The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-02-15
RANDALL-D0DD HAS
LARGER TERRITORY
Concern Starts New Service
Department in Charge
of Expert.
MANY SALES ARE MADE
Buick, National and Oldsmo-
bile Are Popular in
This Section.
MANY SALES ARE MADE

With the opening Of the year the
Raudall-Dodd company has enlarged
the territory which it is TO cover
through its sub-agencics by taking IN
southwestern Wyoming, and in addition
TO its field in northern Idaho and east
ern Nevada, should have a wide market
for Bucks, Oldsmobilcs and Nationals.
Starting Monday, the company in
aucurates its new service department.
In speaking of it. Manager Tourssen
states:
Heretofore our service, which
has been a gratifying feature to
us and our car owners, has been
operated in conjunction with our
repair shop. but our sales OF new
ears have been so great that we
are creating distinct aud separate
department for this branch of our
business. It will be III charge of
Bert Smalling. one of the best
known automobile experts in the
intermountain country,
The stockholders of the Randall-Dodd
company met last week at the annual
meeting al Boise and elected the fol
lowing officers: President, A. G.. Ran
dali; vice president. +. r. Mays; secrc-
tary and treasurer, A. +, Tourssen.
Messrs Randall, Mays and Toursscn
were also reelected as directors for the
ensuing year,
National Popular.
+. l.. Rutledge. the western repre-
sentative OF the National Motor Vehicle
-, al Tol- IL
OIL matters OF business with the Ma
tonal dealer here. Mr.. Rutledge claims
the demand for the new siX-cyindcr
National has been so great that the
factory is TWO months behind on its
present orders.
The district representative OF the Olds
motor works, A. r. Hazen, is here for
the coming show. Mr.. Ilazen states;
The sales of the Odsmobilc this
season have been the grcntest III
the history OF tho company, aud il
looks as if the factory will not be
able to anywhere near fill the de-
mand this season for either the five
or scycn-passengcr Oldsmobilc.
Six models of pleasure cars. ono OF
them siX.cvlindcr and Two motor
Buick Motor company. Everything IS
left hand drive and center control. but
while in body design the company takes
radical departure, the motor is the
same valve-in-tb head type to which
the Buick people largely attribute their
success. The Delco scIf-starter will be
part OF the Buick equipment this
year Among the other additions and
improvements noticeable on the 1914
Bnick are ball bearing rocker arms.
which will eliminate friction and noise
universal strut. which strengthens the
car and takes up all play caused by
rough roads, center control and left
hand drive. low seats. with slight tilt
10 the rear seat, which adds to comfort
in touring,
Sales Reported.
The new Buick six, the first six pro-
duced by this company, is a fifty five
horsepower CIR with a wheel base of
$50 inches, and is claimed to be the
lightest car for this power and size ever
manufactured.
The RandallDodd company reports
the following sales this week: One
model "a Oldsmobile, ive-passcnrer. to
i. 4. Miller OF st. Anthony Idaho;
carload of four Bucks to Groo &
foomer at Montpelier, Idaho; a car
load of five Bucks to Mooney & Huff
Mt Pocatello; q carload of four Bucks
to the Blair Motor company at Logan;
and carload of four Bucks to James
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