El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-19

I Franklins is due to leave the factory
today. and if the schedule is adhered
. TO the series . demonstrated should be
5 busy in FL PasO week from next
! Monday The Franklin Motor Car COM
! pany has already booked a half dozen
/ orders for the new car and has many
: applications for demonstra tons
Scarcity Of light cars on the new car
market has stirred up business for the
used car dealers and Fred @. HOaEland
states that his chief worry at the pres
ent time is to obtain enough cars to
( satisfy the demand. The used car bust
! ness has been exceptionally brisk for
, the past couple of months and MI
Hoagland states that there is no indi-
cation Of any slackening up. Cars
brought TO US in the morning are often
sold at night said tire dealer.
MOreland Trucks Way.
The Toltelk Motor company has been
notified of a shipment of Moreland dis
tillate trucks from the factory AT Los
Angeles and manager NJ. A Compton
expects to be able TO make deliveries
early in the week The AIoreland truck
is not new to FL Paso and the fact
that il burns the cheapest fuel on the
market is a big factor in making
many sales. The fuel cost Is about so
percent of the average for trucks Of
similar size.
The Universal Auto Lock company is
week for California and Will omen
branches at once in san Diego. Los An
geles and san Francisco. This lock
has proven its efficiency in FL Paso
and is an FL Paso product in every
sense The lock IS designed 10 prevent
the theft of a car either through tow
ing or the driving of the car
That there is a good market here for
commercial bodies has been amply
demonstrated this week by the South
western Smith Form-A Truck COM
pany, which reports several sales Of the
new truck bodies recently stocked.
Billy Has ..NIOusfache."
Billy Adolph. adorned by what he
friends in the automobile ranks termed
"a bad mistake" blew into town on
Friday. Billy has been foreman Of the I
army shops at Columbus for several
months and came down TO remove his
family to the army base. He stated
that the shops are being kept busy
which remark caused David Russek. of
the Southern Motor company. to say
that this was quite evident from the
fact that Billy could shave only his
chops and not his lip.
There are now u Republic trucks in
operation with the army signal corps
in Mexico. These trucks are all spe-
cially equipped and they are said to
make most impressive appearance.
Wiseman & DriscOll report the Ford Z
repair business to be active and their :
big shop has been kept busy all week. {
Perry Is Away.
E G. Perry, president of the Lone /
Star Motor company, left on Friday !
for trip through the territory to place /
his new Dodge contracts.
The repair shops or Marker & YOnge !
are working to capacity with Ford 2
work and Carl Marker states that the .
accessory business has also been good.
The Nauman Motor Sales company .
received another carload of 9 IL c +
trucks this week and viii unload two
carloads of Hudsons this afternoon.
William H. Britton, mechanical engi- I
neer of the motor car transportation I
department, United States army. was
in the city this week and leaves TODAY
for Columbus in a Studebaker six
purchased by him from the Elliott-Gar-
rett company for his personal use on
the border
VeIie for y. VI. Candidate.
II. O. Bursum, Of SocOrro. who is
taking a prominent part in the present
political campaign for governor Of New
Mexico. has purchased a Velie six
touring car, which he will use in his
campaign
Ed s Hughes. a prominent wholesale
and retail hardware dealer of Abilene.
and who has extensive interests all
over the state. drove into FL PasO this
week in his Studebaker four" Mr.
Hughes was accompanied by DR.. a. A
Barber and Clyde Newberry. It is the
intention of Mr. Hughes to open a
branch Of his hardware business in FL
Paso. If he can secure a suitable 10
cation
The Studebaker sales force Of the
company has been in
creased by the addition of W. David
son.
w. s. Weise, of the Studebaker sales
department, Detroit, was a visitor at /
the Elliott-Garrett company this week. !
Studebaker Soldiers Are Paid.
Studebaker factory payday at the 10
cal army camps was Thursday. when !
the Studebaker employees received their
checks from the big automobile fac