Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-02
OIL, GIRLS, JUST
LOOK AT LEWIS!
AUDITORIUM LEADING MAN
PURCHASES AN AUTO
J, FuNNYHAT RLAckwooo SEES
TROUBLE AHEAD
Captain Ryus Almost Wrecks White
Racer When the Tire Rursts-P.
A. Renton Gets the Over
land Agency
RY FRnpERIo PApsT


Matinee girls, take notice! Lewis 5.
Stone, that perfectly dear leading man
at the Auditorium, has purchased q
tWo-cylinedr Durocar and can pc seen
almost any day rolling along Broad
way in his new car. Mr.. stone mas
long been interested in automobiles
and has been contemplating the pur-
chase of a car for over year.
]. Funnyhat Blackwood, manager of
the new company, Is not crazy over
this new automobile. 49,
"Of course" said Mr. Blackwood, Il
am pleased to note these signs or
prosperity on the part of our leadlng
man. l realize that 1t is the proper
caper nowadays for the star TO be pho-
tographed at the wheel of his own
automobile, but for the star to really
own the car is distinct novelty.
mfr. Stone is planning several long
trips for days when he does not re-
hearse. Now what is worrying me Is
what will we do If he gets couple OF
punctures about thirty miles from
town and fails to get back. know
Stone is an expert horseman, but what
little / know of motor cars the fact
that a man can ride horse like a
Cossack is no sign that ne can repair
an automobile like Dick Ferris thinks
he can"
A friend of the manager hints that
W
regrets to see his star travelling around
the streets where a good long look
doesn't cost cent.
p. A. Renton returned to town yes
terday with q broad smile and a rev
agency. Renton has been to the Great
Smith factory at Topeka and also went
to many of the other automobile CEN
ters in the east and the middle west.
He announces that he has secured the
Overland agency for Southern Califor-
mia and has placed an order for lou
of these cars. The Overland will come
in many models. There will be four
cylinder roadsters and touring cars,
six-cylinder roadsters and touring cars
and the runabout limousines, new
car which this company Is featuring.
1t comes with two detachable bodies,
the regular runabout type and the
limousine body which incloses just the
one seat where the driver and one pas
senger hits. The roadster will have
thirty horse power engine, wheel base
of lO5 inches and will sell here for
$140O. The touring car will have a
wheel base of 110 inches and will sell
for $780, The six-cylinder car will be
rated at forty horse power and will
sell for s21b0. Mr.. Renton is highly
pleased with his new line and says 1t
Is one of the best of the medium priced
machines. He was SO pleased with the
runabout limousine type that he or
dered two shipped at once and these
are now on the way here
Mr. Renton placed an order for nifty
Great Smith cars and says there will
be practically no change in this ma
chine
A. 1. Philip, vice president .of the
Morgan & Wright Tire company will
bit in Los Angeles within the next two
weeks. Mr., Philip is one of the best
known tire men In the country and Is
coming west to look over the trade
conditions on the coast.
The Chanslor & Lyon and the West
ern Rubber and Supply company an
nounced the reduced prices for the
Hartford and g. & ]. tires yesterday.
The cuts will be about 27 per cent off
the former prices.
Much confusion in racing matters has
resulted from the quarrel OF automobile
organizations for the control of racing.
The situation has been further COM
plicated by the organization of New
York importers and agents which is
known as the Motor Racing association,
instituting a twenty-four-hour race at
Brighton Beach track on September
ILL., The untenable position of this
association in running this race with
out sanction makes the task of the
racing board of the American Automo-
bile association dou-ly hard, If the lat
ter wishes to enforce the rules regard
ing disqualification.
william Kiinger, the head of the au-
fomobile department of the Firemen's $
Fund Insurance company of San Fran
cisco, is in the city. Mr.. Kiinger is
the real wise old owl In the automobile
industry. There isn't anything he
doesn't know about the construction Of
an automobile and when his company
refuses to insure machine, that is
good sign it is bad fire risk. Mr..
Klinger says that judging from the
amount of insurance being written,
more cars are being purchased than
at any time during the past year. The
industry is old enough now that definite
figures can be reached as to the per-
centage of losses and it has been as
eertained that 65 per cent of fire losses
occur from self ignition on the road
and 25 per cent is due to burning
garages.
Will Risden, the local Indian agent,
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