Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1920-01-08
THE TWIN CITY AUTO SHOW

THE TWIN CITY AUTO SHOW
At the very GATEWAY Of the north
west; on the threshold Of the richest
kingdom the world has ever known;
just above the rim of "The Land Of
A Billion Dollars" plans are being
leaid for the greatest undertaking of
its kind ever dreamed of in this world
This ambitious dream will be re-
allied on January 31st., when the
curtain will be raised on the TWIN
CITY AUTOMOBILE, TRUCK,
TRACTOR AND INDUSTRIAL EX-
POSITION in the Overland building,
the king of mighty, modern ssrc
tures-45O feet long and 1873 feet wide
located in the Midway D:stl let. ha-
tween Minneapolis and St. Paul.
1t will be the largest most compre-
hensive automobile show staged on
the American. Continent this year; a
prodigious tribute to the commercial
supremacy of the great northwestern
empire; striking commentary on
the Importance of the automotive in
dustry TO this section; a dazzling
proof of this bountiful territory's con-
tribution to the arts Of peace and in
.dustry. ~.
Spread out for the inspection of
visitors, will be five great stretches
of foors-five distinct and colorful
panoramas, and every one crowded
with the displays of over 1900 of the
great manufacturers, jobbers and
dealers. of the United States.
Ten solid acres of products with
cash value Of over $6,0oO,00O an acre!
Even the rich farms Of the northwest
cannot approach that value. F. w.
Murphy, President of the Minnesota
State Fair, recently reported record
farm sale when 16O acres sold for
$500 per acre. The Midway show
will set new record in acreage val
ue.
Paraomunt, will be the offerings
of the passenger car dealers, who will
assemble for the occasion in Nation-
al Automobile Show, every model of
car that modern engineering geniuses
have devised in the last year. There
will be National Tractor Show, one
of the two affairs of its kind held
yearly. There the farmer and the
progressive business man will be able
to gaze upon and study 900 tractors
and tractor-drawn implements which
60 to make farming a pleasure.
There will be a National Truck Show
where will be displayed everything
from the baby trucks to the ten-ton
giants that are carrying a big share
of the country's tonnage. There will
be National Accessory Show, in
which will be represented the 33S
members Of the national association.
all producers Of the famous bits Of
motor equipment that make motoring
safe and comfortable. % /.
But these four National Shows will
find spirited competition in the in
dustrial department where merchants
and manufacturers of the twin. cities
and other sections Of the country, will
have laid out for public inspection
everything the mind can conceive,
Labor-saving devices for the farm and
city home; food products; clothing;
necessities; luxuries- all will be on
hand as the last conclusive proof that
the nation has rsheathed it's sword;
that war and it's attending horrors
have been relegated to the back;
ground; that the nation again is rid
ing on an even keel Of peace; that
prosperity again is smiling on the
great Northwest.
The prolific acres Of tie Northwest
furnished the food as we'll as the red
blooded fighting men in the great war,
and those acres are now yearning to
turn to peace with the same results
that characterized them during the
terrible world struggle.
4 Ills Blamed 70 Rats. .5s 81
Besides damage to food, rats bring
the dreaded bubonic plague. trichl-
:nosis, scarlet fever. typhoid. diphtherias
and many other infectious diseases.
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