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EL PASO HERALD
16 Week-End Edition, May 6-7, 1916.
It Happens In the Best Regulated Families
By Briggs
Eecord Business is Expected When Mexican Problem
Gets Started to Settlement; Hoagland Has Bouglft
Out Partner; Borderla nd Takes Three New
Agencies; Overhaul ings Are Advocated.
DEALERS WATCH POLITICAL MOVES;
SALES MARKET TEMPOflABILy SLOW
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BUSINESS generally was rather
quiet on gasoline row during the
past week. All the dealers were
optimistic and there wasn't a real hard
luck story to be hoard on the row. Sales
hae not been aa brisk during the past
fortnight as might be desired but the
agents are making no complaint. They
believe that the buers are simply
marking time." pending something def
inite about the war scares and that
when things are cleared up the many
prospects wha are now being lined up
will be turned Into customers and the
month of May will set new records In
the local automobile world
The stock of the Goodrich tire hranch
is now here and acting manager Gra
ham has had a busv week Announce
ment has been made from the factory
that C K. Chapln will be sent here from
Kansas City as manager of the El Paso
hranch. but that Mr Graham, who came
here from Dallas to take temporary
charge, will remain In the city for a
couple of months to look after the solid
tire trade, which Is his specialty, while
Mr Chapin will direct his attention to
the pneumatics
Scrlpps-Ilooth In Druinml.
Ever since the Scrlppe-Booth road
ster made its appearance here, the Pio
neer Motor company has been besieged
b applicants for dmonstratlonn. It is
difficult for the company to get its
orders filled promptly but sales man
ager IT T. Williams announces that he
has already booked three orders for
the handsome little roadster and one
for the four-passenger model. The com
pany is now negotiating with the Guar
anty Securities coroporation for an ar
rangement whereby the Scripns-Booth
can be sold on the deferred payment
plan. II K McCIintock, who returned
this week from a trip to Los Angeles,
and San Diego, reports "a Soripps-Booth
on t?verv corner in the two cities "
Orders for the new Briscoe models
ha b en so heavy that the factory re
ports itslf a temporarily snort of ma
" terial and shipments are accordingly de
laved a little, but the Pioneer Motor
company has been notified that a car
load of the new models will be shipped
within a week The factory also an
nounces a new deferred pavment plan.
Williams "Hack on J oil."
K. T. Williams of the pioneer staff,
who has been on the sick list for the
past couple of weeks. Is now sufficient
ly recovered to be able to "get on the
Job" for a while every da
The new Scripps-Booth "eights" will
make their appearance in El Paso about
June 1. according to an announcement
from the Detroit factories.
-Dort Representative Here.
M. A Leach, formerly connected with
the Madera company and who lived In
El Paso for several years, made his ap
pearance here this week as southwest
ern district manager for the Dort. Ilia
headquarters are In Dallas. Mr. Leach
it Is already proving one or the really
big sellers In the1 state of Texas. Mr.
Leach has a few "stunts" which he will
spring on the motorists of El Paso dur
ing the coming, week.
It. C Greth, of Los Angeles, special
representative of the Overland, was a
guest of F. M. Baunell. the local Over
land manager, this week. E Neustadt.
another Overland factory representa
tive, was also in the city, leaving Til
day evening for the coast.
Arcesaory Market Brisk.
The Western Motor Supply company
reports at very brisk accessory market
and Earl Fletcher states that" the de
mand for tires is so brisk that It Is al
most Impossible to keen a complete
stock of either Flsks or Portages
The used car business which irae con
ducted by Fred G. HoagJand and S. O.
Bottorff under the firm name of Hoag-land-Bottorff
company, is now the sole
property of Fred G. Hoagland and will
be conducted by him. Mr Hoagland
in maning a specially 01 outright pur
chases of used Fords and promises to
offer special bargains In that line. Mr.
Bottorff will devote his entire attention
io me jiaynes lino ana the new sales
rooms of the West Texas Motor com
pany. In the Degroff building on Myr
tle avenue, will open about Wednesday
of next week
Fred G. Hoagland reports eight sales
of used cars during the present week,
and says that business is booming.
