Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-01-01

after Christmas for Chicago. where h,
| aill load out rs Oldsmobii0s fol
points ir Oklahoma. Neal was NJ tli,
factory short time ago and arranged
"a Driveway as far AS Chicago. anf
since then was lucky enough to lecur,
cars for tho remainder OF the trip I,
this part of the country. The N0rIii
company Is state agent for this max,
OF automobiles and they have sold ioi
immediate delivery good many morc
cars than are In this shipment.
|
r.. o. Slack, state manager for the
Flrestone Tire company, with head
| quarters nj Oklahoma City, was In
Tulsa Thursday on his way home
from the annual meeting of the Fire
stone company, held last week In AK
ron, Ohio. He was very enthusias-
tic about the business prospects for
the coming year and said that tire
m,lesmen from nil parts Of the coun-
try. handling the Firestonc tires. had
only words OF good cheer regarding
the outlook.
W. Patrick, direct factory rep
re1entativo OF the owen Magnetic cer
and R1uch-I.nn electrics, anys he
has lost carload OF autos somewhere
between here and Kansas City, the
vehicles having got that far on their
Journey from the factory. As they
are Hanch- Lang elcctrics and he has
sold most OF them. h, Is having hard
work staving off impatient customers
who want their cars delivered at
once
Mr.. Nordhuus. Of the Muller Tire
company. reports a brisk business I'm
Portage tires and says that their
talesmen on the road are taking IN
Sheafs OF orders for new tires ine,s
the cold weather set in and made. tn
roads hard on etires generally.
The Service Truck agency has Suld
"A two ton truck 10 the Texas Oh com
pany and one OF their latest model
twO-tCncrs to o. W Edwards, the
manager OF the new thetter on
Fourth street. This agency 60 doing
a good business In the oil fields with
It's iNo-tOl models and yesterday Ie-
ceiycd two carloads of two-ton ana
2 y ton specials. most OF which have
been told before their arrival.
The new year has begun aud
Il would be well for owners Of auto
mobiles TO mako d note right now
about paying the state tax on cars for
1918. This year the limit for renew
ing licenses on cars Will be March I,
and all who are not then paid Will
have an additional collection penalty
10 pay OF course there viii be nov
cars coming IN. all the time and these
licenses must be taken up az once by
the dealers who viii then turn them
over To tho new owners. but the own
ers OF 1917 cars must secure their
licenses within the first sixty days of
the coming year
G. n, Kelly OF Dallas, representing
the Republic Motor Truck company
OF Texas. was IN Tulsa the first ~ tho
week visiting friends and looking
after some personal business affnirs
To say that he was astonishCd No the
growth OF Tulsa would he putting n
mildly. He had not been here for n
year and he said that when he got otf
he train he was not sure that he had
stopped az the right place. "Wo hear
and read a lot about Tulsa, but VIC
have TO come here to get any ideai
what II ~ like l first saw Tulsa seven
years ago. and the place has entirely
changed since then. but the changes
within the past year are simply stu
pendous Your buildings are new and
up to date and there seems 10 be
more rush and btsiness than any
place I have been In recently" AIr
Kelly snid that I'm -ce4AAin parts Of
're~e~ 'h- t''~~'"'l' ~'oU Nara having