Omaha daily bee., 1909-10-31
TO HAVE AUTO SHOW
Dealers Go Into Game on Larger
Scale Than Before.
NEW ORGANIZATION Is FORMED
Papers Are Now Drawn which VIII
Give Omaha n Large Company to
Control the Automobile
show Next Spring.

Omaha will have an automobile show
next spring. That much was decided upon
Mt an informal meeting Of the automobile
dealers Of Omaha held last week. The
plan IL to go into the automobile show
business on a large scale.
To give a show that will be a credit
70 the west and to the men engaged In
the m business It Is proposed
TO perfect a permanent organization. This
will be composed Of all automobile deal
ers of Omaha and Council Bluffs who
choose to join. Whatever friction existed
In the past will be wiped out by the
new organization that will make a fresh
start aid admit all dealers on equal foot
ing. The old organization will be looked
upon simply as a temporary body and the
business will be given an impetus.
For five years shows have been given in
Omaha and each succeeding show has
more than doubled it's predecessor. This
years show will be no exception, although
the one last year was a hummer, both
in the number and variety Of new cars
exhibited and also in the number Of ex-
hibitors and visitors.
Whereas five years ago the automobile
dealers in Omaha could be counted on one
hand, they now number more than thirty
five, with more In sight as soon as they
can secure buildings, which probably will
be before the opening Of the show.
Large Variety of Cars.
From present indications It appears GER
tain that there will be enough changes In
the motor cars, motorcycles and accessories
that are to be exhibited to keep the en-
thusiasts busy studying them. and a thor
ough Inspection OF the new features will be
a task to complete in one day, Although
the motor car and everything pertaining
to It will be sufficient to hold the atten-
ton Of the public, the scenic surroundings
in which will be set the annual array Of
the automobile industry's lustrous gems,
ere promised to be so gorgeous and strik-
ing that the visitor may be excused II for
the moment he forgcts the unitarian
phase Of the exhibition.
At former shows there has been a lack
of resting accommodations, where the visi-
tors, who have become wearied Of the
whirr wheels subjective, induced by the
study of clutches, engines and transmits
sions, might sit them dow and enjoy the
splendors round about. Need Of resting
room has been strongly emphasized in the
past by the number of visitors occupying
the seats In the booths Of exhibitors. The
cars, too, It will be remembered, have been
usually filled with beautifm women, who
managed, without seeming effort, always
TO select a car that was painted in the
colors of the prevailing fashion. or one
Mat suited their dress and complexion.
Auto Row Another Sight.
Automobile row will be another sight OF
which the dealers win be proud by the
time the show opens. BY that time several
Of the new garages now under course Of
construction viii be completed and FarnaH
street will present almost as much Of {
show as the big show itself.
While most of the dealers now have II
their new 1910 cars. the factories are al
busy working out new devices which will
be a novelty and aid motordom, There will
be enough new things to see at the SHOW
to bewtlder a purchaser.