Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-03
BIC PLANS FOR AUTO SHOW
Other Attractions Besides . Collection Of
the ohue Wagons
SEASON PROMISES WELL FOR DEALERS
An Machines which Can BE Procured
OF some Models Are Already
Sold and Demand II
for More.

The second annual automobile show, by
the Omaha Automobile association and the
Omaha Auditorium company, will be held
in the Auditorium March 10 TO 16 inclusive
Preparations for a. show that will far sur
pass that of last year have all been made.
There Will be much larger and more
varied array Of machines on exhibition and
the wonderful new airship, Nebraska"
now almost completed at II. Z. friedrich
sons shop on Capitol avenue, will be on
exhibition This ariship is seventy feet
long and is marvel Of mechanical skill
and workmanship. II undoubtedly will
create a sensation the coming season, as It
sails around over Omaha and the surround
Ing country.
Another popular feature Of the automo-
bile show will be the moving picture show,
which will be given each evening at s:45
and $50 o'clock. These pictures are the
genuine reproduction of the great automo-
bile races which took place in France last
summer, also the great races pulled of at
Ormond Beach, Florida, last winter, and
several humorous automobile stunts. Au-
tomobile pictures are always popular, as is
evidenced whenever any OF these are placed
on the screens at the theaters.
A new automobile dashed up Farnam
street one day last week with J. ]. Deright
in the front seat, which attracted the at
tention Of all pedestrians from the east
and speed with which II climbed the hill.
The machine was a standardization high
power runabout, with tiger seat behind.
II had a rakish, racy appearance and
looked as though It might be able to go
the seventy miles per hour for which II
was built. Before night Mr.. Deright had
sold Ave of these machines, or all he had
contracted for from the factory, and the
supply was exhausted.
big Demand for Machines.
The above is a sample OF the rush ir
the automobile business in Omaha at the
present time. Never since the first auto.
mobile struck Omaha has there been such
a demand for machines, especially ma
chiaes of a high grade, and the dealers
have no difficulty In selling all the higf
class automobiles they are able to ge
from the factories. The f1ve machines men
toned were sold to Herman Peters of thu
Merchants hotel, Mosher G. Colpetzer, p
A. Cudahy, jr., Ed Allen and Lee Nc
Shane. The runabout has a 11S-inch whee
base and looks to be built for speed. Mr.
Peters gets the second machine which Will
arrive in Omaha and It is to be machine
built especially for N. F. Hartman. MIR
Hartman had to have his order changes
n
physician, who said the machine was alto
gether too fast for Mr.. Hartman to US
when he took his baby out for ride, an
that was what he wanted the runabout for
Mr.. Deright has received a Stoddard-Day
ton, built especially for the Omaha show
1t IL a beauty, being finished throughou
in polished steel and natural wood. Afte
the Omaha show 1t will be sold In Omahs
All parts Of the engine are polished, givin
II a most finished appearance. The Derigh
Automobile company also sells the Ford
REQ and Mason automobiles Mr.. Derigt
contracted for twenty-five Stoddard-Day
tons and they have all been sold and M
Deright has sent a man back to the factor
TO try to secure some more.
Frank Colpetzer has bought 5000 5tot
dard-Dayton touring car OF which he
especially proud. as 1t will be one of tn
largest machines in Omaha. A Chicag
agent of the STANDARDIZATION has wire
offering Mr.. Deright 500 apiece for eac
Stoddard- Dayton which he will let stop
Chicago but as all OF the twenty-hy
machines have been sold there will be notl
ing doing for Chicago. Those who hay
bought Stoddard-D aytons are w. H. M
Cord, o. c, Redick, w. A. Redick, N.