The San Francisco call., 1909-01-05

to an automobile Customers are al
ways very much interested in the gen
eral strength of a car, and it IS the
duty of a salesman to explain the quail
ity of the material used in each car
A machine may have good appearing
body and hood and look in other re-
Spects like a fine car. but it is only
after several thousand miles OF testing
that the car proves It's grade. The best
guarantee a customer can have of the
lasting quality OF a car IS the record
and past history, of the machine.
new car, that is to say, machine thaC
has not had seasons use by the aver
age automobile owner, is more or less
an experiment and is at a disadvantage
with the older and more representative
makes. 1 always advise a prospective
purchaser of car to investigate 1t
thoroughly, examine the quality of the
bearings throughout the car and deter
mine the quality of steel used in the
mers-Detroit formerly the Thomas
Detroit) has the highest grade of nickel
heat treated steel in the crank shaft,
which has stood test OF 13 tons. The
used in the $4,000 foreign cars These
points, together with the fact that the
body is hung between the axles, similar
to the best foreign cars, are the reasons
most durable on the market"
A new idea in making the eastern
theatrical circuit has just been sue
cessIqI trleq ny
Actors Travel comnanT now EN- en-
In studebakers tour with The
and his Ieading niavsrs OH air MI, G Haie aa4
to city by automobile. They played in
New Haven last Thursday night and
made, the run from New Haven to
Poughkeepsie Friday-four hours lux
urious travelling in a 40 horsepower
Studebaker touring car-stopping only
at the best roadhouses- The railroads
artists After a week of auto trips the
members OF The Wolf company are
enthusiastic about this solution OF the
most disagreeable feature of life on
schedules and forget time tables.
Norman de Vaux of the Auburn
agency reports that business has been
- {hsn pesIer @ TINS SSa SSeason
Auburn Cars Tbn ran eI. eyer 3elore; {bs S1
Selling Fast horsepower two
has been far above what he expected
for this time of the season. He has
sold all the 1909 cars that have arrived
and has orders for many more. The
latest to receive a car is the Fresno
lrrlSauon farm company Of herman.
Fifty thousand automobiles to be
made in one year is the estimate OF the
!. manufacturers in
Many Autos Detroit. This un-
VIM BE Made BeSosdsnfsa Bef ot %etor nn% gap.
by the nine different factories in the
Michigan city. For one reason and
another the estimate and calculations
or the respective manufacturers rang
ing from 500 to $500 cars to each fac
tory, has been greatly reduced. The
exception TO the rule of reduction IS the
Chalmers Detroit factory. which has
already increased its early estimate
of the seasons output by 100 cars. and
as third of the entire output Is
already. delivered the chances for a
larger increase in the number of ma
chimes turned out for this season by
the Chalmers-Detroit factory are good.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
( u II. Greer, in a Mitchell go" has
smashed the road record from Phoenix.
Ariz., to Roosevelt dam, a distance of
so miles, making the round trip in s
hours and 81 minutes. clipping l hour
and minutes from the former mark.
The Osen & Hunter auto company re-
ports the delivery OF 1909 four cylin-
der 20 horsepower Mitchell roadster to
The 1909 Pullman automobiles have
now arrived and the beautiful lines
on which they are built are creating the
admiration of all who have seen them.
The Frank o. Renstrom company, who
are the agents for this machine, are
receiving orders and inquiries daily.
The Sierra construction company of
Willows, Glenn county, took delivery
last Tuesday from the Howard auto
mobile company of a a Buick white
White Streaks'' sold in northern Cali
fornia, although there are a number OF
the earlier models in that section OF
the sScTamen50 cI srd0 ySiey WiiG5s ssdo s Freed
started that afternoon to drive the car
home. Fred c. Bates of this city has
taken delivery from the Howard auto
mobile company Of one of the 1909
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