El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-01
CARS SCARCE BUT SALES BRISK;
ALPINE NAN BUYS RACING CAR
Country Dealers Come Into Ell Paso and Stock Up
With Accessories; Wilf ord is Back Disguised as
Cattleman; Grant " Makes Good" in New
Mexico; Big Mileag for Gas in Saxon

, ports Tom White Of the Auditorium.
! Guess the motorists are preparing for
| considerable touring this spring"
CsttIemen or Tire SnlesmenF
II. L. Williford. secretary OF the
! Quick Tire Service, blew into town
from Dallas on Friday night. 1t didn't
require any words to tell that II. L.
had been at the recent stockmen's con-
vention at Houston. He had a wide
sombrero and manager y. c. Booth
even intimated that he heard a pair
of big spurs rafting in his suitcase
Williford has the cattle fever-a real
bad attack-and he's Just as willing
TO talk about the price of beef and
hides as the superiority of United
states tires over other tires. Saturday
morning. he made his appearance in
civilized garb." as Mr.. Booth put it
and asserted that the local manager
OF the Quick Tire Service was gross
ly. libeling" him when he said that he
mistook WilltfOrd for a cowboy. But
then there's a similarity in names be-
tween Williford and W lizard and it
may be that the tire man has been
reading the sport pages and found
out that Willard, posing as an ex-
COWBOY is making fortune in another
line OF endeavor and is trying to do
likewise. You never can tell!
Tire Manager Arrives.
{. F. Kent, who is to take charge Of
the Pennsylvania tire department of
the Rio Grande Oil company, arrived
In the city on Friday morning. Rain
was falling but IL didn't dampen the
spirits Of Mr.. Kent at all. Gee" but
I'm glad to be here" was his greeting
TO the auto scribe. "EI Paso is one
OF the finest cities on tho map and
when / got an offer to come here I
didn't waste any time in thinking IL
over. At that, Mrs Kent beat me to
HtI pa aud hnr
merely confirms what 1 had been look
ing for"
The Wright truck attachment seems
to be the right thing for El Paso busi-
ness men," said II. Steiner. when asked
how the new line OF the Hatcher
Steiner corporation was catching on"
The company has already had several
orders to convert Fords into ton
trucks
Billy AdoIph Back.
Billy AdOlph got homo from New
Mexico points on Friday. He was lib
orally .plastered with mud but wildly
enthusiastic over the Grant six"
Santa Fe was Billy's harvest town and
he placed several OF the new cars
there and also arranged agencies in
two other cities THE Grant is the
best car I've ever handled and I've
had my foot on the brake OF many a
car said the salesman. 1--WE went
through snow, mud and sand and the
Grant looked upon them all as plain
sailing. Coming in from EnCIe we
had five inches OF snow to contend
with a good part OF the way but that
was easy Maybe you think I'm a bit
bugs on the Grant but il you'd given
1t the same tests have you'd be bugs
too. She's a real dandy car. Let It
90 at that"
"GilIie- Mt Ore Grande.
H. NJ Gillespie, truck manager OF
the Southern Motor company, is at
ORC Grande delivering a Republic truck
and looking into some prospects there.
David S. Russek, general manager
Of the Southwestern Motor company.
is under the weather" with a slight
attack OF la grippe.
] p Freeman, OF the southern's