Show t K SALT LAKE CITT UTAH SUNDAY MAY 13 '1917 REGISTER SALES r HILLS EASY FOR LIGHT CAR SCORCS IN STEADY GRIND Daily List Never in our national history has the automobile Industry played ' so prominent a part as during tne present President Miller of period declared n the company of Salt Lake Murray and Idaho Falls distributors of the Holller and Dixie pleasure cars In this section of the west yesterday The Holller cars are proving excepwith Salt LakeMrmotor popular tionally Milcar enthusiasts according to ler who reports a heavy week taking on both Holller and care of Commercial Club and Other Cine Bodies to Arrange list of thecsrs registered at the secreRoyal Welcome tary of state's office Every' forenoon San Francisco Ad W utN club caravan en roufco to ilia t&B V v na-ftio- nal convention in St Louis arrives fin Salt Lake either May 23 or 24 the members of the party will be accord-je- d an enthusiastic welcome by the Commercial club the Automobile j Dealers association and other organiji sations The haa teen selected by the Ad elub earnv-uthe official greeting party and all Other organizations will wo ex in y Herald-Repablica- i liar-taon- with the paper A letter from J A Houlihan secre-jfrsrof the Advertising elub and the chairman of the "On to St Louis Mo-fTour" committee announces that kthe date of the arrival In Salt Lake fhma not been fixed for a certainty but tt will be either May IS or 24 With a Herald Republican automc-Ml- e leading: a number of cars contaln-'n- e members of the Commercial club Automobile Dealers aseociatlcn and (Other organizations will journey out to the caravan They will undoubineet bo with refreshments for provided tedly and thirsty admen and will the tired an escort into the city form While here arrangements will be made for a trip to Saltair where the visitors will bo given an opportunity to bathe In the lake A trip to Bingare beham Is also planned Efforts made to provide for a concert In ing ‘the Tabernacle and other forms of amusement and welcome are in store for the caravan party Although It has not been definitely decided is probable that the caravan will it go from San Francisco to Bakersfield and thence Into Salt Lake over the Lincoln highway Officials of the San Francisco Advertising club have been In touch with the Goodrich Tire & Rubber company routing exand this trail has been advised perts What route will be tafken from hero to Denver will not be determined until Cole Eight the scout car returns to Salt Lake from a to decide upon the route for the trip caravan There will be automobiles at club caravan and they least in the Ad twenty will contain 100 people who will go on to St Louis to attend the national convention of the Associated Ad olubs of the United Btatea Next Tuesday at the regular weekly of the San Francisco Advertismeeting detailed arrangements for the ing club will be decided upon The route trip to be taken Into Balt Lake will be determined and the time for arrival set Following this meeting the arrangein The ments will be announced so that tho local clubs and the recepplanning will know tion organizations for the caravan party how to proceed ry Mr Mott was on hand promptly with a complete list of tho cars registered the day before Mr Mott said: 6It Is the Intention of our organization to give tho dealers service and a daily report of the cars listed Is a This gives the dealers & chance part to see Just how many new cars are bedaily sold - It Is the only true ing barometer of the automobile business It shows each jnst what proportion of the business he Is getting and what his competitor Is doing It shows him the of tho cars that are going percentage to the cities and how many are going to the country and gives him an idea of where to concentrate hts energies to get the business sayi nished to dealers outside of the city if who desire it as well as all others they are Interested in the daily sales of cars in the State of Utah on Tho association is now a plan to give the prices forworking which used cars are sold A list of all used cars sold In tho olty by getting dally re ports from the dealers of these sales and the price for which they are sold will be compiled In a weekly report These reports will be furnished dealers them an absolute check on the giving value of all used cars NEW MOTOR WINS or CRITICS’ PRAISE -- ‘ Herald-Republic- an Herald-R- epublican Sleeve Type Willys-Knigl- it Finds Favor With Taxi Concerns' Maxwell makes a splendid showing in New Traffic Law Protects the Main on Foot Trucks Are Barred From the Crowded Zone LEX1NGT0NSK Automobilists and pedestrians are asked by the traffic department of the in the enforcement police to of the new traffic ordinance that was adopted by the city commission last Monday night “There are some changes In fhe old ordinanceimportant and we ask the to them people carefully and study