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the ever-increasing demand, a larger field was needed. The only available one, was that of a farmer at least two miles outside the city limits. The only objection, aside from distance was one tree just a little close in. This tree, in a manner, indirectly again emphasized the Waco's quick take-off. The Waco 9 initiated in its selling the well-known distributorship plan of today. This was in itself a stroke of genius insomuch as it made secessible to the Company the use of funds for building and at the same time created markets for the sale of Wacos. Many distributors, and there were sonn distributors in many states, took a contract to sell a certain number of ships, the least was a dozen a year. No doubt when they were away from the impetus of Sam's convincingly conveyed faith that to sell twelve ships at the low price of $2500 was easy, their hearts were full of misgiving. (Almost every distributor took more ships within the year). The success of Waco 9's, selling at $2500, was a mystery of the aviation industry. It seemed impossible for anyone to see that Wacos were operated at anything but a loss, and a big loss at that. At any rate, there were ships sold in 1925. The Advance Aircraft Company was unusual in another way -- they kept going the entire winters of 1925 and 1926. In the fall of 1925 Sam decided that the name Waco should be registered. Clayt was commissioned to go to Washington and register the name of Waco which was a testimonial to posterity of the investment of Buck. Contemporaneously, Sam once again wished to be reassured by Hattie that she believed him when he said this. " When Buck left the Company in Medina things were the worse they ever had been. Sam could not see any reason for himself and Clayt and Buck and Hattie  and little Buck repeating any Lorain days. The idea was to drop the thing until universal financial conditions had swung back to a healthy normal basis, then, when the Company would support one family, which it never had done, the agreement was that Buck should come back into the Company and reassume his third. Sam said Buck didn't live long enough. Therefore, he was very anxious to have the name Waco registered as a tangible universally recognized memorial to Buck." Sam did not take out adoption papers for little Buck because he felt that coming into the heritage of the name of Buck Weaver little Buck would be better off. In the spring of 1926 the motor problem as usual was