The San Francisco call., 1910-12-24
GOOD ROADS AUTO
Dealers SLOGAN
w. B. Cochran, Manager of
Haynes Auto Company, Tells
of Renewed Enthusiasm
By R. R. L'HoMMEDIEU

w. B. Cochran, manager of the
Haynes auto sales company, who has
just returned from a visit to the south,
has had a splendid chance to Judge
trade conditions in the state. Cochran
said:
Thirty days ago I could not under
stand trade conditions. Indications
were good but the public was not buy
Ing cars and 1t was impossible to
ascertain the reason in the face of the
conditions. In the last ten days there
has been a sharp revival in buying
and trade is now in keeping with ap
pearances. We have felt the resump-
ton of trade in demand for Haynes
cars; in fact it has gone beyond our
expectations, because the public is
supposed to be spending its money for
Christmas presents.
Another interesting point that has
been noticed of late is the increased
interest in the good roads movement.
The farmers and the citizens of the
smaller towns are doing some earnest
work in behalf of the bettering of the
roads. This is one of the most i'm
portant things for serious thought at
the present time. If California secures
the fair the placing of the roads of the
state in perfect condition will mean
everything to the state. The man of
with his motor car, or buy one here,
to see the state as it is. This will
mean that great deal of eastern capi-
tai will be left in the state to develop
its resources, and instead of reac-
tion of hard times which generally
follows fair there will be an in
creased state of prosperity"
E. Conneau of Modesto, who took de-
livery the first part of the week of the
sensational Velie
Ruvs LITTLE roadster from the
velie Roadster STANDARD STANDARD potoT st wTif Gar
ten to the company
that he had a most enjoyable trip
home. Conneau left this city for Mo
car seemed to have more power than
could be expected. When out of town
Conneau let the little roadster out and
said that he obtained speed of better
than 81 miles in many places on the
trip. He says that the motor was run
ming true and smooth and the car
sequence Conneau is more than pleased
with his Velie roadster.
Henry Mccoy, a member of the
Chanslor & Lyons motor supply COM
~- pany and manager
Henry Mccoy Is of the local house
Given Banquet was was s,ye5n KY N a a. Daha an
men employed by
the company just before he left for his
annual eastern trip. 1t was one of the
automobile row and the surprise of the
evening was the discovery of the en-
tertafnment talent in the company.
There was enough brought to the sur
face to start good road show.
The battleship gray color, which has
caused many Franklin cars to be called
'greyhounds," is
Save: ee'sE Car sRt'fnlIsss n SAT- TT
police believe will
thefts.
The color in question was that of a
car owned by C: W. Nibley, presiding
automobile figured in an exciting speed
contest between the police and two au-
tomobile thieves. The car was left
Beehive, the residence of Joseph F.
Smith, president of the Mormon church,
from which place it was taken. The
The battleship gray was one of the
principal features of the undoing of
the two thieves who We're attempting
to purloin the car. The police first
caught sight of the car when its gray
color flashed under a street lamp two
blocks away. The men in the car were
not long in finding out they were pur-
about the same time they themselves
were sighted. From then on, early
morning pedestrians were treated to
one OF the most exciting automobile
races the town had ever seen.
The man at the wheel in the Frank
lin raced at high speed through wide
streets, turned corners, almost upset
ting the car, dashed around blocks and
tried in every way to shake the police
speeder, which tenaciously refused to
permit the gap of two blocks between
the two cars to be widened.
Each time the fugitives thought they
had eluded the officers the color of the
car aided the police in finding them
again. The officers finally became tired
of the race. and when they called upon
the young men to surrender the youths
complied with the demand and were
locked up.
They said they were S. ]. Schultz
and j. n. Thomas, both 18 years old.