Show Y MOTORCYCLES MOTOR TRUCKS AUTOMOBILES GOOD ROADS j SALT LAKE CITY UTAH SUNDAY APRIL 22 1917 M puM AUTO ft® MOTOR CARS BANNED IN PATRIOTIC MARCH Gloom Banished at EDITOR -- for Ukire-Smith- ’s Fords Have Arrived TO DECIDE ON Where there was dole now there la Joy happiness has taken the place of sorrow gloom Is banished to the uttermost corner of the garage — them Fords have arrived Ollle Goodwin Alklre-Smlth- 's head man grinned all over his face yeshe spread the gladsome terday as a whole carload of that tidings Fords —ten nine touring cars and a runabout — had been received by the Ford agency For the last three weeks with no machines and little prospects of any life has Just been one phone call after another "When can I get that car" Irate would demand patrons And Goodwin would say: "They’ve failed to arrive —about the 15th I guess" ' "That’s what you told me last month" Irate patron would loudly me that car or give "Either say me my moneyget back:’’ Bang the receiver would be hung up But now all has ceased The cars — some of that them —are here and there Is a promise that more will be forthcoming at once If not sooner C Whole Nation Looks to Salt Lake Newspaper for Road Decision START TO BE FILMED Plan Reception En Route Lincoln Highway Going Return Midland Trail man of the Louis” tour committee will be taken in a Cole 8 machine furnished by the Shank Auto company of Salt Lake and Caldwell Ida Intermountain distributors for the Cole 8 While no definite decision has been reached a yet as to whether a car or roadster will be used It touring Is likely that one of the staunch Cole roadsters will be used chummy To Harry E MaoPherson motor editor of The has been left the decision as to the better route— Lincoln highway or Midland trail The motor editor Wilson president of Harry the Shank Auto company and a driver to be selected by President Wilson will make the trip It has been decided that the start shall take place early on the morning of of the April 30 from the headquarters S Main 9 Shank Auto company street The machine of which there Is declared to be no equal for cross countrv touring because of Its power and strength will be resplendent with banners and a motion picture concern will film the start Receptions Along Route All along the line there will be rethe Cole 8 pathfinder Beceptions for cause C Merrlell of Grand Junction F road engineer of the Midland trail has written that Berthoud pass the most will difficult place on that highway not be open before May 6 the going of the Lincoln trip will be by ''way 8alt ' Lake through highway — out of Echo canyon Evanscanyon Parley’s ton Rock Springs and south to Denver from Laramie Coming back The car will drive by Glenwood way of Hot Sulphur Springs Green River Springs Grand Junction Price Thistle and Provo The latter route Is the one originally designated for the Ad club caravan of pressure brought to but because bear ' from some sources and the fact that many claimed the Midland trail Impassable at this time of year the club desired an unbiased determination motor editor The official representative in Salt Lake or the Ad club caravan and chairman of the committee on arrangements for the local reception the night of May 25 was requested to make the pathfinding In the Interests of good roads trip and accurate Information for the readers of the motor department of this newspaper It waS decided that this should be done Much of the credit for the successful precompletion of Isthe plans for this due Harry Wilson liminary trip "On-to-- QIIALL the famous motor caravan of the San Francisco Advertising rlnb — the caravan of twenty ma-I ( chines which will leave San Francisco May 20 for St Louis— go from Salt Lake to Denver by way of the Midland trail or the Lincoln highway f That is the question that has more than puzzled the San Franciscans for over a month and the business of answering it has been put up to The ’s ' motoring deThis anwill partment department swer it— will render a decision as to which is the 1 letter road — after an auto trip to Denver and return which begins April 30 Because of the Importance of the caravan Journey for which The will be a pathfinder trip almost the entire nation is looking to — "wnich Salt Lake for the answer of roarl between Salt Lake and Denver should be taken at this time of year?" The features whleh enter- into this stunt to make it the most unusual and Important ever attempted in the west are these: No caravan of motor care has ever attempted to negotiate the difficult and void mountain passes between the Utah and Colorado eapltal as early as May Individual motor tourists who have undertaken the drive In other yearn because of the lateness of the last winter mr It cannot be accomplished The San Francisco Advertising elnb caravan has determined to zo and the best route must le chosen impartially The Man Francisco club at the national convention of advertising clubs nt St Louis the terminus of the May will the 1918 convention That trip conventiongain at Snn Francisco probably this early next year will be a me ecu for antolsts and all the country la wonderm whether a motor ing acfwss the mountains Btrip feasible early are the eyes of Denver St Particularly Louis San Francisco and all the cities along the route fixed on The a pathfinding trip this will answer the question of Its practicability The trip officially au-of thorizedpathfinding Houlihan A J secretary by the San Francisco Ad club and chair- Herald-Republic- an llerald-Republlc- - Herald-Republic- - an - an Almanac No Longer Sole - an is the Cole distributing' agency headquarters in S Main the of the Shank Auto company from which the motor editor of will start the morning of April 30 in his Cole 8 The Herewith is also shown Harry Wilson' to Denver pathfinding jaunt Auto company and the man who has made the president of the Shank proposed trip possible Mr Wilson will go jrith the cari