The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-12-08
BUYING AUTOS
0 CHRISTMAS
EARLY WINTER SALES OF MON
TANA DEALERS ARE BREAK
ING ALL RECORDS
New Chevrolet Agency Has Sold 500
Cars in Northern Montana Within
Three Weeks; Has Placed Order
for. 700 Cars to BE Delivered Be-
fore July 81, 1917.

The prosperous Montana farmers
and business men have completely
upset the calculations of motor car
dealers by doing an unprecedented
thing - buying automobiles for
Christmas. Automobile statesmen
say hat this year for the first time
since motor cars were put on the
market they find themselves able to
do a considerable business in Deem
Der. In fact the sales for this month
bid fair to break all previous records.
Hitherto both December and January
have been considered dull months
the first because it was the month
before and the second because it
was the month after.
For this Christmas. however, the
enamorato of the Treasure state, who
when he was back in the east or the
middle west was content to buy his
sweetheart a box OF embroidered
handkerchiefs, has ordered a run
about for her; the calculating hus-
band with an eye to pressing his wife
and at the same time getting some
thing that he can use himself is
buying a touring car for the partner
of his home. Likewise fathers are
buying cars for their sons and occa
sionally a wife can be found who is
So e~xtravagant with her pin money
as to buy an automobile for the man
Of the house.
Few FOresee Holiday Demand.
This holiday season business was
fOreseen by a few of the automobile
men of the state and a number OF
new agencies have had the temerity
to open up at the beginning of the
Christmas rush. It "a only three
weeks ago that Edwin A. Pierse es.
tablished a Chevrolet distributing
agency for north central Montana al
Great Falls and already - has ar
ranged with sub-agencies to take
about 500 cars. The contracts al
ready signed up include IS cars fol
Fort Benton, 60 for Shelby and 2(
for Power.
His salesman, H. T. Hunter, say:
the people of northern Montana have
to do with. He is highly enthusiastic
over the reception already given thu
Chevrolet by the automobile fans ant
says this car, the rival of the For(
as a low-priced machine, bids fair tt
pdIdllel Lue SUCCESS Ol ludL pOpuld
make in the northwest.
Sells Out Entire Stock.
Mr.. Pierse has the agency for Cas-
cade, Teton, Chouteau, Meagher ant
Toole counties and the western hal
of Fergus. Before ne had been il
business two weeks he had sold GU
to the Great Falls residents all tn
machines he had in stock. He ha
placed an order already for the deliv
cry of 700 cars from the factory be
fore July 81 of next year, but s.
great has been the demand from out
lying territory and from residents o
the city of Great Falls that it will
probably be necessary for him t.
send in a supplementary order.
The Chevrolet company is turning
out a five-passenger touring a tina
is declared to be the lowest price,
electrically equipped machine in tn
world. 1t sells for $500. In addi
ton there is a five-passenger "bab,
grand" sold for $500 and a five-pas
senger, eight-cylinder a for $1,1O0
Mr.. Pierse is also the distribute
for the Oakland, which is to be ha,
either in the form of a five-passenge
light six, selling at $S45. or as
seven passenger, eig%ht-cylinder car
selling at &