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Show DESERET EVENING NEWS New, Use ' j ,g, tSb S '- j t8i . -- . Take Your Neighbors cSb c&i (j For An Airing Eddie the ace eat at (the table of of face that saluted him, the great! was decidedly up In the air, out- honor In the' banquet room of the iflyer I A numbered and outmaneuvered. Waldorf AotoMa with1 they same un-- f oW fw(hloned American mother one has n concerned expression that the balcony m the one exception. often seen on Eddie the racer from he watched her continually and stand at attention saluted b r with a the pits of the Santa Monica race Ing kiss. course. . 1 Eddie. .Secretary of War ITal-geetedtgntera After getting away to a heartbreakIn hotels and elsewhere-- Eddie alany fair Sunday last year deming start on the famous Vanderbilt ways registers his home address as onstrated that thia use for truck had speedway of the Pacific we have seen Los Angeles, Cal., but professes To Pleasure parties gamed a foothold. him draw up and pass one competitor lumbus. Ohio, by birth. The lion Mr. pr the score found their way to beach after another, in the face of disc our- - t Baker, at one time major of Cleveland or lake aboard the big trucka. .. aging odds, blinding dust and suicide , and more recently in business licking Most of the trucka went bumping curves we have seen him hum up tires the Kaiser, dwelt on Eddies boyhood aiqng at a low rate of speed on solid knd gasoline until Fred Wagner gave ; days along with the greatness of the tires, but occasionally a big truck,him the checkered flag; and then as he Buckeye State in general. Hr Hcrjry loaded with humanity, was seen travroiled his mount alongside his crew Van Dyke of Princeton .way dressed y cK at a good rate of speed and with purpose. in the pit, engulfed In a sea of shoving j up In his best, the uniform of the U. admirers and ' pushing policemen and j R. S. and gloriously supported the with an army of barkers screaming record of the boys in blue Rarney front the grandstand Eddie ie Just Oldfield, a late addition to the field of as liable to hop to the ground and fid- - manufacturers was present with his die with a loosened rivet or leaky well known Havana and enthusiastle-valvunmindful of his popular vie-- j ally cheered every reference t'- his , tory. honored competitor of or her days. As the ace of aces, Eddie is a royal Rarney was not the only banquet entry flush all by himself, as the ace ot from the speed world for Ira Vail, racers he Is a full house of popularity Dario Rests. Ralph Mulford and but as a returning conqueror, the. Ralph De Palma were nil sn tjje bar- fireman-save-m- y triplets variety well ner when the soup Live Wire Service With a Square proprietors, realise the value of ex- Eddie you cant fake the lines, thats dropped Shake." perienced help &jiuch an extent that all. hisFred Wagner, veteran of That's the motto of the Edwards-jrarde-n they do not let any novices handle At the banquet table he was flanked tory, was there at the start racing and finish Motor Parts company, Sait work of a technical nature. of on one side War as and psuaL' --Xedysid theeretary is 00 eof tiTchm that lakes popular auto service bouse, , Maxwell Motor Co. at the left lUl-li- t fnr?Ll 'V?"0?1" oncommand-east Third South street,- - That faults' ofautomobite repair shops bf Major Rainbow the the 2 ciraion Edqther. wing of the speakers table with T. J. motto means Just what it says, too, today, and for this reason the auto-upo- n f the of ot celebrities the Toner. Maxwell director n sales itself Toner company prides ,ays Frank Edwards, manager of the orld- in front. Occasipn- - is a Rickenbacker of long supporter the fact that none of this kort company, and because the concern has ' smiled n Eddie and when not standing, their friendship dating back carried it out. it enjoys a moot healthy of practice is carried on in their shop. to the days when both were in Calia piece of work is left at 'thls"nK hands managed to gto a little business at the present time. The fact to his fnal attention and fork. kntfe fornia and Eddie was driving Maxwell to be repaired, the person leaving to, the business has increased to such But as for sea rethe of recognizing best was of any the firm card to victory. organized It may rest assured that the tn extent since mere than a year ago, that the quar- sults will be forthcoming, point out the tos have been enlarged to twice their proprietors, former capacity, and still the apparatus for all sorts of company automobile parts has been added to hasnt any too much room. - . the with Coincident enlargement of the shop, and