Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-02-22
NOTHING LEFT uNDONE ~ FAR
AS COMFORT OG GrRsTs ~
CONCERNED.
VISITORS ARE ARRIVING
Local Dealers Are optimistic. aRd De
,lair Tlni Convention VII. iie
Greatest in iIlstory Of
Amarillo.


he held IN connection with the buyers |
and Sellers Convention beginning to- |
day. upon IT, prospect for success was |
uniformly favorable and every person
interviewed was confident that II would |
PROV. a kucccsa both financially aud IN |
every other way The opinion was |
freely expressed by merchants that |
they owed Il debt of gratitude To the |
automobile men Tor taking charge u a |
situation which NJ one time was de.
pfv ssing and threatened to do great |
harm to business men In the Panhandle |
and Plains. and converting u into Qua
of cheerful optimism and appreciation
of the good time already here aud of
the better times To come
What They Said.
Toney Chlsum. president of the ANA
rillo Panhandle Automotivc AEsocia
toni can't begin Ia express my feel
irg of appreciation for the spirit ~ co
operation and unselfishnes shown In
connection with the financing and
staKig Oi the Automobile ana style
show. Every person with whom ]
have had any dealings has shown q
Willingness To help that I'll tell you
frankly. greatly surprised me. didn't
kuaw We had 'rfuwd ~ hundred yer
cent boosters In Amarillo. hut know
Il now and II gives mc feeling Of con
fld.ncc IN the future II the city which
makes me glad that I'm living and do.
INK business here. can't see any.
thing hut success fnr the show In blg
way. and following the Automobile
show hig years business for us nll"
Walter e. Irwin. Chairman of the
finance committee and member of the
firm which donated the Cooper Irwin
Building tn III. Auiumotlvc Assocla.
ton for the purposes Of the SHOW
I'VE haven't had particle of trouble
Ia raising the money We needed. Every.
body We tackled came across In great
shape. so WE don't need 10 worry about
finances. AZ to the show itself. I look
for big crowds. particularly on wcdncs'
day and Thursday. and good time for
everybody who comes 10 see II. The
entertainment IN of the highest class,
"pcrpy" hut clean People are coming
here from radius of hundreds of miles
and their coming viii do Amarillo n
world of good. They will scc the sI'iri,
OF optimism here. carry Il back home
with them. and tell their neighbors that
they got Il In Amarillo"
Charles ". Dixon. manager. Western
Meteor CO.--"l think the event will
nruVc to he success from all angles
The Buycrs and Sellers Association viii
be- strengthened by the Automobile and
Style Shows. and each Of them will
gain strength from the Buyers and
Sellers. Between the three of them
Amarillo should have something 20 re.
member with pride for a long timc to
rom.."
John Rooney.--'So far as expense In
ccrncd It's q tremendous success be-
fore u starts"
OTIS L. Williams. Cadillac and i.ibcr.
ty-"Thc roads arr had today and they
may he bit bad tomorrow. but ! look
Ter an immense crowd nevertheless,
particularly on Wednesday and Thurs
day. There H. me- question that the
Automobile Show ~ going tn de- the
business men II the city great deal
of good. and viii benefit other lines az
well as our own"
hoy Cullum. president Culnm Motor
Cot won't he the dealers fault " the
thing doesn't go over hig ! think u
ought to be- the hest event ~ the knd
Kind by TAR that ,hc t.wn has ever
hrr"
Elgln noulwarc, Walker Houlworc
60 THE prospects are mighty good
The papers oi Amarillo. and indeed all
over West Texts. have given ~ ~ lot
IT spac, and hoostcd w every way pos
sllc. For that matter there have been
no slackcrs among the autonulnic and
husln,ss men oi Amarillo. Al have
worked together and the result IN GninF
g. De an affair ~ which ", 'n al feel
proud
u. y. John. Roos Johns GO -- We're
XII Ing to have great show 1rG u VIII
de- Amarillo murc good than most of w
think"
y 4. Quailc paigcl-''Eycry indica
llon points toward q mighty rood Au.
tumoldlo Show. and from what ! near
the StNlr Show In ~ waV VIII l., sust
,s good believe that business will
=" greatly stimulated hcc' 'isc of the
1T
T. y iikcns. President. Texas over
land CO This show VIII be a !nn
icrful thing lor Amarillo and fer the
automobile dealers IN rlriiculnr. Nhon
was IN Kansas Cits last week for The
Auto show there. IN People were talk
inr vt the show Amariu Wv going to
have. Many ~ them said they were
going to attend II. 'nA At tue Kansas
city show great MANY machines
were sold. and for cash, In suite ~ the
fact that pcSimlsis arc talking hard
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