The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-08-26
WIDESPREAD INTEREST
IN FAIR AUTO SHOW
IMMENSE BUILDING CROWDED
WITH NEW MODELS OF
ALL LINES.
RURAL VISITORS RECOGNIZED AS
LARGEST BUYERS OF
MOTOR CARS.

or all the big exhibitions to be
seen at the Michigan State Fair this
year perhaps the most educational and
the one which will strike popular ap-
proval hardest will be the immense
automobile show to be held in the new
automobile building Of nearly 10000
square feet.
Automobile manufacturers, when
automobile shows first came into
vogue, had 1t in mind to make them
instructive, but in order to accomplish
this they had to have an intelligent
and widespread interest on the part
of the public. It took years and years
OF hard work to arouse the interest to
its present pitch. but now nearly
everyone, and surely everyone who
will attend the fair, is interested in
automobiles.
Among the farmers and residents of
small towns and villages the automo-
bile dealers and agents find their
readiest market. Perhaps it is be-
cause of the worth of the automobile
as time and money saver or its use
rs a recreative agent that the motor
car Is SO popular among the people
outside OF the large cities. Whatever
the cause, the motor car is today in
the front ranks of modern institutions
In the public favor, and hence the
State Fair management deemed 1t
time to recognize the demand for an
immense automobile show in Michi-
gan. They recognized it by voting
$4,000 for the new automobile build
Ing, and the forthcoming motor show
bids fair to surpass the expectations
Of even the most sanguine among the
fair managers.
Everything worthy Of interest in
the motor world will be on display,
and visitors will find things arranged
in the most convenient form to per-
NIT of their imbibing the informa.
tion-the "dope"-on the new 1911
models. Cars of all prices, all styles,
all makes will be seen. The best
statesmen at the command of the fac
tories and agencies will be on hand
to answer questions. Interesting dis
plays. polished and stripped chassis
In full operation, showing the Gin
nerds" Of the cars, will be on every
hand; new appliances for the COM
fort, convenience and increased
safety of motorists will be shown,
and, in fact, those hungering for mo-
tor information can satisfy their every
want at the State Fair show.
Coming as 1t does, the very first
Of the big motor shows of the coun-
try, affording ample space and ex-
cellent appointments for the display
of the motor worlds latest efforts,
the show will without a doubt take
its place among the foremost exhibit.
lions in the motor world for the sea-
son Of 1911.
Farmers nowadays take as much
interest in motor cars, their prin-
cfples of construction, their adapta-
bility to their needs, as they used
to center in the newest implements
and machinery, the prize winning cat
tie and other things so close to the
hearts Of the agriculturist Money Is
plentiful with the farmers these days,
and, knowing all these things, the
automobile makers and their dealers
are making extensive preparations
for the coming State Fair show. It
is no longer an experiment-the mod
ern motor show at the big state fairs
but necessity, to answer the de-
mand among the farmers for all the
latest Information concerning this
most modern industry.
Michigan, as the foremost motor
producing state in the Union, will de-
mand, and will have, a motor show
that will be marvel Of complete
ness.