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Show OLD DAKLANDIS ! STiLUN GAME Car of 1910 Model Holds Daily Service Record of Duty. I Oakland ability to deliver transportation transpor-tation over a lonjf i.?riod of years is demonstrated by the Model 24. of the vintaee of 1910, tvhich is owned by E. Kretchmer, of Webster Grove, Mo. A photograph of the ear -with a record of its performance has just been received bv the Sharman Automobile company, distributors for Oakland cars in this territory. This venerable vehicle has run close to 100,009 miles and is still in good condition con-dition and givin;; daily service. Persons Per-sons who have ridden in it say that it gives promise of several years more of running before it lands in the "bone raThe discovery of this car has started the Oakland factory officials on a hunt for the first models of their car ever built. They have evidence that the first Oakland is now in operation in Xorwav. It certainly has traveled a long way, whether its speedometer shows the distance or not. The factory is now anxious to know where models 2. 3, 4 and up to the first hundred are whether they have passed to tie happv hunting grounds of faithful faith-ful autos or whether they are still giving giv-ing service to mankind. Mr Sharman reports an unabated demand' de-mand' for Oakland cars with a shortage of deliveries from the factory. Pros-nective Pros-nective buyers should allow a reasonable reason-able h-n-'th of time when placing their orders in order to secure delivery when they want their cars. |