Frank Edwards believes the quarters was the improving that this will prove an exceptionally front part of the place. - A neat, sys- popular feature to the qlready comtematic arrangement now greets the plete house. By the use of testing visitor as be enters the establishment, apparatus, much time will be saved in courteous on are in sad the determining employees .just what condition a BY PNEUMATIC TIRES alert to see that the Incomer wastes certain part of the machine is, and in no time tf be wants a certain job done this way, the autoist will cut down the In a hurry. Thats the way most of cost of his repair bills. the automobile owners want their jobs The Edwards-Warde- n company is The recent remarkable speed perand this Is one of the reasons preparing for the volume of spring re- formances done, the price situation. M. Edwards-WardeDePalma, the au- L. Discussing tiro has and by everything in tomobile of Ralph company pair business, Graham of the company bearing his in which, driving ace, racing effp to and give enjoys the confidence of every autoist prompt shape vtth whom the firm has had dealings. icient service. The company is agent a special Packard e car equipped with name, distributors of Metx and Elcar cord tires, on ha's this to say: Tbs jobs are of course done in first for the Exide battery in this vicinity, Goodyear straight-sidthe beach at Dayton. Florida, he set machines, eiase shape, but no time is wasted m the battery that is daily making more We our Elcar cars In for the got an entire new table of speed recfriends Business in this department up completing the work. Frank Edwards and Matt Warden, is reported as being particularly good. ords of from one to 20 miles, brings last half of the auto show but we had forcibly to the mind of the motorist no special show models, only the reguthe wonderful development in the lar cars which we sell every day. These SUPPORT BUYtyT pneumatic automobile Hge. USE OF WHITE STIR cars show up much better than we The Goodyear tires with which " NOW MOVEMENT , special car was shod, accord- had reason to expect, because of their ing to E. R. Preston, of The Goodyear underprice figure in their class URGES MMULLEN Tire & Rubber OIL SUGGESTED BY company, who was Any one can learn from the buyer's present when these records were In the -- Motor Age that these had a score made, guide in all the perfect The Buy It Now campaign put on official runs totaling in excess of 500 cars are decidedly underpriced as comat .speeds varying from 140 to pared with EXPERT by the national council of defense is miles all others in their classes. 150 an At hour.' end the of milfs the one movement and a worthy patriotic We have been puzzled to figure out g the tires performance we should all stand behind," says A. showed absolutely no wear, and they whether the other makes wereoygL-- . D. McMullen, president of the Motor will be used again by bePalma ln oth--- er That then la a wide difference' In races. AS' a matter of fact, the priced Fthe Elcar was underprhed. .Mercantile company wto ftT tire is so wonderfully de- We have obtained some light on this Goodyear now is synonymous with ".'Buy it the racers get attached now as we are Just in receipt of a that and that tbe Ufa ot a car de- 'Do' veloped, tt now. Procrastination in pur- to the tires that win races for them notice that both the four and six Elcar pends to a great extent upon whether is Just as much a liability as and' carefully preserve' them for fu- the right oil is selected, is the opinion chasing Sedan will be priced 1100 higher after ture runs. in time. By Buying procrastination expressed - by E. E. Brazier, In April 15, and with this we note that DePalmas lead, pracFollowing it now you are sure of getting what Elec-tri- e for the all the leading racing drivers many other concerns guarantee their " you need when you need it and do tically company. . e are now or prices up to July 1. which is saying using the straight-aidOwners of Ford cam" says Mr. not have to pay the cost ot having do k type of tire instead of the Sntxier. can easny avoid all lubric- Walt for' It. they know the cars are Overpriced conas clincher become have tire, they "Our books show that one of the vinced ating troubles if they will follow the and the claim for that they expect a reduction after Goodyear example and advice of the Ford Motor pronounced tendencies on the part of this tire and its absolute safety is well July 1. company, and use White Star extra ISIS motor car purchasers is to buy founded as shown by the results at the now or at least place orders We can't do this because these cars