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Show .'THE ir v BAHT LAKE TRIBUNE, SEND AY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1922. . Fifteenth Annual Auto Exhibit Plans Launched DfflUMESL . Larger Number of New Model Cars Exhibited for This Years Display; Show Greatest Attraction of Its Nature. To motor cntfrusfeurt of the lnterrooun-tal- a west, th onn5al Salt. Lake auto i ahow ia the aha big motor event of tba Ioar. Each spring, along about tba tintto tba average motorists thoughts (um a oar, gtb Ipurt that the mark t fopda ia placed before them In a pleasing .1 a$id attractive manner at Salt Lake's big exhibition. The auto show ia a habit J with the public, and while motoring fane gather annually at Salt Lake every other i large center of population in the United btnloe la doing likewise. The Salt Lake auto show, scheduled for 20. will be j the week beginning February i the fifteenth annual exhibition of tta kind In this city. Uach succeeding year it has i grown larger and more elaborate; aa both the dewier and motoring . puhlio rootl become a necessity to the Industry i and a piace of knowledge to the motoring public. It haa become a permanent. Institution, and aa auch is always welcomed by the thousands who annually paaa up land down the wide aisles between the highly decorated show booths. committee of veteran la In charge of ahow this season They are W. I). Klshal, as manager, assisted by Frank BotteriQ, FTed Sharman and Arch Brown-InTogether, they are now laying plana El Experts Unite in Clearing Meaning of Misunder atood Term in Ncw Lawn t,a Ordinance , Adds Heavy Punishment to Severe Penality Now Available. 1 t g. Government Declares Steam ' v Road and Auto Highway ' -- Intersections Dangerous "Cotutiderahl tm curtain ty aM dnubVaal to th cxaot meaning of reckless driving and what actually constitutes a reck-leautomob driver has arisen since the recent enactment of a city ordi- none providing for tho confiscation ss 11 Federal Aid Projects Under New Act Must Be Free of Alt Such Passages, anclr found Twice guilty of this offense. The ordinance does not end with only that the 1922 exhibition will .rank weM up With 1ie leading tutomoblle shows neUT Ipeclal to Th Tribune. rbt this season of the year throughout the WASHINGTON Jan. 14. Grade crosscountry. ings must go. They wilt be eliminated wherever possible on the roads of ths Standard. Optimism federal aid highway system, which will be built as a result of tho recent passage The forecast at present Indicates more show this of tha. federal highway aot. When tne strictly Pew modem year than at any show for gome time. roads which form th primary or InterMany of the lar.er manufacturers have state system are constructed, no grade will be allowed to remain that designed new mode! fir J 923, and the crossing it Is at all practicable to avoid. Every prices are far beow thoee of a year ago effort will b made to make tha roads In practically every instance. The automobile, like many manufactured artlcuA, of th secondary system equally safe, but v ': ; ' , hat dropped far below the wartime prices. In this cas It Is recognized that elimiln fact, it might be said it la one of the nation may pot b practicable In all cases few manufactured which baa at this tlm article In making this announcement the bureached the prewar price. Because the public recognises Url. It is but natural reau of public roads. United States denew oars to expect that tha Interest to partment of agriculture, under whose suthis year will be greater than K haa been pervision th fund Is allotted and con. l. struction is undertaken, la putting Into for several seasons. It la-- almost certain that the Salt I Slice effect a policy which It has long advo-cate- d show win one held In the In principle ana wnose adoption It Intermountain country this season; and has urged with Increasing effectiveness for till reason a larger crowd of upon atat highway officials for some people can be looked for than to time past. The policy Is meeting with of In soma previous years Local shows hearty cooperation on tha part of the the smaller cities in this territory have states, and the American Association of attracted car owners and prospective State Highway Officials by resolution has efforts to cooperate to buyers In the past, but with tha Salt Lake pledged show standing out aa the one big stellar eliminate grad crossings on nsw conattraction thl iear people struction. are expected to congregate to tba big In addition, ths policy finds favor exhibition. smeng the railroads, some of th leading Tha first work don by the committee carriers already having lent cheerful aid In Its drat executive session was to adopt In avoiding the construction of snore the word optimism