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Show H . . Automobile Gossip . . T An auto show that will eclipse any H pre ious effort on the part of Che H dealers is to be held nt the Audl- H forium in Ttlehnrds street from March H S to March S. The committee in H charge consists of Stun Shnnnnn, L, H J. Gilmer, V. K. TCdmonds. A. L, HH Taylor atul X. II. TJertram. H Tlie several dealers who had not M decided on their space In the show a H week ago. swims' into line early this H woek and brought a, strong' and en- H thusinstic support to the exhibition, Hj With the result Hint more Interest 1ms H ad ready been manifested on tile part H of the automobile owning public than Hj lun ever been known before in L'ttih j for a motor car display. HJ 10 very- agent is actively preparing Hj for liis cars nnd the motorcycle men M lire arranging the space allotted them H! to the best possible advantage. H It is now assured that the show E will embrace pi ensure vehicles, trucks HJ nnd motorcycles, together with tire Hj displays, accessories nnd automobile M .supplies generally. Hj The dealers who hove contracted H space on the floor of the Auditorium H drew for selections of position late H the past week With the result that the H Sharman Automobile company got Hj first choice. The dealers in the or- H der in which they drew location nro H an follows: No. .1, Sharman Auto H company; No, I, Srhfiebaker Brothers H of Ituh; fo. 8, Onrcftr X'tah.com-t, H pun; No. 4. Salt IJnke Automobile. H compnny: No. 6, Cheesmnn Automo- H bile company; No, fi, Monarch Motor H company; No. 7, lUindall-Dodd Auto H company; No. 8, Utah Motor Car H company: No. S. White Automobile H company; No. 10, ttotterill Automo- H bll company; No. 11. Campbell Au- H tomoblle company: No. 12. Velie Au- H tomoblle company: No. 14. Wright H Motor Car company; No. 16. Speed- H " f M Automobile company; No. 18. H Alkire-Smlth Auto company; No. 19, 9 J. T. Chase T. M. company. H H one of the biggest features of the H entire exhibition i going to be the H pow-r trucks display. j The state agents report an inquiry H for tracks that has -swept "them off H their feet, nnd so many statistics are M j demanded by prospective purchasers H lliat the deulers are delving into the M truck cost nnd maintenance and opr- B ation questions Just as far as they cun BH Already it is assured that about Qfl twenty different lines of trucks will m be exhibited at the show in the Audl- Bj lorium, and the dealers are getting H v, their figures together as rrtpidly as H possible on the truck end of their bus- H iness. January 1. 1912. the total number H of motor trucks in the United Stutes j was varlousl. estimated nt both H ' 20,000 nnd iT.,000, the correct total H beim,' somewhere between the two, H A year later this number had in- creased to 85,000. The most extreme H dln.try feature of this wonderful H growth was that three times as many. j power wngona were made and sold' H In 1912 as during JJe previous year,, HL and this notwithtsandinjj that the 1911 production was approximately equnl to the combined output of all previous years. It seems likely that this year's Glidden Tour may start from Minneapolis," Minne-apolis," and "go to the Yellowstone park. The" Now Orleans-Detroit route is hi very bad shape, due to the floods along the Mississippi Valley, and the A. A. Al meeting to be held during the Chicago show this week may deci'de to run the 1913 national reliability contest over the western route unless better roads can bo constructed. con-structed. It is said that many entries have been pledged for the tour, and the event surely will be held, no matter mat-ter what route may be selected. Aroused nt Inst by the British clamor for benzol in place of petrol, the prleo of which is mounting stond-ily, stond-ily, the ftoynl Automobile club has Joined forces with the Motor Union and tho Society of Motor Manufacturers Manufac-turers and Traders In the formation of a commission to study nnd investigate inves-tigate more thorughly In Europe the question of the suitability of the alternate al-ternate fuel. As is fairly well known, benxol Is a coal-tar product that on more than one occasion has been suggested sug-gested as the best means to solve the gasoline problem. |