Wire obey them" said Sergeant Lester cause yesterday “Failure to obey will offenders to be arrested and fined” The changes in the sections devoted to lighting are among the important This features of the new ordinance section of the regulations is made to with the dtate law which was comply from the Anferlcan Automobile copied association law AJ1 autos must be with" 'dimmers equipped a strong glare being aheadlights with violation of the law The light however must be enough to reveal a person at astrong distance of 150 feet but the beam of the reflected light when measured a distance of 75 feet must not show at more than 42 Inches above the level of the automobile 3Iust Burn Red Light Rear lights both red and white must be strong enough to be seen at a distance of 150 feet or must reveal the license number of the machine are under the impres“Many sion that people It is not necessary for them to burn their red tail lights but if this section of the orthey fall to obey dinance will be liable to arrest” they said Sergeant Wire A section devoted to "for hire cars” demands that all drivers must keep sheets the starting point trip the number showing of passengers the destination and the time consumed a Where there is safety zone auto- - ht ht ht ht ht MEETS ANY TEST Under 16 Drive Cars at Risk of Persons Owning Machines Moore Multiple Exhaust System Comprises One of under the old law the drunken REMAIN AT LARGE Whereas driver escaped with a fine that Its Exclusive Features not exceed more than $50 or a Jailcould 9 DONTS Police Invoke Aid of Pedestrians in Catching Offenders TO FOR AUTO Children sen-ten- co-oper- ate It Is no uncommon thing these days to read of the high Indorsement of tne Willys-Knlgsleeve type motors due to some remarkable achievement betime ago it was ing performed Some announced tlia La Salle hotel of that Willys-KnlgChicago had purchased came taxicabs then fifty the news of the purchase of fifteen Overland and Willys-Knlgautomobiles by the “Million Dollar Motorized Circus One of the machines In the latter assortment was a sedan equipped especially for the use of Frank P Spellman the circus president while on the road Another Willys-Knlgbe will equipped with a parade body and will head the motorized street parade each day It looked like a climax for this type of cars twogrand weeks ago when the Overland factory accepted orders for 4500 motors to be used by the United States in aeroplanes This Information was followed by the additional news that the famous British tanks which the Germans so are equipped with Knight motorsdread Not to be outdone the little town of Ida now boasts of six Fairfield Willys-Knlgautomobiles all sold within the past five months while the snow was on the ground The fifth of these cars is a beautiful machine which Harry Gelsler of the Gelsler Auto company drove home from Salt Lake Thursday of this week The Gelsler Auto company made a contract with the Browning Auto ft Supply to handle Overland and company Willys-Knlgcars December 1 of last year Fairfield is a town of only 500 but in addition to' six population Wlllys-Knlgh- ts Mr Geelsler has sold eight Overlands intercity ran— piles up big mileage —heats railroad schedule nine-da- y Don’t fail to keep red tail lights burning Don't use glaring headlights Dimmers are required Don’t drive your auto without sidelights that will display a person at ‘least ten feet distant Don’t park automobiles within 75 feet of an intersection where there Is & safety zone Don't drive more than eight miles an hour over an intersection Don’t drive more than twenty-fiv- e the miles ah hour- in any part-of or more than fifteen miles In city the congested district 16 s - -- - -- Don’t' allow children under years of- age to drive your automobile unless you desire to be held liable for damage done Don’t drive trucks the destibusiness district unless through your nation Is in that zone If you do take the shortest route Don't drive your automobile while Intoxicated unless you desire to go to jail or be subject to a heavy fine - mobiles must stop within 75 feet of tlio No machine can be intersection within 75 feet of the intersecparked tion where there Is a safety zone This change is made in the old toordinance in order to make It posible widen the zones so as to give two feet safety additional room for persons who are for street cars waiting No mercy is shown for the Intoxicated driver in the new regulations la to exceed more than thirty days the new ordinance imposes a fine of not more than $299 or less than $50 and a jail sentence or not more than 299 days or less than fifty days An offender convicted' is liable to both a fine and Imprisonment Zone for Freight Trucks No freight vehicle unless its destination is within the business district can go the congested zone during the through day time Then it must take the shortest and most