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THE WESTERN WEEKLY $ jl
The Western Weekly's Automobile Section I
AUTOMOBILE CLUB GETTING GOOD WORK IN.
The Salt Lake Automobile Club at a special meeting of its dircc
t tors, held at the offices of the club in the Bell Telephone building on
Monday, decided to offer a reward of $25 for the arrest and conviction
of anyone throwing missiles at automobilists or putting obstructions in
their way This action is the outcome of the continual annoyance that
automobilists in and around the city have received from this source.
The club is also appointing special detectives to take up any case that
is reported and ferret it out. Those youngsters who have been amus
ing themselves with this kind of pastime will do well to amend their
ways or they will probably find the amusement will cost them dear:
The Automobile Club certainly deserves credit for the work it is
doing, not only in the interest of automobilists but also in that of the
traveling public. In addition to the movement against missile throwing
it has been hard at work on the good roads proposition, and also an
'. other, that of getting an ordinance passed against speeding, which
will be particularly pleasing to the general public. The idea of the
club members is to get the speed limit set at a reasonable number of
miles per hour and when it is passed to see that it is enforced. An
other move that should meet with public favor is an effort the club is
making to have special officers appointed for the intersections at First,
Second, and Third South streets and Main to direct the traffic and to
see that pedestrians do not endanger their lives by standing and talking
, , in the street while waiting for cars. An effort will also be made to see
that both horse vehicles and automobiles observe the city regulations
as to slackening speed at the crossings.
THROUGH THE STUDEBAKER PLANT IN AN ELECTRIC CAR.
Minister Wu Ting Fang, of China, recently made a trip through
the Studebaker plant at South Bend, Indiana, in an electric car while
on a visit to that citv, where he was a guest of the Business Men's As
sociation. President Studebaker met Minister Wu at the gates of the factory,
where he placed him in an electric car and proceeded to show him
around. Driving through the gates he took the machine right into
the factory and along the wide aisles with rows of machines and
workmen on either side. Having finished their inspection of the lower
floor they ran on to one of the large elevators which hoisted them to
the top of the building where they continued their trip along the road
way and bridges on the roof of the buildings, making a complete circle,
about a quarter of a mile, of the great vehicle plant. Whenever they
came to a building that Minister Wu desired to inspect they would
drive on to one of the big elevators and descend to the floor that they
desired to see.
Minister Wu expressed himself delighted with all that he saw and
was not lacking in his praise of the great industry carried on by the
Studebaker Company.
THE ELECTRIC, A PROFESSIONAL MAN'S CAR.
Many professional men, but more especially physicians, find the
Electric Stanhope Runabout an ideal vehicle for their use. Those
physicians in large owns or cities, whose eminence in their profession
enables them to practically limit their practice to the confines of the
city, can reap the full benefit of these advantages.
An Electric Stanhope guarantees that the physician will arrive at
the sick bed in fit mental condition to do good work without being
at the expense of maintaining a driver, or any anxiety as to the length
i- of time the driver is being detained outside.
NEW YORK STATE PASSES NEW AUTOMOBILE LAW.
There is now a law in New York state which gives the owners
of automobile garages the right to a lien upon the car in their charge
in case bills for gasoline, parts, repairs, storage, etc., are unpaid. In
other words, if you don't pay your bills the garage man will simply
keep your car until you do.
SALT LAKERS GO TO GRANTSVILLE BY AUTOMOBILE.
Quite a number of Salt Lakers went to Grantsville last Sunday
by automobile. J. E. Jennings, L. L. Terry, T. R. Woodbridge and
' C. R. Purcell each had a party of friends there in their machines.
j Leaving town in the forenoon they made a good run out and arrived
" at Grantsville about noon. They say the road is good the whole
way with the exception of a short distance between Garfield and the
point of the mountain in Tooele County. Why does not this county
get in line with the good road movement? All around them are good
load boosters. Are Tooele county commissioners asleep, and the
election coming, too?
