The Washington herald., 1916-08-06
ISL" WRITES "BO"
HOW AUTOS GO
Even Secondhand Cars Find
Ready Sale at Good
Price.

Dear Bo-That wonderful touring car
of yours must have broken down or
else you are too busy keeping in touch
with conditions in your little neck of
the woods to even write a postal card.
Well, things here right now are on
the boom. Even good secondhand cars
are hard to find and when you do get
wind of one the price is most as much
as a new machine would cost. The fact
that some few have made announce
ments of their new 1917 cars does not
seem to affect the sale of those cars
whose manufacturers are sticking to the
idea that the New York show the first
of the year is the proper time to make
whatever announcement they have Of
new cars.
Joe" Trew has gone back home again
for a short time You know Joe" orig
inally hailed from that portion of Vir-
ginia which is generally known as the
Northern Neck. He left the first of
the week in a REQ Six touring car to
cover his home section OF the State
In the interests of his sub dealer in that
portion of the State. Since starting away
nothing has been heard from him though
it is to be presumed that he is living
on Virginia cornbread and fried chicken.
Born lucky or able to pick the weather
better than his fellow man is the luck
Of Joe" Stoddard. He returns from his
vacation tomorrow after a month spent
in the mountains of New Hampshire
where there is always a cool breeze
blowing. Immediately on his return
selling Cadillacs and go to the estate
at Colonial Beach for the remainder
Of the month of August.
BY the way. Bo. you should come
down here to give the Auburn & Path
finder Sales Companys Twenty-fourth
and NJ street garage the once over.
1t is some place. and though open
but week is rapidly filling up the
garage. They opened it with an auto
mobile show which lasted all week.
On display were the new 1917 Auburn
and Pathfinder cars. They are daily
expecting the Pathfinder machine
which made the transcontinental trip
on high gear. Some stunt.
Coming down Connecticut avenue
the other afternoon heard some
one calling me. 1t was Harry Mundy,
manager of the Chevrolet branch. He
had just come from the service station
and was himself trying out a Gus
TONER'S car that had been brought in
for some minor adjustment That is
favorite stunt of - Most every
time that he happens around the SER
vice department and there is a ma
chine about ready to be given a try
out he does the work himself Service
to customers is his one hobby. Really
believe that he would rather satisfy
one customer than sell = half-dozen
machines.
Old Brook Nyce, who handles the
Oldsmobile- territory for the Pollock
Car Corporation, came in from the
sticks the other day. He stayed Just
long enough to get accustomed to
walking on city streets before hiking
back to the territory. The factory
has recently given his company an
increase of sales territory and right
now it is keeping Brook rather busy
getting it lined up.
Sam Luttrell is a busy man these
days. In addition to keeping up with
his business on Packard Twin Skies.
he Is experimenting the addition of
two extra floors on his new Hamp-
shire avenue place. Though all of thfs
work is being done under contract,
Sam is not satisfied unless he himself
is on the job giving things the once
over and, incidentally, seeing that 1t
is all done right.
Burton Leary was telling me the other
day that July was the biggest month that
he has ever had in the automobile busi-
ness You know the announcement of