direct route Vehicles bound for points not wtthin the business district must go around the restricted territory The old ordinance regarding speed a restriction to a “reasonprescribed able speed” The new ordinance rules that no vehicle can go more than twenty-fiv- e miles an hour in part of the city fifteen miles per any hour in the business section and not more than nilles per hour over crossings eight In the past there have been a number of accidents that have been due to children under T6 years of age drivautomobiles ‘The new ordinance ing is changed so that children under 16 years oid cannot drive automobiles unless their parents or friends who own the machine are subject to liability for damage that may be caused in accidents Pedestrians hereafter will have to heed the signals of the traffic officer or thesemaphore the same as vehicles If they go across a street after the or semaphore has given a stop and are struck automobiles warning or vehicles the drivers by are not liable for damages under the ordinance The ordinance is now In effect of-fic- er ht IF YOU WOULD SAVE FIDO PAY TAX NOW your dog taxes before June 1 or Pay take the eh&ncee of having the dog killed and jour appearance before the criminal Judge Jof FtheTobin ofcourt Walter F city collector announced jJosi city dog tax that he would last dog ownnight ers of of next the city until thegive first month In which to take out their licenses but that after that date he would not alone confiscate tho unlicensed dogs but would institute criminal proceedings against the dl-viii- i on AMERICAN AUTOMOBILES WILL BE VITAL FACTOR IN PROSECUTION Paige Cars in Artistic BUILTBYVEIERANS Tints Here Subagency to Be Established for 1917 Increased ELGIN SIX CARS ARE SCULPTOR PENSIONED Stockholm Sweden May 12 — The has granted to Sven Anderson riksdag a Swedish sculptor a yearly pension for life of $450 “for a cultural work of enduring value” The mover of the resolution in the riksdag said: “By his series of portraits of prominent men in public life and of members of the riksdag particularly he has left to coming generations an Inheritance which ought to be treasured by them" CARGO REACHES HERE Sales 1074 Per Cent Over Last Year to Date There Is perhaps no motor car com pany In the country that has accumulated a more experienced force of veteran motor car men than the Elgin Motor Car corporation of Chicago makers of the Elgin Six The different heads of the Elgin company department have beenPierce-Arrodrawn from such organizations as Overland Lozier Chandler Saxon Chalmers Bulck and Federal C 8 RIeman vice of the general manager and rounderpresident Elgin company and also founder of the Service Motor Truck company states that w OF WAR ON EUROPEAN FRONTS United States Will Contribute Vast Number of Vehicles and Experienced Men to Render Them 100 Per Cent Efficient in Battle the tremendousand unparalleled rapid di a fndus- veteran staff of the motor car jy Not a unit has been incorporated try In the bnlldlng of the Elgin Six until It first has been approved by this tribunal of automobile authorities So this year the ' sales of the Elgin far 8Ix have Increased 1074 per cent over most important parts that America- will undoubtedly be seathe sales of 1916 and the selling comONE of the to play in the European war so far as activity on the battle fronts son ls pust at its height- The assets have increased 2000 per pany'sover is concerned will be the sending of experienced automobile drivers and me- cent last year’s chanics to take charge of handling motor tracks and ambulances that American-mad- e motor vehicles SHIPPING COMPANIES have played In the European war Motor tractors equipped with caterpilLATEST ‘WAR BABY the early days o the Euro-to lar wheels have been of great aid In During went ten Americans war the pean of food and helping transportation over the fields torn Stockholm Sweden May 12 —Of all France and volunteered to drive am- ammunition were sent cars from bulances Light the explosion of shells and the “war babies” In Sweden—and there by pitted this country From the crates In which The Associated Press dispatch of are a good many of all kinds— the fatmonths the machines were shipped beds and several how announcing to be the shipping comwere made and the drivers start- one man with anago motor “cat- test continue armored tops : of some compare ed work taking wounded men from erpillar” carrying a machine gun panies behind the lines to emsrgenoy and with all of his comrades killed drove very favorably with the best that base hospitals Reports of the work the machine Into a German line and America has to 'show In the line' of inof the Americans spread and today captured an entire trench while the dustries fostered by the war‘ there are Americans driving ambu- Teutons fled In terror- in front of the One shipping company with a' capiof war they had