Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-15
AUTO MEN
ALL HAPPY
CONDITIONS IMPROVE ON oAso-
LINE ROW
MANY SALES ARE REPORTED BY
DEALERS
February Business Better in Many
Respects Than That of corre-
spending Month a
Year Ago

So far as automobile row is con-
oerned the financial panic is thlnS Oh
+ba nast and the market for cars mas
assumed its normal attitude aSaln.
The sales of the past week have peeh
encouraging. and number OF thG uea,~ I'l.i
ers when they figured up thelf Spru,
arv business found II was as Soou anu
in some respects better than Iiial VI
the same month last year.
Another encouraging feature OF the
trade is the different tone that lne
irrespective customers take than lheS
did a while back. ..-.
There is little talk of money stiillse elI4
cy now. and terms are not the Hrs'
thing asked about
Tbe cars that are going out average
Tipher priced than those sold last sea
son, and consequently fewer sales Iotai
A larger amount of money. -,,..
The tire men report an eNcepIolldiiS
fine business the past TWO OF tHte
weeks, and they are a sure barometer
of the motoring trade. ,,,o
The sales of the Continental peul!s
are on the increase ana eNeeGu ~ ~
exnectations for this time of the sea
son. while the Diamond tire branch mas
a depleted line in several sizes Whicn
thev have had to order filed in rush
fine from San Francisco.
William c. Vaughn ought TO be one
OF the happy ones of gasoline row. ana
vet he is not happy, because ne e@liio'
have his pie and eat 1t too.
Receives Cars from East
He received a carload of Northern
roadsters the past week ana TOOK lLlelil ll.I
from the station to the garage where
lamps. tenders and other equipment
were added, and then he turned thelil
round and sent them out again TO the
freight station, where he re-SilllpON
them to San Luis Oblspo.
All three of them were sold there anu
will be delivered on arrival me
Northern this year in the roadster type
is about as nice a car as one can llliu.
II stands high from the ROAD ana aa9 L.l.1
good clearance, which is an esSehtidl
for California roads, and the hnes ol
the car are good. All OF the soou lea
tures of the Northern are III IT. anu
that is recommendation enough.
Another carload of four touring cars
is due i'm a few days, and Vaughn Is
now al San Bernardino, where he Went
The latter part of the week TO close up
three sales he had in prospect. +,
Vaughn drove TO the gate city III
his car taking with him Judge Ieu-
erickson and wife, Miss kerns anu MI
Kendall, the latter OF SAT- Lax ..
At Greer Robins the propretors are
in fine fettle as they have averaged
inst one car a day sold during the pas
week and have been too busy TO MAKE
ali of the demonstrations that were
asked for. .;e.4;,
Don Lee assumes a most optmlsti'
tone when he is asked as TO trade con,
dtions, and stops long enough TO tel
his stenographer to write TELEGRAM
asking for more cars at once.
When Lee begins to tel or me pea u
+ioe nf his model G Cadillac, that has
stwentv horse power, and Hess Brigh'
hearing, lust like the high priced cars
only ali made in Germany" he makes
every man who drives anything els
feel that he has made the fatal mlstah.
and that the best thing to do Is 10 gel
rid of the contraption that he has ah'
drive a model G