New-York tribune., 1910-12-18


most enthusiastic woman automobilists in
New England early this season purchased
a Ford model IT. touring car. Ii was in
this car that she made this unusual record.
Not only has she toured Maine this season,
but she has also driven her automobile all
over New England.
The first bale of 1910 grown cotton
brought to market by Texas farmer,
stands TO the credit of ". o. Langdon.' of
Hutchens. The honor is one eagerly
sought for each year by the progressive
growers of the state. and Mr.. Langdon is
in receipt Of many Fluctuations The
grower believes he owes his distinction to
the fact that he owns a Flanders go
motor car. Had he relied the old-fash-
ioned methods of transportation the first
ba le would certainly have been marketed
by neighbor.
Connoisseurs who have seen the new 1911
Stoddard-D -Daytons pronounce the company's
product as one of the most complete lines
made. C g. Stoddard president Of the
Dayton Motor Car Company. determined
to make the line so complete that a pros
pective purchaser could not help being sat
is6ed. With prices ranging from 1890 to
$4,000 with four distinct sizes of power
plants. mounted in six chassis and equipped
with twenty-nine different styles of bodies.
the most fastidious purchaser may find
something TO his liking.
Harry Fosdick. sales manager for P. !. 4.
T. the concern that is producing American
made Fiat cars in its fine new plant at
Poushkeepsie. y. Y. is now at Los An
geles. Mr.. Fosdick spent last week at the
Los Angeles show. at the exhibit of the
Pacific Coast Motor Car Company, when
the new 25-horsepower Fiat was shown for
the first time on the Pacific Coast.
No vehicle-wagon or automobile-has
ever penetrated so far north into the
frozen Canadian Tlds as did a Cadillac |
1911 car few weeks ago, when the fifty |
fifth parallel was reached and short stop !
made at the northernmost Hudson's Ray |
trading post on Canadian soil. The trip |
north was made from Edmonton. in Al |
berta province hy Tom Evans. Cadillac |
factory representative on the Pacific Coast. /
and the Cadillac dealer at Edmonton, in |
the latter's new demonstrating car. When |
the start was made the thermometer regis |
tered 10 degrees below zero.
The automobile owner Is developing a |
ha hit that rs likely TO become very expen-
sfye II is known as the good enough TO
fhe heads Of the repair shops" said G. A.
Mathews of the Jackson Automobile Com
oanv. An owner finds that his is not
-unning perfectlv. and he makes some ad-
iustment which he thinks will suffice for
the time He knows that it is not what it
should he hut as the car runs he fools him
self into believing that it Will do. Things
20 from bad to worse and finally. through
misuse and neglect, the car has TO go to
he repair shop. Then the owner falls into
, hed hunor when he is forced to pay
,earlv TO have his car repaired. One of our
Jackson agents remarked yesterday while
II the factory that this good enough habit
,eeded the attention of the automobile deal
,rs as we'll as the owner. who is often
rone 10 blame the construction of the car
,ben he himself is to blame.
The increased volume of general sales I'm
losed cars heretofore usually considered
he vehicles of the fortunate few, has been
marked during the past month. Charles l.
erfery. head of the Thomas B. Jehery
-ou7panv. has commented upon the vast
,un,her of closed cars, not only on the
-reets of Chicago and New York and other
arre cities. but in hundreds of smaller
GUNS throughout the country. This in
;oa.e. said Mr. Jeffery, the trend OF
,,,b1;c preference toward cars which PRO-
;aa moi anly the mere pleasure OF rlding,
-, al.o many comforts and conVeniences.