Ilarker as .Speed Merchant.
it- K. Barker, or the Elliott-Garret
company, didn't halleva that i-..
driver Carl Reeves was speedy enough
to deliver h Htudebaker "four" to a
customer at Silver City so he under
took to drive the car there himself.
Thursday. He left El Vn early in
.j iiiuiniiiK ana was lo nae caught
Joe afternoon train Trom the New
Mexico city. At latest reports. Barker
was missing, and now Carl Reeies
swears that Barker got on so much
speed that he was carried by Silver
City before he could get on the
emergency and must now be some
where around Salt Lake City
eiT having Muni.
"Everybody wants an automobile,
even If It Is only a Ford." said W It.
Hall, of the Tri-State Motor company.
uuhs wit;an came into the I'Ord
salesrooms on Friday with a novel
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of Its kind in the southwest, accord
ing to Tom White
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Dronoeition We oal.l ih., i," " j 1 " i"irie, 01 me uaiias ouice
horse but ttaf H,. hL owned of the Quick Tire Service. has
? "?rfe.Jut-tI'?t..the ho" doesn't 1 been at the local branch mn.t
respect the Sabbath and eats seven
aays a week, even if he only works
six. The young fellow decided that he
wanted an automobile and he wanted
the Trl-States company to accept iio
from him every month until the price
of the car Is In the hands or th. mm.
pany, and then they can deliver him
oeen at the local branch most
of the week. Mr Petrle was on his
first visit to El Paso, and was verv
much surprised at the metropolitan
appearance of the Pass City, and more
than pleased with the line patronage
aci-urucu ine iuick lire bervice tin
der the management of D
Mr Petrle states that the coming
company and known as the Genemotor. I ney and strip the body. There
the car "Am m Vn..i .k.. vi. "r ""e amies mat me coming
Fordon'tV"e?eJnS?rft?.,eworS n' . t"'.mr. "" -ff. h ?1-H. "
nut In Lea Davla wuamees in mo maiory or motoring:
toluS "ISrfr t.he. A!,- !-? ItVVr 'a taPfW of all slzls
earned r.t nWU ti. J j "ZMi na treaaa 01 united states tires to
renewed old "friendships" be"re anden f1 leav for Elephant Butte dam this . S0?0rists. aeraan08 or
.t.rt.A i h.,i r,t. Ji . .. I afternoon, taking a oartv of friend. olor,slB-
.om. T.ni..n.k.r .. ,. " . n Cadlllic "eight" .. .Price of Ga.ollne.
ew Cylinder Cleaner.
E. M. Lockhart. of the Rio Grande
fled statement that tnV Dort is the . T.ne new PPtus of the Audi- I u" ,c?mP8ny: returned, this week from
greateStTmoblle va?u rtheV.hr! k0JU?-!,'?' n'"? "!' the ear- j iJ ftO? In Oklahoma.
ket at the present time and state, that i wVek ThiswlTl" ,?""""?" . honeTf an immediate reduction 1'tn.'
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I WHAT SHAKESPEARE
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price of irasollne.
C. P Henry, of the Cadillac Sales
company, spent the week In Silver
City. Demlng, Hurley and adjoining
territory
The shipment of General tires for
the Cactus Motor companv has been
aeiayea out manager is E Wiseman
Another distributing asencv taken
this week by this live firm Is that
for the Hess-Bright ball bearings
Demand for "Kellys."
S. Z SUversparre, manager of the
Boss Rubber company, reports another
big week for both Kelly-Springfield
and Hartford tires. He also received
some very favorable reports of big
mllsor.. nM.lnul t... Inn,l V nit.. ..i.
' romine- ' The Bos8 has received anothei-blg ship
ment 01 ivenys ana now noasts 01 the
most complete line of high grade tires
In the southwest.
Night shifts have been necessary at
the Marker & Yonee reDalr nlant all
southwestern j week The business In Ford repairs
nun c&ueeueu. mo expectations ot tne
firm.