When the big Cole starts out from this agency to determine which is the better way for the San Francisco Ad club to take from here to Denver on the St Louis caravan tour the start will be filmed and the movies shown in various parts of the country HERE Herald-Republic- an - 0 an Ilerald-Republlc- an PARADE THEME Motor Luggage Orders Tell Decides All Must JVhen Touring Season Is Tonopali Walk and City Is Auto-About to Open less for Day 445-44- Herald-Republic- NEVADA TOWN’S Forecaster St Herald-Republic- DEMOCRACY IS of the Shank Auto company president When the motor Colo distributors the newspaeditor was authorised by to take the trip the nexthasthing per the was to select a machine that a grueling stuff In it needed for such the capabilities road test Knowing Cole he called on of the the The importance of man Mr Wilson Cole was explained to tho project an Instant — The latter didn’t hesitate to be a difficutl trip "Is it'' goingwill prove hard for a car a stunt that to doT' he asked the arolng would be He was told that ever had any none had that tough success heretofore with such a trip A Cole can do “Well we’ll go then any it can You can have it I know car you want and a driver ho de- 01 The" next day having slept on the dealer called information this live wire up and announced that he intended to himself go"We’ll wh&t a let them know Just Shank the can do” machine good company declared Auto president that the It will be remembered made its debut Shank Auto company auto show this in Salt Lake at the the company’s year Heretofore have been CaldwellanIda but of imporwith the establishment and tho success which tant branchmethere with in the sale of the has been machines it is likely that this city will be made distributing headquari ters ARMORED AUTO S eight-cylind- er - head-auarte- rs - Now You Know Stewart Is Written Up Why Q Interstate Man Gets Name in Paper by Treating to Ball Game U S POSTOFFICES OWN MANY MOTORS AFTER RECRUITS The United States postoffice department now has in service a fleet of 539 motor vehicles They are operated In parcel post service collection and In the transfer of mall between' substations and between the postoffices and railroad depots la second high In the with 122 vehicles: Chicago has the listPhiladelphia number with 228 in operagreatest St Louis has 58 Detroit 49 tion 48 Washington 19 IndianPittsburgh apolis 9 and Nashville 8 War Machine Will Demonstrate Quick Dashes From State to State Special to The Herald-BepublJcz- B Washington April 21 — The newest type of war machine the King armored motor car la to be sent out all over the country officers of the United States marinebycorps for the purpose of enlistmenta Under direcstimulating tion of Major General Barnett com mandant of marines and Major Seth Williams quartermaster United States marine corps the country is to witness a sight' such as very few people have seen before —a real war machine dashes throughout the land making So successful was the sending of this armored car to New York Boston that huge plans to send atand one least and possibly more armored recruiting overland are uifder parties The car whlfih carries way a standard chassis Is last word In 'the light type of war the machine It Is manned by three marines wearing full uniform and armed with revolvers The car itself is equipped with a Benet rapidfire gun and has all the—appearance of being Just what It is a destructive land cruiser built to meet unexpected emergencies and proven to be a big factor in already the future service of the marine corps and the army the' government' plan is to have a pilot car go ahead of the armored motor This pilot car will carry commiscar' sioned officers to arrange for the reception of the car on its arrival In various cities The car will not remain in any one place very long The itinIs now being- - arranged by MaJ erary Seth Williams Vhe chassis of the 'car Is manufactured by the King Motor Car company and the armored bpdy the design of Capt W A Ross Is manufactured of by the Armored Motor Car Detroit A large number ofcompany these cars am now In process of feonstructlon for tho government 'Ih9 officers of the marine corps were qtfick to see the wonderful advantage of this type of war machine to stimulate enlistments and help promote patriotism at this time when the government is trying to recruit Its forces to ' prescribed strength As soon as It became known among marine recruiting officers that the armored car was to be sent broadcast numerous applications were- received the marine corps by Colonel Longto of have it sent to other at Philadelphia for parts of the country the number ofrecruiting Every day are on the Increase With applications the marine the first chance to use corps getting now said that other arms the car It is of the service are looking for features that can be used In a similar manner Marine officers agree that they have pulled a real commercial exploitation feature In this event ' men ITPO’ERIENCED automobile tour-Ing know when tho flj always season Is about to open watch the They don’t or the the leaking skiesbudding boughs or almanac Ira Hicks but look at the orders coming in for motor luggage and know that the dust of the tourist soon will arise in the land Smart motor luggage capable of out of placed being the passengers'conveniently way Is equipmenty of decided importance In present-daEspecially In this touring where magnificent discountry tances invite to extended trips motor luggage is needed and ever since the war In Europe warned Americans to tour on eur side there has been an Increasing de- mand for the right sort of equipment The degree to which motor lugdeveloped is rather gage has been The complete outfit striking for Packard designed especially cars for instance consists of seven suit cases with suitable watertwo fender trtinks proof containers drum— commodious and a tire to carry all necessary items enough