Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-06-23
TRADE BOOSTERS BACK HOME
Entire First Congressional District and
Part of Kansas Visited,
MEET CORDIAL RECEPTION EVERYWHERE
Humboldt and NemRha Women show
Them what Good Things TO Eat
Are Produced in that Part
of the Country.

OF the
The Omaha trade boosters returned last
night at midnight from three days trip
through one of the richest sections OF
Nebraska, and as fine country as the sun
ever shone on. Conditions for the trip
could not have been finer. and the results
were most gratifying. Each and all voiced
the sentiment that the trip had been a
success in every way. and that Omaha
had strengthened its relations with estab-
lished customers and had won many new
friends as a result of the expedition
All along the line Of travel, which eN-
tended over each county in the First con-
gressional district and down into Kansas
the outlook for crops of all kinds was
never better and the people are corre-
spondingly elated. The towns visited
turned out most enthusiastically to greet
the train and gave the visitors a royal
welcome The last days journey began at
Humboldt with breakfast at O'Clock in
the morning II this thing keeps up much
longer Omaha will have lot of the earliest
rising business men In the country. No
matter how late the exercises of the even
ing lasted, not one failed to answer the call
| for breakfast.
Relish Their Breakfast.
1 Friday morning the women of the Alpha
| club of Humboldt were the hostesses, and
they furnished what one Omaha man said
was the first real breakfast he had had
| Cor a long time
| Three hours were spent at Humboldt and
the time was well put in by the trade
boosters. The reciprocal feature Of the
! expedition came to the front here. Hum
boldt business men are about to start
| hfp brfcl p1a af of a.
chlnery is on the ground and it will be in
operation about July 10. The capacity at
the start is 70 be 100000 bricks annually
and orders for 100000 of these were given
by two Omaha material men who are with
| the party. Other orders are booked, so
that the plant will start with its first
years output more than sold.
At Dawson the business men came down
to meet the train, and a quarter Of an
hour was pleasantly spent. Falls City
| business men sent conveyances to the
depot and an hour was put in up town
very pleasantly while the band played a
street concert.
Salem and Shubert were visited, where
the reception Of the last two days was re-
peated and then the party drew up at
Nemaha for dinner.
One OF the features of the morning was
ItCtpllOH at IluHIOOiuti
where there was much interest in the
personality of Omahs's democratic mayor.
Many of the old-time democrats hunted
him up as the man to whom they wished
to pay respects At Dawson a farmer
left his team in a field near the track
when he came to the train and the team
ran away with a seh-blnder. When last
seen the outfit was still tearing across the
field.
The dinner al Nemaha exceeded anything
experienced on the journey. For bounte
BUSINESS II was beyond even the miraculous
feast OF the loaves and fishes, for ther,
was nearer twelve wagon-loads OF frag
ments at the close Of the meal than tina
many basketsful, while the variety include,
everything edible that could be Furnished
! by so rich and prosperous a region and al
= the many dainties dear to the housewifel,
heart. It was a treat rare indeed and wa
: enjoyed to the utmost by the hungry men
visit the Teachers.
After dinner some time was spent i'm Wis
. ting and exchanging greetings with tn
= Nemaha people, and then, under the guild
t ance of Colonel Thomas ]. Majors. tn
t party went to Brownville and Peru. A
e Peru a real surprise awaited the boosters
n They were marched mile up a dusty roa
the gymnasium and up the back stairs q
the new Normal school building. Emergin
on the stage they found themselves face I
n | face with 600 pretty young women. who ar
pupils at the summer school. Some youn
men were in the school, but they hardl
counted among the overshadowing majorit
of girls and young women. Here Colont
}, ! Majors made a few Introductory remark
It and presented in turn G. NJ. Hichcocl
i Mayor Dahlman, S. A. Searle and T. "
n Mccullough, who spoke eloquently an
i forcibly of the mission of the school ma am
and the Importance of the work they al
= engaged I'm. The students gave the part
: a rousing college veil and the school bar
= and quartet Joined with Husters band
i furnishing music.
y Dunbar Syracuse, Unadilla, Palmyra ar
y Bennett were visited. and the party rs
l. into Lincoln for supper. The party marcht
N from the train to the hotel, iangling the
\, bells and showing its enthusiasm. A T
ception was rendered at the rooms OF Il
lg Lincoln Commercial club. and shortly aft
ID 10 o'clock the party started for home.
IN An incident Of the trip occurred at Il
ID hotel Signs were stuck around the ROOF
I'VE Use the Independent Telephones"
to a trice these were removed and the bl,
bell Of the Nebraska company was hung
es amid the cheers Of the party.
ia A number OF Omaha business men join
ir the party at Lincoln and returned with d
r train.