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Show ' j? j If "f- - j'rcsSi A-Vffo h&is) Opcss Tm&s$ oy N?h WORK OF WORLD'S GREATEST ENGINEERS TO BE DISPLAYED Harmony and Enthusiasm Combine to Make Exhibit Ex-hibit the Most Notable Event of Its Kind Ever Held in the State of Utah. Ey A. TIMMEEMAN. JL"ST S3 all motordom is vibrating with tho rosistless rush with which 1917 lias been seat away, its tremendous tre-mendous impulse having been fiven by the immensely successful national na-tional automobile shows in the cast, ionics Salt Lake's exhibit, with moro exhibitors, more vehicles of perfection, mo harmony and enthusiasm than) have ever been combined to make motor mo-tor car displnv time notaie in Utah. Less than twenty years a;io the automobile auto-mobile was an object of curiosity; a d i ade back it was a plaything lof the -iiildren of fortune, but tod::y it is just ;i- necessary as the electric fan, tho doctor doc-tor book or the school course in local ;.( raphy, and a quite satisfactory substitute sub-stitute for each and all. At Ihe present moment there are nearly 25,000 automobiles auto-mobiles in Utah, one for every group of sixieen persons, yet more are arriving with each freight train and the point of saturation has merely been approached. ap-proached. If there is a person living in Utah in the year of 1017 who doesn't own au automobile or possess some sort of hold on a friend or relative who does, he is entirely "out of hie;," and ho who doesn't fee a lianlie'in desire to own an automobile some day that will place the great out-of-doors at his elbow is h.irdiy a human now, is he? When the curtain is lifted on the 1017 exhibit in the Bonneville pavilion Tuesday Tues-day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock the automobile auto-mobile splendor, results of work of the world b best engineers ana artists, win be on dress display, with the selling organizations of all Salt Lake's automobile auto-mobile firms in the receiving line. Large Floor Space. With the floor of the Bonneville pavilion, pa-vilion, the lamest space of its kind in the western country, crowded to its capacity ca-pacity with cars of all makes and descriptions, de-scriptions, representing in every way the vehicle to bo used Iw the American people during 1917, the show in every Manner will eclipse any previous event of its kind. But it isn't in size alone that this venr's exhibition may be differentiated from the previous events. Then harmony har-mony was conspicuous by its absence Mid "friction among the dealers loomed up at all angles. Now, practically every Salt Lake .iealer has become a member of the Salt Lake Automobilo Dealers' association. ti,e organiratiou that is back of the show, aacl every dealer, with practically no exception, has his foot on the accelerator ac-celerator to assist matters in common as best he may. There is no grouch, no fiiudge; harmbnv rules. The destinies" of the coming show have been guided bv Manager W. D. TMshel, who is known throughout the intermountain country in automobile circles. cir-cles. Ho is assisted by officials and members of the dealers' association. Beautiful Decorations. For the decorations this vear Manager Tiishel has chosen flags, bunting and streamers for the ceiling, burlap for carpets of the booths and various colored col-ored railings as the means of separating separat-ing the booths and laying out the wide aisles. Uniform signs will announce the names of the various cars to be seen in the respective booths. Potted plants and nalms will be stationed here and there throughout the display rooms, the decoration scheme being planned for all of the booths. During tho show period, which opens Tuesday afternoon and continues until the following Saturday night, the doors will be open from 1:30 each afternoon until 11:30 at night. A band has been engaged for dancing, which will be held each evening on a large portion of the floor that has been set aside for the purpose. Vocal selections by the best talent obtainable will fill in between the dances. Friday night has been designated des-ignated as "society night," when dress suits and choice wraps will be the rule. Special rates have been granted by the railroads and transportation companies, com-panies, and a large number of out-of-town dealers will come to Salt Lake for conference with their distributing connections con-nections during the show. Many of them have already arrived in the city, with the result that hotel accommodations accommoda-tions are noticing the gradual inflow. Xaturallv, as they anticipate stepping from booth to booth in the pavilion, motor car fanciers probably will wonder won-der what special features or sensations are in 6tore for their eyes. Twelve months ago, it will be remembered, every ev-ery next person was bothering his head with making comparisons of the twelve, eight, six and four-cylinder motors, and not a few were predicting that another year would bring out the sixteen-cvlin-der motor. Some even carried their predictions further. Surprises on the Bill. However, the sixteen-cylinder motor has not yet arrived, and though the twelves and eights, have certainly held their own, gossip has turned its attention atten-tion to other matters, and the show visitors vis-itors will not hear quarrels among the .l U- 1 fr.i- tllic salesmen " nu siaim and that type of motor. The situation in regard 'to motors remains practically practical-ly as it was, with a particular field open for each type of car. There will be plenty to see at the auto show in the way'of improvement, and rumor has it that some sensational surprises will be "sprung" during the week. Everv year the motor car has improved" im-proved" to such an extent that the motoring mo-toring world looks forward curiously to find out just what will be added for the coming season. Each season the engineers en-gineers and designers work toward the end that will mean more efficiency, comfort and dependability. Consequently, Consequent-ly, each season the automobile public flocks to tho auto show to see the results re-sults of competition and the development develop-ment as a whole. A year has not yet Mattr appearing on the automobile pnsee. VuMiftied. as newf. put linear (he recent law passed by cengress Is clssslfld as advertising advertis-ing because the dealers mentioned carr? an ad In another part of tho paper. In no sense are. thre npti-p.- paid R -?vr; iynen's. passed in which tbey have been disappointed. disap-pointed. The coming season promises probably more than any previous year in the history his-tory of the automobile industry. Gradually, Grad-ually, the business has reached out for men that were famous throughout the world before their efforts were turned toward the automobile. Naturally it was to have been expected that rapid improvement in all respects would result. re-sult. Used Car Display. A special attraction to the showgoers will be the largo used car display in the skating rink across from the main show building. More than 125 second hand cars of all makes and models mod-els will be for sale at bargain prices. The display will be in charge of S. R.. Schramm, who at the present time is planning to build an immense showroom show-room for the- Falo of used cars in Salt Lake. The affair to be carried on during dur-ing the show will become an annual feature and hereafter will be known as the annual clearing sale for Salt Lake dealers. Mr. Schramm says there are more than 1400 second hand cars for sale in tiie city at the present time. .He has located' a large portion of these for his exhibit. While tho space will only accommodate ac-commodate approximately 125 cars, it is expected that tha "bargain paces will clear the floor rapidly each day and others can be placed on sale. Five salesmen, who are. not connected directly direct-ly with the automobile business here, will explain the merits of the cars to the. seeker. |