quality motor oil ia their engines. The it during the last few years, Fort people know what they are talk- - months iu advance of delivery races are not now overpriced and if costs son C. etlff" F. the of Durant, tag about because they spent threef dates, This enables the dealDurant, president of tbe General Mo- decrease so the others reduce their fears experimenting with, and testing er to not dias&point his customtors and an intrepid driver, etls before 1200 our price is still all right, they selected White Star er when the time for delivery who company, 'Will be at all the big tracks- the prices for exclusive nae ia the Ford factories. cornea It enables tbe manufacturer if while there is not a reduction in acone coming-year- , is of latest the Out of all the oils tested. White to so arrange his production schedule ' the only one that lubricated so as hot to disappoint the dealer and quisitions to the ranks of the straight-sid- e costs our Elcar cars will likely have users. and be has announced that, to be advanced In price, therefore the Fort engine perfectly. It had the it practically insures the purchaser the coming year he will race on Goodrght body to force Itself into- the receiving there is no reason why we should his car at the specified year cord straight-sid- e tires. mall working space and stilt wtth-aan- d time." DePalmas performances have been guarantee prices. The fact ia that we pressure and heat so that the a great victory for the Goodyear cord do not believe the price of any of these hearing serfages would not touch. It greoteat atnOunt of good and the long- tires, and the fact that they withstood cars will be reduced had squally superior July I, and we are est life out of their cars. And it was the terrific strains or his qualities, and would run freely principally the idea of. selecting for speed wit hoot showing a par- afraid the Elcar prices will be adsder the coldest tests. them an oil which would accomplish ticle of wear and are still good for vanced on or before July 1. The Fort Motor company p&turai-- 9 this result that the exten- many more races ia an absolute proof wanted Ford owners to et the sive search- - for a promptedoil. of their stability. perfect Taklnc half the neighborhood put a Sunday airing i a new use been found for heavy whKsh-haa trucks, which la expected to be popu-aumnier. during the approaching few hour- motor trip over some con-- .' bonlevarda nearthe fine tit the of Neftf England u, ah-J,o-l ! Intimate Peep Into Past and Present of Eddie Rickenbacker For Heavy Trucb Is Found aa much freedom from .jolt and thuds- - as a passenger ear would afford. These were the trucka equipped with United Slates Nobby Cord pneumatic truck Urea The big pneumatics are revolutionizing (heavy motor transportation, making long jou at good, speed possible at less . expense. . Truck ownes who have the gen-iatouch of hnmanity-'ltheir veins may easily find an outlet for this feeling to give others vehicles their by using also reoin for pleasure, and there isowners to make opportunity lor truck money. Normally, business trucks lie idle on Sundays. and holidays, when they might well be. used for excursion i t J e, ; S The Nash Six Sedan mak spring driving a pleasure -- , wards-Warde- PtUkid I shak-Whe- per-fir- m FOR find the U. MOBILE Roadster $1490 - Passenger , Sens CmT . . . . Valve-in-Hea- d $1640 er Sedan. Poor- Coape . . . $3350 Pitmen! er . $3350 . Pltea I a. I Kenmf-I t. i" 11 1V Pacific Nash Motor Co. 4:10-3- 1 South Main Street. Phone Waatch 1 40 1 Salt Lake City, Utah. record-breakin- lubricating-aaUnnobllreft-ga- rr Four Pmaaongme Motor especially practical As a comfortable closed car it affords complete protection from wind and weather. And for mild days, it is changed by the work, of a moment to an open car with permanent top. tip-to- eng Pm s Touring Cmr , $1490 powerful Nash Six Sed an jwith Perfected of-th- old Fir dri ving, spring-tim- e Acfjf ifr as. ! VALUE CARS T VOLUME PRICES OLD- - salea-aanag- Inter-Mounta- in K )EPt TO - SALES - ryt ig eet record-breaki- IG IL MF i to NYONE who has ridden in tie railway coach with a short wheelbase knows how it bounces, roekg. and sways. Die easy, even of the modem long Pullman is largely due to its : u logger wheelbase. -- If a long wheelbase is essential on-- a le ve 1 1 rack,- - ho w vastly more so on varying roads that motor, ears must We hear on every hand the report old-fashion- ed T t that cancelled war contracts 'have made it necessary for many industries to scramble for business, but it is just as true-thpeace is bringing many trade opportunities to take the place