne out by those production schedules already made for the present year, that there will be k shortage in the spring. One man, who evidently did. not. buy last year or attempt It, stated that there never haa been a shortage of cars and there never would be. Greater Annual Depreciation On Exhibit" at the b AUTOMOBILE SHOW GRADY MOTORCOMPANY 465 South Main Street. NOTABLE LEAP MADE. Doubling for the star In k "big punch" scene for a moving picture feature now In production at Palabasas. Cal., Ous Martin, well known Los Angeles motorcyclist, not only cleared the young chasm under him, but his leap of 47 feet set a new record In the annals of motorcycle feats. Measurements taken ehowed that Martin to made a leap of 87 feet from take-othe point where the machine first landed, and it traveled a total distance of 87 feet before It came to a stop. The landing spot was eight feet lower than the take- Cole- - o tk . Those who witnessed the madcap leap, be Including lhmwvt"ft,lk, declarelt-tone of the greatest motorcycle faats In the history of film making, as well breaking the former record of $4 feet,. scene of a strange bulldogglng contest, the contestants finding BULLDOGS CYCLIST STEER. themselves in competition with a motorcycle, -mounted candidate. Much to the of The game bulldogglng has, up to this time, been the exclusive sport of the chagrin of his rivals, the motorcycle-mounte- d won individual the contest hancowboy, but It eeems that even the ranch bronchoo are to be ousted dily, Inciting the envy of the spectator In this motorised world. The object of with the ease with which he did it. The boye are now thinking seriously of the game Is to overtake and straddle a steer, grab him by the horns and throw discarding their horses for the and enthusiastic rehim. then to quickly tie him up before be ports seem to portend that this latest regains his feeL Mason City, Iowa, waa recently the sport Is bound to come Into Its own In the near future, especially at the annua) roundups and riding exhibitions held at Mtlea City, Mont., Pendleton, Ore., and other western cities. horse-mount- horse-mount- m U.S.A. t7Woio-- r a zJouci Ofteres f Wasatch 1569.' Car Company, Indianapolis,' Motor JIdJarcad Qreaiors Carj ff off. - - X of3omorrvf cfll Cole foes Docay erlng the country, and to apprehend speeders, etc. Latest ad tire from Florence states that the motorcycle has already been paid for In fines and U now bringing money into th city treasury every day, 4 A with sufficient effort to' 'permit feeding exists. in a vertical position. Motor. lamp magnetises th bottom of th socket, so that the lamp can -- be stuck against any steel Trouble part of th chassis and wlU hold Itsef there. Failing this refinement, a tittle Base Valuable screw clamp could easily be designed . CAN OILS VERTICALLY. which would fit on almost any her. There should be k trouble lamp with MoToR, Art oil can new to the automotive field " t length of wire as an Integral part has for its principal feature Its ability aof good ? the car. EASY. to feed under pressure by operating The most Important aid a trouble lamp What is enpltalT" lever. This actuates a piston at the bot could give would The money th other feflew be . be to .light a wheel for tom of the nozzle and forces the oil out tire changing. One with a magnetic base SlmpUclsalmus (Munich). BUDDHIST TEMPLE INVADED. than eleven centuries ago there lived lit Java, Dutch East Indies, a cultured and civilized people who paid homage to Buddha, that mystlo gfrk that many of the natlvea of India end the South Sea Island still worship. So they might better worship their chosen god and pay him homage, they built a wonder temple which surpassed In extent and magnificence anything to be seen In Egypt or India. During the recent craze that swept, the world for unearthing relics and ruins of ths past, the ancient temple of Boro Boe-dwas aecidentlly discovered in the heart of Java. As the marvelous Structure aa excavated, the spectators held their breaths with awe at the spectacle. Thousands of life-si'statues and mile f, of representing the highest exart. went Into ample of Its ornamentation With infinite care, without the aid of mortar or cement, column, pillar or arch, the ancient people erected out of stone, terrace upon terrace, and built It Into a solid pygamtdal temple, covering almost the same area at the greet Pwramld of Clzeh Imagine, therefore, the horror which the Spirit of the Temple Boro Boedoc must have experienced when the sacred ehrlne of Buddha waa invaded by a modern which actually climbed the ancient temple after nearly half a day of effort, succeeding In reaohtng tli very top of ths lofty eminence. Because of the of the feat end the great unusualnes hazard Involved In performing It. It has caused a stir In motor circles practically . all over tbe world. Lamp With Magnetic More ze bas-relie- Greco-Buddhi- st Automobile Men , Attention! COYOTES HUNTED. Thrills surpassing those In any other spurt are claimed fur motorcycle coyote hunting by Fowler, Kan., enthusiasts. According to tKese rider the coyote can make forty-fiv- e mllee an hour for surlong periods over the prairie prisingly and. Following In his wake at this speed and tiring the animal down to a point where It can no lunger turn and furnishes part of ths dodge successfully, thrills, it 1 then a matter of k whirl of the lariat and the vicious bruts, with a few quick spurts of the motorcycle, Is Choked to death. ' CRIME WAVE CHECKED. The city of Florence, Al. recently chssed a motorcycle to more effectively cope with the crime wave which le oov- - ALKOEE- - srarra AUTO CO. 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