Omaha daily bee., 1910-02-23

\ Along Auto o
Gossip Of Dealers and Auto Hnthusi-
aats, who ThronR Auditorium-omaha
show IL Better Than 81. Louis SHOW.
Billie Huffman has a stunning bunch
at the show" said an admirer OF the Inter
state and Hupmobile last night. Huffman
has brought out the torpedo body Inter
State which attracted so much attention
at the Chicago show. and the chassis Hup-
mobile, which Is one OF the niftiest pieces
of machinery exhibited.
The Buick pennsnts went like hot cakes"
yesterday. 1t is a pretty little felt piece
with the word Buick on It, to be pinned
on the. coat. Mrs. Huff was in the booth
most Of the day assisting Manager Huff
In the arrangement of the booth.
The Buick is in it's new home on Far
nam street, The garage is one of the
largest in this part OF the country. Six
carloads of new cars came in yesterday.
Four more are expected today.
Charlie Merz. the noted racing man, who
is one of the firm of the Standard Auto
company, is seen in the Standard booth,
showing the good points of the National.
This is the car that went over the track
in Indianapolis so fast that when it went
wide an Inch or so 1t rolled off the speed
way, killing Merz' mechanician and two
SDpptafOrg Map1 rrau1ad ,,,t fp,un tho
debris unscratched.
Charlie Louk never was left. He never
will be-" said an owner of a Marmon yes
terday. Louk is one OF those silent Cana
dams who saw wood and say nothing. He
is showing one OF the p~rettlest Marmons
ever brought to Omaha. His bunch Of Hal
ladays, Haynes, Fal cars and Empires are
getting their share Of praise from the auto
enthusiasts.
Drummond is showing one Of the largest
White steamers made. 1t is a duplicate of
President Taft's car. 1t is a grand machine
and is so powerful and fast and easily con-
trolled.
Bert Murphy has set the whole pack
after his bunch Of trucks in the basement
of the auditorium. He has a way OF talk
ing trucks, so that he sometimes sells a
man a Fayer-Miller or Randolph who is
bent on buying a pleasure car.
There is no use-no USE" said an en-
thusiast last night. Guy Smith has a
way with him. He showed one of the
niftiest booths last year and blame me, IL
he amt doing the same thing this year,
only a little better"
The Standard Auto company sold its first
machine, yesterday, of the show week. 1t
was a National and went to G. NJ. Garst
of Watson, Mo.
That fifty-horsepower American is max
ing the booth of Sweet-Edwards Auto
company popular. The car is very pretty
and is the only undressing frame in the
Auditorium, and is provided with the high
est wheels in the show. Both Sweet and
Edwards are in evidence showing the cars.
Nestman, who is said to know more about
machines than the man himself never
grows tired of telling you what wonderful
cars are the Parry and the Moon.
c. E.. Denzer, one of the managers of
the White company in Chicago, came here
last night from the st. Louis Auto show
and leaves today for the Minneapolis show.
Omaha show is far and way ahead of
St. Louis" said Denzer.
your show is very much better than
the show down in St. Louis said Charles
Horn of the Woods Electric company.
npo 81 tha most brilliant ayhihitS NJ
cars is that of the Electric Garage com
pany,
Denise Barkalow has arranged the Pack
ard in a fetching way. 1t looks better thai
the Chicago show,
Colonel Jim Deright is not IN the flying
machine this week at all. He may be
found most Of the time fondling that great
Locomobile, that rears its powerful head
above everything around IT.
9TH way the colonel loves the Stoddard-
Dayton, though, is a sort OF little sin,
said one of his friends.
Henry II. Van Brunt is one of the best
men in the world" said an Iowan last.
night. "Td go my neck on what he tells
me about that Overland" Mr.. Van Brunt
is in the Overland booth about all Of the
time, while his sons, Harry and George,
reel off the good points of the machine in
the most interesting, clock work sort of
way.
Lewis Doty has a mighty lot Of friends"
said a Nebraskan. Doty is manag of the
Maxwell riscoe Omaha company, and has
arranged his booth of Maxwells after a
fashion tina draws like four or five aces.
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