The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-21
Kansas City Auto Show At
tended by Many Topekans.
Local Dealers There In Force
Show . Success.
MOTOR SHOW HERE NEXT year
That Is . Question That Is Be-
ing Asked.
Motorists Are Watching f01
GrOundhOg to Reappear.

GrOundhog to Reappear.
A large number Of Topeka motor
lists, including a majority of the auto
dealers of the city, attended the KAN
sas City automobile show this week.
Because the dealers here staged no
local show this winter the event at
Kansas City was quite the most i'm
portant affair of the season for To-
peka automobile enthusiasts.
A State Journal reporter attended.
the show Thursday. He met many
Topekans and heard of others who
had been in attendance in the course
of the week. There were doubtless
many others there. however. aside
from those he was able to put on his
list. Nearly every make of motor
cars sold in Topeka was on display in
the big convention hall at Kansas
City.
There was an especially large and
festive crowd at the show Thursday
night-society night. Kansas City men
appeared in full dress; the women in
expensive and beautiful garments of
the latest fashions. Many Topeka
men could be seen in the crowd who
worth of flowers were placed on the
different machines.
Topeka automobile men could be
seen here and there in the hall. near
their respective machines. j. r.. John
son and Dale Burdick of the Oakland
agency in Topeka spent the entire
week at the show. They reported
that every day many Of their friends
could be seen entering the main door,
near the Oakland display. The latest
model of the Oakland big Six" was
one of the features of the motor
show.
Topekans at the Show.
Frank Short, manager of the j. A.
r. Auto company in Topeka. was
present at the jackson display. Mr..
Short was busy showing his local
friends the latest styles of his ma
chimes.
Kurtz Kellam of the Anderson
the Detroit electric exhibition most of
the week. w. H. lines of the Chal-
mers & Paige agency was at the show
until Thursday night. A green racing
model Paige attracted great attention
at the show.
Fred Langley. manager of the Stu
debaker agency here, could be seen
demonstrating the Studebaker Six to
visitors. Langley says that the show
this year is the best ever"
j. F. Billings. Stafford REQ agent in
Topeka, was at the Stafford display.
Mr. Billings went through the stat
ford factory in Kansas City. He is a
great friend of Mr.. Stafford, having
been sales manager of the Smith
company when Stafford lived here.
Otto Anderson. owner Of the New
Fashion Auto Livery and former po-
lice detective. was present at the
chow.
Fred Robertson, United States dis
trict attorney and owner of a Haynes
car, was present and said the show
York.
o. 8. Perkins. manager Of the Hup
mobile agency here, attended the dis
play of his machines there. Mrs.
Perkins accompanied him. Other
dealer- attended during the week.
Topeka Doctors Were There.
Many Topeka physicians were at
w. E. McVey. DR.. Alkire, DIR. Karl
McGrew, DR.. J. D. Freeman, DR.. L. v.
Sans
Frank Crane, president of Crane
and Company. was present. p. I.
Bonebrake and Fred Bonebrake, for
City, attended the show.
Other Kansas towns sent large del
egations to the show. Among those
from Salina were: Geo. Weisgarver.
1eO. WdlSOHs Joe Olnn&cT,
Adams and j. l.. Cleveland. From
Nortonville came p. A. Hart, Mr..
Scott, DIR. Wilson, DR.. Rowles and H.
d. Burdick. Rossville sent ]. c. How
ard, 2. Enos, B. Mcpherson and sew
eral other citizens. John Montague
and Mr.. Trent came from Perry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Barnes from
Topeka were present toward the end
of the week. Albert T. Reid, presi-
dent of the Kansas Farmer, was at
the show with Mrs. Reid. Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Mulvane attended the show.
b. F. Akers, soliciting freight agent OF
the Santa Fe, was one of the local
auto enthusiasts who surveyed the
million dollar collection OF machines.
Mrs. William Gordon and Mrs. J. r.
johnson spent the greater part Of the
week in Kansas City. Robert Pierce
and Willard Pierce, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Forbes, George Whitaker, Mr..
Smith. w. T. Dawson, Harry Wright
and Tom Dana could be observed in
specting the latest 1914 models.
Ed Kellam. one of the best known
friends of the automobile in Topeka,
attended Convention hall this week
and was much pleased with the dis
play.
Ivan Dibble, the two Misses McGon.