Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-25
END OF SHOW
DRAWING NEAR
Great Crowds Continue to Attend
Automobile Exhibit-NeW Cars
Lend Added Interest.
10000 ATTENDANCE MARK.
New Features Planned for Last Night
Out Town Visitors Invest
In Many Cars.

The automobile show goes merrlly
along Its whIrliDg way, gaining beauty.
attractveness. and popularity every day
with the increased throngs which crowd
tho corridors and inspect the cars. The
show has taken tremendous hold upon
the public. a notable feature being the
fact that many Il visitor has repeatedly
returned to get further information and
pleasure 1t IS estimated that over 10000
people have visited the Auditorium In the
five days tho show has been in session.
The inception OF the show was marked
by general apathy upon the part of tho
general public which gave way after a
time to curiosity cngendercd by the re-
port OF friends who had spent a pleasant
hour or two among the cars. The feeling
that nobody who could not AFFORD to buy
car had any interest in the event was
succeeded by desire to Investigate. This
led to great crowds during the last few
days and nights. and the entertainment In
the music lines proved to be attractive
WATCHING THE WHEELS.
ITS Just this way" remarked one man.
as he carefully watched n big car spark
when the electric current was turned on.
I'VE see those machines on the street
every day and don't believe that there
Is one man in thousand who does not
own or run a car who can tell just how
the motive power Is applied. Now. hero
at the show. we set a full view of all tho
machinery and see how everything works.
It's a mighty good piece of Information
to have and I'm glad 1 came" These are
sentiments which arc generally echoed
and the show has overcome many a
mr. Hoo a.,I 40 rfarr I'll 1o fI.r
tomobiles than can be estimated. The
result is bound to be an everlasting good
Many new cars, belated shipments, have
arrived in the past "a hours. The Utah
mented Its exhibit by the addition OF
some dainty Columbus electrlcs. and the
Gilmer booth collected crowd when the
famous "Gunboat" American was wheel
cd In number OF other eXhibi-
tors have replaced cars and there have
been changes In many respects.
OUT OF TOWN VISITORS.
There has been a continued influx of out
of-town visitors at the show. the great
| majority of whom are present with the
! ultimate object of making purchases. \
| goodly proportion of the sales made have
been to these visitors Most of them pre-
| fer the small runabout car although
there are reported several big touring
| cars which Will be consigned from the
| factory TO points not under the jurisdc-
tion of this city government The eX.
hibitors are happy to man. the show
| proving itself an unqualified success il
| every way. particularly in the matter o.
sales. which have been unexpectedly
4 heavy. .
Saturday night Is to be the big session
of the show. 1t Is to be carnival nigh
when anything in the line of decorou
noise Will be permitted Many of th'
| booths will blossom out In holiday color
and AT 10 o'clock all business will b,
suspended and a general good time vii
be the order. 1t is probable that the tim,
of closing will be extended to midnight
| prior to which time there will be severa
hours when dancing will be enjoyed.