El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-02-15


the Ocean-tO- Ocean andBOrderland
- highway routes for a new one.
It is to be called the Santa Fe-Needles-
Grand Canyon route The draughting
department Of the Automobile club of
Southern California has Just completed
a beautiful drawing of the emblem
officially adopted by the Santa Fee
Grand CanyOn-Needles Highway assoc
citation This emblem is IN the form
of a Grecian cross surrounded by the
name Of the association inside of the
circle. This will appear on all Of the
road signs the Automobile club OF
Southern California is now posting Tor
the Santa Fe-Graud Canyon route.
Several thousands of these signs Will
be used between Los Angeles and san
summer overland travel is in pro
gress, the entire route from Santa Fes
n. NJ, to Los Angeles, through north
ern Arizona Will DC completely posted,
it is declared
]. G. Carr. district sales manager
mer racing driver He once wrecked
a car and was piled under the debris.
but he was never seriously injured
However, he decided that selling au-
tOmobiles was better than driving them
and quit the track, but he still likes
fast spin now and then
A o. Workman. from the Chalmers
factory. has Joined the mechanical
force Of the Chalmers Sales company
H s Potter. general superintendent
Of the street car company, this week
had a self starter attachment put on
his Chalmers 80"
A F. Kerr. cashier Of the FL Paso
Bank and Trust company, purchased
a SIX torpedo Chalmers this week Of
the local Chalmers-Peerless Sales com
pany.
Mike LAWYER, who for the past year
or more has been driving l. F. Bookers
car. has taken position as driver of
one Of n. E. Marteeny's Chalmers SKIES,
in the public service.
One of the objects of the recent or
Sanization of the FL PasO automobile
dealers is TO stop the cutting Of the
standard price on cars, a practice that
has been In progress among certain
dealers and has done much to prevent
putting the business as a whole on a
legitimate basis in FL PasO: Some Of
the dealers OI1er to put up $1,000 70 be
forfeited on proof Of price cutting, but
certain others have refused to join the
proposition
J. G. Carr and c. II. LaFrance, Of
the Chalmers company, have purchased
the remains Of the Cadillac car that
was recently wrecked and burned on
the county road near the Five Mile
bridge and are making in over into
service car for the shop.
County engineer J. w Eubank has
decided. after being appealed 10 by
autOmObilists. to have an enban kment
constructed at each end of the Five
Nile bridge on the county road be-
low the city as a protection against
running off into the irr1-
cation ditch which the bridge spans.
After three months use Of automobile
trucks. the Neff-Stiles company has
decided that it can haul fuel and feed
a nd Of hn all oh hrH
means than with horses and wagons
all Of its horses and wa
CONS are to sold and the three auto
trucks now IN use are 10 take Their
place
Rain and muddy roads interfered I
week, but local dealers look for bet
ter sales during the coming week as a
result Of the warm spell.
The International Auto company sold I
0. P Sanderson, Of Fort Stockton. Tex, |
a two passenger Buick. which he viii {
ship to Alpine and drive overland from
that point to his home. Louis BOzarth, /
Of this company, drove a five passen-
ger Buick to Deming. n NJ, this week I
and delivered il to NOrdhaus & Tay-
and viii return by train. NJ. ". Tatus, I
who purchased a five passenger Buick [
rom this company, Will drive II to his /
home at Kent
J. ". Stoqkard. Of the International /
Auto company. has returned from ROs-
we'll. n. NJ, where he spent a week
The LOngwen Automobile company /
sold Cole $50 to o. c. CrismOr. OF /
he Hotel Taxicab company.
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II. S. Mead, representing the United
states Tire company. is in FL PasO from
Denver, calling on the automobile
trade.
II. h BOlden. driving an Ohio five
passenger car, arrived in Ell Paso Fri