of those that were closed when Mars laid aside his armor. One ot the rsulta of Jthq termtna- has in Oon wf hostilities at -- , haco-.aB- - creased demand for motor trucks in foreign countries, if we can Judge from the recent experiences of the Republic Motor Truck company, Ino of Alma, Michigan. Thle Arm's foreign business has for reara.baett-.eeoBsUiembie'vqtame and has constantly' shown a steady increase. From June 38, 19J7, to July 1st, 191 8, Republic trucka comprise (j more than 10 percent of all the export truck business originating In - the United States. During this sameper cent of al the trucks shipped from the United States to Australia were Republics and 22 per cent of those going to Cuba were of the same make. In the last few months, however, the export business has been growing by leaps and bounds. One Days Orders. One aay' cable orders recently included 50skrucka for Tokio, ten for Calcutta, twOvfor Porto Rico and en for Hong Kong, Many of the trucks which went to Jhpan on this order are to be put into aelqioe by the Tokio Omnibus company. Ltd., which already has 0 Republics in thiv passenger bus service where they havdproved very efficient and economical, rkis a fact that passenger-buserv ioe in all foreign countries is growing very rapidly and is being developed to a point little realized by (he a var- age American. Ot Every month since the' the Arthistioe has shown a signing noticeable increase in Republic's export business and it is believed that foreign trade possibilities are on the eve of a development that will dwarf by comparison all that has so far been occom-pilkhe- d In,, this field. . travel. Marmon have established - the fact that 136 engineers inches is essential to attain tkYuth ing comfort. That more. than 136 jnelies moans .addi- tionalrweighr and cumbersome handling by no means compensated for by the extra length, For this particular weight and balanced combination, ISfr inches is the scientific wheelbase. And no better lustration is needed than the Marmon s. riding ease and comf ort on all roads. ' . . CHOt -- pe-yo- d4 . RIDING EASE 'ALWAYS hote-wort- s IBIWElLOVEMMGffi STATE STREET AND FOUHTH SOUTH - 4 - As the farmer sprinkling Ins seeds upon the fertile land calmly awaits the sun. the moisture and the summer months to sprout his grain aod make it ready for the harvestrwo'ijow are Salt Lake automobile and motor accessory dealers calmly awaiting the harvest they believe Is to follow from a germination of automobile ideas scattered among thousands of patrons of last weeks big intermountain motor exhibition aJJonnevllle park. The "hirvest will be In sales. In fact. Interest tflfown during the past week has indicated that good times are ahead from a sales standpoint. Thirty thousand persons having seen tbe wonderful displays and booths and having heard extolled the virtues of this or that make of.car or of this or that brand of tire, are now spreading the Ideas that were sowed at tha INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. March 22. Seven cars and driver have been nominated thus far in the Liberty Sweep-stake race to be staged on tbe Indianapolis motor speedway on May 31. This number of entrants at this date, according to General Manager T. E. Myers, ot the Indianapolis speedway, indicates a big field and a spirited fight for the 50,000 in prizes which go to the f.rst ten men across the tape. The men this far entering the race are: Durant in a Chevrolet; Mulford tn a Frontenac. Brown in a es 500-mlI- Hudson; Chrlstiaens an 1 p ue in Sunbeams; Goux in a Peugpct and Earl Cooper to drive a Stutz. The race will be international in its scope and either in cars or drivers will be representative of thf Allies United States, England. Belgium, Italy show. and France. The event will be dediShop Early. Is Warning. cated to the cause of Liberty and will Prospective purchasers realizs now m ean of -- 1 be- - irtdfctn that motor veh Icles wttr be'ln greater a polls Jthgreopening motor speedway which was closed-in-. demand than ever, before spnnaora-o- f the show declare. They realize also to war work purposes. Great Awakening. that tbe demand throughout the That tbe year is to show a wonderful United State will exceed the supply awakening in motor racing is the by some 100.0U0 cars this year and statement of General Myers, that it will be necessary, if they wish who ia already getting Manager bh reservations Obtain from to all parts of the country for scats 4hqmaehnoFTiieir hearts desire, for them to pnt Into practice at the IndkmapoIicCvent. oid the Christmag mouo returfilng Interest in motor racing The shopping