never seen lances in service In different partsRoe-fle-ofn monster of 125000 crowns has declared two tal American-made before This was an the field of activity Lieutenant cent each' and still dividends of 100 per an American who was one of the tractor ' in The to with to hundred the front another automobile the form of one has go revolutionized in first was in Salt Lake this week warfareField mortars and artillery free share of stock for every old one pnd In his lectures he told of the of all kinds are being by Its earnings for 191$ were' 757000 work of the American ambulance and autos Instead of horses propelled The United crowns against 194500 in 1915 Other be to made has efforts recruit that States army nrged equipped Its machine companies have paid dividends the organization to such strength that gun companies with light automobiles shipping i the entire French force now operat- dispatch bearers use the motorcycle of 20 to 200 per cent could be' relieved and ration trains are made up of powering ambulances WATCH THE “WANTS in the ' battle line ful auto trucks and when of carrying placed to than was formerly tbe efforts ' of Lieutenant many times more capable Due “man with 'the idea” gets ready to the Roeden st least one Salt Lake carried by the horses and wagons and talk business to the man with the dolbe sent to the front to aid thero is not an activity on the battle- lar you’ll be able to meet him through in which the automobile Is not answering the “business opportunity” carrying the wounded soldiers ' from fields a potent factor the fields ad Use The want Fast accounts hays shown the part ad phone Main 767 - - - - The-earning- s s - - ' - ambu-nce-w- tll Herald-Republic- an r - in inquiries Dixie cars The liollier is a car of beautiful body lines luxurious easy riding upholstery rmooth running motor unexcelled and economical habspringIt suspension Is a car with a' motor that has its all the power that is needed for hills — a careful driver all the speed that a car— and a spring sus- will ask of pension and careful balancing of that makes riding in the Holller weight Six a delight The finish of the body top upholare all that the most critical buystery er could reasonably desire declare officials of the company chassis of the The strong Holller is built sturdy for hard work and the motor and transmission forming the unit power plant is supported at three braced and reinforced points whereverstrongly necessary The Dixie is a popular southern thoris proving its worth oughbred thatsevere every day in tests and rigid demonstrations and according to Mr Miller m in Sandy to Supply Needs of Farmers Manager Shaw Says Greater Part of Shipment Sold Has Many Inquiries The phrase "pleasure car" commonly used to distinguish the passenger automobile from the commercial truck has ceased to be strictly accurate-- says Manager Lynch of the Lynch James Motor Car company Moxum Hotel Fourth South and State building streets distributors of the well known Lexington Minute Man Six vehicles in this section of the country “The motor car today is bought primarily as a meansandtoward econoas an greater - efficiency personal mizer of time and money The motor car has integrated: Industry by making it Inpossible for men of affairs to close personal touch with keep each other and the greater efficiency an automobile can give the more popular ' it becomes with the prominent men of the country “For more than ten years the Lexington Minute Man Six has maintainedit its record of dependability Today ranks in the front with the best makes of cars on the American market Over ten years’ experience are back of the Lexington cars The Lexington six comprises one of of any the most exclusive features known automobile today — the Moore This system multiple exhaust system 228 increases Lexington power per cent with less gasoline and gives more usable power and greater flexibility according to officials of the Lyncn-Jamcompany With the Moore multiple exhaust system gear changing is reduced —also carbon trouble and at the same time Increased and carburetlon Ignition is Power iz obtained at lower efficiency vibraengine speeds thereby reducing tion and wear and tear on engine and car which means longer life and maximum usefulness for the Lexington With this famous exhaust system It Is possible to slow down the Lexington to a mile an hour on high and then pick up to fifty without a skip or halt It makes for steady hill climbing ability and a smoother better running engine all quieter around “This exhaust system more than any other one thing Is responsible for the wonderful “pep” of the Minute Man Six giving the engine the “punch” that puts you over the hill while the other fellow is trying to change gears” declared Manager Lynch yesterday Officials of the company report an extremely busy week handling on the Lexington Minute Man