The San Francisco call., 1910-02-09
WILL HANDLE THE
Mud PLUG Event
President OweAs and Contest
Committeeman Nichols Will
Officiate
Ten Owners Have So Far Stgni-
fled Intention OF Taking
Part in Sport
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

Oh III OpUIl
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU
The interest in the mud plug which
takes place next Sunday is increasing
the time draws near. Chairman
c. S. Howard reports that up to the
present time he has received word
that already 10 of the automobile
owners and dealers have signided their
intention of participating, and he fully
expects % entries by the time the cars
are sent away.
Howard yesterday requested n. NJ.
Owens, president of the San Francisco
motor club, and Tony Nichols. chairman
of the contest committee OF that or
ganization. to take charge OF the event
They have accepted and will start
the cars and check them in OakIan nd,
and time them at the finish in San
Francisco.
The Standard motor car company re-
ports business to be very good and
.S- have sold IN the
Hard Trip in last few days Ford E,
Ford Car cars s to to II, &c, e; M9Gs 46e
Busey furniture
company of Oakland, Mr.. Purdy of
Lindsay. Mr. Brown of Tracy Chris
man brothers of Coalinga, also report
the sale of a Velie touring car to T.
Roger Stearns of Los Angeles.
Another pleasing piece of informa-
ton is the fact that the territory of
der the jurisdiction of the Standard
motor car company. which has just
made arrangements with the Ford and
NeIle motor car companies for the sale
Oh i ora ana NeiIR the islands.
very interesting story of a Strenu-
GUS trip from Los Angeles TO San Fran
who has recently arrived from Los
Angeles by the coast route in a Ford.
Whiie he reports the roads are very
muddy and the water very deem in
OF d1fhculty coming through. due large
" to the light weight of his machine.
1t takes considerable nerve on the part
OF any one to make this trip at this
time of the year but Magarrel re-
ports that 1T is his intention to drive
from San Francisco to Seattle Just as
soon as he completes his business in
this city.
W. H. Durphy, who is handing the
Chase delivery wagons, is making some
splendid demon
Demons1rate load Of trunks tPGn SP for r
the Mason street hill W6iIe 7TSh gfR gestefday GxeT
he showed the value of the Chase cars
IN helping, out a local firm to get
large number of floral pieces to the
liner Manehuria on quick hurry order.
Durphy has most of the days remain
ing in this filled with demonstrations
and even part of next week.
Captain F. W. Cole of the Pacific mo-
tor car company yesterday reported
- that he had sold
Reports of sales three EMF cars
of Flanders Cars Iole t69f as also MoP MrepqPrted
iotment of FIan-
ders Twenty" cars had ali been sold.
The, EMF cars were sold to the local
trade
\. J. Smith. local agent for the Ell
more cars, yesterday reported the sale
of three cars. j. :.
Sell Finely Villas of Nedford,
EQUIPPED Elmore. a Is RorsepoWer. pe1SsG
touring car. which will be shipped to
his home next Monday Smith saws
that this car has the finest equipment
he has ever seen placed on an automO-
purchased car of the same model,
which is to be delivered in three days
while J. F. Meyers of bakersfield has
tonneau, to be delivered in three weeks.
The national legislative convention to
be held in Washington, ID. @. Febru-
airy Is. 16 and IL
VIII Meet for Will De a great
national Law demonstration for
-------. uniformity in au-
tomobile IegiSIa-
tion. The convention will be held under
the auspices of the American automO-
bile association. It's chief object will
be to show the great need for favor
able action on the part of the 1egisla-
tors on the federal registration auto
mobile bill which, if passed, will enable
an automobile owner, after CONFORM
ing to the motor regulations of his
own state. to secure national regis
tration for his machine at a nominal
fee and then be at liberty to tour i'm
any part of the union without fear of
being halted at various state borders
and told, sin the words of the law. that
he can not enter unless he registers his
machine and pays the license tax under
the laws of that state.
NOTES OF THE AUTO
A. d. Plugoff, vice president of T. w
Leavitt & Co, left the first part of this
week on a business trip to Sacramento
and vicinity.
Those in the OIdsmObiIe picture pub-