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Show Motor Motions. j One of the first 1906 machines to arrive js the Autocar recently purchased by Dr. T. B. Beatty. '. It reached town "Wednesday, and it took the doctor , about twenty minutes to try it out. It is the pop-;ular pop-;ular thousand dollar runabout, and though the I machine has had a great vogue all over the .'country, there are but two in this city, the above .mentioned, and that purchased by Clifford Pear-, Pear-, ; sail from D. C. Jackling a year ago. In the 1906 model, the wheel steer has been substituted for the tiller, and the location of the ' - ; steering gear and controlers Is on the right of the , , machine. i. ! Double grip3 on the steering wheel control the spark and throttle, a great improveemnt over the .' old models, and the body of. , the car is constructed , "on a more substantial plan. The runabout is 12 H. P., but goes like old . . , , Nick and as soon as the roads clear up sufllcient-' sufllcient-' ly, the doctor will test the fleetness of his new ' pet. & & & According to the Automobile, the officials of the A. A. A. are enthusiastic fiends, and all own their own cars, President John Farson using an Acme; chairman H. H. Hotchkiss of the Highways committee com-mittee drives a Packard; chairman S. S. Gorham of the Law committee is a Wintonite, and chairman chair-man Paul Demlng of the Touring committee has been a White Steamer man for many years. t$ That soft gray Studebaker of the 190G pattern pat-tern has been making the dust fly about the boulevards boul-evards for a week or two, and the past few days Elgin Travis has been cutting the sharp corners with it. Travis is an enthusiast of the rapid vari-, vari-, ety, and the machine has responded in a way to bring forth the plaudits of the multitude. Charley Quigley will drive one of these big cars this summer, as well as his electric runabout. runa-bout. & & Frank McGurrin has traded in his Cadillac of a year ago, and now has a 1906 machine of the same make. In looks it is a great improvement over the old Cadillacs and Mr. McGurrin states that in every other way, it is the goods. The turnover machine he formerly owned has been purchased for use in the pretty highways of Cache Valley. & 2 & t Judge Powers has purchased a new Clyde, of the improved pattern which will arrive here the first part of April. This machine which is made by the Bartholomew pe.ople. of Peoria, 111., is a 20 H. P., car guaranteed to defy the Popperton grade, and any other old hill. It will be a' fine addition to the general collection to be used here this summer. The Studebaker people of South Bend, Indiana, have just purchased the auto plant of the Garford Manufacturing company of Elyria, Ohio, the cost belnj over a quarter of a million dollars. It is one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country manufacturing chassis and all parts, and the Studebaker company contemplates increasing increas-ing it, and making a specialty of high grade automobiles. auto-mobiles. . & George T. Odell has returned from a trip to ' Idaho, where the automobile, interest is increasing at a lively rate. t & & A carload of Reos now enroute to Salt Lake have all been sold. The Hubbard Investment company purchased the last runabout in the shipment ship-ment during the week. P. J. Moran has ordered his Piece Arrow painted paint-ed a dark green, and says it will be delivered about the seventeenth of April. But what's the difference if it is a month too late? i$ One indication of the demand there will be for automobiles of every description this summer, is sden on every pleasant day, when the call for rent machines overtaxes every garage in the city. A man on foot in the good old summer time this year will look like a busted flush. tcfc The Sharman-Ottinger people have a number of Reos billed for Butte where the craze for speedy cars has developed to a remarkable extent. ex-tent. f( The nice little total of $45,800,000 was paid for automobiles in this country last year, that is in 1905. Of this, over $39000,000 .went to American manufacturers. Telegraphic advices from Boston are to the H effect that the proposed merger of Utah Copper H and Boston Con. is by no means a dead issue. H The Boston Con. force is said to be preparing an H ocular demonstration that the properties at Bing- H ham are entitled to an even break with Utah Cop- H per in the allotment of shares. They hope to H furnish the proof wl1 uft three months. Now fl Utah Copper is quoted at $68 and Boston Con. at H .$22,871-2 in. Boston. . H & S i I "The Commercial stock and bond market con- I tinues rather quiet," says John C. Cutler, Jr. I "Bonds and bank stocks 'hold steady without very I many changes in prices. The dividend period be- I ing close at hand, people are holding firmly to H stocks on which dividends are due. There is a I trifle better demand for some of the sugar stocks. I Idaho Sugar has advanced from $10.22 to $10.35 I per share asked. Investors are inquiring for I Western Idaho Sugar at $9.25 to $9.30 a share, I but very little is offered under $9.50. State Bank, I Z. C. M. I., Home Fire, Commercial National Bank and Con. Wagon preferred are in demand. The I last named has increased its dividend (quarterly) I to 2 per cent, on both preferred and common." I |