Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-07-25
News Notes of
Local MOtOrdOnl
BY Lawrence p. Daley

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Many of the Los Angeles agents
found the arduous duties attendant
upon the Santa Monica road race and
the subsequent invasion of the Elks
too strenuous and started on their va
cations last week
II. o. Harrison was in San Fran
cisco the past week looking after his
interests in the Bay City in connection
with his Peerless agency for the Pa
cific coast.
r. o. Nelson, the popular agent who
Justly boasts of Diamond tires, IS
spending a ten days vacation in Paso
Robes.
Ralph c. Hamlin. president of the
Automobile Dealers association, ac-
companied by his family, is sojourning
at Catalina island. Mr.. Hamlin Is ex-
pecting his 1910 Franklin models very
soon.
Harris Hanshue, who drove the APP
person Jack Rabbit" to victory in the
Santa Monica road race, is touring
Southern California in the same ma
chine. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Hanshue.
The Stoddard- Dayton concern is pre-
pairing to move to its new and spa
cious quarters at Tenth and Olive
streets, August 1. This company has
built one of the finest appointed
garages on the Pacific coast.
Coombs & Reed received last week
shipment of 10000 feet of rubber
tile, the largest single shipment ever
received on the coast
The feat of "Daredevil' Derkum in
his round trip run from Los Angeles
to San Diego caused sensation in
motorcycle circles this week. Derkum
believes that his record of 10 hours
50 IL minutes will stand for some
time and is anxious to wager that
Howard Shafer, former holder of the
record cannot come within an hour Of
his time. Shafer is doing some deep
thinking these days and may get busy.
The Renton Motor Car works are
Justly proud of thei new quarters,
which will be opened to the public this
week.
Leon T. Shelter will open one of the
finest garages on the coast at san
Diego. September /. The garage will
be 100 by 100 feet and will be con-
Quoted on the same extensive plan as
the Shelter garage in Los Angeles.
Next year Mr.. Shelter will carry four
lines, embracing thirteen models, the
Woods electric car, the REQ, the APP
person and Kisselkar.
w. M. Lewis, general manager of
the Mitchell Motor Car company, ana
Secretary G. V. Rogers of Racine, Wis,
who have been visiting on the coast,
Ill 10
A. F. Fugler of Santa Maria, who
has been visiting in Los Angeles, re-
turned to his home the latter part of
the week with new seVen-passenger
Mitchell car.
Colonel Fenner is wearing a smile
these days and carefully grooming
Black Bess in order to retain the COW
eted Maricopa cup.
Something doing all the time" is
the slogan of Manager Howard, who
is disposing of the Chadwick Six car.
Rumors of match races between the
leading cars in the heavy division at
the Santa Monica road race are rife
and something of unusual interest in
this sport line may be pulled off soon.
time confidence in the "Locomobile,"
and with the change in management of
the Stearns, the rivalry may be accen-
tuated.
Los Angeles is rapidly attracting the
attention of the motor world, and the
commendable feat of the Dealers as
ISOLATION in the conduct of the Santa
Monica road race was a big boost for
this section of the country.
The sale this week of two of the
40-h. p. Buick roadsters, counterparts
cago, to parties in Riverside, created
quite a sensation in automobile cir
cles there. The Moore brothers, j.
Stuart and o. w, each purchased one
of these roadsters.
They recently disposed of their car
riage business in Riverside and will
soon depart for the northern part of
the state in search of a location to re-
establish themselves in their line.
They will make the journey with
their families in the new Bucks, which
they purchased from the Howard Au-
tomobile company of this city.
F. Byron Naylor, an automobile en-
thusiast of San Diego was here
Thursday of this week to take delivery
from the Howard Automobile company
of a 40-h. p. Buick roadster, which
he drove home. This car is a coun-
terpart of the CODE cup winner at
Chicago.
D. H. McEwen, a former resident of
Southern California, spent a week Wis
iting his old haunts in and about Los