El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09
COME MOTOR TALES
- ABOUT MEN YOU KNOW

nee in while a really good
yarn breaks among the local
~ motorists The only trouble is
that when there is real good yarn.
the rnotorist most affected takes par
ticular pains to see that mis- friends
don't get the facts.
a few months ago there was an in
surance solicitor working for a local
firm His specially was fire and theft
insurance on automobiles and every
day saw this solicitor on gas row.
He could advance some very fIne argu-
ments for insuring against both theft
and fire This man travelled around
in a little runabOut.
One day he made his appearance on
Myrtle avenue on Shank's mare He
had a sad face that day, too
What's the natter" inquired r ".
Deason. of the Saxon
Some one stole my car last night"
''You should worry consoled the
Saxon man. You have that car in
sured up to the hit, I'll bet"
Yes. I had it insured for fire but
I didn't think that any one would steal
it and 1 had no theft insurance
The story got out and that solicitor
usually got the laugh when he tried to
soon transferred his activities 10 an
other line Of insurance
Then there is an accessory man who
watches the sales Of cars and immedi-
ately looks up new owners and tells
them Just what they can't get along
without in the way Of accessories and
extra tires. For the purpose Of in
Identification. we'll call this man Ben
A few weeks ago. this accessory man
decided to take his Chandler to Ele-
plant Butte dam So he told friend
wife to pack a lunch and one fine Sun
day morning they made the start
Somewhere near Las Cruces. a rear
tire was punctured. Ben piled out Of
the car and made ready to change
tires But he had no extra tire,
Well" he unused. 4 guess that I'll
have to put in new tube" He peeled
in his supply box for a new tube But
there was no tube therei He had to
run to Las Cruces on the rim and get
a tube from dealer there
A little later he had some motor
trouble He located the trouble all
right II didn't amount to much. Then
he went to his tool box but found he
had no tools As a result. he had 70
send in trouble call to the nearest
garage.
This series Of accidents rather
spoiled the trip TO Elephant Butte The
lunch didn't satisfy his appetite and he
reached the dam real hungry. But he
found that he couldn't get the line OF
eatables he wanted and this completely
spoiled the trip. Instead Of remaining
away for several days. he at once
turned around and started for home
And now that Chandler has about
the most complete line of tools. extra
tubes and castings that can be found
on any car in FL PasO. Ben isn't going
he isn't telling the yarn TO his friends
but II leaked out through mis- partner.
who found the bill for the inner tube
from the Las Cruces dealer.
Quite recently a local newspaper
man decided that he wanted to join the
motor fraternity He flirted around
with several dealers and finally picked
on q bort.
The bort was delivered to him one
Saturday afternoon, It didn't take him
long 10 discover that he had a real
appetite for motoring That car is a
dream" was his decision
Of course he had 10 take the family
out Tor drive that evening He went
along Montana street and came TO the
Bailey school Just in time. he remem-
bered that there is an ordinance limit
ing the speed Of cars in front OF insti-
tutions Of learning
Then he got the hang" Of things
right and went smoothly on his way.
Pretty soon a motOrcop drew along
side say. mister. you'll have 10 ap-
pear in police court on Monday You
haven't any DINNERS" said the COP
But the newspa perman should have +
been a lawyer. He started to plead his |
case at once before the cop and argued /
that he didn't know that the dim light ]
on the headlights did not comply with 4
the city laws
He finally persuaded the COZ that
he shouldn't be arrested the first time /
he had mis- car on the streets and was
allowed to proceed with a warning. /
But he had no place TO store that car.
Newspa permen work long hours and /
he decided that Sunday morning would /