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Show KING SETS STYLE IN BROAD TIRES King George is setting the fashion : in motor cars In about the same d-grce d-grce as King Edward dominated styles in man s appnrel The distinctive distinc-tive feature of tho lateBt royal equip age is the extraordinary large tires on wide wheels These wheels ha e created quite sensation and It not surprising that London dealer., were amazed at the sudden demand for large wheels and tires. They, however, were unable to satisfy i ti desires of th-ir patrons, because boib I wheels and tires were made to order and to Immediately duplicate them was impossible One of the most Interesting features of the auto show is a duplicate of (at tire equipment of tho royal car by the Ideal Motor Car company of Indian apolls manufacturers of the Stuti the only American made car to finlsu the 1911' Grand Prix. One of their Series B models la equipped with wide wheels and tiros, the largest ever ev-er made In commenting on this feature V. I). Meyers, sales manager of the Stu -. said- "In equipping our 1913 ars with the same size of wheels ,ib King George ordered, we realize that it was not only a distinctive feature but one that Mill add luateriallv to rUini Mm. fort "The broad tread and increased air capacit of these tlrca enables them to absorb jars and vibrntions The.s. wheels and tires were especially mad.-ror mad.-ror us, but wo have already made special spe-cial arrangements so that we can c-et them in ample lime for spring del ery. "I find experienced sutolsta the I most appreciative of this feature, es penally those who are in the hnbn of touring- these tires will iron out a bnd country road and make vou feel aa j though you were driving on an aven j uc." NEW BRIDGE BUILT NEAR GRANGER, WYO The bridge over the Hlack Fori I river near Granger. o.. has been j completed and is now rendy for tour-i tour-i lets, is tho Information brought to lOgden In Joseph W Slade of Carter Wyo. Mr, Slade is In the automobile automo-bile business at Garter and has been (across tbe bridge, which was com- pleted a few days ago. This will ho cood news to tourists who use the Wyoming rout,, going east alone the Overlmd trail It will ! shorten the route between Granger! and Ogden hv aboul thlrtv miles and leslde? sires a much better road ThJa route was planned about two ears aeo to help Straighten the I transcontinental trail through Wyom ing, but was held up until the com! pletion of tho bridge near Graneer The new route from Cranper now ;l'ooK to l.vman, Brl.lger Evanstou ; and then down Echo c;m on to Goal-; Goal-; vllle, and down Weber canyon to Ogden Heretofore, the route traveled trav-eled north from Granger to Opal, Kemmerer nnd Cumberland then down to Evnnston Coalville and Ogden Og-den The automobllists of Wyoming and Salt Ijike have worked for some time to rush work on this bridge, but for some reason ii was ImposMtble to bave it done The steel for the I bridge construction was on the ground for several months and It was alleged tint politicians held up the "ork In order to force tourists to fake the northern route The Automobile Club of Utah will Mgnpost and lo-z tMio now route ns soon as the weather permits In the spring CANADIAN AUTO CENSUS According to the laUM statistics, there aro now M,!i20 automobiles in use jn Canada, which number works out at one car per 823 Inhabitants, The rate varlen considerably In tho different provinces, Nova Scotia ha -Ing only on motor per 851 people. while In Alberta there Is a car to every 12:, inhabitants. British Columbia Co-lumbia rankp next as a motoring province, closelv followed by Saskatchewan, Saskat-chewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Generally Gen-erally speaking, western Canada is a far better buyer than eastern Can-ada, Can-ada, and as there is a large American ! colony in the former part it is not surprising to learn that In the lasl three yeara oer 8,000 American cars wre sold bj Canada There should h a splendid opening lor British made cars of the American type, for undoubtedly motoring is going ahead more rapidly in Canada than In any other British colony |