El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-02-26
TOLTELK GETSDORT TOURING CARS
CONDITIONS UNSET TILED IN MEXICO
Mexico City Dealer Visits FL PasO; Good Business is
Done BY Local Auto De aers; Marmons Will Be
Here Tuesday; Grant Climbs the Silver City
Hills; Free Che cks For Dealers.

| with the hill climbing ability OF the car
on a test in the mining city.
j. =. Freeman, well known in local
auto circles, but who has been out OF
the business for the past six months,
has Joined the sales staff of the South
ern Motor company and will sell Grants
and Haynes.
C. j. Lyme, manager Of the Texas
Auto Supply company, with headquar-
ters at Fort Worth and branches all
over Texas and>Oklahoma. was a visitor
at the Borderland Auto supply company
on Thursday. The Texas company has
taken the agency for Oklahoma and
Texas, except the territory OF the Bor-
derland, for Monogram oils and greases
and Mr.. Lyme came here for confer
ence with Ben L. Clements. who has
been handling the Monogram line for
some time. He will go to San Francisco
to visit the Monogram laboratories and
make thorough tests of the line, after
which he will visit all his agencies and
instruct his sales force.
Harden sends Checks.
J. A. Harden, who used to hustle ad-
vertising on gas row, is selling real es-
tate in Tucson now. When A. II. Ell
more, of the Oakland, opened his mail
the other morning, check for $46
popped out. 1T looked good to me-"
said Mr. Gilmore, even before I saw
Harden's name on the bottom. 1 saw
that it wasn't an order for car, but
had a-vision of new hat and other
spring 'duds' / like the feel of that
check and haven't tried to cash it yet
for l can simply look at it and feel
wealthy" Mr.. Elmore says that one OF
these days he'll buy microscope and
find some small print on the check to
the effect that il is worth real money
only when applied as payment on real
estate.
The Oakland Auto Sales company re-
ports the sale of a touring car to II. K
Bernard and a raceabout to J. F. Har-
hey. An Oakland light six" touring
car was delivered 20 J. 7. Robertson,
Of Clint, and a similar model to A. F.
Katzenstein, jr., Of Las Cruces The
Birdwell'company, OF Las Cruces, got a
light six" roadster and a light six
touring car, as well as -four" touring
car.
Phoenix Sales Brisk.
A. II. Elmore, of the Oakland Auto
Sales company, has returned from
business trip to Phoenix and Tucson.
While at Phoenix, he and ]. Breck Rich
ardson, Oakland dealer In Arizona,
placed a retail selling agency, Of which
more will be heard next week The new
agency, according to Mr.. Elmore, mas
liberal capital and the active efforts Of
two live statesmen and will place the
Oakland on the Phoenix auto map. A
carload of five Oaklands will be IN
loaded at Phoenix today.
Because Of the enthusiasm Of S. z.
Adams a prominent JeWeler OF tucson
who cannot and will not talk of any
thing but the new Oakland eight" J.
Breck Richardson has placed an order
for two carloads Of Oai1lands, including
lights" and skies for immediate de-
livery at Tucson. Mr.. Adams has been
giving some thrilling hill climbing and
speed tests of the Oakland and says
that he can go from quarters OF
a mile to 70 miles an hour and the only
reason he doesn't try to go faster is
that he doesn't want to have his wife
become a widow.
Hood Wants OnIInnds.
J. T. Hood, Of Douglas, like Oliver
Twist. is still demanding more. the
more" being Oaklands. He has had
some unusually good sales lately. A
carload of five Oaklands went into
Douglas Wednesday and another car
load leaves the factory about Tuesday.
-Four carloads OF Oaklands are now
en- route to the order Of the Oakland
Auto Sales company. Three carloads
are destined for FL Paso customers and
one for Alpine
+. B. williams, Maria agent for the
Oakland. reports the sale OF a light
six touring car to Q. Finley, Of VAL
entine.
Drives Overland TO MaEdaIenn.
Overland orders placed with the FL
Paso Overland Auto company this week
include a Willys-Knight roadster for
company Of Magdalena, which Fred
Barrows drove there on Thursday; an
Overland SO touring car for z. Coomer,
OF Santa Fe, who will leave for home
with it on Monday; an Overland 70 tour