El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-08
MANY USED CARS FOR MEXICO;
PRICES Of TWO CARS ARE CUT.
Big Mining Interests South of the Rio Grande Stock Up
on Motor Trucks and Cars; Studebaker and Over
land Have Announced Substantial Reductions
Increase of Tire Prices Now Freely Predicted

! Motor Car company for new six.
And now there is peace in stne family
Leo J. frost, of the Franklin Motor
Car company, spent the week in west
Texas territory IA the interest of the
Franklin. He went from Maria to Pc
cos on Friday.
Douglas sales Pick Up.
Peaceful conditions in Mexico are
largely responsible for a wonderful in
crease in Oakland sales at Douglas, be-
sides giving other lines of business IN
more, general manager OF the Oakland
Auto Sales company. upon his return
from a visit to the Arizona city.
The new Mitchell eight" and
Mitchell roadster will make their ap-
pearance on the salesfloor Of the III
PasO Auto Sales company Monday
The new eight is reported to have
many new features and its arrival IS
crest ting considerable attention on gas
oline row
H. NJ. Gillespie, truck manager Of the
Southern Motor company, reports the
sale OF a three-quarter ton Republic
truck to II. NorWald & company ana
says that the new Republic line IS
catching on with the business men.
The Southern Motor company reports
the delivery Of a Haynes Tight SIX
to J. W Franklin
Returns From California.
6. F. Sawyer has returned from
trip to San Francisco in his Apperson
"Jacllrs bbit." He reports absolutely
no motor trouble of any nature and
had FL Paso air in all four Goodyear
tires on his return
J. O. Mccoy is to open an Arizona
branch of the Apperson Sales company
at Tucson in the near future The APP
person Is very popular car IN Arizona
and the demand from that state has
resulted in Mr.. McCoy's decision TO
open a Tucson branch
Deliveries of the new Studebaker
model Il were made this week as fol-
lows: J. A Reames, Las Cruces. seven
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seven passenger six James Macho.
FL PasO. seven passenger -four"
Cadillac Man in Town.
James E Bayless. factory represen-
tative OF the Cadillac, stationed at Los
Angeles. Was-a visitor here Thursday
and Friday Mr.. Bayless stated that in
the sleeping car on which he Travelled
here from Los Angeles there were no
less than seven Cadillac owners. some
of them having cars of the 1910 model, !
while others had the new 1916 cars. /
metropolis on Fridays Golden State
limited.
We have had a large number of in
0uiries about the new BriscOe." said |
7 L. Creel, Of the Pioneer Motor COM !
pany, and have taken deposits on two
cars already, the cars 10 be delivered |
next week The new model is making ]
good here and we look for some very |
Many MaxreIIs Arrive.
Receipts by the Buquor Motor Car |
company this week totaled "a MaxWells /
Of roadster and touring models. The !
week has been the busiest in the his /
tory OF this hustling concern The fol- |
lowing deliveries are reported: II. +. !
Bennett Las Cruces, two touring cars; !
R. W Nell touring car. f V. Romney. :
Hachita. n NJ touring car; J. l. /
Greenwood, Columbus, touring car: n
Martinez. touring car. J. Menasalez, I
touring car; J. Castanos, touring car.
When Lieut. r /. Collins left for I
duty at St Louis he took with him his !
Maxwell touring car.
Talbot Reaches Honolulu.
Lieut.. Ralph Talbot has written the 1
Buquor Motor company that he had ar (
rived at Honolulu all right and had his I
Maxwell unloaded there for a short !
spin there before continuing on to the j.,
Philippines
Miss Velma Carter has returned |
from Los Angeles and taken a position I
with the Buquor Motor Car company. i
Deliveries this week by the Lone Star /
lows E s Mayer, Balmorhea, Dodge !
touring car; T. L, Bean, San Simon, /
Ariz.- Chalmers $50 touring car:
Shirley Scales. Alpine, Texas. Chalmers |
$50 touring car; Homan sanitarium, |
Dodge roadster; S. r Jennings, Dodge |
roadster; Mrs J. R Holland, Alpine, |
Dodge touring car; O. T. Word. Dodge |
touring car,
Perry visits Territory.
E G. Perry. president OF the Lone (
Star Motor company, has returned from
a successful business trip in west Tex
as territory, visiting his dealers at Al !
pine, Maria and Sanderson.
Business in 1916 has started off
much more briskly than last year"
says Ben L. Clements Of the Border
land Auto Supply company, "and we
look for an unusually prosperous year
for Lee tires and Monogram oils"
Gasoline is selling cheaper in FL
Paso than it is at some Of the oil
wells, says l. Z. Lockhart. Of the Rio
Grande Oil company, "and the local
motorists nave no real ground for
kick yet II the wholesale rrice
doesn't come down before the con-
tracts made by the FL Paso distrib- |
utors run out. then there may have to
be an increase in price"