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Show AUTO SHOW PWiED HEBE II FEBRUARY Arrangements Completed for Exhibit, by Local Dealers; Deal-ers; Will Be Big Affair. The intermountain country, that is, the section of the west for which Salt Lake is the natural distributing center for automobiles, both on account of the automobile highways and railroads cen-teering cen-teering here, is to have a big automo bile show. It will be held at Salt Lake during the latter part of February. This is the announcement made yesterday yester-day by W. D. Rishel, who will manage the show. During the past three weeks Mr. Rishel has canvassed the Salt Lake distributors and found practically a unanimous demand, for an automobile show. As a result arrangements have been so far completed that the show is announced an-nounced as a sure go, and it is believed practically every make of automobile represented in this section will be on exhibit at this show. It is proposed to make it so much larger than anything which has been previously held thai the others will all be forgotten in comparison com-parison with the exhibition of motor cars which will be held in February. In the past Salt Lake shows have been hold more or less with a view of interesting only local prespeetive buyers. buy-ers. This year it is intended to make the show one of interest to the outside dealers, those who handle cars through Salt Lake distributors, in the same manner man-ner in which the big Chicago and New York shows are to the distributor. Each vear the large automobile distributors of America and foreign lauds visit the two birr shows, New York and Chicago. Here thev get a line on what is doing do-ing for the coming year, they study the tendency of the motor car construction construc-tion and take it home with them as a valuable asset on which to plan their selling campaign for the ensuing year. But the automobile business has grown to such an extent that it is necessary nec-essary to give this same opportunity to the smaller dealer, who must handle his cars through a distributor. It is to take care of this class of dealers that the intermountain show 'will be held this vear. Every dealer in the intermountain inter-mountain country will be specially invited in-vited to attend the show. Arrangements Arrange-ments will be tnade for their entertainment. entertain-ment. Those who contemplate taking on an automobile agency or those who wish to make a change from their present line of cars will find on exhibition practically prac-tically every car of any prominence in the anlomobile business. Factory representatives rep-resentatives will be on hand to give all information desired about these cars. The show will also be the Mecca for the early spring buyers. They are expected ex-pected to come to Salt Lake by the hundreds and place their orders for early delivery. Local people can take advantage of the opportunity offered them to select the cars they wish to drive the coming summer. Mr. Rishel announces that special rates will be obtained from the railroads rail-roads from all points within the intermountain inter-mountain country. |