The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-07-14

California Motor Mad.-While many
persons in this city think Salt Lake Is
Going automobile mad. when compared
with California ii would seem that oalg
Lake and Utah have not even started
buyinp machines as yet. According 10
L. Hiteman, manager OF the L3la-
mond Rubber company VINO mas JUST
returned from two weeks yisit TO
San Francisco, the coast mas this sec-
tIon of the country backed OH ,he
board when il comes to AUTOMOBILES |
The average sale of motor cars mas
been close TO fifty week in Utah ior
the past three months. While IN san
Francisco, Mr.. Hiteman reports, the
sale Of cars for the week in California
was exactly 961. This, he says, was
lust an ordinary week s business. In
the wholesale business section or oan
| Francisco. according to Mr.. Hlteman,
every third vehicle that passed was
motor truck. 1t is predicted that Win
in short time. by those who have
made study of the motor truck nusi-
ness. that horse-drawn vehicles Will he
forced out of business by motor trucks.
Brigham Agent Here.-Arthur Truel
son. one of the leading automobile
dealers In Brigham City, was IN Salt
Lake Wednesday looking for cars. Lake
! other outside dealers, Truelson is hav-
ing hard time TO fill his orders. claim
ing a shortage in the cars he sells
Botterill Banouet-The twenty-five
employees of the Tom Botterill Auto
mobile company will hold their month
lv banoueL al the Commercial club the
coming Tuesday evening. At that tune
the 1918 selling policy OF the firm VIII
be thoroughly gone into by every one
present, The question of improving
| =, H.
ers will be gone into. At this meeting
anv employee who thinks he can I'M.
prove the company's service policy Will
be given full opportunity to express
his ideas.
Truck Game Booming.-That Salt
Lake is coming to the front In the
motor truck end of the game is evl-
denced by the orders being placed for
tho big powered draws. 1t Is under
stood that Pat Moran Will receive a
six and n half and n seven and half
ton truck within the next week, These
are to be used in hauling material TO
the new university building Two
| trucks have also been sold IN Carbon
county during the past week for imme-
| date delivery.
Meeting at PrjCe,-According to C.
| c. McWhinnoy, owner of one OF the
leading garages Of Price, Utah, q meet
| ing will be held within the next few
| davs TO push the building Of the main
| highway from Grand Junction to Salt
| Lake There has been considerable
| agitation over this road, and Price
boosters intend to keep at 1T until the
| road is completed.
Beaver Man Buys.-W. T. Knox Of
| Beaver. UTAH came into salt Lake on
| Iha 80 ,hiS yys9lt and 6r0Np home
in new motor car purchased while in
the city. Mr.. Knox reports consider
able agitation in his part of the coun-
try over the automobile game, and pre-
diets there VIII be many cars there
| before another year rolls around
New Salina Roads.-A. r. Crosier of
Salina, a leading dealer of that place.
drove home in new car purchased for
q customer on Wednesday. There is
bound to be q new road opened from
Salina to Fish lake in the near future,
improved road up Salina canyon to
| Castledale. The Salina Commercial
club is working hard on both projects,
and will build one road themselves If
the county builds the other for them.
Boosts for Auto Club.-''J Just want
TO say a word about the Automobile
club" " says r. NJ Austin of the Austin
Tire s. Rubber company. "1t is one
of the best things that could happen
for the tire and automobile business.
Auto clubs boost for good roads, and
the more good roads the moro tires we
sell and the more automobiles are sold.
HI think il is The duty of everybody
connected with the trade to get in and
work for the club. and 7 intend to
make 1T my duty 70 get more new mem
bers than any other man in the city
connected with the trade.''
Moves in Ten Days.-The Randall
| Dodd Auto company will he in their
new quarters within ten days, accord
l. ing to Manager A. p. Tourssen. The
II firm expected TO move Monday, but
their new garage on Fourth South will
not be ready for a few days longer
than planned,
Ely by Grantsville Route,-George
Getter, one of the leading automobile
dealers Of Ely, left for home Friday
afternoon in n new ear by the Grants
yille-Fish Springs route, Getter says
he has many inquiries for the route
this way and wants TO see for himself
what it is like, He will use the log
| given in The Tribune route book. Mr.
| Getter is building new garage in Ely
and expects to take care of great