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Show AUTOMOBILE GOSSIP IN ITS frenzied search for something that would bo a diversion from rt tho platitudinous efforts of the B past, the Republican legislative con- B vention gaily hit upon the idea of in- H corporating a plank in its platform H providing for the enactment of a law B that will send to piison all violators H of the automobile speed limit. Under B this proposed law a man speeding for B a doctor would be as culpable as a B chauffeur and a party of ribald friends B out on a joy ride. No oxcuse can be B given to tho court to show a reason- H able cause for excessive speed, no B matter how great the expediency. B Upon conviction of breaking the speed I laws a physician hurrying to the bedside bed-side of a dying man must suffer equal punishment with tho hare-brained j young fool who swipes his father's K auto and dashes madly through tho H streets to the accompaniment of the H shouto of those reckless enough to B ride with him. BH That particular plank in the plat- EjB form is so absurd upon its face that H it would not attract the slightest at- H tention had it not been adopted in all H seriousness. It is a part of a docu- H ment that it supposed to be a cove- H nant with the people. A moral obli- H gallon will bind any man elected upon Kt that platform to enact into law the H automobile provision. It was little H wonder that the Automobile club H should adopt resolutions condemning H It and calling upon the ten would-bo H legislators and three would-be son H ators to state their position in tho H matter of supporting that planit. If H they are honest and are elected, which H isn't likely in the latter hypothesis H they probably will support it. H Tho proper thing for auto owners H and others who believe an autolst has H! certain ilghta is to defeat the ticket Bi H AMONG THE DEALERS. H Randall-Dodd Auto Co. Another H carload of Buicks arrived for the fli Randall-Dodd company this week, all H having been previously sold with their Hj owners Impatiently waiting to claim B ownership. Among those who received Bi cars from this shipment were Mr. Cor- B liss of the Jenson Creamery company, HHj and Mr. Wrathall of Grantsville. The H company is looking forward to deliv- H ery of Buick 40's which are expected jH from tho factory within the next two B weeks. B Sharman Automobile Co. Lack 'of WW oars to fill orders is what bothers tho MH Sharman company, too. Cadillacs are B selling this year with their usual ra- pidity, and would-be Cadillac owners are directing inquiries regarding movement of shipments with great i egularity. Cheesman Automobile Co. Mayor Park and W. R. Hutchinson snapped up the first two 1913 Chalmers cars received re-ceived by the Cheesman Auto company com-pany this week, leaving them with nothing but promises for the other prospective owneis of the new model. This company has just made delivery of two of the seven passenger Locomobiles, Locomo-biles, Model 18, to W H. Sweet and W. R. Woolley. Utah Tire & Rubber Co. Firestone tiros are still at a premium, and the Utah Tire & Rubber company are put to it to make any showing whatever what-ever toward filling orders, in spite of the twenty-four hour shifts being worked at tho Firestone factory. In the meantime the truck tire equipment equip-ment is receiving a great deal of attention, at-tention, this concern having established estab-lished facilities for mounting truck tiros in tho most perfect manner. Automobile Insurance. Messrs. Doming Dom-ing & McMillin, representing the American Automobile insurance company, com-pany, report increasing interest in the liberal and saf6 policy which their company is issuing. In this case wo have a company that insures the owner's car against loss by fire, no matter mat-ter how the fire occurs, or whore the car may be in the United States or Canada. The policy covers fire, theft, collision, owner's liability, property damage, etc., and in fact assumes all. of the risks. W S. Harding, driving a Cadillac car, Is the victor in tho annual contest con-test of tho Auto club of Philadelphia for the Fletcher cup, winning by a narrow mnrgin, tho first three cars being be-ing but three points apart after a run of G5 miles through the country at speeds constantly changed from point to point. Harding has for several years past come very close to getting a leg on the cup, finally succeeding this year Many expected Alan Corson, last year's winner, to carry away tho cup again. Mr. Corson was fully six points behind the winner. The contestants, without oxcoption, expressed themselves as having had an oxcollont run. The fact that the oars invariably contained their full allotment allot-ment of passengers shows the pleasure derived from the legal speed limit feature of tho run. The contest is an annual event with tho Automobile club of Philadelphia and was originated by H. Bartol Brazier. G. B. Fletcher was the three times winner of tho Brazier cup and ordered a cup similarly do-signed do-signed so that the run might be continued. |