El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-20


FL PasO Figures High.
! FL Pasa figures now as one or the
I big distributing points Of the cOun-
try said Z. G. Perry. who has re-
| turned from a month in the east, where
he attended the New York auto show
! cities of two or three times the popu-
I iation of FL PasO cannot show the
! same amount of automobile business
| transacted here Everywhere went
l found lot OF interest in Fl Paso
| and, in automobile circles. II ranks
! with New York. Chicago. Los Angeles.
( Kansas city. St Louis and san Fran
CISCO II Paso's automobile business
IS making lot OF the big financial
men OF the country turn their eyes
| Ben L. Clements of the Borderland
Auto supply company. is in Chicago 10
( dealers.
FL Paso Is proving the logical dis
uloulnS point for the whole south
! west said Frank Garrett. Of the FL
! liott-Garrett company. since il was
J announced that We would distribute
! Studebakers in larger territory we
nave been getting letters almost every
gay from Arizona dealers who want
ne agency Ihey point out that they
Gan ger raster service through Il !
! l beIleTe the results already obtained I
Mitchell Man Here.
r. = Sollett, factory representative :
NAAN -AAANLt4s 4ELL Tor llenEE-
Friday night after spending the week /
mere with the FL Paso Auto Sales /
company
c. d. Freeman believes that the civ /
win enforce the ordinance calling for /
license numbers on the front as we'll 4
as on the rear Of cars and is putting
out small number plate with lur1i- /
nous figures for the front OF d car
truck line, likes FL PasO so well that ]
ne can tear himself away" He I
states that he has placed an agency 4
and VIII make an announcement next
week.
Overland Building Progresses.
The contractors are making fast
progress clearing the site for the new
overland building on the corner OF \
boulevard and Kansas and manager F
VI Bannen is already making plans
Tor what he terms the most COM
plete exhibition OF a line OF cars man
ufactured in one plant ever seen in
Il Paso~ This will feature the o3en-
ing OF the new building.
me plans OF the new Southern Motor
company building on Montana street 1
We're shown this week. The building /
Will be in mission style with overbanr- !
ing front The showroom Will be fin
ished in hard wood with white ceiling
ana walls This company IS proving
one Of the live wires OF gas row.
and sales manager /. NJ. Cregor states
that this is only the start"
Compton Laid Up.
" \ compton. manager of the Toll
TEX Motor company. has again been
laid up all week with a severe cold
A sore throat made even the use of
the telephone impossible but Mr. Comp
ton IS likely to have a new line Of Hun
lnoDlle talk when ne gets on the lob
again next week A A Carruth. of
the Toltelk. is covering New Mexico
IN the interest Of the Hupmobile and
Paige.
The Toltelk Motor company unload
ed a carload OF Paiges this week and
carload Of Hupmobiles reached here
on Friday.
The Payne-Rakestraw company
moved t. its new showrooms in the
Ioitec club building on Monday Man
aSer IA kestraw has had the showroom
neatly finished and he is busy talk
ing the line points of the Liberty cars
and Utility trailers 10 all callers The /
Liberty has already won its way TO
the hearts of many local motorists and
one sale Is already reported with !
couple Of orders already booked for
specially painted cars
White Establishes Branch.
Inc hite factory has decided TO es-
taolish a factory branch in EI Paso
the manager for Fl Paso II is ex-b
pected that both cars and trucks Will 2
be carried in stock by the branch and
AZ Ieast two sales men viii make their
headquarters in Fl PasO.
Wiseman * Bond report heavy
business IN Ford repairs and have add
ed two more men to their staff.
r. w BANNING. manager of thA Fl /
Paso Buick company. will be in Dallas
the early part of the week and be
nome by FRIDAY: He spent TWO weeks
at wichita Falls and writes that he
had good taste of real winter wealth
Pr with cold winds and snow
II I. Williams, ROamer sales man
iger OF the SimpsOn-Rice company. is
confined to his home with a severe
lrnOd oil IL.
We've plugged 'goou oil is the
'heapest IN the long run at FL Paso
motorists for a year" said Arthur
-ockhart. sales manager of the Ri
irande Oil company. "and L am glad
o find out that the lesson is going
-ome. We are having a steadily grow
NJ demand for the better grades OF
us now and Speedway, in particular.
as a fine market"
The Franklin Motor Car COMPANY ex- -
ects another carload Of FrankIins in
luding both roadsters and tourings
'thln the next few days.
N Iomlinson. manager Of the Pioneer
lotor company, is back on the lob
fter being confined to his bed by
Brace On the Road.
JACK Brace, sales manager OF the
International Auto company, is now in
he New Mexico territory He is sc-
1mpanied by ) B. Taylor. factory ser
ice man of the Packard. NJ J. Rose
orouSh is taking the place Of Mr..
race durlns his absence.
H. H. Sweeney, of the American Auto
lpply company. introduced a new e
ystem of retreading tires recently
I'd reports that the new treads are
aking big hit here.
'Cut Out" the Glass
The agitation in The Herald against
rowing empty bottles on the streets
Id highways is having a good effect"
'cordins TO d. g Booth, OF the Quick
re Service. However there is still
om for Improvement. Joy riders =
-Ould not heave the empty contain n
s OF their Joy water over the side | II
the car. It would take but little I -
fort 10 throw the bottles into the
tches and this would save other mo- Z
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