Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-26
AUTO SHOW TO
CLOSE TONIGHT
LICENSED DEALERS EXHIBIT
Is DISTINCT SUCCESS
Sales TotaIng Nearly 100000 Re-
ported as Result of Fiesta
Park Affair-Future
Pleasing

Another brief twenty-four hours and
the giant redwood forest which has
been the Mecca of auto enthusiasts
throughout a joyous week will be ten
antless, and no law of forest conser-
walton can prevent the telling OF these
handsome trees; no Audubon society
can preserve this bit of wildwood for
it's feathered wards. But the memory
of it all, the artistic scenic effects, the
display of handsome motor cars and
their attendant train of accessories
will live in the minds of the public
and automobile row denizens for a
long time to come.
Today is the last of the great auto
show of the local Licensed Dealers as
sociation. 1t has been phenomenal
success, for 1t has exceeded the most
sanguine expectations Of the manage
ment in point of attendance and in the
amount of actual business done by the
exhibitors. The total number of auto
mobile sales will reach a valuation of
nearly S400 900, and the prospects listed
will keep every dealer busy for thirty
days.
The great show has not only benefit
ed the auto men, but it has again DEM
onstrated to the world that Los An
geles in one more untried field has
proved her ability to take her place
side by side with New York and Chi
cago in events of national Importance.
The show management certainly de-
serves the publics praise for the able
manner in which every detail has been
carried out and the care that has been
exercised in the protection and COM
fort accorded.
Good Roads Aided
More automobile knowledge has been
disseminated in this one brief week
at the show than it would be possible
to CLEAN from books in lifetime.
And with it all, every motor car sold,
or every person made interested In
automobiles, has helped along the
cause of good roads.
The attendance at the show by out
of town people has run into the thou
sands, and the interest they have
shown has resulted in a number of
subagencies arranged for in at least
half a dozen nearby cities. Many of
the cars that were sold at the show
were purchased by those living outside
Los Angeles, and this city is recog
nized as the automobile center west of
the Rockies. There are a greater num-
ber of makes of cars represented here
than IN any other city OF tne UnlIed
States, barring three possible excep-
tions-New York, Chicago and Phila-
delphia.
The automobile accessory people have
also a good weeks business to report,
and the motorcycle contingent has
been kept continuously busy. Though
there have been a number of requests
to continue the show, the management
positively announces that this is the
last day. and those who have not as
yet enthused over the big exposition
have this one chance to familiarize
themselves with the almost universal
motive power of the future in both
social and commercial life.
Not all the business of the week has
been done in "joy" machines, for
number of motor trucks for both light
and heavy delivery service were sold
or contracted for One year from date
is sure to see more motor-propelled
wagons in this service than those
drawn by horses: for the upkeep is
little and the rapidity of delivery null
tiplied many fold.