The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1923-03-23
EVIDENCES OF PROSPERITY.
Demand for AUTOS is Straw
That Points In that Direction.

IL tie demand for automobiles Is
any Indication of the gradual return
of prosperity then old pros perity Is
surely on his way, although We ex-
pect TO De properly blown up by our
democratic exchanges for remotely In
timating that any thing or the Kind Is
within the bounds Of possibility. But
il is hard to dodge the evidence when
the evidence is based on the reports of
auto dealers.
We have had occasion to mention
that G.. NJ Scott. the local agent for
tn, Ford output. has Just received
flock of as pretty cars as Henry puts
upon the market, most OF them OF the
closed variety, and he had to do
good deal of diplomatic figuring In or
der to secure the consignment, owing
to the prevailing demand which Is so
great that even the great Ford ramt-
fication OF factories cannot keep up
with the insisteat appeal for mare
Following in the footsteps OF the
Ford arrivals, now comes Geo. W.
BarteII with a squad of Studebakers
and Marions, standard makes OF auto
mobiles Of which there are none bet
ter on the market The Marion and
Essex are interloeking ears, or cars
out OF the same factory, both with
regulations that have built up a very
large elientage, and a new side line
Mr. Bartell has taken up in coniune-
1 ton with the old reliable Studebaker.
! The world is made up of many men of
many minds, and. this fact Is hardly
any better illustrated than in the mnt-
titudious brands OF autos On the mar
kse. each and every one OF them hav-
! ing loyal followers and users who
would be satisfied With no other car
than the one they have selected and
are in the habit OF operating. Ii is only
fair TO say they are all good from the
IowIy Ford to the lordly Pierce-Arrow
to those who are bent upon owning
and running car. and the difference
is only in the personal preference OF
the buyer. combined with the size OF
his bank account.
But we have sidestepped The sub
iact matter was the receipt of Mr.
BarteII OF a new Studebaker and a
new Marion, and in order 20 get them
he had to go TO Wenatehee in company
with his son. Lawrence, and wheedle
the dealer OF that city in letting hin
have the two cars Mr. BaFtell has
been tuning and sweating over a
long delayed shipment OF Studebakers
ordered for tle purpose OF supplying
prospects, and owing TO the delay ir
delivery he has lost several sales. Tina
got on his nerves. naturally, and ht
went forth and dug up two cars a.
last, and from the way buyers ar'
cIamrn oring for those two ears h
will not keep them long Mr. BaPtel
informs as that while driving from
Wenatehee to Oroville he was oppor
tuned BY a number of residents o
Okanogan and Onak to sell the car Il
was driving. closed Marion, and al
neat a car as has ever appeared upol
an Okanogan county highway. HI
booked several orders to be filled a
soon as he can procure the cars 20
delivery.
And therein Is the reason to sugges
that prosperity must be bobblng up, a
least in spots, in this commonwealth
For Mr. Bartell states that the de
mand for cars, and It hardly make
. any difference what the make may b
If it has reputation for standing u
under service, is so great that It
almost i'm possible TO have orders fill
, ed at the factories. As stated above
. Mr. BarteIl mas been waiting a Ion
time impatiently for a shipment c
Studsbakers, and being a hbera
minded gentleman, not being in tn
habit Of throwing spikes in front
. the wheels Of dealers in other line
!, Of cars. he informs US that dealers
, all other standard cars are experient
, ing the same difficulty in securtn
, | supplies OF vehicles 1t strikes Us thS
such a feverish demand for cars woul
not exist IL there was not ready none
. | in the hands of SOME people I'D dalT
; a number Of people at that, and tn
, presence OF ready money Is general
! an Indication Of prosperity. or at lea
| snrnefhIng akin TO prosperity.