Several tourists visited the Oakland
Auto Sales company's office this week
and tickled general manager A. H. El
more with the reports of the fine work
on their Oaklands for long distance
touring.
More Saxons Arrive.
The Western Auto company has re
ceived another shipment of Saxons and
distributor G. H. Cavin reports his
ability to make immediate delivery on
orders for a short time.
If people would realise that an au-
StateS that his hicr KtOfrV of hnth tlrAN tnmnhila In lllra n flnnlr anH rta
and accessories should be here some j thorough overhauling at least once a
time next week.
John Hutchlngs of Alamogordo, was
in the city on Thursday and laid in
a stoeU of accessories from the Cac
tus Motor company
M. J. Roseboro, sales manager of
the Southern Motor company, made
a very successful trip to Lordsburg
this week.
Holiday for Itusxek.
David S. Russek, general manager
of the Southern Motor company, will
leae for New York Monday on a
combined business and pleasure trip
He will be away about three weeks.
A. A Rhoads. manager of the
Fisk companj of TexaB, was In the
nty this week and placed the dls
Irlbuting agenc for a new Strom
lerg carburetor for Fords with the
Borderland Auto Supply company
This carburetor, on an official A. A.'
test, gave .17 B miles to the gallon
nd It is noted for the quick acceler
ulon possible on a Ford when It is
need The Borderland will also
handle the new shaft driven Ford
-tarter and lighting equipment man
ufactured by the General Electric
POWER-Increaied to FORTY horsepower;
MOTOR - Increased from 32 x 5 to 3-incl.
bore x 5-inch stroke;
ins.
WHEELBASE - Increased from 108 to 112
TIRES Increased, from 33 x A to 34 x 4
Uoodnch;
CAPACITY Increased from Five lo SEVEN
passenger;
UPHOLSTERY Deepened and of the finest
hand-buffed, semi-glazed leather purchasable;
REAR AXLE Safety-insuring FULL-floating
axle, designed and built in Studebaker factories;
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Studebaker-Wagner
Starting and Lighting Systems, in use FOUR years
and tested and proved on more than 150,000 cars.
DoIIarfor Dollar
What Car Gives As Much?
il 'tS3L7SSri'-4'Cylindcr car -ah a.3,nch bo,.
offerer! m A. ' c epower motor that has ever been
uS ON Y ? ,kr EurPC ,fr lMf ,han 1000' And it
, "' l T ,hat accompanied a $100 re
duction m pnee TOth such a SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE in
?,uar!'tl',arWe ,k " r ru t0 ee the car- And it won't
ke but a (ew mnulet for ,he car ' ont
for dollar, it give, MORE than any other Four onTe market
Eillott-Garratt Co.
Phone 953.
500-506 West San Antonio Street.
Series 17
40 horse power
7 passenger
Four $885
FOUR CU.INDUR MflllULS
lourlmr Car, 7-iiaeager fST.'
KoadMtcr, -pngenger g50
Sl CILINDKIt MMi:LS.
Touring Cnr, T-pRasenger ipinx.-.
Itoudater, 3-pnssenger .,.,.,. lorrf)
Ijlmonslne, 7-pnssengrr "0XI
F. O. B. Detroit.
year they would save themselves much
trouble and expense," said Charles
Rader "We have a number of custom
ers who bring us their cars every
spring for an overhauling, they don't
wait for the car to 'to bad on them.
They save money by their systematic
overhauling.
Advocate Inspections.
"It Is noticeable that several factories
are now adocating a thorough month
ly inspection of all their cars. Many El
Paso cars don't get even an inspection
once a year and then when the car does
begin to go bad. the owner "simply
cannot understand It.' If he'd think a
minute he'd find the right solution
have his car overhauled regularly."
Sam Watkins was in town from Dem
Sam aWtklns was In town from Dem
lng this week and let out a real howl
at the Lone Star for more Dodge Broth
era cars for his territory. He also re
ports a brisk demand for the Chan
dlers. The Lone Star Motor company un
loaded a carload of Dodges and one of
Chalmers this week.
