The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-16

where the show will be held, arc tive
days ahead OF Specifications Work on
the roof garden feature is two days III
advance of contract time set Tor MS
completion.
All spaces at the show are taken.
There will be shown cighty-two differ
cnt models Of meteor driven vehicles rnd
out OF the cghty-two exhibits there
will be iitty-thrcc different makes OF
autos or trucks. The exhibits. accord
ing 10 the last report OF the secretary
VIII be placed Monday
Exhibits Well Timed
An elaborate system OF notifying an
exhibitor at just what minute OF that
day he will be admNtcd with his car
or car, has been worked oW. He will
be notified by mail the cNdct .tme he
will be expected to present his exhibits
for entrance to the show floors THIRTY
minutes before that time arrives he
will be reminded by telephone when he
is expected Failure to be on hand'
will be penalizcd and if an exhibitor
is more than five minutes late he VIII
be denied entrance until the following
| morning
This rule has been adopted by pro.
motcrs OF tle show to insure as good
an exhibition Tuesday morning when
the doors open as may be seen We'd
neSday, Thursday or Friday
Utility Aim This Year.
The Carhart company gave up use OF
Ns building except for' office and dis
play window space more than week
ago. Its stock OF cars was moved TO
storage in buildings at the lair grounds
Every piece OF equipment that could
possibly be removed from the building
to make way for the show has been
taken out so that Ahen entrants appear
at the Carhart doors MONDAY they will
find the structure entirely vacated Tor
them, that vacancy relieved only by
profuSe decorations.
II has been the custom OF auto shows
elsewhere TO make feature OF dreSSi-
ness at these shows There have been
Society" nights, CLOSED car nights
and other occasions devised to give
polite setting to the show All that will
be eliminated At ties coming Auto Show
show here, according to directions. ne
show this year is to be given solely Tor
the purpose of contributing to uSeinl-
ness The pleasure car will be there,
the coupe, sedan and Limousine in all
their elegance: but these will be eN-
hibitcd as factors in usefulness at a
time when human ingenuity must tax
itself how to accomplish the most Tor
the greatest number This sentiment
was the keynote Of all expressions last
night at the Pep meeting OF auto
mobile men Of Oklahoma City
Big Attendance Expected,
Attendance cSimatcS rise as the show
opening rrars, according to- statements
made last night. Ono speaker who had
been out over the state for tc last week
reported that he found none interested
directly or indirectly in the automobile
and truck industry who was not plan
ming TO attend the auto show and the
farm mower show, which are held on
the same dates Another said that he
confidently believed that the auto show
here eventually If not this year, would
exceed in benefits the state fair.
The auto show enlist, the active sup
port OF dvery car dealer IN Oklahoma
CITY, Never has a show Of the kind
been given anywhere, according TO the
secretary OF the dcaler,'I association
in which cooperation was So general
and generous ~aS, it will be at the cx-
position here next week The state
ment applies as weh he says, to the
tractor and implement men with re-
spcct to arrangements idr their y how
and their interest in both eXhlbltiohS--
= the auto and the farm power shows