The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-05-02

An Apperson Jack Rabbit touring
car four-cyiindeT. was purchased by J.
J. Chapman this week. NJ. d. Josephs
also secured a $40 Apperson. Manager
Judd of the Utah Implement-VehicIe
company, who was formerly located at
Los Angeles. says the AppersOn Jack
Rabbit is one Of the most popular cars
on the coast. and that its record as a
hill climber is unexeelled.
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Believing that the One-gallOn mileage
contest 10 be held under the auspices
of the New York Automobile Trade
association. Friday, April 80, at New
York, is one of the best efficiency con-
tests ever held in this country. John
n. WHY'S, president of the Overland
Automobile company. Indianapolis, has
offered the contest committee. and the
latter has accepted. a $3.50 sterling sill
yer cup for the car travelling the great
est distance on one gallon of gasoline
in the contest.
The CUP will be known as the Met
ropolitan Carnival Trophy. and is one
OF the best cups which has been Of
fered for any automobile event in
New York for some time.
An open order was wired TO the
Thomas factory this week by the Ran
dall-DOdd people of this city to ship
$40 Thomas cars as fast as they can
be turned out. No specifications or col
ors are stipulated the firm being will
ing to take the regular stock cars as
fast as they can get them
Sam Sharman left for Smithfeld on
Thursday morning to deliver REQ
car. Although the snow was falling
thick and the roads muddy, Sharmau
teIephoned from ogden that he had
n ade the trip that far in two hours.
Later reports show he made Smithfeld
without a mishap of any kind.
Sharman will remain in Cache valley
until tomorrow looking after prospec-
tive sales on ReOs. He says he has been
trying for some time to get away to
close several orders. and that he ex-
poets to return to salt Lake with these
orders in his pockets.
One month ago when the Maxwell
car started on its remarkable 10000
mile nonstop run. which it has just
completed. there was much speculation
among motorists as to how many tires
would be required to get the car over
that distance. Six Ajax tires were all
that were used. four Of which were on
the car at the finish and in perfect con-
dition.
Had it not been for the demountable
order not to lose time in case of pune
ture. one set doubtless would have suf-
feed. Only seven punctures were re-
Corded. and one of the tubes ran 1892
miles on its original imitation.
The Studebaker people have had
good business of E. NJ. F. cars this
week This is the car which is being
used as a pathfinder for the Glidden
Core rs-ara Ia1ixrcrcG 10
week to P. z. Roberts of WeiseT. Ida:
r. 9. Mckinney Of Weiser, c. o. Thorn
as Of Dillon, Mont, and Walter Sebree
of Caldwell, Ida. W. P. Kiser of this
city also purchased a thirty horse
power runabout. Z. NJ. F.
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Wesley Smith of Denver. Colo the
amateur who drove his six-cylinder
Thomas from Denver TO Chicago to at
tend the Chicago show. and broke the
record in his great run. has notified
Manager ". B. Hurlbut Of the z. r.
Thomas Motor company Of New York
that it is very probable that he will
drive the same car in the New York TO
Seattle race to the Alaska Yukon ex-
position, starting on June /.
Mr.. Smith is probably the best-posted
driver on western roads in this coun-
try today. having driven his Thomas
over 10000 miles in 1907 and $1,000 miles
in 1908. His touring in the western
country carried him over all Of the
roads from Denver TO the southern line
OF the United States and also to Cali
foruia He informed AR HurIbut that
he had no trouble At ali with the car.
and less trouble with the tires. He
used an equipment Of Goodrich tires
continually. and on the Denver to Chi