as the standard for grad crossings. th show. Tha whola conduct of tha Instead of crossings, there will shnw will be built around optimism. It b constructed,grade wherever possible, either will b an optimistic show. Bettor cars a bridge or an underpass where roadway at better prices, more roll a Me dealers and railway Intersect. Important roads equipped to give more reliable service. which now cross and recross railroad lines Increasing prosperity of the community at grades hereafter will be located en will be reflected on the Increasing pros- tlrely on one sld of the railroad, even perity of the attendance. From the mo- though to do ao may lncreaa tho coat torists point of view, the show will re- of construction. State officials, realising flect the chance from last gasp of deths need of eliminating grade oroaslnga, pression to the first light of prosperity. have stated their desire to cooperate with While an Bttto show primarily leads ana tho department jn eaxrylng out thla plan. to think of th passenger car It must -not be overlooked that tn Ilia Salt lake Tracfc Level Avoided. auto ahow will have on display, in addiWhere orosslnga era unavoidable, or tion to passenger cars, the beat there is to motor trucks; the latest in accessories where local Interests Justify construcand tha beat tha market affords tn tinea. tion of highways to cross railroad lines, All will bejghown In attractive booths by th road will be so located as to pass the largeC and leading automotive firms over the track or under It. hi most inof th Intermountain west. stances of this sort th railroads bear of tha coat f building tha bridge or underpass. , Automobile The prime object of tho department's ' policy to eliminate grads crossings on BILLION-DOLLA- R federal eld roada la the saving of human Bridges Being Uvea Thla policy probably will Involve Increased expense of construction In th gpeeUl to The Tribune. 610 A B, Jan.U.The people of Blending cas of some roads, bat It is believed this have begun worVn an automobile road Is Justified by th saving of llfa During to the natural bridges In San Juan coun- th three years endlnr with 120. accordpedal te The Tribune. available to the ty and will endeavor to have th road ing to the best recordswere NEW YOBK, Jan. 14. An. export combine Involving 180 companies which lost at grade lives completed In time to accommodate tour- department,in 331 do A domestic business of over one billion dollars annually was considered by the United States and 10,044 ist travel next summer. Is a letter to crossing the automobile makers at the Export Managers convention of the National the Moab chamber of commerce, the persons were Injured Automobile Chamber of Commerce held in this city. president. Of the Blanding chamber has asked tha support of the local business pedal to The Trltmaa Tho combine, as proposed by O. F. Bauer, secretary of tho N. A. C. 0. mens. nrcanlratlon In the undertaking. de- 1KBW TOHKJan. 14 The The forest service also baa been asked mand for wider and safer growing roads and head cost of foreign trade in cars and trucks in the following ways: to lend its cooperation to th work. stronger bridges has awakened the offiTho credit of the export eombino would be greater than any single comSupervisor Spencer of the La Sal na- cers and directors of the American Road tional forest Is favorable' to giving aid Builders' association to tha need for acpany or group. It could investigate the financial rating of foreign buyers at . to the project. The forest service makes tion, and th program committee haa small cost to each individual company. Its resources would permit extending It annual road appropriation the latter provided for an exhaustive discussion af credit to foreign markets 011 a bans competitive with foreign countries. part of this month, and petitions have the subject at tha twelfth American good Combination would mean much lowered cost per company in documentabean circulated In Biandlng, Monttcello roads congress and thirteenth national tion, stenographic trad translation work, packing offices, ocean insurance, fiand KoaJo, calling tha attention of th good roads show to fee held in Chicago all district forest ofdc to tho Importance this week, commencing Monday. nancing and research work. Parts and repair stations could be established of tiria road. abroad on n scale which would bo virtually impossible under individual comTh commissioner of Ban Juan county petition. era In Balt Lake .conferring with state Thousands Killed. It is proposed to reduce tho cost of the normal competitive function of The elimination of grade crossings will road officiate, and th petitions will bo laid before them, as well as the matter ha on of th phases considered. Out of selling by