Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-25
OMAHAAUTO SHOW
TO CLOSE TODAY
Attendance Has Been Far Above
Expectations Of the Nam
az. ayers.
THOUSANDS VIEW THE DISPLAY
Dealers All Pleased with Sales They
Have Made.
VISITORS ARE PLENTIFUL
Problem Is Now for More Room for
Next Year.
HAVE NOT HALF ENOUGH SPACE
Expectasion that the state AsuOoia~
tion Formed IN Omaha win Bear
Coed Fruit ana win
Grow Fast.
HAVE NOT HALF ENOUGH SPACE

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annual Omaha automobile show-the big
gest and most successful show Omaha ever
held. Crowds Of visitors have attended
the show each day and the list OF cars
bought by the men who have attended the
show proves that in actual results obtained
Omaha IL one Of the leading automobile
eenters Of the country.
Friday there was no dropping off Of the
crowds attending the exhibition and with
the warm weather. just like spring, Omaha
was filled with visitors from out Of town.
From 10 o'clock in the morning until 1880
ct night the people were filling the long
aisles at the Auditorium, and examining
the many cars there.
There probably has never been on any
day 30 many automobiles on the streets
OF Omaha as there were all day Friday.
Automobiles OF every kind and description
OF the 1911 models were being demonstrated,
and the fine day tempted many Of the
dealers far into the country in showing
the powers and fine points OF their cars.
Omaha il about to set a record in at
tendance figures this season that will far
excel any former years crowds. In fact.
Il will be a record show and will set
mark for future automobile shows Of this
city 10 look up to and equal The attend
ance figures OF last year will look poor
In comparison with the 1911 show and It
Is probable a gain Of 50 per cent will be
recorded before Saturday night closes the
show. The total number who attended the
automobile show last year was 10000
May BE Longer Next Year.
In view Of the great success OF this year
there is serious talk abroad among the
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prolonging the show Of 1912. making It ten
days or possibly two weeks. omaha as a
real auto show town Is firmly established
and the auto men believe that there would
be crowd present each day Of ten-day
show.
Another question which is sure to puzzle
the show management OF the next Omaha
show Is whore to put the many cars TO be
exhibited. Veritable kicks" were received
by the association from varions os its
members because they were unable to CHOW
all their cars in the space allotted to them.
before the show began this year. Several
firms who did not belong to the Omaha
Automobile Dealers association asked for
space and were refused
Anyone who attended the show could see
for himself that not by anv, manner OF
nchemng would Il be possible TO get in
another five automobiles. This year there
we're l2) pleasure cars on the main floor.
While there were requests for space TO
exhibit 200. Next year the requests viii
come up to $50 or more and some provision
viii have 70 be made for more room
To Divide the Show.
The way in which the problem was set
tied in Chicago and some other eastern
cities was to have the pleasure car show
the first week aud the commercial car
the second This plan is not at all popular
among the Omaha men, who consider that
the visitor should be able to see the whole
show on one admission. The commercial
cars were crowded IN the same manner as
the pleasure cars this season and they
VIII want more room in 1919. The easiest
settlement OF the problem seemed to many
OF the dealers to be to ask the city to
allow them to block up either Fifteenth
or Fourteenth street for the auto show
period and thus provide additional space
Owing pavtly to the fine weather of this
week the number Of farmers who have
come into Omaha to see the auto show
has been exceptionally large. one of the
things that has especially attracted a large
percentage OF these mon is the Avery
farm tractor" The Avery farm tractor
Is combination heavy auto truck and
traction engine. It has three-ton capac-
ny as truck and runs by forty five
horsepower four-cylinder engine. which is
Eeared down to run as a twelve horsepower
engine when necessary 10 so use Il. Plow-
Ing. hauling thr, e-gang piows and pillow.
ing ten acres day is easy for one man
with this truck, and discing. seeding and
narrowing can be done also with II. There
Is a pulley belt and power enough TO run
ds-{S threshing machine. with a slack
feeder, or 10 balc hay II used IN the hav-
field. As n hauier TO market the Ayers.
machine Will haul siN 70 seven tons. using
trailer wagons. The truck has a weight
OF @Sm pounds, but as farm work does not
require great speed, this is no drawback
Special wheels that Wa ciirnb through any
Kind OF mud or hos are on tho machine.
The Johnson Danforth company. whlcb Il
selling the machine In Omaha. also handle
the Avery city truck
New Car is Exbibitca.
r. F.. Doherty Is showing a Maytae car
this year that has nsyer been shown any
where hut In Omaha. u Is tho new mode
OF the company ana Doherty received The
first one Wednesday and put II IN as !
part OF his exhibit at the show n IL n
new racing torpedo model.
one OF the things that has been dis
closed to the local dealers az the Omaha
Auto show is that they viii have 70 al
most double their original order Tor auto
mobiles. Omaha is the central agency for
automobile dealers over all Nebraska. MARI
OF south Dakota. western Iowa. ard far
some companies eastern colorado and
Wyoming
over al this territory in the last wear
there has been unlimited prosperity and
many OF the heads of the big factories
have declared that they expect the auto
mobile sales IN these states win mmp ia
unbelievable bounds IN 1911 From the
present outlook this Is true as OF the maay
small dealers who attended this year Their,
were few who did not order at least nv,
cars and some declared they could sell
mem ufteen TO twenty five and ordered
accordingly This order Is their FIRST
and will probably be doubled before tb.
summer closes IN fact III "a ia not do,,i,l..i