for seven persona These baggage carriers are designed to fit tourcars In appearance and ing as well aa convenience andquality they are enjoying wide favor among owners the Proper arrangement of body space In equipment leaves therear both forward and compartments of the car entirely clear and the tourists are as comfortable as In & boulevard drive about town The end of each day's Journey finds the travelers unfatlgued and la good spirits HARRY WILSON nrONOPAH Nevv April 21—Wfcerf - the people of this famous min-ing city decided recently to hold a patriotic demonstration to testify to their loyalty to the administration and the upholding of the President bands the order was sent oat: Ko vehicles or automobiles will bo ad-- mitted high and low alike will walk This waa the keynote of the demon- stration the tangible and visible ex--j ' pression of the theme of President Wilson’s memorable address— demoo- racy and the straggle for its perpetu- -' ation Three thousand marchers wsro In line Judges walked shoulder to shoulder with saloonkeepers Ministers and mechanics and miners mermuckers waved aloft the chants and lawyers Stars and Stripes as the thousands paraded through tho streets of the olty to the inspiring quicksteps of three bands Maids and matrons of Tono-pah- ’s beat families the sidemarch and eheer-In- g walks on the line ofthronged with them were the girls of the dance halls and the lowliest workers In the miners’ boarding house There were no speeches “Action not words was the slogan of the day Thousands of American flags were distributed among tho marchers and onlookers They were the mute but flarthe Americanism of the ing evidence of were crowd everywhere and Flags the great dumps that look high on down over the city— the great mountains of broken rock from whence the citizens of Tonopah have ' wrested- the millions its great ore mines theproduced Stars andbyStripes stood out against the cloudless skies sharply In all the parade six rifles alone rave evidence that war was the call to which the people had responded These were In the hands of six expert marksmen who flanked a twenty-fo- ot flag carried by eight stalwart miners selected for their magnificent physique A feature was the marching of s little group of Serbians All were vet- erans of the last Balkan war and each up arms expressed his readiness to take for his adopted country At the head of this procession marched the veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic the fighters of a past generation and 600 school following them came thenation? children of the city the hope for the future ’ eight-cylind- er ‘SIXES’ and ‘TWELVES’ fast-movi- ng - : A Car for Women Too! One of the best things about the Minute Man Six Is the fact Lexington It—Is a great favorite with the that women they lore to drive it Saw la aa safe a car for The wife and daughters as Lexington for yourself No other car In your Its class has so many features that insure against trouble on the road STEWART manager of the Is here QUINBY newgarage an abrole —that of presented ductor The reason- Is that Stewart Is strong for that slogan —"all work and no play makes etc” The auto editor strolled Into the Lincoln garage at 315 the other afternoon Stewart was Just pushing the starter button on one of those classy little interstate roadsters I’m looking-forhe "Just the man door Invitthe shouted as he opened — “Come oxi I want to give you ingly a demonstration” ' man - wan This to the ' newspaper — It’s work and play combined so he fun riding in an Interstate—always climbed aboard With the motor humshifted ming smoothly Stewart buzzed souththe gears and the car silently ward out a hill?" Stewart "Going towhen was asked try the machine reached Sixth South and Main “Nope going?” The passenger opined he’d like to be in on the secret "We’re going to the ball grama The Is going to be of Salt demonstration Lake beating 'Frisco” So although the auto writer was supposed to be on the Job (and he had a sneaking fear the general manager at the game too) heto had to mlghtbehimself to be forced spend permit three hours at the ball game Being an auto editor Is the gay life BIG TOUR OF THREE BOARD S A EL "STEERING STATES IS PLANNED The Society of Automobile Engineers what Is known as a has appointed Plans are under way for & tour to committee whose duty It Is encircle Lake Michigan 'along somesteering to discover all the ways it Is possible same route as the the what coto society membership In mili- Motor club’s reliability run Chicago for the with in Ocof 1912 operate tober The proposed run will include three tary matters states will start from Chicago to THAW HURTS HIGHWAYS Michigan City where It will pick up The last winter has been the hardest the West Michigan pike' to Frankfort on roads that New Jersey has seen Here a steamer will take the tourists In about twenty-fiv- e years Frost was directly north to the other side of from two to four feet deep and the the lake to Manistlque the return recent thaw made many roads almost route being south along the west side of the lake to Chicago bottomless morasses ' - - : - N SIX every touch of the throttle — and Its unusual responds toand riding qualities make it a very flexibility car excellent traffic— for congested country boulevard or appropriate mountain use (Tall at our salesrooms lu the Moxnm Hotel Bldg and ses see If the Lexington Bring your wife ud daughters fall Is love with It We will be more than they don’t pleased to give you a thorough demonstrate ' t i LYWCH-JAME- S - The stiffer the trail the more the Nation- al shows to advantage As an uncommon car it needs an task to uncommon £ challenge it — then it performs! b Highway “Six’ Roadeter Phaeton Touring B r Salt Lake City I2COO O ' LET US XATIOXAL-IZ- E YOUR MOTORING 1 t MOTOR CO Hotel o x u m State and Fourth South Bldg Street a M Teleph one BBS I Wan 2882 AUTO CO - AUTO ROW SALT LAKE WAS 4500 J |