El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-20

~ PASO automobile and accessory
dealers are already discussing
IL plan to hold the annual motor
show in connection with the exhibits at
the international irrigation congress-
which is to be held here this fall The
suggestion comes from Ben /. Clements,
president OF the dealers association
and has met with unanimous approval
from all who have been approached on
the matter. It viii bring the motor
show Z nit earlier than might be gem
eraIIv desirable but the dealers teel
that the big attendance FOR the lrrl-
cation congress will have the ettecI
OF bringing much business 10 FL Paso'
Jim Howard comes IorwS s.,l... WIN IN,
suggestion that road race from Phoe-
mix TO FL Paso be arranged at the same
tIrno and make the occasion one TO be
remembered in the motor world
Hold Private show.
The Buuuor Motor company held
four-day show Of IT'S own 1iils .. gegh.
the special attraction being POLAR
hear Maxwell a stock touring car
SoDe in pure white with white and
red scat covers. It made very at
tractive appearance and the eXhlplt was
viewed BY about 1900 persons
JoseDh Sherman. Of the Maxwell statf'
rs a visitor with the Buquor Motor
.-cnnauv this week. District manager
Arthur, OF the Jeffrey, mas now arrived
10 pay a visit to the new JEFFREY DEAL
speciaIiv equipped Jeffery roadster
90 psrl W Ries, OF the Chicago
tribune movie department VIII reach
hero next week.
Maxwell sedan Here
o,,e NJ the arrivals this week was
40 MAXWELL sedan, the first to be seen
hero. ~ Is attractively finished ana the
nlate glass sides are so arranged maj
ne sides may be left entirely open our
ing the warm weather ia A..
ir,,-o carloads of MaXwells reached the
puouor Motor company this week ano
\ sbipuent Of the Jeffrey SIX InousIS
q Fue NFonday. Two Jeffery quads Wul
also be received during the coming
week -,.-- ,.,,,,7s
Tosded on flat cars, passed through II
paso on Thursday. en- route 70 Coluiil-
bus. for the United States army -,
II p THOMPSON. Dallas manager o.
the KeTlv-Springfield Tire company
was a visitor with the BOSS huDNS4
company this week
Look for "GOIden Filler
while press reports state that lhe
Golden Saxon Filler with the toqlAI ~
SuffraEets viii not pass through -
Daso 4; r Gavin. of the Western Auto
,.ov,nan,- IS hopeful that the schedule
will permit the tourists TO VISIT ms
cit, and the fact that a large quantity
~ mail awaits them here leads 10 the
belief thar the Golden FIer VIII De
seen here after all.
tfeves that IL is lucky to be able 10
land a big shipment or Tools ana AZ
ressories as the accessory market rlsI1
now is about as tight as the new car
business is getting better every
week now said Tom White, OF the Au-
ditorium garage. MANY owners got
scared OF a Mexican situation and de-
cided to overhaul the old cars instead
Of buying new ones and that naturally
meant more business for the shops"
BOOTH Gets Good Reports.
n C. Booth. OF the Quick Tire Service
IS well pleased with a report on the
United States chain tread tires in use on
u. Pratts Studebaker bus. So far they
have run over 1900 miles and are still
good for a few hundred miles. Mr.. Booth
also reports that Bill Benton, in a Cadll-
lac eight" made the trip TO the ad-
vance base or the PershinE expedition
IN Mexico with a heavy overland and
returned to within four miles Of Co
lUmbus before he had trouble of any
nature with his United States tires. Mr..
Benton then had a small puncture which
was easily repaired.
The Rio Grande Oil company has dis
continued the agency for Pennsylvania
tires and manager =. VI. LOckhart prom
ises to have an important announce
ment for the motorists Of FL Paso in the
near future.
Not only has Don Cupid been assault
ing the accessory houses but the latest
report Is that one of the local tire COM
panies is to lose a member OF its staff
IN the near future. as the result OF ons
Of CupiRs raids.
Kent Leaves for Kansas.
c. f. Kent. who has been. tire man.
ager Of the Rio Grande oil company
has sold his interest in that concern
and has departed for Kansas City.
where he will rejoin the staff Of the
Pennsylvania Rubber company. Mr..
Kent does not know where he will be
stationed in future. He made many