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Show no ip . 10 GASOLINE Speaking of the necessity of saving gasoline, which is advocated by the government at this time. Manager C. H. Wilson, of the Utah-Idaho Motor company, states that he considers it the duty of dealers to give auto users their advice regarding tho better way to conserve gasoline. In his opinion there is no question .but what there is much extravagance in the use of gasollno in the operation of cars that could be easily overcome if the drivers only knew how to do It. The gasoline factories will be taxed to their capacity capac-ity during the war period is Mr. Wilson's Wil-son's opinion and unless ecomony is exercised in its use there may be a shortage, and high prices will prevail. Mr. Wilson has just returned from a trip to southern Idaho and northern Utah, having traveled over the Yellowstone Yellow-stone Park highway part of the distance. dis-tance. He reports that the roads are in fairly good condition but can be greatly improved in certain places. He says there is considerable dust on the roads at this time of year and sprinkling sprink-ling is out of the question in most sections. sec-tions. He drove a Mitchell six and says he succeeded in making an average aver-age of eighteen miles on a gallon of gasoline. He is of the opinion that even a greater average could have been made with the car had he. exer-1 cised more fully his knowledge of gasoline gaso-line conservation. ! Mr. Wilson reports that the north I secttion is a busy country at this time, j the farmers all being engaged harvesting harvest-ing their crops, which are bounteous. The entire country appears to bo a vast harvest field from which Is being garnered large crops of grain and hav, fruits, and other products. |