El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-23

| OF slippings which prove a big de-
mand Tor this attachment in England,
/ France, Hawaii and other parts Of the
I world The FL PasO sales have been
so brisk that the dealers have been
compelled to make up a waiting list
I or Ford owners who want the at
tachments
Ben Mckenzie. OF the TolteIk Motor
company, decided. early this week.
that the fishing was good on the
Ruidoso so took a week off and left
j. T. Page to worry about getting in
more shipments OF HupmObiles and
Patges- Page declares that every time
he feels bit warm he dictates a new
telegram to Bob Oyerstreet and wants
TO know when he can have a trainload
OF Hupps- He declares that the Hupp
sales manager will never again come
into FL PasO and declare with a COM
placent expression that he can sup
ply all the Hupps the dealers want
Tractor Experts Here.
S. II. Dale, E. 7. Simons and c. B.
McColly, tractor experts from the
Smith Form-A-Tractor agency. are
spending a few days with the Smith
Form-A-Truck company Of FL PasO.
J. E Rule and W Albright for
sales staff Of the Payne-R akestraw
company and are pushing the sale OF
Pennsylvania tires and Liberty cars.
Howard T. Williams, who was asso-
first came to FL Paso. has returned TO
that agency and is now on the sales
Of Leo J. frost
The Franklin Motor Car company
has been advised that a carload Of
Franklin tourings and another OF
Franklin roadsters are due here about
July 5, while a carload of Narmons
is also rolling for this company.
5. o. Bottorff. of the West Texas
Motor company, Is still in the New
a. 10 e. T.
good business for the Haynes. judg-
ing by the orders he is sending back
Finds Business Good.
L n. Staley. Of the Staley Motor
company, is back again from an ex-
tended business trip to east Texas
points Mr.. Staley believes that the
war VIII not have much effect on
business and predicts q record year
here for the Chevrolet
There has been a big demand for
Legalite lens at the BOrderland Auto
Supply company since local motorists
have found that the new state law
will not permit glazing headlights.
Demand for solid tires is growing
steadily, according tC Zack Silver
Spare, Of the Boss Rubber company.
He states that there is also a pros
pect OF another raise in Kelly
Springfield and other makes and is
motorists who viii want
either pneumatic or solid tires this
summer to buy now, even though the
tires be left on storage for some
weeks.
MitcheIIs Are Scarce.
c R Johnson. Of the FL Paso Auto
Sales company, reports a scarcity of
Mitchell cars and now has but one in
stock He is not certain when he viii
be able TO secure more but has been
wiring the factory TO rush shipments
as quickly as possible.
Another big week in Quaker tire
sales is reported by c. L. Johnson &
Co. They have had a big demand for
been able to maintain an unbroken /
line
Truck business Fine.
Truck business is excellent, par !
in the territory adjacent TO /
Fl PasO. according to J. L CreeL Of /
the Pioneer Motor company. His COM |
pany now has two men covering the /
territory in the interest of DENLY and /
Vim trucks and two orders for two
ton Denbys were sent in this week.
There may be no further increase in /
the price Of gasoline for two months /
OF II may come in two weeks, accord /
ing to L. Z. Lockhart. Of the REQ /
Grande Oil company. but Mr. Lock I
hart does not look for any immeedi- |
ate increase in the price Of gasoline /
in this territory though there has /
been another increase in New York.
Five sales Of fiVe-tOn White trucks /
we're made by the Simpsons Rice COM \
pany during the past week and A F. 4
Simpson states that the demand for l
the larger sizes Of Whites has far ex- 4
ceeded his expectations. Mr.. Simpson 4
Is expecting one OF the new 16-valve /
White "fours" here next week.
G. ". Smith. assistant to the presi- 1
dent of the Mercer company. was a ,
visitor with the Ramming Motor com I
pany this week
A large number Of local Overland .
owners took advantage OF the offer
Of the FL Paso Overland company, this !
week. to assist in filling in their aps
pHcation blanks for state licenses
Buick Business Is @Faf.s
1.-The past week has been the big
yest week in Buick business that we /
have had in several months" says r
". Ramming. He reports the delivery
Of 20 Bucks during the past six days.
II. 7. Motley, accessory manager Of /
the Tri-State Motor company, is max
ing an effort to relieve the worries
Of FL Paso motorists over the hot /
weather and declares that the line Of /
not weather accessories. such as auto
canteens. water bags
and such like will make a motorist
feel COOL" even to look at them. The
auto refrigerators have been a big
success here.