Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
PLAN AUTO SHOW
ON LARGER SCALE
Curtain Rung Down on Most
Successful Show in History
Last Night.
THOUSANDS VISIT EXHIBIT
Tulsa Dealers Begin Laying
Their Plans for Gigantic
Show Next Year.

Members of the Tulsa Automobile
to close the most successful auto
mobile show ever staged in the south
west. when. shortly before midnight,
the orchestra struck up Good Night,
Ladies'" and the hall which for the
past three days has been crowded
with throngS of auto enthusiasts
viewing more than "A score of latest
model automobiles was darkened.
It was perhaps the most successful
automobile show ever held In tine
state, and great credit is due those
members of the dealers association
who labored day and night in making
arrangements, in preparing the huge
Convention hall for the event, and In
showing the visitors thru the show.
Nothing Was Lacking.
Not an item which would have add
ed to the attractiveness of the affair,
nor a feature which would made of 1t
a greater success, was overlooked by
President Forester and his cowork-
ers and when the show came to a
close last night, these men, tired but
pleased. Immediately began making
plans for the show which will be held
next year, in what, it is hoped, VIII
be larger quarters, where the Tulsa
distributors and agents of automo-
biles will not be forced to show but
one make OF car, or but one nOdel ol
each make.
1t is estimated that during the three
days of the show, which opened
Thursday afternoon and continued
thru until last night, more than flVe
thousand people were in attendance,
many being attracted to Tulsa ana
the show from other cities in the
state.
During the last days sessions. dele
cations attended from Oklahoma CITY,
Muskogee Bartlesville, Sapulpa ana
other nearby cities. This feature was
one of the most attractive to the eX-
hibitors, as 1t has more closely ce-
mented the friendship of the auto
buying public of these places with the
Tulsa merchants and has given them
an insight to the advantages of patron
izing the Tulsa merchants and busi-
ness men.
Dealers Hold Meeting.
Following the close of the show
Friday night, the dealers met in ses-
sion to discuss the plan of holding a
show during the spring of next year,
and at this time 1t was agreed to start
movement looking toward the cree
ton of a larger building for the pur-
pose of holding the show. 1t is their
intentions TO build larger building
| that will be used for other business
purposes during the year and which
can easily be converted into use for
automobile shows when the time ar
| riVes.
At dinner rendered the Oklahoma
| City delegation of automobile dealers
Yesterday at noon by the local as
sociation members at Hotel Tulsa,
the matter of the new state peddlers
license was taken up and discussed,
with the result that a definite form
of opposition to the present bill was
outlined.
Plan to Oppose Bill.
1t is the purpose of the local deal
ers, as well as those from Oklahoma
City, to fight the bill which prohibits
agents in one county from selling Gus
toners in another county unless a
license fee of $500 is paid and $500
bond is posted with the state. The
dealers declare that this sum was too
much 20 expect each dealer to post
for each county of territory con-
trolled.
A fight will be made in every
county in the state by the automobile
agents to have the bill killed unless
the section referring to automobile
dealers is stricken.