The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1923-05-25
Local Dealer
Has Ford Car
Sales Record

! In almost every paper you pick
up now adays you will find some
mention of signs of improved fin
nancial conditions and return to
normal times, but we believe that
the record made by the Kadoka
Auto Company will stand as
shining beacon to the fact that con
ditions are rapidly growing better
in this community. During the
past three weeks Mr.. J. H. Thomas,
proprietor of that company reports
the sales of thirteen Ford cars and
one tractor. In fact it has been
almost impossible for him to Sc
cure cars fast enough to keep pace
with the demand he has for custo-
mers. Besides these cars which he
has already marketed he has anot-
her carload on the way from the
factory and these will arrive here
during the next few days and will
also find ready market. Those
to whom Mr.. Thomas has sold cars
during the past three weeks are as
follows:
r. l.. Pinkerton. Belvidere, coupe.
Mr.. Hayden, St. Paul, runabout
Bernard Fees. Cottonwood, trac-
tor.
l.. Determann, Kadoka, touring
car.
Geo. S. Crow, Cottonwood, tour
ing car.
Farmers State Bank, Kadoka,
touring car.
c. B. Gilchrist, Kadoka, touring
car.
J. c. Cozad, Martin, touring car.
K. f. Milliken, Martin. touring.
Ira J. Welch, Philip. touring car.
Guthrie Bros. Murdo. touring car
Brugman Bros, Kadoka, touring
car.
DR.. A. J. Henings. Kadoka, tour
ing car.
The greater number of these
cars sold by Mr.. Thomas have been
fully equipped with starter. lights,
etc, and the sale of this number
Of cars we believe establishes re~
cord for sales station in any town
Of this size for the same period Of
time. and certainly speaks highly
of the intensive sales campaign
put on by Mr.. Thomas.
Mr.. Thomas has also made an ad-
dition to the improvements Of his
garage and this week installed a
new gasoline pump. The new ma
chine is made by the Butler Manu-
featuring Company, and is guaran-
teed to be the most simplified and
accurate visible pump on the mar
ket. The new pump is Of ten gal
Ion capacity, and stands nine feet
and ten inches high, and it is sur
mounted by an electric sign and "A
light over the front of the pump,
allowing the customer to see the
gasoline register at all times of
day or night.
In taking out the old pump the
register showed that there had
been pumped through it close to
l25,000 gallons Of gasoline. and to
| supply this huge amount it would
take two trainloads. The old pump
taken out has been in service for a
trifie less than three years, and it
hardly seems possible that in this
short time such an amount of gas
olinc had ben drawn through it and
used up in automobiles.
/ Mr.. Thomas has spent several
years in business in Kadoka. and
during the time he has conducted
the Kadoka Auto Company he has
built up dandy business, housing
his undertaking in a huge brick
building. with cement floor. and the
gratifying increase in business
which he is now enjoying is certain
ly but one to which he is entitled.
In the sale of Ford cars Mr.. Thom-
as has always specialized. since en-
gaging in the garage business, and
in his garage he has employed Mr..
Chas. Royce, recognized as an eX-
ceedingly competent auto repair
man, and who makes speciality of
battery repair work and recharg-
ing, as well as general auto repair
in".
1t is indeed a pleasure to the
Press to record the success that is
being met with by Mr.. Thomas. and
we want to call the attention of
our readers to the large ad appear
ing in this issue announcing ar.
rangements of weekly purchase
plan on the Ford automobile.