early. That the, dealers are recent purchase by Cliff Duraqt and not making any mistake in anticipat-in- g Eddie Hearne the Califtimla sports-- I a heavy sales feast is revealed by men. of the Stntz car which was tooled the inquiries from Intimate acquaint- to the championship in 1915 by Gil ances and friends yesterday as to the Anderson, indicates peyond doubt that motor outlook for the spring and sum- this car will be entered and prpvo a mer. Even If the day was Sunday and dangerous contender in at he Indianordained for rest, many Biblically . event. dealers could not refrain from opti- apolis "The field Ls sure, avid Myers, and mistic philosophy on thwfuture of the the Interest in the event broad. We automobile gamp locally, expect the biggest cfowd this year, 4 What pleases the automobile and ever, due to the df sporting accessory dealers most is the excellent enthusiasm following the dark months selling business done at the show and of the war. the splendid line of prospects opened up.' It was. first of all. a businesslike show, they Insist, with the public booths to exhibitors, decorated the PviHon jt hits nsvsr been on hanf wemingrly to inspect end nd Installed tbe make inquiries regarding the motor dfrl,ed cars and accessories on exhibition vEin ,xblbits in their places, wonderful show, wonderrather than to enjoy theraselves(,wtth ful first of all because of the big atthe general show gaiety v tendance and tbe interest taken in the Show Broke Records. exhibits. said Manager W. D. Umbel. The 1919 show will go down in his- "It gives - automobile and tory as a record breaker, hot only in dealers tn the Intermountain'accessory country attendance, but in the short space of courage after war y to fare the them Sjjn e in whtrfi it was made ready. problem chat and confront Ttop months before the show opened augur well for a succeroifnl business it wks doubtful whether an automqbile year for tha entire Industry. exhibiVwould be held this year at all, Dealers the reported and no preparations were started until show one ofgenerally the best ever held then. BuNdn this short period Man- the standpoint of sales effected, from new ager RisherVand his assistants, tom-elat- territory opened and tha number of evenr arrangement, allotted the visitors who attended. . j I 1 J . ed out-of-to- I into-almos- t CUarttU-Jmlieate-ehetth- -- i lv a.-s- anddathf There are thousands of motoilSta throughout Bhe countrj- - whose cifs seem to give excellent service, hut are not quite as up to date in appearance as the more recent models of the manufaxtuters An automohi'e after all d pends tot its real goodness on the chassis, that. everything. except the body. There. run- fore' B,th " " Ing order there I- - no reason why the. old hod cannot be remade to tadt the particular case of the owner Or it is pose ole to satisfy the same condtt tons bv-- having an different bodv designed, using some of the parts of the old bodv. Some owners who are particularly handv .with tools and are fond of parpentrv may be a Me tn do a good bit of work themselves, using the material in this artuie as suggestions. If th.) owner des not wi-- b tn there are ewmerotts -- crmrcrtie'"ih Hh countrv-whic- h t can remake an old body any sort tha t the ow ner .desires at comparatively slight cost. Rebuilding Hints. 'Toti f 2s ing car to make It into a speedster the owrer must decide beforehand on itnc oTthw Cb Re is'to build -pencil wketeh- is sufficient to give him an idea, but the better way get pictures of some desh able cats and then sketch a body incorporating the features which appeal fr the ijo I oner. One important thing mun.be kept mnnv as pos- mind, and that of tha parts of the o!i car should be retained, but often the re- -' some parts spoils the tention of symmetry- of the new hodv, The start should a wars be ir.mJv with the radiator. If you wish to use the old radiator leave It in place on th chassis and work from it to the rear. If a new radiator design is to be used cut out the forijt of radiator, using cardboard or 'wood,-- ' and mount this In the position that the radiator occupies, ImU Is ImiKvrtant Factor. Aftec the radiator shape arid posi-- '; tion have been ascertained tjic nest location of step is deterroming-th- e the dash, which at the same detor--mlfithe length of the hood. The- dash should be made in duiiimy form If the old dash is not to be ;us-d- . This dash should be mounted bn th body sills, which are nothing more than two planks oh wood rike the old sills and usually are of the siima width as the top of tbe frame Tha sills constitute the ground wo-in is-a- s sibie I cs k. l |