inquiries Six cars and the (Dorris and Rainier motor es INTEREST One Hundred and Fifty Cars to Be Driven to Nine Cities Today Miller-Cahoo- inter-mounta- E US y Local ‘ automobile dealers who are members of tho dealers association wero highly pleased last week when Secretary T K Mott dally called at their places of business and presented each of them with a neatly typewritten ( TO Dixie Southern Machine Wins Flavor of Those Who Demand Durability Fur-nishSal-es jtTwenty Machines Carrying 100 Persons to Comprise Ad Qnb Party AUTO OWNERS HOLUERCARS Dealers’ Association to Agencies With EN ROUTE TO ST LOUIS 1 MOTOR TRUCKS MOTORCYCLES AUTOMOBILES GOOD ROADS AUTO MEN WILL m—4' TO STIR PATRIOTISM Campaign Planned to Stimulate Interest in Army Recruiting AUTOMOBILE dealers and owners will hold a campaign today for the purpose of encouraging: young men of Farmington n Bountiful Kaysville Layton and to enlist in the army Approximately 150 automobiles will leave Salt Ijake this morning at B30 o'clock and will parade to Ogdon At the head of the parade will be ten buglers mounted on mo to royals that announcing with military arrival of the boosters The Salt Lake band will be in the procession Military and will furnish music at each town where meetings are to be held A number of men of Salt Lake hare been prominent secured to deliver addresses at each of the towns where stops will be made They will urge the of all young men who possinecessity bly can to enlist in the army and strengthenin our to national meet the military order strength the European war will entalL problems Officers of the local recruiting stations are working Inarmy with an effort to the automobile dealers inharmony secure as many recruits today as possible has not been as great “Recruiting week as it was for the few weeks this declared Captain Watson U previous” 8 A last night “Some method must be taken to arouse patriotism and milisentiment among tbe young men tary and I look upon the scheme of the Automobile Dealers’ association as an admirable one” The trip win not be restricted to automobile dealers alone who owns an automobile or aAnyone motorcycle is urged to spend the day in Joining the dealers In the trip “Numbers Inspire enthusiasm and want In this case” dethat is what we clared Secretary Mott of the Automobile Dealers’ association last night “There will be a number of automobiles from Ogden that will be driven down between here and perhaps half-wa- y that city and will meet the local conThe Ogden people regard our tingent in the Interest or greater trip as one and we will be warmly repatriotism ceived” Off-de- At Ogden after addresses have been the speakers the parade will given by individual automobiles disbar d and the will be at liberty to come back to' Salt Lake as they see fit WILL RAISE FISH New York May 12 — So great Is the possibility of making fishpondstheimpor New of farms that tant York adjuncts State College of Agriculture U to finding a devoting much research food for breeding fish which will make the Industry profitable In time says a bulletin every farm will have its own fish pond stocked with bass perch sun fish and other warm water fishes and where cold water is available pools in running which trout will thrive farm has facilities small fishpond without aevery forPractically making great cost Usually this can be accomplished by the erection of a small and comparatively Inexpensive dam across a pasture brook At a cost alto together Inconsiderable the this pound cancompared be stocked profit with sunflsh shiners bass perch comand bullheads which would requir paratively little attention HERE’S A NOVELTY Chicago May 12— Judge Burney who abolished the divorce proctors recently has established a trystlng room which is expected to be efficacious In solving some of the divorce problems When the differences seem of small he orders the couple into the import room One case already has been cleared up in this manner Another carload of Olympian auto-bilwas unloaded In Salt Lake yester- trucks ' day afternoon by the Olymplafi Motor Several carloads ' of ' specially Sales company According to George painted Paige automobiles were reJ Judd and P‘ A Brower members of ceived this week by the Paige Mothe firm the majority of these cars tor Sales company and are ready are already contracted for and another for distribution Among the cars will be started from the facshipment In the shipment are several maroons and tory- soon French’ greys colora with motorists The Olympian Motor Sales company popular The management- of - the Paige contracted with the Farmers' ImpleMotol Sales company declared yesment of Sandy yesterday for company automothat' many of the terday biles In the shipment were conthe establishment of a subagency In tracted and would be disposed of In that city- The new agency contracted short order six Olympians to start