El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-11
DEALERS AFTER
NEW TRACTORS
viii Have Assembly Plant
Here; Kirkpatrick En-
tertains Several.

Following a trip in a sightseeing
. car around FL Paso, and dinner at
the Harvey house. as the guests Of j.
W Kirkpatrick, Hub DiEgs, of Fort
Worth; Charles Cook, Cuero. Texas.
and Lee Wilson. Waco. Texas, left for
their homes last night. The men were
here for a conference with Mr.. Kirk
patrick regarding the distribution Of
the -Fordson' tractors in their terri
tories.
AIR. Kirkpatrick has been given the
general agency for the tractor in Arr
iona. New Mexico and Texas, and had
the men from east Texas here for the
purpose of appointing them distribu-
tors and talking the tractor business
with them. j. T. Hood, Of Douglas,
AriZ-: s 7. Bledsoe, OF Bisbee. Ariz-.
and Edward Rudolph, Of Tucson. Ariz-,
have also been appointed distributors
by Mr.. Kirkpatrick. New Mexico rep
resentadves will be appointed later
Assembling Plant Here.
FL paso has been designated as the
assembling plant for the Ford tractors
for Arizona, New Mexico and Texas,
according TO statement made by Mr.
Kirkpatrick Tuesday morning. Mr.
Kirkpatrick said he expected within
the next 60 days TO have a building
erected here for assembling the
trucks. Seven carloads Of truck parts
VIII be assembled here as soon as q
suitable place can be secured.
The Equal of Six Mules
The tractors are mounted on cater
pillar wheels and can be used in the
fields for any purpose that horse
or a mule can be used for. 1t is said
the tractors have the hauling capacity
of SIX mules
1Ir Kirkpatrick expects to leave
shortly FOR Detroit 10 confer with the
heads of the factory with reference
20 the tractors. He said Tuesday that
the manufacturer was not particularly
anxious 20 create market TOT the
tractor, as there is a great demand
for them already and the output is
limited They are being apportioned
by states where needed most
as I could I don't know the posi-
ton the gun was in. I shot instantly
TO save my life
Didn't Take Particular Aim.
Did you aim al any particular
place on him.
NO, sir
How long were you in your ROOM
after the shooting before capt. Neater
came in and made the arrest2'
Fifteen or 20 minutes"
-Were you drunk or sober at the
time OF the shooting
Absolutely sober"
Did you drink anything in your
80. sir"
says He Drank Water.
Glow many drinks do you think
you had from four o'clock that af-er-
noon 10 the time Of the shOotins7"
Il don't remember any. / might
have had one I was in there with
crowd and drank wafer had
business TO attend to-
"Wiu YOU say that at five o'clock
YOU were not in the bar with Col
Hunt, when John Wyatt and Burt
Orndorff We're there, and were you
not iutOXicated-'
Il was not intoxicated"
AT SIX o'clock did you not tell judge
Clark You were too drunk then 10
talk TO hime"
Il was in my room at six o'clock
and did not make any such remark
10 anyone"
did you have more than one pistol
on you2"
40. sir"
What we're you doing with that
7 carry a gun when I travel I
was preparing TO travel next day"
Are you in the habit Of carrying a
gum
yes. sir"
ON redirect examination. witness re-
peated the remarks he said were ad-
dressed 20 him by Qualey before the
shooting.
No Service on Williams.
Counsel then entered an agreement /
hat a subpoena and an attachment
Tor Roy Williams, Shamrock. Wheeler
county, had been issued and there was
no service.
After an attorneys conference the