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Show The new Haynes "Hiker" Roadster. H The Randall-Dodd people have for several years 'f maintained one of the largest automobile estab- JH llshment in Boise, handling Thomas flyers and H Buicks at that place. It will be ninety days be- !i fore the company can install its salesroom, j garago and repair shop, on the ground floor of the building Mr. Holmes will erect on South State street, but when it is ready for them, they will w have one of the largest automobile establish- F ments west of Chicago. "The fact that the au- Y tomobile business has inci eased one hundred per HI cent in two years, and the steadily increasing i demand for the Thomas cars in Utah and Idaho during the past sixteen months, decided us in opening oui new garage in this city," said Mr. Dodd Thursday evening. "The business is only In its infancy here and we believe there is a market mar-ket for Thomas flyers among your prospective buyers." Mr. Dodd will be in chaige of the company's com-pany's local business, and Mr. Randall remains in charge of the Boise business. In stating that Salt Lake City is ready for the Thomas cars, Mr. Dodd is probably pretty near correct. The Thomas is a high priced car, speedy, rangy, and possess unusual endurance. It is unquestionably unques-tionably adapted to Utah roads and conditions, and In the next few years a large number should be placed in the city. Ellis Fieed has been busy the past ten days with his new Thomas Flyabout, demonstrating the car to several prospective buyers, who are all considering buying new Thomases. The car is one of the most popular of the 1909 models and is certainly fast. i fc J The Botterill company is now completely installed in-stalled in its new garage on South State street, and it has as complete, modern and fully ful-ly equipped an establishment as can be found west of the river. Frank Botterill is in charge and has coming a carload of Chalmers-Detroit cars, four of whihc have been sold. The handsome Pope-Hartford runabout which arrived ten days ago, has been the source of a great deal of admiration ad-miration among motorists this week, and a demonstration dem-onstration shows it to be a splendid car. Mr. Botterill claims it Is the fastest car he has ever put on his sales floor. That weather conditions locally are pretty near ideal for this season of the year, and a lot better than in other parts of the west, is evidenced by Wallace Branford's letter to the Botterill company com-pany this week, stating that he is shipping his new Pierce runabout back to town, as he finds California altogether too wet and muddy to enjoy en-joy motoring there. An entirely new feature in local garages is the arrangement installed by the Botterill people for the handling of gasoline. It is a devise about as near to absolute safety in handling the oil as can be secured. jt iC t Another feature brought out this week is the tire trunk with which Ellis Freed has equipped his Thomas flyabout. It is in the form of a circular cir-cular trunk strapped inside his extra tire frame and can be used either for carrying extra inner tubes, clothing, or anything else that is not too The New 1 909 Thomas Flyabout owned by Ellis Freed bulky. They have been in common use in the east for several months. Mr. Freed has put in the first one In Salt Lake City. & jt e Mr. George T. Odell of the Consolidated Wagon Wa-gon and Machine company is preparing to leave early in April with his party and his big six-cylinder Franklin for an extended motor tour of Europe. Eu-rope. He will take a new six-cylinder car, purchased pur-chased this season. The Consolidated "Wagon and Machine company have a number of deals practically practi-cally consummated for the delivery of Fords, Buicks and Franklins this month. Frank Ramsay, of Provo, has taken delivery of a JTord T. J. J. Chapman has taen the delivery of an Ap-person Ap-person Jack Rabbit M from the Utah Implement Co. This company has put in a full line of Morgan Mor-gan and Wright tires and from now on will do their own tire replacing. & & jt Tho Studebaker company has received the first big consignment of Studebaker cars for the season and during the week has been actively engaged in demonstrating both gas and electric vehicles. It is a Studebaker car that is now "scouting" the road for the coming Glidden tour, and word reached Manager Quigley of the local company yesterday, that snow drifts of eight to ten feet in height are being encountered in the H eastern portions of Iowa, and that drivers Eubank H and Smithson have had to relay driving. Tele- H graphic advices from the drivers state that all H along the route hundreds of persons are greeting H them at each town, all highly enthusiastic over H the coming Glidden event. H & & & August Stoker states that he is putting in the H busiest spring in the history of the business. H The