TITE SUNDAY OREGONTAN. PORTLAND, JANUARY 22, 1922
IBM. AUTO SHOW
TO OPEN T
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Galaxy of Handsome Cars to
Hold Sway at Auditorium.
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Prices
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on all 55 and 75
AYNES CARS
Effective January 1, 1922 .
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ALL NOW IN READINESS
Programme for Week Makes Every I
Day of Big Show Crammed
Full of Interest.
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BT II. W. LYMAN.
Portland's 13th annual automobile
show will open tomorrow, and for six I
days a brilliant galaay of motor oars,
latest models from ths factories In
man eases rushed to Portland espe
cially for this occasion, will hold
war at the munlolpal auditorium.
The publio building, which will Be
occupied, main floor, basement floor
and baloony, has already been aeco-
rated for ths occasion ana wm pre
sent, perhaps, ths most handsome ap-
Hers are ths salient features of the
big show: '
The dates Monday, January 18, to
Saturday, January 28-, inoluslve;
place, ths municipal auditorium, Third
street between Clay and aiarnoL, aum
h nf .xhlhltora of automobiles, 22;
nmt... ni axhlbltors of aocessoriss,
28; number of different makes) of
.,inTthiia ahairn. 11. lnoludlnir sev
eral models of sach; total number of
cars on display, between 126 and ISO,
Including; the latest and handsomest
models turnsd out by ths automobile
factories of America; admission lee,
60 cents; how to get there, take any
North and South Portland strset ear,
or by automobile south on Third
street (note parking Is allowed in
the vicinity of the auditorium snd a
group of watchmen 'will be on hand
under direotion or me -.ui.uun.u.j.
how management to keep watch on
narked cars at all times;; auspioe.,
n.niiriimtnt nf the Portland Automo-
l.t rt..i..' ...nilillmi and dlreotlV
In charge of the board of dlreotvs of
that association.
Programme Is Given.
Six ble- days of automobile display.
with entertainment features of all
kinds are promised for the oomlng
week, according to the programme
which has been arranged. This pro
gramma may bs Informally given as
follows:
Monday This will be the opening
day of the show, and as such will
command more than usual lateresu
Rules have been announced which
make It compulsory on all dealers to
have their displays completed befors
the show opens Monday morning and
it is declared that the big event will
be just as finished and as ready for
visitors when It opens tomorrow as
when It closes Saturday. Monday eve
ning the automobile dealers of me
city will be the hosts at an Informal
reception to which the public 's In
vited and to which a largs number of
Invitations accompanied by compli-.
mentary admission tickets havs been
sent out by the dealers. Monday will
also be trade day, and members of the
automobile industry in all lines In ths
eltv will be on hand in force. A spe
cial feature -for the school children
has been announced for Monday after
noon In the way of a reduced admis
sion. Throughout the afternoon and
until 6 P. M. admission for ths young
sters will be but 10 cents. .
Tuesday The old-timers will hold
sway on Tuesday, and a number of
features, including a parade of old-
time f utomobiles at noon ana a Ban
quet for old-timers at night, are an
nounced. The old-timers' club Is a
. national organization of automobile
men,- composed of those who have
been in the business five years or
more and have held dealer contracts.
Wednesday will be State day, and
particular weloome will be given vis
itors from throughout the state. Au
tomobile men from practically every
section will be here on that day and
special plans for them, including a
banquet at o clock that evening ai
the Benson hotel, at which the Port
land dealers will be hosts, are being
made. In the morning a state-wide,
session of automobile men will be
held at the Portland Press club room
at which It Is proposed to form a nsw
stale assooiatlon, embracing all
chases of the automotive industry.
Thursday The feature of Thursday
will be society night In the evening.
Society night at the Portland show
has always been a popular event, and
this year's programme is expected to
be the equal of past events. Special
entertainment and music la planned.
Friday This will be Music day at I
the show and throughout the after
noon and evening a continuous pro
gramme or muslo will be rendered. To
this end a number of musical organ
izations have been secured to give
concerts and local musicians secured
for solos, both instrumental and vocal.
These musical numbers will be in ad
dition to the regular programme of
the Stoudennveyer band, which has
been designated as official show band,
and will glvs musical number every
afternoon and evening of show week.
Saturday This day will see the
show draw to a close. While definite
arrangements have not been concluded
for additional features on tms cay,
the dealers plan to make It one of the
big- days of the week, and will "let go"
Saturday night for a Dig time, possi
bly rolling ths cars aside In the ve
iling ror a aance.
Entertainment Is Feature.
From the above, which at best tells I
cnly a part of the story and tells that
part briefly, It may be seen that ths
how this year will be the most en
tertaining and Instructive In the his
tory of the automobile business in
Portland. Kvery hour of the after
noon and evening something will be
doing at ths auditorium, and It Is ex
pected that motor fans will not be
satisfied with one visit to the show,
but will come back everj? day of the
week to enjoy the additional attrac
tions. The board of directors of ths auto
mobile dealers' association. In charge!
of the snow, is composed of ths fol
lowing: A. H. Brown, manager of the
Portland branch of the Northwest
Oakland company, president: A. C.
Stevens, of A. C. Stevens company,
vice-president; directors, C. L. Boss,
C. I Boss Automobile company; H. M.
Covey, Corey Motor Car company; W.
K. DeLay, DeLay Motor company;
C. W. Dunning. Dunning Motor com
pany; H. C. Hays, manager Portland
branch Willys-Overland Pacific com
pany) H. W. Roberts, Roberts Motor
Car company; u. u. irwin, went worth
&. Irwin.
Additional details of Portland's 13th
annual automobile show will be found
elsewhere tn this section.
FORD BRANCH AT IOS AXGELES
New Plant Will Make Springs, Scats
and Sedan Bodies.
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Haynes 55 Six -Cylinder Models
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55 five -passenger Touring
55 wo- passenger Roadster
55 five -passenger Sedan
55 three - passenger Coupelet
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132-inch wheel bate
75 seven -passenger Touring $2395
75 four-passenger, four-door Tourister 2395
75 two-passenger Special Speedster 2595
75 five-passenger Brougham 3095
75 seven -passenger Sedan 1... .....i 3395
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75 four-passenger, four-door Tourister 2295
75 two-passenger Special Speedster 2495
75 five-passenger Brougham 2995
75 seven-passenger Sedan 3295
75 seven-passenger Suburban 3295
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A. C. STEVENS
Distributer
529-531 Washington Street.
MOTORIST BUSINESS BIG
Denver Tonrist Bureau Tells of Ac
tivity"" in Colorado. ,
DENVER, Jam. 21. Retail shopping
in Colorado by tourists formerly oem-
tored In Indian curios; in 1921. when
(5 par cent of th travel to national
parks and forests and resort plaoes
was by private automobile, aaLea In
cluded staples and auto accessories on
a large scale. The result is that
August, formerly the dullest tn the
business man's calendar, la next to
December, the heavleet month, In
point ' of sales, according to mer
chant and automobile dealers
Tourists In 116 left perhaps 15.000,-
600 In Colorado; last year, with an
estimated 600,000 tourists by auto and
rail, camp and hotel accommodations
and retail salea in general amounted
to $36 000.000, according to the tour
ist bureau of the Denver Civ to and
Commercial association.
Activities of the bureau during the
first seven yeeu-e of Its existence en
tailed the distribution of free litera
ture, which, If stacked In a plla
would be IS times as high as the
Eiffel tower in Paris and 23 times
as high as the Wool worth building
In New York city.
. An endless belt for unloading motor
trucks has been Invented, The power
for operation is made by the rear
wheels of a truck resting on rollers.
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