Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-15
GERMANS LOOKING UP FARMS
Imperial DepatatiOn Comes to Study the
American Methods
GENIAL BOT cARLEUL MvEs1eAIORs
Omaha Entertafns for the Day the
Party thai is Making an In
spection Tour of the
United states.

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Those forty and four distinguished rep
resentatives of the National Agricultural
society Of Germany who stopped in Omaha
yesterday at 1920 a. m. on their trans
continental tour to investigate American
farming and stock raising methods were to
have left for Anes, Neb., at $50 p. m,
but did not go until nearly midnight, and
then with reluctance. And the reason was
that Omaha and South Omaha were SO
hospitable that they simply could not bear
to go at an earlier hour. AS It is, they will
not lose any time, for they will arrive in
Ames over the Union Pacific with the ris-
ing sun. Their departure from Omaha
was at 11:5O p. m, in a special train ar
ranged for through the courtesy of Alfred
barlow. general advertising manager for
the road.
At the Union station Omaha citizens gave
them a welcome so cordial that they could
not proceed to South omaha until nearly
IL o'clock. There they were shown the
packing plants and lunched at
the Exchange building, where several short
addresses we're made.
AT the Bennett store.
Returning to Omaha in street cars they
reached the Bennett store, brilliant In the
German colors and enlivened with orches-
trail music, shortly after 4 o'clock. Thsy
we're shown every courtesy by ]. e. Baum,
the proprietor; w. r. Bennett, the man
ager, who personally conducted them over
the entire establishment, and Advertising
Manager Kennedy. who had planned the
entertainment. They were addressed by
Congressman @. M. Hitchcock, who desig-
mated the place "a typical western store
and were decorated with buttons and tiny
flags by four young women employees, while
four others passed superior Havanas.
From the Bennett store they went to the
Schlitz for refreshments and then TO The
| Bee building. through which they were
conducted by Mr.. r. Rosewater. From
there the tour led to the city hall, where
they received civic recognition from Burgo-
master Frank e. Moores, to whose felicit-
Gus remarks Baron Won Fluegge responded
with a declaration that never since they
left New York had they encountered such
entertainment as Omaha and South Omaha
were providing.
Go to stOrz
Retaining their two special cars they
were whisked to the Storz brewery on
Sherman avenue at 5:15, there to be given
such a welcome on behalf of the proprietor,
Mr.. Gottlieb storz. as, to warm them into
the greatest cordiality. They were shown
over the establishment from basement tc
turret. and were welcomed by H. +. VIII.
rodt Of the clerical department in a neat
speech. Later, all repaired to the nee
bottling room. where Mrs. storz, Mr.
Adolph storz and Mrs. Storz's niece, Miss
Emma Behler, personally supervised the
serving of a most elaborate German lunch
AS glasses were blinking and the guests
and the entertainers mingling most freely
DIR. Watson of the visiting delegation aros,
and toasted the women, who are, he de.
clared more than the better half' and
the authors OF all things good in thir
world. After the cheering subsided Mr.
Otto Kinder, editor of the Western Press
delivered the welcome OF the German.
Americans OF Omaha. Mr.. e. Rosewatel
followed with a speech IN German, praisinr
the sturdy manhood of the German citi
zenship % the United States and refutinr
the occasional charge that 1t ia here ''oni,
for the almighty dollar"
More FeIicitations.
Mr.. w. r. Bennett, who, though unac
quainted with the German language, haa
made himself one of the most popular o
the local entertainers, followed with
speech In which he said that, without wish
Ing any other nation any hard luck. n
would like to ask the visitors to remail
In Omaha always and TO bring over NOR
of their countrymen.
The scheduled hour OF departure. b:s
tNoNhf PoSSNh uhHCCOeus ana MT. Ia -
,Simons,' chairman of tho local committee
having arranged by telephone for tn
Union Pacific TO take the d~istinguishe,
visitors on a midnight train, made tn
Npleasing announcement that Manager W
M. Burgess Of the Boyd theater and Mana
ger Dick Ferris of the Ferris stock com
pany had reserved seats for the nigh
performance. which seats were TO be com
plimentary to the visitors and the enter
inmen committee.
Give NatiOaaI Airs as Farewell.
There were cheers again, and then, wit
the orchestra playing more national air
and the visitors and entertainers singin
in grand chorus, the crowd repaired to tn
cars and were brought back to the city a
$40 TO be entertained by Louis Nets an
Charles Lewis, shown over more OF the bus
ness portion. some of the residence distric
and finally escorted to the theater, fror
which the German commission repaired I
its cars. singing omaha's praises as the
have been seldom sung before.
They will reach Ames, Neb., early tn
morning and remain there until 716 tn
evening. when they GO on to Keal
ney, there to remain from SIS So
urday morning until 1920 that night.
these points they will investigate pa.
ticularly the beet sugar industry and ca
tie raising. They spend Sunday in Del