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Show Af the Opening of the Auto Show -----H---NMafff'n"',,fCnBBBBHBHBBshf Mayor A. R. Heywood Concluding His Address. ! Automobile dealers kept open house at the show quarters on Twenty-fourth street today and many visitors were present The three large rooms are prettily decorated and there are many late models of autos A number of sales have been reported for the day and it is said that three sales were made at the opening of the show last evening. .Music furnished by three automatic au-tomatic pianos lends pleasure to the show Each dealer has a representative on hand to make explanations of the aitos on exhibition and each takes delight in showing the best qualities ol the mnchine he has in hand. Then1 an 40 machines, all of which are of te latest designs and models. In a happy vein, Mayor A. R Hey--.ocd, at 7:30 o'clock last evening, opened the first annual show, the spirit of his talk lending enthusiasm to the occasion. The mayor addressed address-ed about 500 people who were as much Interested in the affair as he Speaking of the inception of the auto show. Mayor Heywood said that it reflected the progress of recent times In transportation facilities and that it also was an Index to the pio-gresslveness pio-gresslveness of Ogden. He recalled that only a few years ago the stage coach crossed country over the old Star route of Utah and Nevada drawn by horses, but that It had been supplanted sup-planted by steam and electric cars and the automobile, the latter not be- ing the least In Importance. The mayor said the very presence of so many first class and latest automobiles au-tomobiles filled tho visitors with the idea that they all must "speed up" to keep in the vanguard. He also was of the opinion that the autos on exhibition, ex-hibition, in their splendid equipment, Indicated that "safety first" had not been overlooked. He said that the automobile au-tomobile show should be perpetuated,-as perpetuated,-as it was an evidence of advancement of recent times and placed Ogden in the forefront of the automobile enterprise. en-terprise. "In looking over this great display of automobiles," the mayor said, "I see evidences of progress recorded in the way of transportation. Every car here is different from the other, each having some particular part that des- ; y ignates It from all other cars. That fact is a revelation, showing the , strides being made in the world of science sci-ence and mechanics toward perfeo , tion." Mayor Heywood congratulated tha dealers on their enterprise and expressed ex-pressed the hope that their first show would be even a greater success thaa they had anticipated. His slogan waa, "Safety First, But You Must Speed Up." The mayor was Introduced to the audience by President L. L. Halns of the Ogden automobile show organization organiza-tion Music was furnished by the Og- f. den band during the evening. The 5 opening was most auspicious. A |