The latest bulletin from the Buquor
Motor company's press department
reads "The mystery car was lost for
threi- days and we had the railroad
men doing the Sherlock Holmes stunt
before it was located. It Is now close
to EI Paso and we will show It to the
motorists early In the week."
"inch Al" Is Coralnir.
I "High" Al Gilchrist Is coming back
I again Fred Langan has promised to
put his special' "Jess Willard bed" on
duty at the Sheldon to accommodate the
. elongated Maxwell factory represen
tative H. L. Goodheart has joined the Bu
quor forces and will sell Maxwell and
leffery trucks.
The first shipment of Jefferv auads.
a car which has made a great reputation
with army men in Mexico, for the Bu
quor Motor company, left the factory
this week and will be on dlspplay In
another week.
Trl-Stnte nepresentatlre Here.
W. Fallng, manager of the San An
tonio branch of the Firestone Tire and.
Rubber company, visited the Trl-State
Motor company and was very muph
pleased with the tire business here.
J. W Kirkpatrlck, manager of the
Tri-State Motor company, -was in Alpine
and also Columbus, N. M., transacting
business this week.
Mr Bassett, Ford agent at Silver
Cit. N M, visited the Tri-State Motor
company and took back with him a
runabout and a bunch of parts and ac
cessories Mr. Jtistls, of .Tustls & Hurt, Ford
agents at Van Horn, Texas, visited the)
Trl-State Motor company and tool
back with him one touring car and a
bunch of accessories.
Mr. Boos, nf the nntm Ann fntn
I company. Las Cruces, N. M., visited the
rri-Biate Motor company and took back
with him one touring and a bunch of
accessories ,
Ray N. Pritchett, New Mexico repre
sentative for the Trl-State, was In and
reported business very good In his tcr.
rltory.
thousands of aspirants in this class.
There Is another class of rich sports
men who know better, and who do not
count the coat, but who for the love
of the sport and the fun they get out
of it, try to create special cars Incor
porating automobile ideas that are pets
to themselves and attempt to show up
some of the older experienced racers.
A conspicuous member of the latter
class Is u. Osteweg, of Lee, III , who
has sent in his entry and necessary
check to the speedway management for
entry of an Osteweg Special, manu
factured by Apperson Osteweg, for
the May 30th race. Little is known ot
this car, except that it weighs about
2100 pounds, has four cylinders,
4-11-32x5 bore and stroke, and a pis
ton displacement of 296-4-10 cubic
Inches. It is registered with the
American Automobile association as
car 109. The driver Is to be S. Oste
weg, a wealthy young business man
and sportsman.
The Illinois entry is expected at
Indianapolis soon to begin practice
and it can't come any to soon to satisfy
the curiosity of the speedway fans,
who are eager to see how It can steo
over the paved oval. There are no end
of inquiries at the speedway office
from ioung men who want to re
driver's or mechanicians
Myers said the other dav that If
ever the eventualities necessitated the
military authorities of the V. S A, 'a
want to make a hurr up call for
brax-e young men who are willing to
go Into service as military chauffeurs
no doubt his hundreds of Inquiries
rrom would-be race drivers would be
valuable.
Sales and Deliveries
Reports of the 1 Paso Automobile Dealers for the Current Week.
IT
WESTCOTT TO JIOVK.
Springfield. Ohio, May . The West
cott Motor Car company will remove
its plant from Richmond, Ind, to this
city within the next few months, ac
cording to announcement made todav
This move will take place In time to
start production of the next series ot
Westcott cars In the Springfield fac
tory. ,
US MlLl OP BTTEKIK.
Some figures furnianed by the Willard
Storage Batter company of rie eland state
that there are over 00 00 Willard atertlns
and lighting batterlea in use at the present
time. Allowlmr sn averare lencth of IS
r tnchee. these batteries If put end to end.
woum maite a line or in mues long
"MYSTERY CAR" IN
SPEEDWAY RACE
Indianapolis. May . There Is no
dearth of ambitious automobile race
candidates, as indicated by the flood
of telegram and letters from all over
the United States to T. E. Myers, gen
eral manager of the speedway office.