grouping the participating members in noncompetitive classes. af putting In shape the highway lead ing 11,000 persons allied on th highways of That is, each group could contain several automobile companies operating in aouth from Moab to MbnticeHo and Blanth country last year, approximately 4000 different price classes, which could have one central selling agency, just as ding.. Tba commissioners wUl especially were struck down at grad crossings. Inin this country a dealer often handles ssveral different makes in different urge the surfacing of th hew grad and vestigation has shown also that on mo, th comptation pf project No, to La torist trl every three la earales at grade pries groups. Bal Junction. , crossings, approaching tha railroad tracks st reckless speed and without taking due notice of approaching tralna Kennels Dogs Th Pennsylvania and Southern Pacific tain interests are now attempting to create th impression that it was the inrailroads, especially, have been heavy sufon ferers from grade crossing accidents. On tent of the law to complete the th Southern Pacific lines alone (luring interstate system at the expense To Sava strength of hunting dogs for the past three years loot motor cars and of the'secondary system. Naturally we work In the field, they are carried, trucks were wrecked at grad crossings would not object if a state found it where tba distance are long. In comfort- tn 400 cases, or more than 20 par cent, necessary to expend even as much as 75 able cage placed on the running boards th motorists deliberately ran Into the cent upon tho primary roads, pro122 In "of the automobiifs which carry Instance autos plunged per th trxlna vided it wae necessary to do so in order sportsmen, according to an Illustrated ar- through th crossing gatea Nine crossing ticle in th February Popular Mechanics flagmen were struck down. to connect up some important roads of In 070 cases In which motorists ran In Magazine. this character; but to A partition lp the crnter'dlvtdeg the front of the tratnr 130 persons wr killed figure would endanger the success of carrier into two kennels. Th cage Is and 405 wer Injured. In 490 cases motor such and lath, and haa cars stalled on the crOings r.ITtT.rappropriations by congress is the a canvaa curtain on the weather aide, demolished. oas Bill sctual,5r mu.ri)rearty-UI1(rprirowhich can be let down to protect the tided with the danger t,ftt lt An Investigation conducted recently by dog from wind and rain. Two metal in of building the farm toofmaket roads bars, bent to fit the runntng board, are the Maryland atat roads commission Calls demonstrated that most highway .acciclamped beneath to bold the cage. to the extent of 40 per centfof the apdents occur en long atretche of road, propriations that enabled the friends of Instead of at the curves, and ar due to this legislation to write this law upon Combination Motor speeding or reckless driving, rather than the statute books, and any reluctance InWoodruff of 0. Boat Boy Successful skidding. Congrestmaa the part of the state departments upon A total of H.5M.OOO was paid out In house committee to carry out its provisions in the proper death claims by American Insurance com- diana, member of the to Governor has written on roads, will very likely arouse the anAnother combination automobile and panies for th 12,000 persons killed on with regard to interpretations to spirit motor boat haa been built by a New the hlghwavs last year. In addition 'to tagonism of many of the fnends of the Jersey Inventor. In general appearance the fatalities there were 1,500,000 non-fat- be placed on the federal highway act re- law just passed. It la ilka a boat, mounted on springs, on Injuries. cently in effect, which provides I believe it very that you four pneumatlo tired wheels K waa for the current fiscal year for give me your viewsimportant as to how your thoroughly tested at Bayonne, N. J., re- Increase Noted. construc- state will road to state in aid federal under the section operate cently, and Is said to have performed In .fatalities In ISIS wer 9341 tion. Congressman .Woodruff is author above. I will appreciate an a moat Aatlsfactqgy manner. It worked In Automobile 1011 the number Increased to 9S2t. of another measure providing a five-yea- r quoted aa we expect to hold - equally well on tha land and In the waresponse, early ter. It la described and Illustrated in Considering the 12,000 accidents last year program for federal participation en my bill in the hear future. basing their calculations on the ex- in roadbnilding. Jt is hojied that the hearings th February Popular Mechanics Maga- -. and - SL ofperience New I.oul, Cleveland, Nitt win b0 Ilxea t. i,i. , gins. . " EPITAPHS FOR M0T0HIST8. York, Chicago and