Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Neat Little 81, 800 Turned Down. from
Exhibitors.
NO MORE SPACE REASON GIVEN
Applications from LincoIn, Kansas
CITY and other Points Have to BE
denied Because whole of
auditorium is Taken.

ton was adopted at the meeting Of the as
ISOLATION that because OF the lack of space
the show would have To be restricted TO
dealers Of Omaha. South Omaha and Coun-
Gil Bluffs. This shut out applications from
Lincoln, Kansas City and several other
points.
This Years Exhibitors.
The dealers who will exhibit at the show
are:
J. ]. Deright company.
nrummond Carriage company.
Oidsmobile company.
Electric Garage.
Powell Supply company.
Rerger Automobile company.
Brick Kuhn.
n r. kimball.
John Deere Plow company.
kerbach Automobile company.
Baum Iron company.
Guy /. Smith.
Pioneer imp ment company.
Linlnger implement company.
&. r. Louk.
Omaha Rubber company.
II. H. Van Brunt.
Colt Automobile company.
Huffman Automobile company.
Central Tire and Rubber company.
T. O.. Northwall.
Freeland & Ashley.
w. l.. Huffman.
Twenty-three dealers will exhibit at the
show and the increase over last year and
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an idea of what the visitors might expect.
Last year there were but fifteen exhibitors,
the year before ten exhibitors and the
first year there were but five exhibitors.
Every Inch Utilized.
Every available inch of space has been
assigned. the boxes being removed and
the stage utilized for the dealers in sun
dries. The directors of the show had to
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spaces and some OF the dealers had to give
up some of the space they had requested 10
make room for all. The $500 which the
associa ton had to refuse from dealers who
wanted to exhibit was offered by seven
different dealers.
j. J. Derisht. chairman Of the committee
OF dealers, having the arrangements of the
show in charge. has returned from a trip
to New York. where he arranged for some
show features.
The demand for cars is phenomenal"
said Mr.. Deright. IAN the factories are
now crowded to the limit and the dealer
or distributor who did not get in his orders
early and did not order a good supply Is
liable TO be left. l know from personal eX-
perience. because l tried to order some
more cars and they simply laughed at me.
and said | would have to plug along with
the fifty I have Of that make. As thirty
three of'the fifty are already sold you can
easily see that my supply of that make will
soon be exhausted"
THE accessory men will have the whole
stage as well as the center at the automo-
bile show" said Clarke G. Powell Of the
Powell Supply company. The entire stage
will be given over to dealers In supplies
and the stage will be crowded to handle
them"
supply Business Crews,
'sThe supply business is getting to be a
big thing in Omaha. Two years ago before
i organized that business dealers in the
state had to send to Chicago and other
eastern points for broken parts. and that
was too much Of a delay to suit most own
ers. II is natural then that the dealers Of
the west should buy in Omaha when sew
eraI days might be saved, as well as a
saving In express charges. The accessory
men OF Omaha nave travelling men all over
the west and they have. an easy time be-
cause they can give just as good prices as
the east and make a saving in time and ex-
press charges.
Something will have to be done to in
crease the space for the automobile show
next year" added Mr.. Powell, who is also
a member OF the committe having the
show In charge. The association lost a lot
OF money THIS year by not having enough
available space, and next year the demands
will be far greater. The loss of the $500
good money which might have been had
for exhibit space has set the committee to
thinking and next year more space must be
had"
AutO Given STIR Test.
Harry Stout q the American Telephone
and telegraph company, with a party OF
technical men, has returned TO Omaha
after a trip Of inspection of the wires
between Omaha, Fremont, Columbus,
Grand Island. Seward and Lincoln. This
was a severe test on an automobile. as
the roads are bad, and in many places the
party had TO so off the main Travelled road
because the telephone wires did not follow
that. The recent warm spell drew the
frost from the ground and the roads were
a reminder of the roads which the globe
~trotters experienced in their trip around
the world last year in the New York-Paris
road race.
PEOPLE don't laugh al these high wheel
cars any more. nor do they even smile, for
they nov realize they have their place in
the commercial world said Brick Kuhn.
who deals in the high-wheeled car. "When
I first began to show these high-Wheeld
cars in Omaha n crown NouAu taNheA anu
the car was looked upon as a sort of a
curiosity. but times have changed. Since
the electric light company had eight or
nine OF these cars, and each OF them does
about as much as four horses; since COM
mereial travellers are using them all over
the country to make the smaller towns
where the railroads are few and far be-
tween. and since they are coming into
general use their value Is being recog-
mixed. The county has recognized the
value OF the car by buying one for the use
OF the county surveyor"
BIE Year Looked For.
I'VE are looking for the biggest year IN
the history OF the business said Manager
Sandman OF r. r. Kimball. dealer In auto
mobiles and owner OF one Of the nnes'
garages in ths vest. Last year We sur
prised ourselves with the number Of ears
that We sold. but this year we are looking
for big things and are framed up to DC
. big business
The =. r Kimball company Is overhaul'