Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1917-02-26
STAGE IS ALL SET
FOR AUTO SHOW
OPENING TODAY
Dealers Toll ALI Day Sunday
Getting Auditorium Ready
for Exposition Of Cars
Cars and Trucks.
WEDNESDAY THE BIG DAY
That Day Specially Set Aside
as farmers Day" for the
State Guests.
FACTORY MEN ARE HERE

With over 81 100000 worth Of auto
mobiles lined up in glittering array,
Omahas twelfth annual motor expose
ton opens at the Municipal Auditor
ium today.
Yesterday was a busy day for the
auto men who will exhibit at the
show. Bright and early they forsook
the bliss OF Sabbath morning slumber-.
land, hastily brushed the sand out OF
their optics and hilsed for the Auditor
ium, where they toiled until late
hour last night placing their exhi- |
bition cars into position and comyf
pletng all the little details so they
viii be prepared for the opening day.
"Lend a hand, you," was a ishout
that rang out all day long as little
handfuls Of men called to willing
helpers to aid in rolling the imagni-
ficent motor models into the building.
Never for a moment did the work
cease with the result that at late
hour last night the big Auditorium
had practically been transformed into
a,motor car palace. Only a few trivial
tasks remain to be finished today. u
Crowd Expected. stdI'
The auto men expect reco9 fSn,
breaking opening night despite { .Jricl
fact that no complimentary admiHt, q Z
tickets have been issued. This2hs
tice was abandoned last year be5S
at several previous shows it
found necessary to call out the po.
to handle the immense crowds whic.>
attended. y
But even though every person who
attends tonight will have to deposit
his cash at the box office first, the :
auto men are confident The building
will be jammed to the guards. v
Factory Men Arrive.
Factory men began to arrive in
Omaha yesterday. Scores of them
breezed into town on every train. All
are looking forward to their week in
Omaha with the keenest expectancy
because Omaha always holds what
they call "a real show"
Omaha doesn't just stage dis
play fsears,' said one factory expert.
"the Omaha show sells cars. That's
the kind OF shows we like to attend.
And you can say for me right here
that no other city in the country holds
show active from the standpoint
that it makes sales, than Omaha"
Omaha is to be favored by the
presence of many distinguished
guests this week. John N. WHY'S.
president OF the Willys-O Overland
company and one of the most striking
figures in the automobile industry,
Charles Nash, president of the Nash
Motors company, and scores OF sales
managers, advertising managers.
engineers and the like from most of
the big factories will be here.
Wednesday Big Day.
Wednesday will be the real big dav
Of the week. This is Farmers day"
Since wheat began to hit around the
81 mark and potatoes joined the
ranks of the plutocratic commodities,
the farmer has become most i'm
portant prospect. So day has been
set aside for him and il is believed that
fully 1000 farmers will journey into
Omaha for the occasion.
In addition Wednesday night all
visiting automobile dealers will be
treated to a great beef steak dinner
at the Hotel Fontcnelle by the
Omaha Automobile Trade association.
the Commercial club and number of
local firms. One thousand dealers
are expected to attend the event.