The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-15

Thousands Spent by Tulsa Dealers
10 Make Sixth Annual Motor Sh0W
Most Elaborate in All Southwest

Another relay has been completed.
The automobile industry is leaving
the pits with tank full OF gas"
fresh tires, new supply of oil.
a new driver ia at the wheel,
ready TO gain lap or two on bust
moss, the pacemaker. ana replacing
the pilot frayed and exhausted by
adversely.
The automobile industry In away
TO a flying start after two OF what
the industry is glad to look back
upon now as perhaps the worst years
IN the history of motors.
This year things are different.
bound to be better. Already bual-
ness "ls picking up" despite the fact
that many merchants have not yot
completely recovered their balance,
despite the fact that market Condi-
tions are not yet stabilized to n par
with the past. a new beginning has
a moral emphasis There is OPP
timism In the atmosphere, every cyl
inder is hitting" there is ether IN
the gasoline ana moro power In the
arguments of the salesman.
more Power" the Slogan.
More pOwer--the demand OF tho
motor-buying public for the past de-
cadc, made upon tho manufacturers
of motor vehicles. is being echoed
this year In tho demands OF his busi-
ness upon the automobile dealer
more power For as sure as 1921
was year which hold It's reward for
the fighter 80 does 1929 hold It's re-
ward for the "go-gettcr,"
And Tulsa IS a city Of "go-getters.'
In this spirit the members OF the
Tulsa Automobile Dealers association
started out late In 1921 TO prepare
for the sixth annual automobile
show and In this spirit they have ar
ranged the show on a basis that Is
designed TO appeal 60 the most fas-
tidious.
Morc than ever ncfore has every
attempt been made To make OF tho
II Tulsa automobile show tho most
elaborate motor vehicle exposition In
the entire southwest and In thir
there has been an attendant success
In the past that Is vouchod Tor hy
automobile men, manufacturers
statesmen. spcCialists. bigger aud
better each year has been tho Tulsa
automobile show ana automobil,
dealers Of Tulsa are proud 20 poinI
10 the growth and expansion Of then
annual exposition as a barometer
that indicates the progress and CN
tension of tho automobile Industry
Six years aE0 when the first show
was held here--lglG--thc dcaleu
did not imagine they had launched
All annual affair which would grow
10 such proportions I'm a short space
of time. SIX years ago the dealer
held a show because shows were bc
ing held ana because Tulsa ha
never allowed herself 10 bn else
where than even with the leaders.
First Show Small Affair
The first show was held 40 Con
vention hall ana those who hHv
been inside the building can piytW,
the display OF automobiles colloctc,
there. a small affair indeed IN com
parison TO the Tulsa show OF l922
The second show likewise was con
Quoted In the han but on the thlrl
year the dealers realized the nCces
sity of moving 10 more expansive
quarters and for two years then tn
exposition occupied the entire tw
floors. OF what is now the buildiu
Of the Ryan Motor company, Fore
agents. Last year the finishing
touches were rushed to completion
on the Evans-Howard building, JUS
parAss the street from the taber