other "eltln for th first six months of 1421, exporta estimate $100,000,000 a year, Here rests the remains HIS CAREER. His letter to Governor Mabey is relthat this years fatalities on the high. Of Perclval Bap; There waa a young parson named Ted. ways will reach 15,000. A total of 10 ative to that provision in tho recent II drove his machlno Automoblllng had gone to his head; persons wer killed on New York state law which reads: With a slrl in his lap. breathed in gasoline smiles, - road ard citv streets during th flret Not more than CO per centum of all thousands of mlhrt, six months this vear. Of thla number, federal aid allotted to JI sped Lies shall her state slumbering any And he U probably scorch when hes 403 met their death In New York City. On William Lake; interdead! At a recent drswlnv of span for the bs expendjd upon the primary or Wasile Tales. He heard tha hell, been good road show tn Chicago 9$ per cent state highways, until provision has Hut had no brake- of the 40,000 square feet of space was made for the improvement of the entire such of highways; provided that, system taken, breaking all and this stone Bnsth uss of sdd'tlonal buildings to with ths approval of any state highway Biceps William Raines; house Long Suffering Citizen ths exhibits. of the on Ic secretary the agriculture Approxolmately department, hill, He hsd uo chains. amirove. t beexpeiid i ture o f- - more Wall Cars chlnery and appliances will be exhibited tnsr centum of the federal aid 60 m than per At the good rosds to be held lies the body to auch state upon the priBecausi he eras tired of having during th expositioncongress Of William Jart many subjects of apportioned highways of such his residence used as a garage for Importance to highway users will b dis- mary or interstate died II maintaining 1 cussed, Including th runaWHjr automobiles. C, W. PeterIlls right of way. strengthening of state. , son of Davenport, Iowa, appealed to bridges to carry th Concerning this ths Indiana congresstruck the city for permission to erect a loods and a more equlfhble distribution man remarks: At firtv miles for tha construction and ronerettr'X.bulmeiTt' ln front of his Drove Olll Pldd; Thsfnends of the legislation her maintenance of highways. Last year fed- believed the state highway . He thought heme Six automobiles backed down h wouldnt departments th hill into Peterson's front door eral. state and municipal taxes on motor would administer tbs law In the spirit &kid but bo did. vehicle reachedum-- of - the. staggei .ng last-- year. Recently a truck dealer ?TI6, 20 000- - equivalent to $34 per car in wbieb ib wa enacted, and as a result Her he sleeps, dumped a stock of vegetables Into Governor of states, cqunty commissionlarge portion of the money appropriatvan entered On Johnny Fonker; th parlor and to ' would ed er the be bv and congress of cltle mayors expended 'He rounded a turn throughout th th house, country a re being asked to appoint dele- on fsrm to market roads. We still Without a bon key. to the congress. gate believe this, notwithstanding that curColumbua Dispatch. for-th- authorities to prohibit th operation e official, and,' tn addition to this, th V-- 'rk V'r -- rj f , wsjfi nr & guilty person also is subject to a fin not exceeding $391 and Imprisonment of gig months in ths city Jell, or both. This ordinance was prepared January I by City Attorney W. H. Folland at th request of Mayor C. C. Nealen and was submitted to Fublio Safety Commle-tlonof Arthur F. Berne ma Folios Joseph E. Burbldgs, It was city commission Tuesday, Jassod by19.theTha ordinance is declared aimed at wealthy persons to whom a fln is no hindrance in conducting themselves as they eee fit In these matter and In aggravated cases where neither floes or imprisonment have any effect. 'i? er tthonly Us-b- ?s 1 est Public Interested. out-of-to- i -- Notwithstanding th obviousso few who far tho act in thl fashion, might majority of motorists who bo victim of or unconsciously the now law hav indicated- their keen interest In the meaning of reckless would - U l - y H a- - rf avv,? . -- ;a j--. driving, Tho city law department has prepared the following definition of the termr Tho ordinance recently enacted having to do with Impounding automobilesto for certain traffie violationsfar isas aimed possible, prevent, and minimize, as sodden ts caused by recklessly driven automobiles. "Tho ordinance provides that person who has on oe- - been connoted of driving an automobile white under th influence narOotica or. of Intoxicating Uquor. twice drugs, or who has boon driving on the oonvtcted of reckless Street of Salt LsUt City, te thereafter forbidden to dr tv aa automobile in Salt Lake City for a period of ate month, if such on Individual I found driving hi car after such convictions and within th six months period, th Polio or to into custody and hold It, take th cor and If it 1 ahown that th driver has been oonv!otd wittUn ths six ufentha period tho car is to be Impounded .for ninety days and th driver must pay all XPilllM. U hoped by this ordinance to not only in (Hot fines, sentence and upon drivers, but to them from driving cars nd to also taka their cars away from them If .they Attempt to drive .before the probations xl period of six months has expired. 