Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-06
GASOLINE GOSSIP
1909 Great Smith Arrives


A carload of 1909 Great Smith cars
arrived Friday and were hardly I'M
loaded before the waiting customers
had ordered them delivered.
Renton has had no Smith cars for
several weeks, but expects to be get
tings them right along from now on in
goodly quantities.
The little Overland has proven a
popular car. and another carload was
received last week. Two others are
on the road.
George Shuears Resigns
Quite a change has taken place at
the Durocar factory, George Shugars
resigning as manager, and w. H. Pin
kerton taking his place.
Walter Sahland will be added to the
sales force this week, having resigned
from the sales force of the Tourist fac
tory.
Mr.. Pinkerton has been with the fac
tory since it's early days, acting in the
capacity of secretary and treasurer
Before coming to Los Angeles two
years ago he was engaged in the gen.
eral merchandise and lumber business
in North Dakota, having been there
for eighteen years, in which time he
gathered in quite a bunch of shekels
part of which ne has invested with
the company of which he Is the present
manager.
Mr.. Shugars is undecided as yet as
to what he will do eventually, but
for the present he says he will take a
well earned rest,
Smith Goes Back to MaxweIIs
Clarence Smith has gone from the
Tourist salesroom and taken a similar
position with J.. S. Conwell at the Max
we'll branch. Smith was the first man
to sell Maxwells in Los Angeles, and is
glad to be back with his first love
once again.
Sells Airships and Flying Machines
Roy Knabenshue has a sign on his
windows down on gasoline row that
makes the curious stop and ask ques
tions. 1t reads Air Ships and Flying
Machines" Besides that he will han
die the Curtiss motorcycle, having
taken the agency for Southern Cali
fornia. The Curtiss motor is very
much used by aeronauts, as it is pow
erful, light and compact; three requi-
sites for aeronautical work.
Knabenshue tells many amusing
stories of the incredulous people who
see his airships and yet refuse to be-
lieve that they will fly. "They are like
the man who went to the circus said
Knabenshue. He watched a giraffe
circus itself to study the animal that
appealed to him as so strange. He
stayed with the giraffe until it was put
into its cage and sent TO the train.
Then as he walked away with hands
thrust deep into his pockets he was
heard to say to himself: oh, hill,
there amt no such ANIMAL
Motorcyclists Start Across Continent
Dean and Merriweather, the motor
cycle riders who came here from San
Francisco. have continued their trans
continental tour.
They left Saturday morning and will
go from here to San Diego, thence to
Tia Juana in Mexico, and from there
to Ell Paso, Tex.
They hope to be able to make a side
trip into Old Mexico from Ell Paso, after
which they will continue across the
southern states, and finally go to New
York. They will consume several
months in their travels.
Dean is riding a Thor, which he rode
from San Francisco, while Merriweather
purchased a new Reading Standard
while here.
Oakland Four Arrives
]. b. Eccleston and wife arrived from
San Francisco last week, having driven
the greater part of the way in a four
cylinder Oakland car. After a pleasant
trip for about half of the way the mo-
florists encountered rain, which became
so persistent that they shipped the car
from Santa Barbara and came down
by train themselves. Mr.. Eccleston is
sales manager for the Oakland and has
been demonstrating the car in San
Francisco, and will continue to do so
here.
While in the northern city he climbed
many of the hills on high gear where
most other cars have to use interme-
diate. While out one day with Max
Rosenthal of the northern dealers as
ISOLATION he asked for hill that was
too hard for other cars to climb on high
gear, and one was found for him. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Eccleston's report of the
trial the Oakland is the leader in that
class, as it ran over the hill all of the
way on high, to the surprise OF all or
the passengers in the car.
D. f. Robertson is another salesman
who has changed places, resigning from
L. T. Shettlre's sales force, where he
handled Kisse Kars exclusively. He
will hereafter be sales manager of the
Thomas Automobile company, which
has taken the Thomas line and will
handle that line alone.
Mr.. Robertson's long experience in
the business and recognized ability will
make him a valuable factor in the new
agency.
The sheriff's office at Des Moines,
Iowa, is to have an automobile as a
mart of IT'S aouipnent when the new