Arizona republican., 1917-02-25
AUTOS To RULE
FOR FOUR DAYS
DURING MARCH
Drawings for Space Held
and Motor Events VIII
Be Featured to Make 1t
Real Automobile Period

Real Automobile Period
a motor picnic. a grand parade
with prizes for the best decorated mo-
tor cars contest between Phoenix
| women for queen of the automobile
show, novel entertainment. vaudeville
and many other attractive features
viii be made a part of the Gazette
Automobile Show TO be staged in this
! city March I, 3, . and 10 by dealers
in motor vehicles, accessory dealers
ana merchants who specialize in mo-
toring toys. Floor spaces for exhibi-
tions We're assigned by those in charge
of the show arrangements Friday
night at a meeting in the business Of
ice of the Arizona Gazette, rules for
the conductin~ Of the show We're
agreed upon and plans for making
the show great success We're
adopted.
The show will open in the taber-
nacle. Central school block, on the
afternoon of March T. Thereafter
each afternoon and evening the great
building will be thrown open 10 the
public. Every dealer in automobiles
in the city has been assigned floor
space and in all thirteen firms win
! display more than twenty different
makes of pleasure motor vehicles In
addition to the dealers many accessory
houses and tire agencies Will make
displays, booths for their use having
been assigned at the same time that
floor spaces We're distributed
] The opening event of the great show
and the first Of several events which
will mark the, automobile show week
will be a motorcade picnic. run to
Echo canyon. on Sunday, March 4
The feature of this run will be a full
brass band which will render a pro-
gram inside the walls of the canyon
| a similar event TWO years ago at
tracted more than $1,000 persons to the
canyon and it was impossible on that
occasion to park the machines so
many attended. II is expected that
the attendance on this occasion will
be fully as large.
Automobile dealers throughout the
city. their friends and families. low
ers of music, and lovers Of the out
! of-doors and picnic viii make UP the
great motorcade Already many ma
chimes carrying a fun complement
| have signified their intention Of tax
ing the trip. The cars will leave ear
~ IN the morning. following a route
| which VIII have been logged and
! signed by a committee in charge of the
tour. win arrive ut the canyon before
7
day in the vicinity Of the canyon. and
! xiii return in the evening I'aenie
lunches will feature the trip
| The contest for queen of the auto
mobile show started yesterday and
! several unmarried women, to whom
the contest is limited. have already
signified their intention Of seeking the
honors Of the occasion. In addition
20 the distinction Of being crowned
queen of the show on the final night
The successful contestant will receive
a diamond ring valued at sl2J and "a
| golden crown. The contest viii be
conducted along lines Of similar popu-
| larity events held in the city prev
J iously. Ballots will be received at tho
Gazette office until the opening day OF
| the show when the ballot box will be
removed 10 the main door OF the tab
ernacle After the opening day, each
| admission to the show will lie ac-
| credited TO ten votes which may be
cast for any contestant
The automobile parade will precede
| the opening Of the show on the first
| night. Wednesday, March T. Dealers
and their friends and motor entlus-
iasts Of the valley win take part in
this parade. Prizes will be awarded
| the best decorated cars by the COM
mittee in charge of the parade The
| judges. the location of the Judges
stand, the prizes and other details OF
the parade will be announced later. as
! Will also the line o! march and the
1rcer OF formation. Novelty of the
| decorative scheme and the beauty of
the scheme will be the principal
points on which the judges win base
their opinions and awards.
Inside the great show house
/ fHTpnHhDIlt the fanr % ~
a band and orchestra will render spe-
eial programs. In addition a number
OF especially arranged vaudeville
events Will he placed on the program.
| Diversion, with an idea of relieving
the visitor Of too much AUTOMOBILES is
the cardinal factor promoting this in
Innovation.
Services at the tabernacle will have
been concluded tonight when the great
building VIII be given over to the mo-
tor show Monday morning, work of
dismanteling the interior will be
| started. This work will entail the re-
moval of benches and platforms and
should be completed by evening Tues
day morning preparation of the build
ing FOR the show will begin This work
viii include the laying out of display
| aisles for the cars, the building of
booths and other similar activities ac-
companying the staging of an event
OF this size and Importance.
More than one week will be allowed
| exhibitors in which to place their dis
plays and make ready for the open
! ing night. This Will be ample time
! for careful and elaborate scheme
| of exhibit, and will assure each dealer
an opportunity of making the best of
his automobile space. The lighting
! and ventilation will he so arranged
! as TO give each display an equally
effective stage, and assiduous care
will he exercised to assure the WISH
| tors to the show a fun and complete
knowledge of every exhibit in the
| house.
! The building has been divided into
three main display aisles for the pur-
| poses OF the show. In addition to
! these alsleS two rows of display
| booths have been arranged. one at
! either end of the house In the long
central aisles the exhibitors of motor,
| vehicles have been assigned their
positions. Accessory dealers, insur-
ance dealers, and merchants special
! izinS in motoring toys will occupy
] the booths at either end of the build
ing. The dimentions of the show
room viii be S0X1G0 feet, and gang
ways for visitors will be run down
each side Of the main display ;tisles,
| In addition to the cars which are
already advertised and sold in Phoe-
! nix several others, new in this dis
trict, will be displayed by various
dealers who have taken floor space
| in the show. These dealers have so
} far refused to disclose the names of
the cars which they will introduce to