4 V - V',; " - one-ha- lf 1 Road to Natural Constructed AUTO EXPORT REGISTRATION OF Impostors Sell Mythical Autos in Clever Fraud COMBINE BEING CONSIDERED - 1 ' Carried in Autq Running Boards adeaf-Jlght-iumbe- w iwlwrfTIndiana Congressman for Federal Aid Highway Building Work. -- Car and Ke rjuon 7r. Is Ma-be- y al $75,-000,0- 1 -- necasal-1al1ngt- hi Wants to Stop a nrs -- t , -- J of any motor vehicle by any person found guilty onos of driving a machine whllo under th influence of liquor, narootlcs or any ether drug. Th convicted party will b declared a public nuisance and may b deprived of th us of his cor for ninety days, h or sh may not driva a machln In Balt Lake for six months. Storage win bs charged th owner of th vblcl while it 1 held by th city lt new (rind of fraud is being on motorists or prospective motor buyer by Impostor who ar ailing options on cor claimed to hav been purchased from th government at bargain price. Th operator claim these cars can bs assembled for $25 apiece, and th option could bo bad for $150 on each car. Th cars or suppoMd to bo ' surplus property of the war departA worked Utah Ha Approximately 45,000 Automobiles at Close of Year Just Past nt ExpIajiatlonGImi. ment. Th srovernment has sold no ears of this kind, and the department of Justice agents ar looking for the operator of th schema It win be noticed from tha ordinance conthat a parson who ha been twlc same victed of reckless driving is in tho once been hv under position as those who While the convicted of driving narcotics. or of influence liquor The term rockles driving Is a broad . one, but I capable of exsuit definition, means persons who violate the- speed it or lews so as to endanger the property lives of other individuals. It means op-to without regard erating an automobile tha safety or th right of other pera question of foot is sona It, of course, to be determined by the Jury to som where th facta are ease, but to oases such that any reasonable man would has been recksay that tho defendantbecome a matter less th question may is recklessly man a Whether Uw. pf depend upon operating his automobile th circumstances at th particular time, uch the nature of thwxtret dltlon as to snow and Ice; the vridth traffic of th treet; th character thof the nature of of day; It; th timsecurity of matter In the tha car; It' kindred brakes and other equipment, e and into token subjects, all element toin and of Itself Speeding consideration. s In almost wvory instance oonstltutesreck-lasV viodriving, but a man may ndtb be Jr may and yat law lating ths speed tetJV driving. IfisJho guilty of reckless the driver passing a 1 is crowded or if r ' th tret ."!!: if school, or ' Mrp hi ecrUlnl? ct¬ bs frss from hg.ofr.ck!e.n...lfh.operat.. Mil pat st ths fnulmum psa limiu might t reckless driving "Briefly atatedr auch driving a ordinarily-predenb defined a would - Ths last 1021. automobile license of the year waa issukdl from ihe office of ing out license for 1922. Ths reverse the gecretary of atate a day or two of this will be true in another month or business picks up much mors ago, the purchaser having operated a to, unlessthan it haa ia ths past few ear during a part of 1921 without tak- rapidly r days. last for his the license 'out Mr. Cheshire yesterday said that th ing as required by law. ' Before he work of inspection of care, to record was he asked number 1923 could get a engine numbers and serial numbers, to straighten out his record for 1921. would be expedited to a very owners would, before apThe number was 47,587. Inasmuch si passenger ear 'numbers in 1921 started plying for alicense, tako the trouble lito clean the part of ths engine where with 7001, a total of 40,587 pairs of cense plates was issued from the office such numbers are placed, so that the of the secretary of state last year for number could easily bo found and read by ths inspector. As it is now, the passenger cars. There was a total of track licenses, by numbers are frequently covered with the game token, of 6936, numbered from greats and grime. half-yea- consider-ableextent- 401 to 7000, and then from 48001 to 48336. About 250 dealer licenses were issued, some in multiple, with aa aver-tg- e orsboutfour pure of plate to