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Show MOTOR MOTIONS Despite the prolonged cold snap and the-amount the-amount of snow that has fallen during the first, half of the month, there is an activity prevalent, in motor car circles that is as pronounced as it is. unexpected. Until this year January has been about the dullest month of the winter season for dealers and. owners, -and whiles the Jater have.-curtailed have.-curtailed the use of their cars, ' the former are unusually busy and the spirit seems to be moving mov-ing everyone on motor row into preparations of a. very early opening of the spring trade. The show in February will, of course, boost spring sales' in a manner unknown to former years. As this event draws closer it is evident that it will be a most pronounced success. The public generally is in one way or another evidencing evidenc-ing 'no little interest in it and on their part the dealers are sparing no pains or expense to make the show artistic and complete. The following dealers representing the American car, Packard,. Pierce-Arrow, Studebaker, Thomas Flyer, Jackson, Premier, Peerless, Haynes, Autocar, Stoddard Dayton, Day-ton, Maxwell, Reo, Stevens Duryea, Crooxton Kee-ton, Kee-ton, Pope Hartford, Buick, Veile, Oldsmoblle Win ton Six, Cadillac, Studebaker and Detroit Electrics,. White Steamers and Locomobiles have taken space in the Auditorium on Richards street for the show the Utah Motor Car Company, Studebaker Stude-baker Bros, of Utah, Randall-Dodd Auto Co., L. J. Gilmer Auto Co., Botterill company, Sharman. company, Consolidated Wagon and Machine company, com-pany, Raymond & Bracken, Utah Implement company com-pany and several others. The show will open February 19th and will continue con-tinue for at least one week and possibly a few days longer. Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco Francis-co and Seattle are all preparing for motor shows the next two month? on a very elaborate scale. -K The Studebaker people report the arrival of .a carload of tho big Model G-7 cars late this week. Included in the shipment js A. Fred Wey's big laundaulet, the handsomest car of its cla s yet brought into town. The car is upholstered in beau-til beau-til ul leather and is electric lighted throughout besides be-sides containing several other new features. The company reports the sale of a Model G-7 to Senator Reed Smoot. The car is to be delivered to the senator immediately in Washington, D. C. Lester Freed has purchased a Studebaker Electric Elec-tric from the Studebaker company. August Stocker reports that his first 1910 "Haynes" has left the factory at Kokomo, Ind., January 7th. Having expected shipment of this car on repeated re-peated promises for over three months, Mr. Stocker Stock-er says, a friend of his, calling on him four weeks ago on his way to tho coast, declared the actual demand for this car was far beyond the possible supply; that some of the larger Haynes agents stay at Kokomo for weeks to personally take delivery de-livery of cars, and see tnat they are not diverted to some other agent. , The Detroit Electric, tho only electric machine to essay tho Munsey tour, and which made the G90-mile run from Washington to Boston as a non-contestant because the rules provided only for gas cars, successfully finished the first leg of the journey in Boston last Sunday. Not a part was broken or damaged during the six days of strenuous strenu-ous touring, floods, rains, bad roads the only troubles trou-bles the car encountered being two punctures. Never before has an electric attempted a run so strenuous in all its phases as this. Yet, it will be seen that the Detroit maintained a fast schedule throughout; and that it experienced no mishaps beyond those which fall to the lot of tires. The car which' made this phenomenal record rec-ord was a regular stock victoria, taken from the (Continued on Page 10) (Continued from Page 12) factory floor to begin the run. In battery and motor eqiupment no changes were made,- and the tires were the size and type used as regular equipment. The electric Is generally regarded as a vehicle ve-hicle fit primarily for city use, but this is the second time that the Detroit has demonstrated its ability in long-distance, cross-country touring. Last year a car of the same typo was driven over the 1,060 miles between Detroit to Atlantic City with the same splendid record of no broken parts and no repairs, and over roads of the same gen-oral gen-oral condition as those the Munsey tourists encountered. en-countered. L. J. Gilmer of tho Gilmer Auto company, left for the east this week, where he will visit the factory of the American car to complete arrangements arrange-ments for the delivery of 1910 cars during the coming season. The Gilmer company expects to receive a carload of Croxton-Keeton cars today or tho first of the week. L. J. Gilmer Company reports the sale of an American Traveller to A. Fred Wey, proprietor of the Wilson Hotel. Mr. Wey's car is to be delivered deliv-ered to him immediately after the automobile show, which closes February 2Gth. His car will bo displayed at the show, and is a handsome Reuben i'ed with black trimming. |