The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-02-15
Auto Show Will be Bigger and Better This
Year than any Held i'm Former Years

The automobile dealers belonging to the NTinot Auto
mobile Dealers Association hoppg to it" this week
getting ready for the Auto Show next week. which begins
on Wednesday, the 2st, and continues until Saturday
night the 24th An army of workmen busy engaged
in transforming the Amory and when the work is
peted the show will have setting entirely different than
in this city, the entire northwest for that mat
ter. The whole idea is to furnish something and
nov vel in the way of conducting auto show.
AS stated, the automobile dealers belonging to the
Minot Automobile Dealers Association doing all in
their to give the public something out of the ord
nary, and making every effort make the show
interesting that everyone will just have go and it.
The floor space has been rearranged this year and all
available space will be utilized Last year the booths
arranged in quadrangle but this year in addition to this
sort of arrangement the center Of the Aroy will also be
used for exhibition purposes the demand for space being
nsisten that absolutely necessary condense and
use all available The decorations will set off the
whole scene and the will be pleased matter where
it roves.
Another especially pleasing feature will be the musical
and vaudeville program that will be rendered every day
and evening by the best talent in the city, This has
been left in the hands of Cap Aaker with instructions
go the limit Those who have enjoyed any of the pro-
gear and ee worh 'ey
Alunch will be mantaSssl in the Armory during
the show that will not be necessary for sghtseer to
cura their visit the show on account of going out for
luncheon In fact conveTience will be in evidence
for the pleasure and comfort of the patrons of the ex
ton.
exhibits of the 1917 models on the floor of the hall:
Champn Implement and Motor Company.
Eby & Young of The Motor Inn
Dakota Motor Sales Company
Magic City Auto Company.
Mckinney Fuller Motor Company
Minot Auto Company.
Scofeld Implement Company.
Minot Motor Sales Company.
Chas. Withers
Moore Motor Company
Among the exhibit will be the following:
MITCHELL Dodge Bros Overland Ford Chevrolet Hudson,
Reo Oldsmoble Oakland Smith Fornl-aT Truck Haynes,
c. NJ Truck and Others These will be shown in all
models and at all prices so that no matter how humble the
pocket-book is it will be able to find something fitted to it.
The holding of automobile shows has become the
proper to begin the For the who intends
purchasing car and for the who desires to
agency for any the standard cars the Auto Show
presents opportunity to study all kinds of motors with
the result that much time money and effort is spared
There is nothing mysterious about auto show 1t costs
lot of money put really good show of this kind
so that small admission fee has to be charged but when
it taken into consideration that the auto show gives the
opportunity for comparison of models and prices the ad
mission fee sinks into inslgnltcance
Next week will also be ralying week for the sub
agents of the automobile firms that distribute from Mnot
and it is altogether likely that at least ESQ agents from
other cities and towns in North Dakota and Montana will
invade the city the greater part of the week This
many social to be staged by the local firms Last
means of giving Mnot the Wonder City, great amount
of very favorable advertising throughout the territory
reached by dealers. Already plans maturing for
number of banquets and entertainments of various kinds
for the entertainment of the visitors from out of town
The Minot Auto Show has passed out of the expert
mental stage has become fixture in the activities Of
the city It's right that it should be fixture and mighty
important one, too for the automobile distributing indus
try Mno is assuming gigantic proportions, and it is
freely predicted automobile row that the business
through Minot this year will reach the high figure OF
S. 50000000 This is tidy sum to be handled through
industry and surely important enough to attract more
than passing notice Mnot has become of the four
principal farm implement distributing centers, and it will
only be short time before this city will range upear the
top in the distribution Of automobiles. Several agencies