Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-07-26
GAS"

Dodge from Hoxsey & Sunnen; the
car has not been delivered yet.
Mutton and Sands drove two Bucks
35's, and one E-49 up from St. Louis
Thursday and then continued their
Journey to Kirksville Friday morning.
C. S. Sands, who manages their
Kirksville business, was in the party.
Three Bucks were harbored in the
Hoxsey G. Sunnen Garage Thursday
night. They were all new from st.
Louis and were being driven to Ma
con by the dealer there.
Not many cars yer sold this week
by the local dealers, as farmers arc
harvesting and waiting for rains.
Funny combination of drawbacks, but
harvesting takes their whole time
and attention and they claim they
will not be able to afford a car if it
doesn't rain.
DR.. Paul Coil drove his Chandler
6 Chummie, to the Hebel Red Cross
benefit Thursday evening. He was
accompanied by his wife and two Red
Cross nurses from the Mexico Hos
pital.
The big drive was staged Wednesday
when seven Mexico men drove a fleet
of Overlands from Hannibal. The
model 90's were loaded double deck,
six in one box car, and the unloading
was very difficult. Those who made
the trip were Clark Gibbs, L. NJ. Do
zier, Jimmie Berrey, Pete Trimble,
I. N. Bailey, Frank Towles and Jack
Bailey.
A continual stream of tourists have
been whizzing through Mexico for the
past week. Fords, Hupsi Sazons,
Packards, Cadillacs, Hudsons, Crow
Elkhearts, ETC., all loaded to capac-
ity with happy, weary people and
much condensed battered camping out
fits. Most Of the traffic is over the
north state highway, but many take
the Columbia edalia road out of
Mexico.
McPheeters' Brothers monstrous
new Cadillac hearse is now resting in
its permanent home in Hoxsey & Sun
mems Garage. The a is a master
piece of fine workmanship and every
inch Of its 135-inch wheel base is fin
ished beautifully. The lighting sys-
TEN is complete and artistic little
globes can be found where ever they
are needed. The car was driven from
the st. Louis factory Wednesday by
T. j. Hoxsey and R. W. McPheet-
ers.
There's more than one way Of
breaking into the newspaper head
lines. Miss Elaine Silverstein, Nate
Phillip, Miss Pauline Levy and Joe
Sumner took desperate a to gain
this end and as a reward got written
up on the front page of the st. Louis
Post Dispatch, if such an experience
can be called a reward. They were
very lucky to escape injury when the
big Cole 8 in which they were touring
dashed over an embankment and turn
ed completely over.
1t is interesting, if not really
amusing, to observe the different ar
rangement of patriotic displays of ma
tional emblems that grace the radia-
tor caps of the various cars. Display
racks of the flags of the Allies are
becoming quite numerous. Old Glory
alone gracefully flutters above many
and one Mexico patriot has secured a
real illuminate flag outfit for his car.
1t is very appropriate that a repre-
sentative banner of our country should
have its place above every unit of
Americas greatest industry.
The joys of auto life are not known
by he who does not own a noble gas
eater of his own. If this statement is
doubted by anyone, ask Bert Sims; he
knows. Last Sunday Bert and his
barber, johnson, decided to "motor" to
] Columbia-trains wern't good enough.
: And so they rented an automobile"
, without a chauffer and started away.
Things went fine. Their faces were
beaming and their eyes sparkling with
delight at their new accomplishment.
The hills kept getting bigger, but
they swooped down n and up the
next, until one terrificly steep, rocy
incline, faced them. The little car
made a noble effort, but about half
way to the top she gave up and gently
settled back to the foot of the noun
tain, and refused to move farther one
way or the other. Pulled into a Full
ton garage; it was found that the rear
axle was stripped. $22, so for repairs
plus So hire = and the two WELD
ers of the blade resigned from auto
mobile circles.