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Show IK i f ll'llb Apparently the Packard 1907 cars have already H I'lPifil demonstrated their superiority over those of tho H $W $ 190(5 Pattern as 8llwn by a run from Detroit to H VW i Chicago and return in the newest model from the ill sreat factory' and in truth tuls ls sayIng a sroat H W Tvvo tests were ma(le over tllG route outlined B F W above and , in the six hundred odd miles which B ' Iffi m were traveled over roads which in part were ex- fl "''$m: m tremely rough, sandy and often muddy, the time mm 'fim V& of the trips Is remarkable. B ffi p The flrst test was made the last o April when B ' JB W "wIth new Packard tne distance from Detroit to B J ' jf lj Chicago was covered in eleven hours, and in eleven B l?H I' hours and forty-four minutes on the return trip. B I ' Tne car left Detroit at six 'cloclc one morning, B 'I'! 1 I nd let ChIcaS at sIx 'clock the following morn H k Ing, the passengers resting over night in Chicago.. B H n May thirty-first a second trip was made, the. Bra "i l cjar containing Messrs. Waldon and Roberts .of the Si - ?i4fi II Packard company and the Cincinnati, Buffala find, Boston dealers. The party left tlie city halt .j jjfBf A Detroit at midnight, arriving in Chicago at 11 B OSS ar'Tiii" Returning' tney left Chicago;, at twelve. HI 'il'tB o'clocljaopjij on the same date, and arrived at De- B ''"'f'ffi tfdit Utl6?50''thdt night- making- a-totaTHmeTtbt B ' ' lili ;t5ie rurn trJ o twenty-two hours and fifty H :; v jninutai?. , ',, B 'iilr ' Tne "assInS of the free alcohol bill threatens. B lw 1 1 oil kinds of things to the prices of gasoline, which A rif if Tn from twenty-live cents to thirty-five cents here. B : H jBrownliig. Brothers of Ogden, have sent for a large H . f jflf 'quantity of gasoline to a private concern, and they B i ffB S111 seil,the product at about 15 cents, and private B 'Hi parties here are forming a little trust of their own- B ; lB ;t beat , the . Standard Oil. They, figure on getting ' 'fP 'even a lower rate than fifteen. B Mr. George T. Odell of the C. W. & M. Co., ar- H j'i&if: "rived from the east during the week acocmpanied B 111 oy Mr- Arthur Gardner of the Thos. B. Jeffrey fl , company, the Rambler people. Mr. Gardner has B ' 'IS ul spent the weeH in this qlty looking over the field, iflj jts iC H2 ! i - Going the rounds of the. press is the, following: K ,. ' h "The automobile world, halls with great satis- B I'll! W a$9n the re-Prt that Mme. Hengelmuller, wife of Jf J i' ll Empejor Tranz Joseph's Ambassador to the United B l l States;,-, has discovered a way npt only to get rid MB iilj.lll 9i the vile smell that occompanies gasoline mo- H S u wi tors,, but to substitute therefor "a delicious and in- Hl :f II effable scent like unto myrrh and incense.' As V ili' if one of the belles dames of France recently said: K ) ;j g 'Think of flying along the roads in- an intoxication fin ? i j of speed and perfume! And then we may vary B M 1 f odors. One may have a 12-horsepower machine in HI ,' ' -: S(t; simple violet, a 24-horsepower machine in double i ; violet, a 3G-horsepower in amaryllls de Japon and H if; I' a 40-horaepower In jardin du couvent. The hlgh- Mj 1 ,2 i. ways will herefater be as sweet as satchet bags.' j-r iB' And now the inventors are reported as seriously Hj 4 1 at work on motors that will play the finest quality fli i f of orcnestral music as they skim along. 'Ne. t- lH '-Bp year,' said the fair Parislonne above quoted, 1 H expect to take a Wagnerian cue at Balreuth in an H :! - 1Bf automobile that will play en route a complete Hj ? W i, repertory of Offenbach' " J 'I j"' J Tony Jacobson has purohaaed a model K Win- ' 't t0 be delivere(1 in a1j0"t two weeks. This is H HI j.B'j JEr. Jacobson's second car, and the fever is still ' 'B growing upon him. H lH' Edward S. Ferrys have tho autp-fever at B f Jii: ! last, and have disposed of their horses. They will Hj e m the market early for-a 1907 car and have prac- Hi i tlcally decided to take one of two of the finest Motor Motions. P. J. Moran's; Pierce, a beautlfulseml-lImouslue will be shipped' next week, and will arrive here about tho flrst of July, President Hagenbarth of the Salt Lake Auto Club, has purchased a new White Steamer, and has sent the old one to be used at the ranch in Idaho. The new machine is a semi-limousine, and the delivery wllj be made in September. fe i$ J. T. Richards went to Coalville in his new Olds the first of the week, and the J. R. Walker family took the trip toj Provo in the new Pope, j & & & The Utah Auto company has sold an Olds to J.. B. Myers of Maryavale, He will use It for mail and passenger service,. & & t Dr. Mayo has been looking at every make of car the past two weeks, but has not yet decided just which oneihe will-ride in permanently. Wouldn't it be iovely If those two old 1848 Win-ton's Win-ton's that bang around town could! be quietly blown up. some night. They have, been abused so long that now they are turning the. tables, and are terrors by day and night. "Motor Age," commenting on! the use of the new leather tires, gives some Interesting Information Informa-tion in regard to them. : In view of the amount of trouble experienced by a number of local owners the present season, . ti any news which might tend to open up a new line I of thought on the question of tires should prove of value, so the following is reproduced: The Anti-Rubber Tire Co. of the United States of America,, which was incorporated last month in California, is the result of experiments that have been going on for two years with leather tires in Los Angeles,. Cal. The Inventor of the tire is Charles R. Twltchell, of Los Angeles, a pioneer automobile man and a mechanic and inventor. The