The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-18

Among Ardmore business men who
came here at the time the city was
just beginning its rise to the rank Of
one 0f the prosperous cities in the
state is II. A. Peterson. Buick auto
agent.
Mr.. Peterson came here when the au-
TO game was In its infancy.
His first venture into the business
was the Night and Day Garage. at the
corner OF Hinkle avenue and B street,
southwest Later he opened the Palace
Garage at Broadway and Washington
streets and operated the two places
Jointly. This year he moved into the
new Won Weise building at the cor
ner Of West Main and c streets, where
he has a modern salesroom. His office
is situated In the rear OF the building
and is fitted up with neat furniture
and handsome rugs.
There is on display in his salesroom,
which has a front view from Main
street, all models OF the famous Buick
motor cars, including touring cars,
runabouts, Sedans. and coupes.
President Flanders of the Maxwell
well Motor company gave the Ameri-
can Automobile Association the use Of
a 1918 Maxwell touring car for the
recent road mapping trip to the South
ern army camps. Strip maps for every
1875 miles have been prepared.
f.. Il. Adkins. of Berwyn, purchased
a Ford touring car last week.
The Federal Rubber cmpany recent.
ly held a four days conference at Cuda-
ny, Wis, to discuss sales and other
business plans for the coming year. 1t
was attended by sixty-five district man.
ayers and other representatives of the
company. Despite war conditions. an
optimistic view was taken of trade con-
ditions for 1918.
Mrs. II. N. Pennington has pur.
chased a Ford Sedan.
The Liberty Motor Car company of
Detroit announces the addition of
two-passenger roadster for the coming
season. The wheels will be lis inches.
Tom Echos has purchased Ford
chassis to be used on truck.
w. l.. Agnew, formerly in charge of
sales promotion for the Chalmers Mo.
General Manager of the f.. +. Stuyve-
SAINT Motor company of Cleveland Ohio,
distributor of the Hudson Super-Six
cars.
The Oklahoma Oil and Auto Supply
company last week purchased from
Tom Cooper. a Ford chassis and a Ford
roadster body, which it used in making
a Ford roadster.
Moss Patterson bought a Ford chas-
sis last week. He will purchase Ford
body in St Louis and make Ford
touring car.
Automobile dealers this week report
business very quiet, few cars having
been sold.
The May.Watkins Motor company
last week unloaded ,wo carloads of
Odsmobile standard roadsters and Lit
tie Six touring cars.
Les Kitto received carload of Grant
Skies yesterday.
r. NJ. Hunter, Lone Grove, purchas-
ed a Ford touring car last week,
Ray Peterson last week sold a Buick
roadster to Max Westheimer.
Manning and Davenport, Oldsmobile
dealers at sulphur, drove out three
Oldsmobiles which they obtained from
May-Watkins company last week.
The Nordyke- -Marmon company,
builders of the Marmon "34," have ac-
cepted large contract to build Liberty
motors for the government.
w. S. Forrest has sold his garage on
South Mill street to William Brown
G. w. Crabtree is also located here
with the Premier agency
Attention is called to the fact that
the Chalmers Automobile company is
handled by G.. w. Crabtree in the Ard.
more district as set forth in the
columns Of The Ardmoreite in the au-
tomobile section today. In a recent is
sue the Slaughter Motor company was
enormously given as the dealer, but a
separate dealer is maintained by the