The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-12

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Mankato's FIRST annual automobile
show which begins next Thursday
at the new Armory is elated over
the possibilities of this great event
so favorable are the reports which
have reached them from all quart
ers.
II is .welLknown fact that Manlta-
, TO has long been considered by
automobile manufacturers as highly
desirable distributing point for their
products and until this local motor
car distributors have never fully
realized Just how valuable a Man
kato agency was considered by. the.
leading manufacturers OF motor cars.
Directly after the first public an.
nouncement was made that this city
would have motor car show manu-
facturers from all parts OF the coun-
try who have no representation i'm
Mankato made application for space
at the exhibition and Judging
from the large number such in
quires which have been received.
this city could. II Il had building
large enough to house such an affair
put on a show that could snrpass
similar events held in cities five
times the size of Mankato.
Travelling Men as Boosters.
Travelling men of this city and
travelling men who make regular
trips to ManEato are brim full of
enthusiasm in talking about the
coming show and are predicting that
thousands Of people within radius
OF seventy FIVE miles of Mankato
have already made plans TO attend
and will he here rain or shine.
During the past two days car
penters have been busy. erect.
ing at the ArmOry a big stage
for the musicians and entertainers.
Monday morning the big building
will be turned over TO the decorators
and electricians and when these.
work men complete their work the
Armory will be transformed into as
magnificent a show room as one
would find anywhere in the country
by next Wednesday evening
everything will be in readiness for
the big event and the outlook now
Is that the last three days of next
week will witness one o: the largest
and most successful affairs that
Mankato business men have ever
taken part In.
Paul Reyere's Ride in Auto.
Paul Revere's famous ride will be
covered by the motorists who par
ticipate in the annual meeting of the
American Automobile association. to
be held In Boston in May next. A
mail vote OF the entire directorate
almost unanimously decided for a
and so II was that the A. A. A. exc.
cutive board, at its December ses-
sion i'm Washington. ID. c.. with
President John A. Wilson in the
chair. decided to postpone the big
meeting until May 1918. NJ that
time OF the year the main highways
in most OF the states are in travel.
able condition. and il has long been
the opinion Of leading A. A. A. men,
bers that Z the annual gathering
should be one to which the mem.
bers could tour over the road.
Massachusetts is one of the few.
states which have established COM
prehensiye highway systems, and
for many the journey will also in.
clude New York. New Jersey and
Connecticut, all of which have ar
rived at a uniform method of pro-
cedure. Ohio is another state busily
at work upon a main market road
system, and all around II is expected
that the motorists will add greatly
TO their roads building ideas en-
route to the annual convention, one
part of which will be devoted 10
highway matters.
Places Of Historic Interest.
Boston and vicinity supply a great
quantity OF places OF historic inter
est. and the modern presentation of
the Revolutionary ride from
Charleston to Cambridge. to Con.
cord and Lexington. will he started
by a signal from the old North
Church
At the conclusion of the Boston
meeting il Is quite probable that a
party OF transcontinentalists will
start for the Panama-Pacifc EXPOSE
ton in San Francisco. for several
A. A. A. officers have signified their
intention of making the cross-coun-
try trip at this time. There will not
be any organized tour. nor is il likely
that all will start at the same time
and follow the same schedule. DR..
Fl. N. Rowe, president of the Auto
mobile club of Maryland and first
vice president OF the national as.
ISOLATION. Is quite likely partici-
pant. while Lewis n. Speare, presi-
dent OF. the Massachusetts, State as
ISOLATION and a former A. A. A.
president has in mind shipping TO
San Francisco and travelling east
ward. Perhaps the two will touch
fires at the point in Nebraska where
the Meridian Road crosses the Lin
coin Highway. II such schedule
can be arranged the meeting of
these two transcontinental travellers
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