THAT OGDEN RECORD. I
A short time since the White steamer beat all previous records I
between Salt Lake City and Ogden by covering the distance in one I
hour and five minutes. The Studebaker people say, however, that they I
can beat this time and on Friday were out to do it. S. D. Rcid who II
drove the Studebaker was accompanied by W. E. Macarton. Up to jl
the time of going to press news has not been received as to what time I
the run was made in. M
A STATE AUTOMOBILE ORGANIZATION. I
We understand that there is a movement on foot to form a state II
automobile club to be known as the Utah State Motoring Association. l
Mr. W. E. Macarton, till lately assistant secretary of the Salt Lake m
Automobile Club, is the originator of the idea. It is proposed to have I
as president of the association some prominent Salt Lake man, while I
the two vice-presidents are to be appointed from Ogden and Provo. LI
Mr. Samuel Newhouse has been asked to accept the presidency. I
THE GOVERNMENT BUYS A MAXWELL CAR. I
The government has purchased a two cylinder Maxwell touring I
car for use by Engineer Reed of the Reclamation Service. I
DR. MAYO BACK FROM MONTANA. II
Dr. H. N. Mayo and wife are back from a most enjoyable trip in I
their Stoddard-Day ton roadster. They left this city on the 5th of the j;l
month and made Pocatcllo the same evening. At Pocatello their friends b'l
had harrowing tales to' tell of the difficulties they would experience jj
in crossing the sand between that town and Spencer, the next stopping 1
place. The doctor, however, was undismayed, but decided to take to 91
the railroad grade, which he did and arrived at Spencer without any
mishap. At Spencer the party spent a delightful day at Mr. J. D. l
Wood's ranch, and proceeded the next day on their way much re- Bl
freshed. At Dillon Dr. Mayo was met by his brother-in-law, Mayor II
Nelson Storey, Jr., of Bozeman, Montana, in his Studebaker touring Jl
car and together they made the balance of the trip to the mayor's city. II
Between Dillon and Whitehall is sixty miles of what the doctor claims I
to be the best road in the state, and over this they made thirty miles I
an hour. The party arrived at Bozeman on Tuesday, the 11th, having II
made 532 miles and crossed five mountain ranges in six days. The II
doctor and his wife stayed in that city for ten days during which 'I
time a number of interesting side trips were ma'cle, including one to II
the big shoot at Manhattan. I
On the return trip they left Bozeman on the 21st, going via the I
famous Alder Gulch, said to be the richest gulch in the United States, I
where in 1867 over 40,000 people were engaged in placer mining, they I
made Redrock, a distance of 144 miles, the same evening. On the I
22nd they made the run from Redrock to Spencer, 60 miles. On the l
23rd, leaving Spencer at 8:30 o'clock, they arrived at Idaho Falls at SI
two in the afternoon, and remained there till one o'clock the next II
day. Leaving Idaho Falls they were in hopes of being able to again l
take the railroad grade, but owing to encountering a grouchy rail- II
load agent, who would not give them any information as to whether II
or not there were any trains likely to be running over that section dur- II
ing the time it would take them to make it, Dr. Mayo thought that it II
would be better to make a detour of about 15 miles, by doing which II
they would avoid all but two miles of the sand. This they did al- II
though it entailed the crossing of the Blackfoot river, about two feet II
deep and fifty feet wide. Pocatello was reached the same evening, II
where they were the guests of Mr. Kasisky. They left Pocatello at I
7 o'clock on the morning of the 25th and made Salt Lake City the (I
same evening, a run of 178 miles in just twelve hours. Il
Dr. Mayo recommends this run to anyone who is desirous of mak- II
mg an enjoyable trip, over the whole distance there being only about II
18 miles of bad roads, the sand between Ross Fork and Gibson, six II
miles of boggy spring road around Monida and six miles just outside II
Duboise.
The doctor did his own driving during the whole trip and had II
the remarkable experience of not getting a puncture, although the II
tires on his machine had been in use for some time previous to his II
starting. II
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LAST YELLOWSTONE PARK EXCURSION. jl
Sept. 3rd. Round trip from Salt Lake, $45.25, including stages II
and hotel for complete five day tour. Phone 250 and make early ;
reservations. City ticket office 201 So. Main Street. II
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LAST YELLOWSTONE PARK EXCURSION. M
Sept. 3rd. Round trip from Salt Lake, $45.25, including stages I
and hotel for complete five day tour. Phone 250 and make early
reservations. City ticket office 201 So. Main Street. J