with and for “I do not ' the cars that hav not beenexpect on fifteen more sold to remain long paid deposits on the floor as the sales of our “The Olympian car is making a de- Travel Five Thousand Miles Through Nine States Withconcern have been so that cided hit not only with the business we have had to keep great all of the time” shipments men of Salt Lake but said Man- and moving out Raising Hood of Machine or Using Their professional ager Shaw of the concern of coufarmers the the surroundingManager Shaw - announced the Chains Eri Route Home sale of another Brooklyn convert-abl- e ntry”' declared Mr Judd ' “Yesterday roadster to a we sold a car to Fred Burmelster of ' a man sport in Logan this week'prominent was It West Jordan a prosperous farmer He this car that' created such a senA FTER harin&tr&veled 5000 miles by automobile over a route that took visited - several other establishhad sation at the automobile show and ments and a number of cars them through Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Arizona New Mexcommanded-the attention of ’all but when heinspected saw the Olympian in acspectators ico Nevada California and Utah Mr and Mrs Chauncey Abbott of Schuyler tion he immediately became a purCache valley business men- and chaser” Neb arrived in Salt Lake Wednesday evening They have the distinction of motor enthusiasts have been tak- a great Interest In the Paige lng being the first people who arrived in California from the east by automobile car and this week J E Wenale this spiring Vand B R Burrows of the Paige Motor Sales company delivered a the coastline to San Francisco After ' “We made the without HARD ONE ‘ carload of antos to Logan car or using-raising the stopping there several days they went the hood on the trip chains” proudly declared Mrs Abbott south to Bakersfield across the Mojave y ON POOR TABBY : “We left home March 18 desert via Tonopah struck the Linyesterday FOOD INSPECTORS and went south on the Meridan road coln highway at Ely and came on into Santa Monica May ill— Here’s a' to Wichita Falls Tex From there we Salt Lake TOUR OF STATE i new method of who were “It was the finest trip we ever took the best of went to Amarillo told-uto know People to go from and I feel like & young old H CL I whogetting has been- running man” desupposed Clovis N M We went that clared Mr Abbott “I have been workto wild of late It Is proposed there W D Bowring and Arthur Bateson t rather way but will never advise anyone to ing in an office all my life and the by Chief of Police Ferguson ‘ Yea-- -j of the 'state food and- dairy department follow that route Between House and fresh air put' new life In me We the chief asked' the city have returned-from terday a trip among the struck-thweever-sawmost dangerous have camped in mountains deserts and commissioners to offer a bounty of Ima various towns of the southern end of 10 cents for every dead cat:' This was 'a hill a on the sea shore You ought to ee There road 'I Utah county where they report a genV-1$ we idea had' his mile to that d go down It our camping outfit”1 of eral observance long the laws with was: crooked or milk meat as eat Cats The camping outfit consists of silk snake there ever to food dairying and the hotel any ' Cats eat birds aluminum collapsible oooking was only wide enough for one tents an was and uslriess which the department has ' to ' Birds eat Insects machine If w had met anyone we outfit that does not occupy more than — A carcass of a cow which enforce Insects eat grain or vegetables a space a foot square when packed would have been there yet had been’ a long time 'dead was- ordered vWe went on to Santa Rosa thence and necessary bedding and clothing removed from a loading station at Iceyou kill the cats so £hey jEyIf Mr and Mrs Abbott leave today for on to Santa Fe apd Alto Las Vegas land 'and several gasoline distributors (can’t eat the birds which eat the will take the over Colorado were found to be we went Thence the Sprlngn short measure t Insects when they can’t eat the buquerque route They or ‘the-castrail while still others were giving over you put a Santa Fe trail to Flagstaff and fol- Midlandcar grain vegetables used- by the tourists Is a The lowed the Arrowhead' trail to Needles measure' Prosperous conditions on the - crimp ‘in' recieptsa of the ' Cadillac and is equipped with Goodon Into farms are reported and sugar beet Los then and of grower bit Angeles: thereby leaving f seed Is said to have “ sprouted- as never y cash In your-owMr and Mrs Abbott toured down to rich tires purse " : beforeSan Diego ' and then doubled back up Simple isn’t itT ' v V v : es NEBRASKANS HERE ARE FIRST TO DRIVE CAR FROM MIDWEST TO - - - - ‘ CALIFORNIA IN SPRING OF - 1917 ' - ' - - - ' - -- - - ITS SIMPLEBUT ITS - ‘END - - s - ’ ' - - - -- -- e 1 -- - ‘ re-ar- - - r'-- : ‘ -- -- - - - -- ‘ - - - n - : ' - - - r'P - |