Many of these letters seem to think
that all one has to do to win the fa
mous sixth annual International
sweepstakes race Is to take some jlt-
XC3RTAIN International condi
tions have again had their ef
fect on this week's automobile
market. Until the Mexican problem Is
settled definitely It is unlikely that
there will be a brisk market for new
ears The demand for used carB is
unusually heavy. In fact, it Ib almost
Impossible to meet the big demand for
used Fords and other light models.
The Buquor Motor company reports
th6 eale and delivery of the following
Maxwells. Vernon L. Sullivan, Fort
Stockton, two Maxwell tourings,
Wells-Peugh company, Demlng, Max
well touring and Maxwell roadster:
P. F. Brick. Maxwell touring. Clary
Jewelry company. Maxwell touring;
Stockland Brothers, Silver City, two
Maxwell tourings George Trlbblc,
Lordsburg, Maxwell touring.
Dodge Cars in Demand.
Deliveries made this week by the
Lone Star Motor company were. John
Stenson, Demlng, Dodge touring; Jack
Head, Doming, Dodge touring. J. W.
Darracott, Marfa, Dodge touring; Al
vis Dixon. Dodge touring: W F. Row
lee. Silver City, two Dodge tourings:
Lon Barksdale, Duran, N. M , Chandler
four-passenger roadster; J. C. Mc
Daniel. Duran, N M Chalmers "6-30"
touring J. S. Ferrin, hotel Paso del
Norte, Chalmers "6-30" touring.
Rellverles by the Toltee Motor com
pany this week were Mrs F B. Wale
Paibe "Fairfield 6-46" touring: car
load of Dorts to McCIoskey Auto com
pany, Albuequerque: G. S Johnson.
Dort touring Jim Espey, Lobo, Tex.,
Paige "Fairfield 6-46" touring.
The Pioneer Motor company deliv
ered an Argo roadster to George C
Halle
1W1I Go to Tucutnn.
The El Taso Overland Auto com
pany reports the delivery of an Over
land "75" touring to Mrs. J. L. James,
who will take the car to Tucutan, Mex
Tho company received a carload of
Ovsrlands for local customers and de
livered another carload to the Albu
querque Overland Auto company.
The Western Auto company reports
the delivery of a Saxon "six" touring
to C. A. Donnell.
Deliveries this week by the Elliott
Garrett company were Atkinson &
Simpson. Corona, N. M, five Stud
baker "fours." LaPolnt & Munguie, -Studebaker
"four" touring; Dr. Leon
ard Taber, Silver City, Studebaker
"elx" touting; H. S. Van Sant. White
Oaks, N. JL, Studebaker "four" tour
ing; L. J. James. Elephant Butte dam,
Studebaker "six" roadster
Truck for Arliona.
The truck department of the South
ern Motor company delivered a 1500
pound Republic truck this week to Joe
McAllister, of Duncan, Ariz.
The Trl-State Motor company re
port the following Ford sales during
the past week. J. C. Bvers. touring
Charles Cottingbam. runabout. S. P
Sick, touring: M. Varela, runabout.
Ed King, delivery; E. E. Murden, tour
ing; Newman investment company,
two runabouts, C T. Dunn, touring.
William Long, touring. Leemoor Con
struction company, parcel delivery:
City Service company, runabout and
touring: T. W. Ardoln. touring.
The Trl-State Motor company report
the following Ford sales to the agents
of their territory: J. T. Hood. Doug
las. Arlr.. two carloads of tourings:
F. C. Bledsoe, Blsbee, Ariz., one carload
of tourings: J. E Casner, Alpine, Tex.
one carload of tourings: J. S. Kerr,
Doming, N. M., one carload of tour
ings. Solomon Commercial company,
Solomonville. Ariz, carload of tour
ings: Benson Auto company. Benson.
Ariz., carload of tourings: Dona Ana,
Motor companv. Las Cruces. N. M,,
carload of tourings.
Spanish Grill now open 116 S. Oregon.
Adv.
Mexican rents, Leo Newman, ph. 4604.
-Adv.
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TRUCKS
Southern Motor Co.
Phone 490 3S5 Myrtle Ave.