a if Steam Motorcycle Devised brDenveri Colo.y Inventor number, or 1000 demonstration edrs in the dealers bands. An economical steam driven motorThis brings the total number of lidescribed and Illustrated in the cense numbers Issued up to 48,623, There cycle, is ao record of the number oftheseHhat If61" .PV,u!r Mechanics Mieaxlne, were represented by transfer or by has been built by a Denver, Colo, man, cancellations for other reasons, but and, as there ar no gears, chains, belts is practically noiseless. averaging .from a partial study of the or clutches, ltclaim Jthat th machln records in Secretary of State H. E. Th Inventor sixty miles per hour Crockett a office yesterday, B. Cheshire, develops a speed of within a distance start a from standing charge of the automobile di- of 174 fet Jr., in estimated end that on gallon of kero-se- n that about 3500 such vision, sufficient steam to travel cancellations had occurred. .Therefore, thlrty-ft- furnishes v miles. Th driving power I In ronnd numbers it would appear that applied directly to th oxl of tho rear, some 45,000 ears would very closely ap- wheel, by a engine. proximate the total in the state of tftaha double-actin- g licensed last year. This represents substantial increase over preceding Vehicle Replaces years, partly resulting from new pur- Queer in chase of cars the state, and, to some Motor Car or Motorcycle extent, also from a closer checking u of automobiles under the provisions o; Halfway between the heavy motorcycle the new laws. and the tight automobile Is a new maWith such a number of autoh and chine, which emhodtes a number of novel th automobile tracks in the atate, around only 1800 features. Th frame,on oftwo A wheels. type, is supported have received licenses the present year barrel typ spiral suspension spring The sre to date. applications coming eliminate wheel An fork. th extra in slowly, and there is ao tiresojne wait wide front mudgaard extends as yet entailed in the process of tak- - back, stationary forming a hood forIs the engine clutch. Power transmitted end gears mofrom a friotion drive and clutch. tor through er Cheap Substitute for Gas Sough t by France To make France loss dependent on other countries (or gasoline, private Interest have contributed 400.000 francs to aid in th discovery of a notional fuel for automobilea and The internal combustion engine. (rovemment hss a like amount availteets. road for and able laboratory of the problems to bo solved la On the effect of any mixture on enzme 'and their lubrication. Many test with denatured alcohol and bensol in small quantities to gasoline added have given good results. persons similarly pot undertake, ltuatd Violations to Be Checked. pro"It i hoped by thl ordinanceonto tho vide a most effective checkautomobile persons who operate their Without regard to th right of other the speed persons; who violate not only ordinance ordinance, but the traffic about to when signaling which require turn and other similar laws. H. Warden J. Polio Traffic 8ergeant drew special attention to violations hof which, three city traffic ordinance, com under believes, should unalterably th new orth punishment provided by dinance. tntoxl-ette- d Speeding, driving a ear while or of. drug,and failure to stop In case of aa accident ara mjq vitally important in my opinion te a. clear highway can see, om y a th driver ,joccur may clrcumstonc unforeseen which would mean life or death with for the latter. A chance thousand drunken driver te wora to meet than a man with a pistol te a duel. Failure to deserving atop in Case of en accident the most sever punishment drlv-e- r recklesa a that said be It might is a man or woman who disregard all and Judgment. ordinary precaution W. D-- Rtshel, secretary of the Utah Btste Automobile association, describedr. a few words his definition of It Is a person who has no tor another persons consideration RlsheL Mr. sold rights, J4lfH. PRICED CARS SOLD.-'Thtwo highest classed cars costing re- 113,000 and $15,000, exhibited at th cent Olympia In London, the great motor car pageant of Europe, were gold to the Maharajah of Bharatpur and Sved Altai All Nawal) of Bogra, both of India. "mattSlTth. 1 DAILV RECORD KEPT, Motorist who wish to keep a bandy record of tn dally expense ana mileage of their cars can do no with th4 use of an accensory recently placed on the market. The accessory has a paper disk divided into thirty-on- e parts, representTho miles ing tho days of the month. traveled" and any purchases of gasoline or oil are recorded upon the dink, which I revolved to the proper date by turning a thumbscrew on tho top. PAUSE AND EFFECT, " Nowadays on Go Nowadays A chat' with taxi chauffeur will drive a man to drink. Wayside Tales. ! -- reck-drive- 1 |