El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-06-02

/ isfactiOn with the business conditions
here and Mr.. Williford predicted a
much bigger business this year tran
/ last, despite the war. Mr.. Hoblitt
was much surprised at the busy scenes
on FL PasO street and the many mo-
I tor cars in use here
NJ L Cooper, of the Boss Rubber
/ company, has gone to Denver on a
( A. D. Brindley. Studebaker service
man, is spending a few days With
I the Elliott-Garrett company.
Engineers Buy Cars.
Frank Garrett had a happy smile
on Friday and IL wasn't altogether
( because his new home is nearly com
I pleted It was chiefly due to the fact
/ that three Studebaker sales were
made this week TO locomotive en-
| gineers and Mr. Garrett is speaking
a nice little piece about the selection
OF the Studebaker by men who know
mechanical perfection.
Lee Davis. Ford sales manager of
the Tri-State Motor company, is one
OF the delegates from the FL Paso
Adclub to the national convention in
St. Louis. From there he viii go to
Detroit and. with z. ". d'Allemand.
will endeavor to secure affiliation
with the National Salesmen's congress
for the Motor Trades association.
time in the Ford factory.
The market for used accessories
and parts is improving. says J. c..
Byers. who reports steady growth OF
trade.
Hexieo Takes JOrdans.
Mexico is going to take lot OF
automobiles and trucks from FL Paso
within the next few months" accord
ing to R E Lewis. Of the Babbitt-
Poison company We have already
the neighboring republic for Jordans
and expect TO sell many more there.
IN fact we expect that our next con-
tract with the Jordan factory viii call
for nearly 300 Jordans for the FL Paso
branch alone. Our company now ranks
as the largest Jordan distributors in
the country. not even excepting New
York or California, and the fact that
the southwestern roads and road con-
citions give any car real test is,
believe. the biggest boost the Jor-
dan can get"
RIker Trucks a Success.
r. c. Macpherson, manager OF the
81 Paso Locomobile company. is more
than pleased with the tests which
have been made this week with the
new Riker trucks and declares that
the Riker will soon prove one OF the
most popular trucks In the southwest
He has booked one truck order al
ready and Is now sold out Of Loco
mobiles, though he expects another
shipment soon The new Locomobiles
will have many improvements. one OF
which will be two spark plugs TO ev-
cry cylinder This novelty has been
thoroughly tried out by the Locomo-
bile factory and has been very sue
cessfuL
The Great Western Oil company re-
ports orders for Bonner tubes coming
in so fast that they have been unable
TO keep up with the demand for popu-
lar sizes but shipment OF SOC tnoes
is due early in the week and will take
care Of some Of the back orders that
have been piling up. So far. about 500
Of these tubes are in use here and re-
ports are exceptionally good.
The Lone Star Motor company re-
ports the sale Of another r. ". D.
truck with Troy trailer for delivery
at Dos Covesos, Mex They received
a shipment Of G. NJ c. trucks this
week.
Trotti Gets DodEes.
L J. Troti. sales manager Of the
Lone star, IS in Detroit and evidently
working hard for, despite the scarcity
of Dodge cars, he has succeeded In
getting an extra allotment Of 90 for
the Lone Star and these are now com
ing in. For the first time in many
months, the dealers VIII be caught up
with orders and IN a position to make
immediate delivery on new orders
Hudson and Chandler shipments are
coming through with regularity for
the Lone Star while sales continue
SUUu- IL dlEO LEpOA &c a VI ISL
demand for used cars, chiefly the
New OIds Corning.
After several weeks Of delay, one
OF the new Oldsmobile six" touring
cars is now en- route for z. H Fetch
er. The shipment also includes Oids
eight" five and seven-passenger
models. the latter being equipped with
The TufhiIl-Knight company is de-
Teloping big territory business for
/ Knight tires and heavy shipments
were made this week.
The Boss Rubber company Is send
/ ING souvenir photos Of the recent Mo-
tor Trades gathering at the Boss
SAlesroom to all who were present
Goodyear Branch to Move.
The local branch OF the Goodyear
/ IRE and Rubber company will be
! moved this week from the overcrowd-
( ca quarters on Mills street to hand
/ sumo new and spacious quarters on
1 Iexas street. The branch will have
rs own building and there will be
growing business.
repair business Is keeping the
sweeney garage working overtime.
Sweeney fame, declares that fbe
amount OF business is only limited nv
the supply OF competent mechanics
Inc long delayed Roamers have AT
Z last bCNL 4OLdAEQ and FInTra rd vii
liams Is authority for the STATEMENT
that carload OF the new yno,sis Sc
now somewhere between the fscfo-v
and New Orleans. from which ooint
they VIII come direct TO N Pc
New Franklin Model.
A new Franklin model four
passenger roadster Of the ch,-n,,
type, but differing from the avsraes
"chummy' in that the door vvbic6 -
mits TO the front seat also sivss an
PIE room for reaching the rear sea
and both front seats are revers5EIs
S. A Giraud. whose travels taf-s -
over 80 states and who has bss- .
/ Franklin owner and booster Tor tbe
past year. got the first to reach here
and drove it to his home near Silver
City 1t was finished in dove ersv
and decorated with a large silver
American eagle and pennant holder.
for the American flag. Another 81
these cars was delivered At the Frank
( lin factory this week to ". NJ. DrIrT-
who will use it in the east and Their
have IL shipped west
H. T. Williams. OF the Simpson.
Rice company, drove q Roamer L
Maria last Saturday for a customel
there and reports the roads yer,
sandy, though he made good time ant
was not stuck. He hauled out TIVE
other cars that were stuck on thu
road