The Washington herald., 1916-02-20
ST WRITESBO
SALES Will GROW
Dealers Expect Demand to
Exhaust Supply Before
July |.
SOME NEARLY SOLD OUT
Many Motorists Plan Southern TRIPS
This Spring as Roads Constant
ly Improve.

done In Washington between now and
July l, which is the end OF the present
automobile year, that the trade figures
on everyone will be sitting around wait
ing Tor their next years allotment
Inough the real automobile weather Is
some little time on, the fever is in the
air. It Is contagious, too During tha
past rev days Of pleasant weather every
one was busy. Many OF those whom
they were explaining their cars to were
people that they had either never heard
OF or had no idea they were in the
market for a machine.
Col Cliff" Long has never been
known 70 be caught mapping. He already
has quite a bunch OF Studeba kers on
hand, but not content with those, he
mas been after the factory to hustle
along some more machines at once. He
sees the hand writing on the wall
Burton Leary is another who does not
propose to be caught He has enough
cars in now to give him a flying start,
but when a man came in the other day
laid down deposit on a Maxwell and
said ne did not want delivery until June
10 that set him thinking. He looked up
his spring factory delivery dates and sat
down and wrote a letter reminding Mr.
Flanders that he would appreciate hay-
ing them kept, and a few cars IN be-
tween times II such a thing were possible
Stanley Horner seems to be filling his
new job as manager Of the Buick Motor
Company according to all the rules of
the game. His game this year is no
easy task. The Buick allotment for
Washington and territory is all sold up,
and no" that the season is about to
open up. dealers come in every day and
try to secure additional cars in excess
Of what they contracted for.
When Sam Luttrell takes an order
for twin six Packard now he has to
refer to his delivery book before he
can let the purchaser know when he
will be able to give him one Of these
machines. Though his allotment for the
year was large one he Is already sold
} up to date.
Joe Wells, you certainly remember him
lot ne has been connected with the auto
mobile business ever since the bicycle
Outgrew itself and had to become an
automobile. has started on with a rush in
his new accessory store. Listen to him
and he will point out just where on
pennsylvania avenue every dealer in the
city Is going to be located soon. Be
lieve he has the right dope at that.
Many OF the trade are OF the idea that
It won't be many moons until they will
be hiking toward the street that all the
brides and bridegrooms that come to
Washington walk up and down.
Claude Miller, you know, next to being
engaged in the motor car business Is also
some farmer. He has big place down
here a few miles IN Virginia and now that
it is getting about time to put in the
spring crops he is planning to go down
now and then to see that this work is
done right.
This constant increase in the cost OF
gasoline is meat to Dave Hendricks. Let
a prospective customer advance the in
crease in the cost of this most necessary
fluid, which is not even good to drink,
and he Is right there with facts and
figures to show him where a Franklin
will so far Guido every other car on the
market when it comes to buying fuel for
it that there is no comparison.
Irving Donohue Is about ready 10 NOV.
into his new place on upper Fourteenth
street He already has his service station
there and by degrees Is moving his stock
from Fourteenth and streets. The new
place gives him much needed room.
''Bin' UIman. editor Of the American
hotortst. received a photograph last |
week from a Western correspondent OF |
a new speed sign. It read, 100 miles an !
hour is the speed IimIt-go to it. but keep !
within the law" Some place!
Now that it is almost time for the
ball teams to start South Jim" Orme ,
IL about to do likewise. He will within |
the course of the next two weeks call
out the Fat Mems baseball candidates
The training camp is to be on Ninth |
street He hopes to keep up his last
years record and again administer de-
feat to Bruce EmersOn's crowd of slim
E. V. AS. Fred Haryeycutter has alread !
started conditioning himself by handling |
the dual wheels that come into his place |
for tires. He hopes to take OF about |
forty pounds between now and the open !
ing Of the season. April L. Harry Ward |
hopes to get in shape to do some receiv- |
ing on the Fat Mems team.
Charley Brown, of the National Elec-
tricaI Supply Company, has his eye on a /
combination fishing and luggage grip |
that they received the other other day. |
He hopes TO take one with him on his |
next fishing trip down the river. One |
thing about Charley, when he goes fish
ing he always brings home something !
10 show for his trouble and does not |
mind telling that he sometimes catches
them with piece Of silver.
Wilmer Trew would, II he could, be a
farmer Any time that you want to spend |
pleasant. half hour drop IN and talk |
with Wilmer about old Virginia He
knows all that country, especially the
lower neck, as well as he does Washing
ton and some incidents he can narrate
are worth going a long way to listen
70.
"Chet" Warrington has had a Chandler
stripped chassis on exhibition for the
past four or five days and had hoped
70 keep IL over next week Friday aft
ernoon he received word from the factory
10 ship 1t to Harrisburg. Pa, at once.
The air was several different colors
around his place for a few minutes.
Any time you 20 into Dick" SeIby's and
miss him just 60 up on the second floor |,
where he has fitted himself I'D a small |
machine shop. You will more than L
likely ind him there. Dick is an Al
machtnist
New that the days are beginning to get
long and the sun high In the air there