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Show 1MB (I OF LUGK fflTH THIS The theft problem as relating to automobiles au-tomobiles the problem which causes owners to quake with fear every time they think of their unprotected parked machines; which causes whole squads of police in cities to bo designated-for no service except auto thief chasing may be solved as a result of the ingenious in-genious invention of a Salt Laker. J. E. Christie Is the name of the inventor in-ventor and his unique device Is called the Christie automobile lock. The principle of the lock is that of a combination com-bination safe with the exception that the numberless combinations are worked by buttons and may be changed chang-ed at the owner's pleasure. When the car is stopped the motor is shut off by the pressure of a bu-ton. bu-ton. This locks the whole machine, engine, extra tires, tool box and even the hood. The hood can only be unlocked un-locked by a special button and even then the thief would be foiled, for he would be unable to start the motor. An additional arrangement makes it possible for the owner so to adjust the wheel that, if a thief started to push the car away, an alarm gong in the hood would sound. A. E. Young, secretary of the company, com-pany, says that arrangements arc now completed and that the company will have the anti-theft device on the market mar-ket within thirty days. An assembling factory will be located here Herald-Republican. |