Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08

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Probably no better evidence exists OF
the feeling that the election of Taft Will
bring prosperity than the experience or
some of the local automobile dealers last
week Several big cars were sold. and
the dealers say that the sales would not
have been made bad Bryan been elected
Two sales were made the day after cleo
ton day to prominent business men, who
stated that Taft brought about the sales
of the machines.
Other contemplated sales the latter part
of the week were put off, merely because
the prospective buyers felt the cold north
wind which swept the streets and coun-
try roads In one salesroom the demon
strator had a fine chance to make sale
Thursday, but the lady who wanted to
try the machine out telephoned that the
weather was too cold. But the motor
car fiends were out in force that same
day. 1t was a splendid one for motoring
with fur coat.
c. Royce Hough of the Motor Car
Company was participant in the two
hundred-mile endurance contest held in
rs cities last Wednesday, and unless he
loses out on account of the quantity OF
gasoline used he has a good chance for
high score. He had no repairs, and used
eleven gallons of gasoline. An affidavit to
that effect has been sent to the commit
tee in charge.
He drove a fully equipped stock car and
carried four passengers, going over nliiy
roads. Starting shortly after 3 O'CLOCK
am, he went up the Conduit road to the
round trips out the Laurel road were
made; trip to Glenmont and return
and trip up the Conduit road and back
again made up the distance.
The two centuries were completed at
$50 o'clock. and the score for repairs
was perfect. Unless some one beats him
on gasoline Mr. Hough looks like the win
ner.
w. C. Long has been in Ohio for sew
eral days. He went home to vote. and
spent q few days looking over the scenes
of his childhood. Before going, however,
he sold a Wayne 80 to M. Holstein.
There lis always q businesslke at
mosphere about the new Luttrell Com
pany salesroom on Connecticut avenue.
Manager Muehleisen is a member of the
Grand Army of Prosperity Shouters. and
is confident that the automobile people
are going to be stifled with money from
now on. He has sold ten 1909 Bucks
and SO many Packard cars that he will
be months delivering all of them he
took an order for a Packard day or
two ago. which will be delivered March
faxr dove ho second
hand car look like a 1910 model and sold
It in hurry to man who wanted It
quick.
He says the 1909 Buick is Jim dandy.
longer wheel base and equipped with
magnetic The new forty-horsepoWer Buick
is going to be in soon. All Connecticut
avenue is waiting to see it.
Lester D. Moore is one of those who
simply had to run up to the factory and
hasten along the delivery of 1909 cars.
Mr.. Moore is probably busy on the ship
ping clerk with long spke-arguments
do not work any more. The REQ. which
he sells here, will put out three cars for
19Oe-a five-passenger touring car, two
passenger roadster and a two-passenger
runabout. The roadster is the car that
folks around here want to see.
A chap with a non-puncture tire fluid
blew into Washington last week. He
had a powder which he pumped into the
inner tube and then poured glassful OF
water in after it. The stuff worked all
right, too. A tire on a Buick car was
treated. and nails, brad avis. screwdriv-
ers and all sorts of sharp things were
jabbed into the rubber clear up to the
hilt. The car was driven over rough
road, driven over nails and other pests,
but still the stuff worked
Then 1.-The boys" got busy. They took
an old bicycle wheel, removed the inner
tube and told the tire doctor to get busy.
He filled the tire with his favorite pre-
scription and then began to pump it up.
After pumping five minutes he decided
something was the matter with the pump,
and changed it for large one. Five
more minutes. and he decided something
was the matter with the valve, and
stopped down to make critical examina-
ton. Then new pump. Then he de-
cided that some one had been playing
understand it yet.
Messrs. Hough and Spence of the Pope
agency here are bowling for new cars.
and are doing everything in their power
to hurry shipments. They, too, belong
to the prosperity shouters and believe
that Taft, good roads and automobiles
are all part Of the same general scheme.
c. Royce Hough of the Motor Car Com
pany has his 1909 cars in and has sold
several He has a 1909 Stevens-Duryea
standing on the floor of his front office.
1t is larger and more powerful than the
model X, which has been discontinued.
He has 1909 Chalmers-Detroit cars in
and a 1909 Peerless. He says that bust
ness is going to boom and that he is not
going to let any grass grow under his
feet when 1t comes to getting In big
limousine cars for the winter trade.
Mrs Garfield, wife of the Secretary of
the Interior, spent a portion of last week
touring through the Shenandoah valley
with a party of friends.
The corporation counsel of the District
of Columbia having decided that autos
owned by Uncle Sam cannot be taxed
BY the District government, talk of a
suit to test the constitutionality OF the
law requiring fee of 81 for every Ii
cense issued to a motorist has been
dropped.
In addition to holding a hill-climbing
or a nonstop, sealed bonnet contest, in
the near future the Automobile Club OF
Maryland is considering the holding or