The San Francisco call., 1910-09-08
OAKLAND BUICK
AGENCY CHANGED
Reese & Lawrence Have Se-
cured the Popular Car
Across the Bay
By R. R. L'HOMMEDIEU

Much shifting in the cards is taking
place in the automobile game. The
Howard automobile company announced
yesterday change in their representa-
tives in Oakland. C. S. Howard has
closed for the territory over there with
Reese & Lawrence, who will handle the
Buick and Oldsmobile cars through
company known as the Buick auto
sales company. The announcement will
be of interest to Buick owners. as there
are large number of these popular
cars on the other side of the bay.
A. II. Hart of Medford, Ore, was. in
town yesterday on his way to Los An
a. ------A geles, and viii go
Me-. chalr,ers from there to Mex
owners in City ico to spend The
~ - winter. Hart will
7 e tur n overland
next spring. He is making the trip in
his Chalmers 80.
DR.. c. c, Wood and family of Modesto
have just arrived in this city,. making
Chalmers go" Like many other motor
lists, the doctor and his family are on
the, way to the fair at sacramento
making the trip overland.
A B. Miller of Rialto stopped in San
Francisco on his way to Sacramento to
the state fair. Miller is travelling in
his LoZier
w. c. Morris has Just received let
ter from the Autocar factory in which
------~ it is reported that
Autocar Trucks yonn Ion ,,st anamakep aIadna a1
ioI ' order for SO Auto
car trucks for his
New York and Philadelphia business,
delivery to be made within the next
eight or ten months.
o. c. Mcfarland of the osen &
Hunter auto company has returned
from the Mitchell
Mitchell VIII Be factory, where he
Greatly Refined vent with George
firm and George
E. Johnson, the northwestern member
of the company, Mcfarland says that
Mitchell cars this season that it has
ever put on the market. All models
except the roadster will be fore doored
be in San Francisco within the next 80
days. The six cylinder is much refined
over the car of last year and better in
secured a nice allotment for next year
The most surprising information Nc
Farland received while away was the
fact that the northwest is going to take
almost as many cars as this section
NJ, G. Carville of Detroit arrived in
the City of the Straits last week in a
warren Detroit
No,..I Soh.ue In 80" which apl
W,.,ren-nasraif peared to b e
- - equipped for a trip
around the world
The local automobile population, ac-
customed to novelties as 1t is. was
forced to stare The travelling man had
had the tonneau of his Warren $50"
removed and instead had mounted on
the rear of the cars frame a conpart-
ment so ingeniously constructed that
it was possible for him to carry com
plete house keeping equipment therein.
Caryille has forsaken the railroad
entirely. Along with him travels his
wife, and the pair seldom stay at a
hotel, preferring to camp by the road
side in a tent carried on the car.
One part of the special compartment
is a complete refrigerator. which con-
sumes about so pounds of ice every
three days. The traveller opened this
and a curious crowd gathered to peer
in at ice cold bottles of beer, fresh
vegetables. meat and other delicacies
of the season.
There is an alcohol stove, washboard,
dishes and other house keeping equip