Haynes, Autocars and Peerless In his sales- rooms have been pretty actively engaged in dem- H onstrations since the opening up of the seasonable H weather. Mr. Stoker has completed one of the ' H most unique, convenient, and modern garages in H town, economising space in such a way that his H salesroom, garage, and repair department are unusually well arranged. At Mr. Stoker's re- H quest, Congressman Howell is giving very close H attention at present to certain briefs and appen- H dices which are now being incorporated in tho H tariff hearings before congress, relative to tho H tariff on automobiles and automobile parts. Mr. H Stoker has called the attention of the Utah dele- I gation to several special phases of the hearing, H which are of importance to automobile interests H in the interniountain states and western states. H & Messrs. Raymond and Bracken of the Auto Ex- H change on Postoffice Place are busy with tho 1909 I Jackson's and report the spring the busiest they H have ever experienced. The new Jackson's on H their sale floor, are among the handsomest cars in H town this year, and are much more attractive H than last year's models. I v: I The Shaiunan Automobile company Is very H busy with the new Stoddard Dayton's, and Mitch- I ell's, on their sales floor. Two magnificent I 45 horsepower, seven passenger Stoddard Dayton I touring cars arrived this week from the factory H (Continued on Pago 22.) H 1 ..5 BBiHeKtMjiMflaFpt 45uaH4 J-BHMMfllHKt'1'S iKi,FMt HL ssssssssn&filBniafllBsssBsBsMi'kuin 3k9I t President Taft and family in his White Steamer. H Motor Motions Cont'd f torn page 17. H, and were delivered to the Sharman company Hf Tuesday. The cars are 1909 models and are in Hii splendid shape. Mr. Sharman took one of them H out Tuesday afternoon and gave it a hard try-out H t up the hill to the fort, with results that brought H ' him back to town all smiles. "It's one of the fast- H est cars we have ever had," he declared. H With the arrival of those two cars, the sales i loom of the Sharman company is literally crowd- B ed to the doors with 1909 makes of their ma- H chines. Mr. Sharman has lately added to the fa- 19 cilities of his lepair and supply departments, and JH the big garage is in better shape than at any time Wm trince its establishment. Harry Eliott of the com- 1 pany, during Mr. Sharman's absence several days m this week, reported a number of sales closed for the delivery of cars before the close of the month Hj & & & Bj ' The Oldsmobile company of Utah has been or- H j ganlzed with the agency of the Oldsmobile cars M for this territory The company is composed of M local men and Harry Kaar, well-known and very M popular locally, is in charge of the company's m garage and sales room, in the Temple Gaiage j building on South Temple street. The Oldsmo- 1 bile cars are already pretty well known here, and , the performance of such cars as Howaid Garrett's i find others who own the Olds makes, should stand , . as a tpretty convincing aigument of their worth ' j with prospective buyers. Mr. Garrett's car in the 91 !i past two seasons has had haid work and lots Hj i of it, and is running better today than ever. At B i the Temple Garage, Mr. Kaar has three or four M models of the old makes at his disposal for dem- m onstratlng purposes. B il $ w w w H ' A Scottish court, reversing a decision of a Hi lower court, recently handed down a decision dH ji which interested automobilists generally. It ap- X r appears that at a cross road an automobile which B was proceeding along the main road was run B i into and damaged by a car which emerged from m j a less frequented side of the road. The inferior m A court held that both drivers were to blame and 9 not only declined to award damages, but gave H i costs against the pursuer. BH fj The judgment was reversed, and the Loid jH, 'il President said if there was one lulo more than ' ' another to lay down in such circumstances it was that it was the business of those who were crossing a main load to look out when they entered en-tered the main load and give way to all traffic going along that road. He did not mean that they should not cioss until there was no one in sight but that if there was any possibility at all of a collision it was the business of the person on the side road to give way "to people on the main load. Accordingly a driver of a car on a side road should approach a main road with his car under control. s s J. D. Maxwell has announced that an attempt will soon be made to run a 30 horse power four cylinder Maxwell car 1Q.000 miles without stopping stop-ping the engine. .,... Vj t J It is well to keep the terminals of sparking batteries coated with vasoline or thick grease and so prevent corrosion. ly W W In leplacing spark plugs never adjust them too tightly in hot cylinders or difficulty will be experienced ex-perienced later in any attempt to remove them. |