Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-23

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received a shipment of the new model
Maxwell cars which they are exhibit
ing at their sales room on South Tenth
street. The cars are equipped with
electric head lights, self starters, adj
Unstable front seats and are mod
ern type of the up-to-date machine A
goodly number of people have seen the
machines at the company's sales offices
and pronounce them excellent models
in every respect.
r. A. Bowman Is making a trip
through eastern oregon in his Maxwell
car
L. T. Moon of the Bertram Motor
Supply company has just returned
from a successful business trip through
the Twin Falls section. He reports
the roads rather bad at present owing
to the long dry spell.
]. r. Compton, the we'll known coal
dealer, is covering considerable terri
tory on his Yale motorcycle, He has
recently made trips to Parma, Cald-
we'll and Emmett with a passenger In
his side car. On Thursday he drove to
Arrowrock with a passenger and on
Friday evening made second trip
almost to the government city.
H o. Elder, who resides near the
Deer Flat dam was in Boise last week
on his Yale. He states that Boise is
no distance now from the lower dam
of the big reservoir and he is able to
ride in and attend events on short
notice.
]. A. Porter made a trip to Arrow
rock last week on his Yale machine
and took passenger with him.
Sales have been good with the Ford
Auto company during the past week.
w. A. Lewis, one Of the statesmen, sold
car to Frank Dobson Of Star. 7. d.
French of New Plymouth purchased a
touring car during the week and will
use the same for livery purposes. ].
Waniple, also of New Plymouth, pur-
chased a touring car and the Idaho
Oregon Light & Power company of
Payette bought a Ford for business
purposes.
H. ]. Devaney, successful young
attorney of Cambridge, purchased
five passenger Ford car last week and
drove to the Washington county town
in the new machine.
H. H. Bryant, manager of the Ford
Auto company, accompanied by sew
eral friends has gone to Jordon VAL
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| for pleasure and also to look into the
program of automobile races adver-
| tised to be held there September 9.
M. B. Bryant of the Ford Auto COM
pany leaves tomorrow for a trip into
the Long Valley country 10 look up
business and enjoy a weeks fishing.
w. A. Lewis, salesman for the Ford
company, accompanied by J. Harry
Chambers, will drive to American
Falls this week.
Three machines were sold last week
| by the Inter Mountain Auto company.
DR.. S. ID. Calonge of Nampa purchas-
ed an Overland. S, D. Edwards of
Caldwell an Overland and A. G. Mil
| Ter also purchased a machine from the
garage.
Two large handsome Willis Utility
| trucks, which are largely used in the
| east, were received Friday by the In
ter Mountain Auto company. The
machines have pneumatic tires in front
and solid tires in the rear have top
over the body and are built for hand
| ling heavy loads and making good
speed. One of the big trucks was inn
mediately pressed into service being
driven to Emmett Saturday morning
| by w. @. Ash. who hauled to Boise
200 pounds of peaches for the Hall
Fruit company. The return trip was
made in two hours with the load and
no trouble was experienced in making
the Freezeout hill. The trucks are
both 35 horse power and have a ca
pacity OF three -fourths of a ton.
1 In order to keep pace with his COM
petitors, Vas His Hiro Aoyage. a Jap
anese laundry proprietor. has purchas-
ed a Ford touring car for his personal
use and for laundry purposes. He visit
ed the Ford garage last week was
shown over the cars and finally select
ed one which he felt would meet all
his needs. He declared that he pro-
posed to keep pace with American
business men and that he found a
machine was necessary TO do it, He
also informed Mr. Bryant that while
in Japan few years ago he was adj
vised that one-fourth of the cars used
there was Fords and were giving sat-
isfaction.