The San Francisco call., 1910-09-30
CARTERCAR TAKES
PLACE OF BRIDE
Lonely Farmer Buys a Motor
Car to Drive Away
Dull Care
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

1t would have surprised some Of the
staid bankers could they have been
at the Cartercar factory recently and
witnessed a transaction which was
fair sample as to how the average
farmer buys and pays for a car. E. C.
Collins of the local company has re-
ceived the following narration Of what
took place:
"Calix Fisher, a bachelor farmer.
who owns and works $50 acres FOUR
miles from Harper, Ia, decided that II
was a little too lonesome living alone
on the farm and working all the time.
The average man who is seized with
this sort of feeling starts out toslook
up better half Not so with Fischer.
for instead of looking for wife he
started for an automobile for a COM
panion.
His so acres of corn, which he had
taken care of entirely alone during the
summer. was doing pretty well. and he
induced Theodore Kenney, netghbor,
to go with him to the Cartercar factory
"A ride for few miles over hilly
country road about Pontiac in one OF
the cars, and a little time in seeing
factory, was all the argument which
was necessary. The deal was closed
bag tied with leather string. The
roll of bills taken from the inside
would have made the banker who
might have seen it think that he was
looking into the cash vault at home.
Sixteen hundred dollars was stripped
from the roll: but still 1t retained It's
sample of how farmers buy automo-
bileS.
j. w Griffith, head of the automobile
school department of Heald's business
college, said that at the present time
he had AZ DuD1lS,
First Learn Auto many OF 1T them M Pc pc.
Before You Buy ing ewners; SsY ownersn ,mnsn
said Griffith. II
| mean in good many cases prospective
owners. These men, when they come
to the school. knew almost nothing
about an automobile and feel the In
| vestment in the course will be more
than repaid when they go out TO Sc
the express purpose of getting the
knowledge so that they can Judge for
themselves what will be the best car
they can buy.
The buying of cars is becoming more
of thorough business proposition each
day. Purchasers
oro5 ST Teiesraph % Consideration. the
~ reputation of the
vehicle purchased.
| This was exempHfied in a sale made
! yesterday by the Reliance automobile
! company j. c. Mitchell of Willows
sent a telegraphic order for a 40 horse
power four cylinder Knox with a ton
had met Mitchell and the telegraphic
order was the outcome OF this meeting.
| This mode of procedure is in strong
| contrast to the methods of few years
| ago, when an owner would be on hand
| to take delivery and see that every
thing was on the car as specified.
| r. B. Daggett of r. B. Daggett &
! Co., in discussing the recent display of
>-- eIectrlc Vehlcles at
| Electric Show the electric show.
Good for Trade saThe result t'efuag of our
display. which we
| consider was the most complete, has
considerable attention to the electric
| vehicle and l know it has done more TO
! bring 1t to the notice of those who
ance than anything that has been con-
ceived for some time. Although no
direct sales were made during the
with a large number of people. many Of
| whom, I feel satisfied will become
users of electric pleasure or CONNER
cial vehicles
| The Detroit automobile dealers asso-
! citation. al meeting held last week
decided to hold its
| Daie Detroit nf show show in the s' wayne srae
| --- = pavilion January Is
! TO 21. The board
| of directors will meet within the next
! two weeks TO decide on a manager
| The Pullman auto company reports
| that it has closed with H. Kelsey.
~-- son of DIR. j. Ed
! New Agent for ison Kelsey of
| PuIlmen Cars Berkeley, for the
| agency in that
place. The Ke1-
| seys have taken delivery of a 35 horse
| power touring car. this being the sec
! ond that they have purchased. The
/ Sacramento headquarters for the Pull
| man cars has been established at 1917
! j street John w. Ellery has Joined
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