The San Francisco call., 1908-04-24
Eastern Auto Maker
Discusses Trade
w. T. Lepis Believes Pacific
Coast viii Be Best Market
This Year
BY r. r. rr1on1r,edieu

his son In the manufacture OF the
Mitchell cars. dropped into the city
yesterday morning just to say How
do you do?" to A. Z. Hunter of the firm
of Osen g. Hunter, local agents tor
the Mitchell, and then departed ON the
Owl Lewis visits the coast yearly. In
discussing the present outlook for the
automobile industry, ne said that he
figured that there would be 80 per
cent increase in the output over the
year 1907. There was a strong de-
mand for motor cars in the east. but
on the Pacific coast the outlook was
even better proportionately. Outside of
the automobile business, he said. con-
ditions In the east were IIfeless this
year.
Lewis believes that the greatest in
crease In sales on the coast will be in
the northwest, where the rainfall has
been ample and great crops are as
sured.
Lewis is planning to make a trip
from his home in Racine Wis. with a
party of eight in two Mitchell cars to
this coast this summer.
their order for 0ldsmobie touring car, which
is expected TO arrive IN this city within the
next week. These young ladies friends Of
take to teach them the art Of driving an auto-
mobile. as this Is their FIRST machine. The Misses
ride or n the ososs one e taem
marked that she believed it was easier to
manage man s. mi, machine than some Of the horses
minds to try the experiment.
One of the latest stunts wherein the motor
car figures prominently is the use Of 90
horsepower Thomas roadster equipped with
snow plow. II is owned by Fl: c. Smell
the well known automobile enthusiast of
cleaning the snow Off the streets of Eikhart
and the public highways Of the vicinity. This
to Paris racers. and Smell was always on
the job, whether the American or one OF the
foreign cars needed assistance.
!. euyier Lee left yesterday for the east on a
three weeks business trip Before return
ing ne Will risit the factories of the Packard
o. f. Whitman. city agent for the Rambler
der Rambler touring car to H. Csssau. He has
sold 81 horsepower four cylinder readsters TO
Of snea be sse and nosr s Shepard and touring
The Thomas B. Jeffrey company has sold %
horsepower two cylinder touring car to Mrs
cylinder touring, car to 4. ". p'.' Mott Of Lsw s
renee and another to w. ". Stevenson of
Bakersfield.
a. B. Rector. retail sales manager Of the
white company, left last week for a tour
through the Sacramento valty country. He was
at the wheel OF his model L demonstrator. He
returned yesterday via the train route His au-
tomohlle had not stalled but a wealthy rancher
seaE ln woodland. 900 Clarence F. Day by name. after
gave Rector cheek in full and the local mo-
torist came back to get another car and con-
steamers at woodland who reported @ prospects eets
ior .Ths rhs sale ns,S Of the cars very promising
have visited states Rector @f The eorns roads
are IN excellent condition and all the people
more rain
Rector win leave on Saturday to continue his
trip.
The Consolidated motor car company reports
the sale OF 80 horsepower four cylinder Pope
this city.
James A. Brown of Healdsburs has purchased
car from the Auburn motor car company Brown
will drive his car overland 70 his home.
An order was placed recently with the Win
ton motor carriage company of this city by H.
5. Black of Los Angeles for winton six
direct from the factory by express and ia due
weeks
Mrs Joseph Craig. wife of the well known
banker ban s Of Woodland. recently received a de-
easion Of their wedding anniversary. 1t was in
the form OF a 1908 Oldsmohile tourabout. The
car is fitted with two detachable seats which
when In position, are exactly the same as the
two forward seats Mrs. Craig is known as
one OF the most expert chaufeurs In the state
having owned and driven an automobile since
drives and has driven her old car to Hishiand
Springs and all through Lake county a num-
ber of times. She confemplates taking a num-
Der Of long tours throushout the state.
J. H. Baxter. with his family and friends.
made a trip the frst part of this week OF 2o4
miles IN his new six cylinder Thomas dyer. The
party left this city on the O'Clock boat. took
luncheon in San Juan and returned through
Palo Alto.
W. F. CuIberson Of the Mobile carriage COM
pany reported yesterday the sale of 10 horse
power six cylinder Pierce Great Arrow to Mrs
take the place Of the one which she used In
touring Europe.
The eyes of the automobile world win he
day. This event for stock cars has
taken prominent place In the automobile
racing game In the tryouts fast time has
been made BY Guy Vaughn In the .3o'' Stearns:
by Leland. also in Stearns, and by drivers
in the Renaults. not to mention the good work
done by the Thomas Barney Oldaeld In those
fryouts has supplied the Spectacular. In the 30
miles there are no less than 30 sharp turns and
40 winding turns several OF the latter being
So shaped. At these turns ditching Of ma.
chimes has occurred almost daily.
An interesting auto tour completed this week
was that Of E. B. Waterman. Robert Kennedy,
his wife and daughter and A. r. Clark of Fresno
in White steamer. The trip was from Fresno
to old Monterey, than down the coast 10 Los
Angeles inland to Hedlands and Riverside and
south to San Diego to see the feet arrive. After
doing San Diego the rIn was along the Pacific
to San Juan Capistrano and then north to los
Angeles and home to Fresno By the inland route
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tunce Of l,22o miles in less than two weeks.
LOST ~ YEARS AGO
Grace Colvin applied to Judge Gra-
ham yesterday for letters OF adminis-
tration over the estate OF her father,
John Hughes. who disappeared 81 years
ago. Hughes was employed In q foun-
dry. He left his home for work one
morning, but did not reach the foundry
and neither his wife nor anybody else
ever received word OF him or learned
what befell him. Recently 1t was as :