The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-12-25
Auto Show In Spring
Favored by Dealers
From Tuesdays Daily.

everything goes lovely, and no
unforeseen hitch \ occors, Mankato
will have her first automobile show
sometime during the latter part OF
February, or the first of March. II
is planned to have the event I'm
mediately after the show in the twin
cities, and II Is proposed TO make II
n popular AFFAIR and one that will be
pleasantly remembered. Seven deal.
ers and garage owners of the city
will lend their best efforts to making
the show a success. and they propose
10 secure the armory as the largest
building available for the best dis
playing of machines and accessories.
The committee in charge is composed
of II. II. Perrin. chairman. G.. A.
Lewis, C.. w. Eckman. Bradon Glenn
ents. Vim. Sehwender, and George
LAWN. A meeting of the committee
was held recently but no definite
plans were made. II was decided,
however. that everything pertaining
TO the holding of successful auto
mobile show. the best methods of
procedure. and the probable expense
should be investigated. and another
meeting called for the making of
more complete plans. This meeting
would have been held the latter part
of last week. or the first of this
week, but owing to the absence from
the city of G. A. Lewis and Bradon
Clements, two prominent members of
the committee. the meeting was de-
ferred TO a date in the near future.
directly following the return OF these
gentlemen.
Auto Men FavorabIy Disposed.
The auto men are very favorably
disposed toward holding the show
When seen yesterday afternoon, H
II. Perrin stated that the completed
plans would probably be ready for
publication within the next two
weeks.
Il am very much i'm favor of hold
ing the show" said Mr.. Perrin. I'VE
would have held q meeting of the
committee today IL two of the mem-
bers had not been absent from the
will call meeting, and make def
mite plans"
c. w. Eckman, one of the proprie-
tors of the Eckman garage, who Is
also on the committee, Is quite en-
thusiastic over the holding of the
automobile show.
Hope TO Put II Through.
Il hope we can put 1t through all
right" said Mr.. Eckman, land am
sure we can. II will be very good
thing for the city and dealers, and
will be a success from all points of
view. Yes. / am decidedly in favor
of, holding the show. and / hope we
can put IT through the last of Feb
ruary or the first of March at the
latest"
George LAWN of the LAWN & Hal
strom garage also expresses himself
as in favor of holding the show.
Although as we do not deal In
automobiles ourselves, and will hard.
ly be benefited by the showing OF
machines from a financial viewpoint"
said Mr.. LAWN, Il am on the COM
mittee i'm charge, and tlTfnk II will
be a good thing to have the show
will do all in my power toward
making II a success. and ! hope we
can put II through"
Louis Mayer of the Mayer Bros.
Manufacturing company, when talk
ing of the matter this morning said:
81 am on the committee, that's
true. but | haven't given the matter
much thought as yet. I think the
plan is all right, though. II is ap-
parently a very good thing. II will
get the people of the communities
together, draw a big crowd TO Man
kato, and ought to be a good cam
paign for the local automobile deal
ers"
william Schwender of the Schwen-
der Bros. Auto livery was the only
one expressing dissenting voice.
Il don't think II will amount TO
much" said Mr.. Schwender. "It's
pretty hard telling how such thing
will turn out. The automobile show
I'm the cities will draw all the crowd.
Everyone will go to that. and we
will not be able to draw many here.
No, don't think II will amount to