El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-08

-HAT FL Paso motorists are anuei-
pating many long tours this
- summer is evidenced By a large
number Of sales of heavy and medium
weight cars during the past week
Dealers in these machines were com
planning OF only fair business in the
city until this week The out Of town
sales have been good all spring. Start
ing last Saturday afternoon there
seemed TO be a revival of business and,
taken as a whole, the week has been
the best Of the year for the local
dealers.
Upwards Of 80 machines were, sold by
local dealers this week, about 50 per
cent OF the sales being in the city. As
the majority Of the dealers report prac-
means that around $4,000 was invested
IN machines in seven days These
figures do not take in account the sale
OF y OVerfandS, more or less DANA ged
IN the recent warehouse fire, which
were sold at prices running from 1925
To S55o. These machines were placed
on sale Thursday and were all sold
Friday noon The new owners will have
70 spend from $190- $500 to put them
In condition.
Probably ten biggest" individual
sale Of the week was made By the
ElliOtt-Garrett company Of a most elab-
orately equipped National six cylinder,
81 pdESe4iE CT touring car 70 zen
Tomas Ornelas.- in command Of the
Villa brigade of the north Gen Orne-
las insisted that his car be equipped
with every modern contriVance that
was available and when he drove It
across the international bridge il was
said 70 be the most completely &c pDed
machine ever taken into the re-. Iblic
Gen Ornelas went his chief, Gen Fran
cisco villa, zone better" though the
chiefs Fiat is an deliberately equipped
machine.
A Studebaker jitne bus, capable Of
caTrying ten persons and Of the type
OF which 40 are now in use in Kansas
City, viii reach here about Monday or
Tuesday 1t has already been sold to
= local concern, which viii test the
machine with a view to putting on a
full line both in the city and on runs
u Las Cruces and other valley points
After sepndiRg three DAYS in FL Paso
testing the Briscoe, J. ID. keuney, of
Miami. departed for home on Friday
morning, accompanied by Mrs Kenney.
driving one roadster and with A. Bliss
Albfo in second roadster Mr.. Ken
ney has arranged for the Miami sub
agency from the Pioneer Motor COM
pany and, in addition TO the two cars
he took with him, has placed an order
Tor two more roadsters and five touring
cars.
A. S. Cousland, HUpmobile agent at
Silver City, mOtored into the city on
THURSDAY and reports good roads
". c. WaIz has purchased an eight
cylinder Cadillac touring ear from the
Cadillac Motor Sales company
H. n Shipley Of Juarez, purchased a I
studebaker four touring car on Friday /
afternoon
Carl s Reeves, of,the Elliott Garrett /
company, LEFT Friday morning on a
a Studebalzer four.
A. ". Baylyss. of the Cadillac, head
quarters staff was a visitor in FL Paso !
this week.
The American Lumber company has
purchased a second Ford touring car /
from the Tri-State Motor company for I
the use Of its sales staff
Lee Vaughn has purchased a Ford /
touring car.
z P Kepley q Co. purchased a Ford [
runabout from the Tri-State Motor I
sey, salesman for the Kepley concern,
also took runabout-
Dan StedhaTa has bought Stude-
HdheL AplE I'VE passenger machine I
from the Elliott-Garrett company. This (
in his second Studebaker.
a Ford touring car was delivered 4
this week TO DR.. Paul Gallagher 3O4 1
Trust building. This is his second |!
Ford.
J. a Reames, subagent for the FL 4
iiott-Garrett company at Mesilla Park, !
reports a strong demand for Stude- I
bakers in that district He delivered /
ELEPHANT But