The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-02-04
AUTO SHOW WILL
Be A GREAT
AFFAIR
Forty-Tw Models, Aggregat-
ing Expenditure of $751;
600 to Be Shown
MANY OUT OF TOWN
AGENTS TO EXHIBIT
Cars Within the Reach of All
To Be Displayed-Prices
From $3.50 to $2,250


The Grand Forks !. Automobile
Show. which will, open in the audi
forum in this city next Tuesday, will
be the biggest affair Of the kind ever
held in North Dakota. Those in.
charge have expended much time,S
care and money in preparing for the !,
public what will be the greatest ex-.:
hibition of logical cars for North Da-s
kota that have ever been gathered to-
gcther at one time.
In all there will be forty-two cars
on exhibition during the show and
they will be shown by practically all
of the automobile agents in North
Dakota. They aret machines made by
twenty-five different automobile COM
panies and ranse4ln price from $3.50
to $2,250. - -, I, ~
All Of the carson exhibition have
stood the test on North Dakota roads.
!. They arc not EXPENSIVE Nmousines-
good only for paved streets--and
high priced racing cars made for use
at Ormond beach, Florida, but are
the logical cars for this country and
for use in all kinds of weather.
Few people realize the mount Of
money It takes to gather this display
of motor cars together The total
amount expended for these cars will
total up to at least $4,000. The ex-
perience gained by the men in charge
Of the show last year has enabled
them to improve greatly on the show
for this year.
The floor space Of the big auditori-
UNI will be completely taken up by
machines, even the stage being uttl-
lied In the balcony overlooking the
automobile floor the exhibits of ac-
cessories will be shown. Every fit-
ting for machine that is made today.
will be seen. Horns, lamps. tires and
tools will be shown.
The west balcony will be taken up
by the made in Grand Forks ex-
hibit and this will prove a very in
teresting feature to the show visitors.
Every manufacturing concern OF the
city will have an exhibit of their pro-
duct on hand and it will surprise
many to know how much is really
manufactured in Grand Forks.
The cars will be placed in the
building on Monday and will include
the following:
Three Columbia cars, both gasoline
and electric, shown by the Columbia
Buggy company. Minneapolis.
One Chalmers-De Detroit, exhibited by
the Gate City Auto company Of Far
go.
A White gasoline car, placed on ex-
hib;tion by More Bros. of Fargo.
Two Cadillac machines, by the Hor-
ton Auto company Of Devils Lake.
Two Ford models and two Frank
lin air-cooled machines. by Lyons &
company Of Grand Forks.
Two Moon motor cars, by A. An
derson OF Grand Forks.
One model of the Mitchell, three
models of the Flanders. two models
Of the E. NJ. F. machine and one Mar
mon, will be shown by the Dakota
Auto company Of Grand Forks.
One Glide machine by Geo. Duts OF
Grand Forks.
Two Interstate cars. shown by the
Interstate Auto company Of Lakota.
Three models of the Case-Racine
machines, made by the j. I. Case COM
pany, exhibited by the ]. I. Case
Threshing Machine company.
Two Overlands and two Velies, by
Leslie Stinson Of Grand Forks.
One Maxwell. by Hugh Mcdonald OF
Valley City.
the Buick and one Wilcox truck by
the Sims Auto company Of Grand
Forks.
Three International cars.
These cars are all cars with q
reputation and are not high priced
cars, but cars that every farmer
should have. The farmers today own
forty-three per cent OF the machines
In the United States. ana they are
buying more every day. Where an
automobile was luxury a few years
ago It Is now necessity. Do not
fail to see this show, 90 you do not
have to purchase q car.