Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-09-22 | Page 27 | New Republic Farm Tractor is Coming

NEW REPUBLIC FIRM Olds Company Changes Name; to Specialize in Utility Motor Machines. One of the most interesting announcements announce-ments made this year in local automobile automo-bile circles was the news given out Thursday that the name of the Inter-mountafn Inter-mountafn Oldsmobile company, 43 West Fourih South street, Salt Lake, haa been changed to the Randall-Republic company, com-pany, and that the concern will operate under Uie latter name from now on. A. G. Randall ia president ot" the newly named company and the quarters at 43 West Fourth South street will continue to be occupied by the sales department and mechanical organization of the company. com-pany. The most interesting phase of the announcement an-nouncement is the fact that the Kand.ill-Republic Kand.ill-Republic company will handle nothing but motor trucks and farm tractors in the future, to the exclusion of passenger cars. As distributors and retailers in this section for the famous Republic line of motor trucks the Randall-Republic Motor company enjoys the distinction of handling han-dling one of the most popular and substantial sub-stantial lines. of trucks now manufactured in this country. To this line of motor trucks Is now to he added the latest product of the Republic factory, the Republic Re-public farm tractor. The Republic factory has been working for years to perfect a farm tractor suitable suit-able for all sections of the country, and the announcement that the .tractor h- been perfected and thoroughly tested out ' and proven a success will come as in-! in-! teresting news to thousands of farmers in ' Utah, Idaho and other contiguous terri-j terri-j tory. The first shipment of thec Republic Re-public farm tractors is now en route to Salt Lake and will reach the Randall-Republic Randall-Republic company within the next few days. They will be displayed as soon as they reach the city. President Randall of the Randall-Republic company is authority for the statement state-ment that tiie company intends not only to become an exclusive truck and farm tractor distributive agency, but thai plans are being perfected for one of the largest and finest motor truck service stations in the country. "We already maintain a very large and complete department for Republic trucks and we shall bo in splendid shape to take the very best of care of any number of Republic motor truck owners and, farm tractor owners," said President Tlandall yesterday. Despite the eovernment's heavy call for trucks of all manufacturers, the Randall-Republic Randall-Republic company reports the arrival of . several shipments recently, and President : Randall states that practically all Re-public Re-public models can be delivered Immediately.