Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-06

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ton, N. Y, on every bottle.
cial club of Omaha and list Of executive
officers and committees.
Course Of study in Omaha public schools.
Hand book of general Information In
connection with Omaha public schools.
Annual report Of the Board Of Education
List Of officers and members OF executive
board OF the Omaha public library.
List of governors OF knights of Ak-Sar-
Annual report Of the Young Mems Chris
tian association Of Omaha for the year
Program OF memorial services in memory
Of William Mckinley, our martyred presi-
Copy of Omaha Daily Bee for January 1,
Copy Of Morning world-Herald for Janu-
Copy of Omaha Daily News for January
Copy Of the Examiner for june q, 1902.
Copy of Omaha Excelsior for June 81.
Copy of Nebraska Farmer for March 10,
Copy of Omaha Daily Hotel Reporter for
Copy Of Omaha Mercury for June 20. 1900.
Copy Of Omaha Trade Exhibit for May
Copy of Children of America for April,
Copy of Daily Drovers' Journal-stockman
Anngai report of Union Stock Yards COM
Copy OF charter of city Of Omaha. issued
Maps of city of Omaha from 1854 to the
Auditorium souvenir button.
Souvenir cup Of Omaha, presented by
Report Of the condition Of Omaha banks
at close Of business April 80. 1902.
mississippi and fnternationai exposition.
A book illustrating ,Nebfsska's resources
Auditorium brick No. i, bought by c. N.
Dietz at auction for 5000, also Mr.. Dietz's
cancelled personal check for $1,000 in pay
ment thereof.
Senator MiIIard's Remarks.
Senator Willard began his address by call
ing attention to some Of the landmarks by
which the city, county and state have
reached their present commercial import
ance, He resumed:
To-day. the state Of Nebraska has q pop:
within a radius Of fve miles from where
we are now standing II is reasonable to
say we have a population, close to 100000,
tain extent tributary to the business in
~terests of this state as is also a large por-
at the present time reaches westward as
far as the Pacific slope and 1t will not be
very Ions until we effect trade relations
with our new possessions in the far east.
We have some of the most enterprising
merchants to be found anywhere; our
S tSinR she tns deposits az are the Se t ssye Ssit S Saa !
amount to very nearly s30.0oo,O0O, which
s SSsyns.t that do, there sp d 70 lS Ss ao amount N inf q
metropolis. From one end of the state to
the other our people are more prosperous
/ find from the census report of 1900 that
we had In Nebraska 6,414 manufacturing
es~tablishments with q capital Of about
was $102, 900, 900, while the value of the
finished products amounted to $l44 900, 600.
m RIIiGrE Mith C q aapPits had Of i 81, 500 5 'SSt' Ties e sna
OF material used being $S3,5Oo,0Oo, with a
finished product valued at SlS, 100000. Thus
cent Of the value Of the entire manutsc-
tured output of the state OF Nebraska in
i take it that a showing OF conditions as
they exist today would be very much more
encouraging, for the county than the hg-
ures here given.
Optimistic View OF Future
With the western portion of the state Of
Iowa, together with our state and the
this city, it is reasonable to predict that
our growth in material wealth, culture, in
telligence and the comforts OF lite is GER
tain to continue with greater rapidity than
in the past and there Is no reason to doubt
that ten years hence Omaha will have at
least 10000 people and hat the state of
Nebraska can then boast OF a population
of nearly 1000, 600.
we are DulldlnB Tor the future. This
great structure you a undertaken to
erect will be none too large to
date the various conventions, assemblies,
c~onvocations, concerts and other enter
tainments requiring a commodious meeting
place in the state and city, yet its massive
proportions will stand for years as a mon
ument to the public spirit and pluck OF
the men and women OF Omaha.
We have reached an epoch in our munich
pal history when the aspirations of our
best citizenship strive for higher objects
than the accumulation of property for the
mere satisfaction of possessing Il. We
have done we'll so far in providing the ma
terial things Of life we must now devote
more OF our energies and talents TO the
promotion and encouragement Of the arts,
A deep-seated desire to do this found
splendid expression in our exposition OF
1888 and the public tastes thus cultivated
gave rise 10 the agitation for an audi
torium which when finished will facilitate
a long-cherished plan in the minds of our
educators, artists and musicians, who are
doing most valuable work In ministering Ia
the artistic sense OF this fortunate com
munity.
/ wish 70 congratulate you and the citi-
zens of omaha generally upon the evil
dences of progress made in the work OF
promotion OF this great enterprise and am
sure we all entertain the hope that after
It's completion, which ] trust may not be
far in the future, your highest expectations
of its success, artistically and financially,
may md abundant realization.