The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-11
AUTO SALES BRISK
Business Is Good Is the Word
From Motor Row.
Dealers Report No Trouble in
Placing Auto Paper.

Topeka auto dealers are enthusi-
astic over business prospects for the
remainder of the year. Practically all
of them will have an exhibit in Motor
nall during the Kansas Free Fair and
the weather man has promised some
real sunshine. honest to goodness auto
mobile weather.
Manager Trefry, who is looking
after Henry Ford's interests in this
field. reports that he has had no trou-
bic in placing Ford paper with local
securities companies on time sales.
About so per cent of the new Ford
business is sold on time, according to
the manager. Trefry also reports that
moro than $4,000 in accessories have
been sold during the last six months.
REQ Only speed Wagon"
The REQ Motor company of Lansing,
Mich, has just been granted q patent
on the word speed wagon" and any
other company using this name will
Porter, local manager for the REQ peo-
pie. Porter announces the sale of
REQ truck to the state to be used at
the Boys Industrial school
Noel V. Wood. local agent for the
Buick and Cadillac cars, has some real
speed boys among his statesmen. A
visitor is surprised to see these young
men, all of whom remind one of the
college undergraduate, rush in and out
of the Wood Motor offices chasing
sales of more than 100000 worth of
accessories for the last seven months
in addition to his regular Buick and
Cadillac business.
The Capital Auto & Supply company
is displaying in its show window a
Maxwell show chassis. which has just
arrived from the factory. Visitors at
the Free Fair will have a chance to
look this new model over.
Kaw Valley Reorganizcs.
The Kaw Valley Motor company re-
Gently reorganized with c. n. Murray
and H. o. Walker in charge of the
* new venture Both of these men are
former employees of the Santa Fe and
expect to get the jump on the other
dealers in finding prospects among
railway men. They will handle the
Lexington car and the Transport and
Oshkosh trucks. They are located at
Oil North Kansas avenue.
J. R. johnson. of the Johnson Mo
tor company, says he is having trou-
BILE in making deliveries so popular
become among the farmers in this
district.
Builds a Ford Racer.
NJ. F. Hauserman, manager of the
Mccormick Motors company. is a
mighty busy young man these days
selling tires, disposing of secondhand
cars, getting ready for the Free Fair
and looking after new prospects.
John Elliott, 1903 Topeka avenue,
recently took a Ford chassis equipped
with short couple to an 87-inch wheel
base. a Stromberg carburetor. a. Pu-
geott head and tried it out on the Sixth
street road. The racer made 10 miles
an hour. Elliott went to Colorado in
it. making the trip up Pixies Peak in
just % minutes.
Mack Busy Man Now.
If one wishes to spend a pleasant
week, let him try to interview H. H.
Mack, manager of the Neal Motors
company. He is just about the bus
lest man on Motor Row. Whenever
he doesn't think his men out in the
country are putting enough kick in
their work he drops all his city work
and takes the field to instill a little
pep into them. Mack sells the Nash
The writer asked one of his statesmen
the other day how he liked to work
for him. The answer rang true as 1t
came back in a flash. Hes prince,
the best man in Topeka to be associ-
ated with"
Boy Long Distance Star.
Probably the most remarkable long
distance touring ever done has just
been accomplished by Dean Fitch, son
of Karl Fitch, prominent oil man
of Kansas City, Mo.
]. F. Moriarty of the Moriarty
Motor company of Kansas City. states
that the trip Of Mrs. Fitch, who ac
companies her son on the journey to
California, is being made in a Mitchell
F model and that she has written as
follows:
lover Troja pass yesterday, high
est pass in Sierra Nevada range
Dean driving-traveled 2,S00 miles
since leaving and had a fine trip. No
troubles"
The remarkable feature of this trip
that has included much rough going
and steep grades is not the mileage
H@wv&
the fact that the driver is but IL years
old.