The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-03-13
MINNEAPOLIS AUTOMOBILE SHOW
OPENED IN BLAZE Of SPLEND0R

Minneapolis, March 13.-With a roar
OF cannon and the clang of opening
doors, the second annual Minneapolis
automobile show was given it's pre-
mier at the new armory this afternoon
at o'clock, and the first of the many
thousands destined to see tt during
the next seven days, passed the gate
keepers.
Scarcely had the reverberations
from battery B rolled across the par
ade ground and the first visitor to the
1909 show gotten the first astonished
glance at the brilliantly decorated in
terror of the big building. than the
first field artillery band, under the
direction of Herbert 1. Park, struck
up "The Star Spangled Banner" and
the 1909 show was really "on."
The early corners. and those who
followed after. had plenty of excuse
for expressing their pleased surprise
at the extent end elaborateness of the
show as presented to the automobile
fancying public by the dealers and dis
tributors of, Minneapolis. Entirely
filling the main drill floor, except for
the broad aisles along which the pub
lie may easily find its way about the
building, were dozens of booths tasti-
ly done in staff and plaster work and
nicely fitting into the general scheme
of decoration, in which were the finest
examples of the modern automobile
makers skill and artistry.
There we're American" cars, care
of the American locomotive" model,
Buick cars. Brush cars. Carter cars,
Chalmers Detroit cars. Columbus
electric cars, Firestone cars, Ford
cars, Gyroscope cars, Holsman cars,
Jackson cars, Kissel cars, Knox cars.
Midland cars, Mora cars, Oakland
overland cars, Packard cars, Penn
sylvania cars, Pope-Hartford cars.
Pullman cars, Rambler cars. Regal
cars. REQ cars ,Stearns cars, Stevens
Duryea cars, Thomas cars, Velie cars,
WEIGH cars, Wolfe cars and many
other cars waiting in state to hold
court to the. multitude of devotees to
the sport of motoring.
Flyabouts, raceabouts, runabouts,
landaulets, limousines, touring cars,
racing cars, roadsters, taxicabs, trans
fer trucks and half dozen other
styles of cars were on parade, while
students of mechanism had stripped
chassis shown for their benefit, and
there were many high wheeled cars,
now coming so much into vogue, on
display.
Down in the finished and furnished
basement were other motor cars,
trucks, motor cycles and accessories,
while accessories to the number of
thousands were displayed in booths
running around the balcony floor. and
the only escape from a severe attack
of "automobilitis" was the parade
ground and the landscape adjoining.
Even here, however, the visitor was
not wholly secure against the wiles of
the automobile bug" for demonstrate
ing cars galore awaited the unwary.
tempting him to joyous rides in the
finest and most capable of the 1909
machines.
1t Is veritable dream of beauty
the transformed armory. Thousands
of yards of primrose and purple drap-
cries hang from the center of the CELL
ing to pillars along the balcony rail.
giving bell-like effect to the inter-
Tor of the building. while other thou
sands of yards of the same colored
banting enwrap the balcony ratings,
r.:r 10 to the t.ic,ry nooths, an! l..
all parts Of the !,Il ding pleasantly
acquaint the stranger With the fact
that primrose and purple are the auto
show colors.
Tonight, and each night during the
coming week. thousands of electric
lights will run In lines from the dome