Imperial Valley press., 1912-12-10
c0hM|TTfElOfIEN NAMED
a a FOR WESTERN AUTO BODY

OF the Western Automobile Association
are fast rounding into shape Frank
a. Garbutt, temporary chairman of the
organization, yesterday named the
members of The committee of 10 who
will meet some day this week and
Iarrange the plans for organization. They
include men well known in their re-
speciive lines Of business and in nam
I ing the committee Mr.. Garbutt stated
that il was exceedingly hard, as more
than 100 had asked that they he con.
sidered if there was any real hard
work for this committee 1.-THE COM
mittee should have been composed OF
90 instead of 10 men," said Mr.. Gar
butt. at was hard, indeed, to pic..
The men-s0 many are willing 10 help
us IN this splendid movement" NA
The following were appointed by Mr..
Garbutt and wiIlobe officialiy notified q,
their appointment today: p II. Gree~.
president Motor Car Dealers Associa .
ton Of Los Angeles Ralph Hamlin.
Leon 7. Shelter, Attorney Z. G. Kustes,
Attorney E. Z. Hewlett, Earle Y
Boothe, secretary Motor Car Dealers
Association: John s. Mitchell of the
Hollenbeck Hotel. w. E. Bush. w. J.
La Casse. William May Garland. 80
Definite plans for. the organization
will be arranged by this committee at
an early meeting. afier, which gem
eral meeting will again be called by
all who are interested in the movement.
and officers will be elected. "t
Broad plans are under way, and il
is certain that the organization VIII
be 'one of the strongest of its kind
ever conceived. No reply had been
received to late hour last night from
the American Automobile Association.
and p. j. Walker, the coast representa-
tive of the association. stated that he
was powerlesS to represent the organ
ization to any extent. Mr.. Walker left
Los Angeles yesterday afternoon for
the north. He was grieved indeed that
he was unable to bridge the breach
that was caused by the suspension of
TetZlaff
The new organization will have the
support Of all local business and pro-
feSSional men on the Pacific coast, ac- :
cordinG to. the present outlook. Mr..
Garbuit yesterday received telegrams
of cOngratulatiOn from northern cities
and from PHOENIX and Salt Lake. Sew :
eral We're from representative automo-
bile men, who asserted that The local
movement would have the hearty sup
port and cooperation Of tihef The sister cities
along the coast. .,. .....' ..
Bob ,BIirman closed his transforming e
meet al Ascot park yesterday afternoon
before crowd that was little larger
than the Saturday affair drew. Bur
man did no not, do, do, eyen as well as he
did Saturday land, was. only able 10
| bCSOllotC .tIiCfs lIiiltg III = Q StColflS.
Again the feature of the, meet was
the driving Of Earle Cooper in the
marvelously fast Stutz. Cooper won
the feature event Of the day, the FIVE
mile handicap, and with his compare
lively small StutZ drove the feet from
under Bnrman and .Horan. He had only
a seven-second handicap on Burman in
the seven miles and was scratch with
Horan. Both drove great horsepow-
cred cars and drove fast in an effort
to nab the California driver before hs
| crossed the tape at the end of the
fifth mile, ........r .. ....-.r
Cooper was easily the favorite with
the crowd. which was enthusiastic ir
spite of its numbers, and was cheereo
to the echo at each lap.
Other events were won by Burmar
as usual and as expected. .. a
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