Anti-Rubber tire consists q? an outer case i A made entirely of leather; the usual Inner tuhe o rubber 'being used.. In the two years of experimenting experi-menting that has been done by the incorporators of the Anti-Rubber Tire Co. the use of canvas has been successfully done away with and no stltcning lias been used in the tire. The tires arc now mad ft have clincher I'ims and a metal clincher instead in-stead of the heavy rubber welt, of rubber clincher tire-. The clincher patent of the company Is strong and follows out a principle different from that used in any of the other tires. Steel hooks are attached to the outer case about 1 inch apart nil the way round on each edge of the shoe. These littl'1 steel hooks engage In the clincher rim and 'mm mal e a metal-to-metal joint that prevents all pos-B pos-B sibility of creeping, and with the pressure of air 3 on the inside makes a water-tight connection of B the tire with the rim. This style of clincher also B binds the various" thicknesses of leather together B securely along the edge, as the lttle steel clinch- js zxe riveted through the leather. The secret ot B the new tire is the leather that is used. In Los B Anseles a peculiar "style.of tanning is done, under B inventions of T. Heinze. This leather is called B anti-oak leather, as no oak isHised in tanning. By I this process the company produces a leather that is claimed to be many times as strong as ordinary leather. The tire company, has the exclusive use of this leather for ten years for tires. The maker of this leather has an extensive tannery on the edgo of Los Angeles -and-Is-manufacturing large quantities of harness out of this leather and is selling the anti-oak leather to the- shoe and harness har-ness trade. 'It has been tested for several years and its remarkable strength has surprised even the leather men. It is claimed to be waterproof and can be soaked for one year at a time in water without affecting the leather whatever. It can also be boiled for hours in water and still preserve pre-serve its original strp""th and softness. For the large tires, 34 inches and over, three thicknesses of this leather are used, the two outer thickness turned outward and the inner thickness inward, thus leaving a smooth surface on the inside in-side of the tire. Riveted to the outer cover is a separate tread containing several rows of rh - " or steel studs, giving an anti-skid or armored surface sur-face to the tire. These tires have been in use in and about Los Angeles for the last two years. They have been thoroughly tried out on t'ho road by the inventor and his associates on all styles of automobiles. In the past two years there has not been a puncture in using these tires and the tire is claimed to be practically punctureless, although al-though very resilient. Just after the earthquake at San Francisco, a party of motorists was taken over the road north of Los Angeles to Pizmo beach, which is destined to rival Ormond beach in Florida. The cars were chosen for weight and speed, so this new beach speedway could be thoroughly tried out. Pizmo is about half way from Los Angeles to San Francis Fran-cis , near the old mission town of San Luis Obispo, The road from Los Angeles north Is over a number of mountain passes and through canyons can-yons "where the. heavy rains Of the past winter have injured the road considerably, so at the'speed 'some of the cars were driven severe tests were made of the tires. One of the heavy cars, a Pope-Toledo, was fitted with these all-leather tires and used In the beach racing. To the surprise of all these tires were found to be three seconds faster to the mile than the best rubber tires. The inventor held a watch at the beach speeding and the trials with rubber tires were made repeatedly to satisfactorily satisfactor-ily prove that there was no mistake in the result. In the deepest fords these tires were the only ones to get through without aid, although machines ma-chines of the same make were in the party, and even with higher power, showing, it is claimed, that the armored tread and non-skidding quality of the tire was also remarkable. These new tires Hj have been repeatedly tested by experts for resil- E iency and have been found to be very resilient. B The reason for this is that the air tube inside is H closer to the ground than in the usual rubber tire, H the thickness of leather being alike on the tread and at the rim, so that there is more chance for BI the air cushion to act. B The auto demonstrator is a great jollier. Here iH is what George's Weekly says he said: BB "When a woman once determines to run a ma- 'H chine she learns in half the time it usually taites IB a man to master the science of the steering gear, H brakes, etc., and as a rule she makes a better ifl driver, for aho gives her undivided attention to BB learning how, whloh men rarely do. With her !flfl quick Intuitions she seems to know instinctively fljfl when something is wrong with the machinery, B and with a little explanation learns how to repair fl simple breaks, such as frequently occur when -IB traveling. Many women learn In one lesson, "H though to master the mechanism of '-the. machine 'H takes longer. In my opinion, if .women had! the ;B strength they would do more in racing machines .fl than men do, for most of them are perfectly fear-less fear-less in driving, some of them really reckless, and yet they get out of places where men often. would go to pieces, because perhaps they would realize LLt the dangers surrounding them." LL Asylum Attendant "This is our new ward for LU people afflicted with violent auto-mania." Lw Visiting Phpsiclan "Where a-e they? I don't LL see them." LL Asylum Attendant "Oh, they're all under the LL beds, fixing the slats." Judge. LM |
