Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-05-27
Some Of Party Remains There for Day
While Others Go On.
FIRST OF STOPS IS AT BOULDER
Snow Capped Mountains for a Back
ground to View.
INTO THE IRRIGATED LANDS
Excursionists Given Most Cordial
Reception wherever they stop
and Find Many Bushes.
Friends.
CFrom a staff Correspondent

CF'rom a staff Correspondent
BERTHOUD, Colo. May 2.-(Special
Telegram. while travelling by rail and
in automobiles at each Colorado town, the
excursionists are seeing the state where
there we're but thlrty-five cloudy days last
year avi converting the business trip into
a pleasdef jaunt.
When the party awoke at Boulder Tues
day morning, some twenty members we're
missing. who stayed in Denver. where they
will Join the excursion tonight.
Street car and automobile rides at Boulder
showed the city to its best advantage.
Mayor c. A. Bradley and a reception COM
mittee met the party at Longmont and
the city, which has grown from 5000 -
1000 In four years, was viewed from auto
mobiles. A long drive through the valley,
with Longs peak and the snowy range
In the background, delighted the Omahans
no more than to have a dozen massive
residences pointed out by the mayor. the
pressed brick for which was made in
Omaha.
Running through the best agricultural
country in the centennial state. it developed
Tuesday that it was a genuine Omaha
trade territory. the number of personal
acquaintance who greeted the business
men surprising many.
Superintendent S. S. Norris Of the north
ern division OF the Colorado & Southern
had charge of the train. while George
Spauldng of the Colorado Telephone COM
pany met the representatives OF the Ne
braska Telephone company at Boulder and
announced that as soon as the train ran
into the station arrangements had been
made to connect every telephone on the
train with the toll lines Of the city.
Many COurtesies in Denver.
The toll lines will be used free OF charge
by all members of the party.
The reception committees from Greeley
and Fort Collins met the party and a large
committee from the Colorado Traffic club
of Denver greeted the omahans at Fort
Collins.
Nothing has pleased business men more
than the open and broad spirit of the
Denver business men. Governor Buchel
assured Omahans they would find II every
where. The general impression is that
Denver would help the omahans make
friends and get business IL necessary.
FORT MORGAN, Colo, May 26.-(Special
Telegram )-Governor Henry BuChtel of
Colorado welcomed the Omaha Trade
Boosters at Brush in the true. big-hearted
Colorado style. We want your city to
grow four times bis it is and want
our town to grow. We want Denver TO
grow. but people in Colorado are big and
broad and they want the metropolis of
sister state TO extend it's influence and
grow larger each year" Such was the
hearty welcome extended by the chief
executive of the state through which the
Omahans will travel for a day and half
I'VE are gratified to welcome you to Color
ado and the boundless west. the place
where you can ring for Omaha and use
/ ba pf ma the
scenery, as Mr.. Dooley says Come again.
come often and always be assured that we
will welcome you and do the best we can
to make you happy He then told of the
| progress of the Omaha wool market. Gov
ernor Ruchtel expressed qualification at the
way in which the two great states work
together. mo petty iealousies for u.s." he
said. I'VE take the broader view Of bust
ness life; we have our business, you have
yours. Send us an order at Bush for a
carload of sugar and we will fill it. Send
it to Fort Morgan, where you will stop
next. and they will fill II there. Send an
order for sugar to Denver and they viii
| sell you train load
A. W. Jeffries of Omaha responded TO the
addresses OF welcome at Brush and paid a
high tribute to the way In which Colorado
and the chief executive work for the de-
velopment Of the great transmissouri
/ country.
/ H G. Nelson and z. S. Madison of the
| Chamber Of Commerce and q. L Cudworth
and II. NJ. Rogers OF the Brush Commercial
1 club met the excursion at Akron. Presi-
dent G. z. Hosmer Of the Commercial club
/ of Fort Morgan. together with @. NJ An
| derson and w. s. Abbott extended the vel
I come Of Fort Morgan long before the train
reached the thriving city The first moving
! picture show, exhibiting scenes Of Omaha
| life, was given at Fort Morgan. and the
/ entire city turned out 10 greet the party.
| Regardless OF the fact that Wray Colo.
/ but a few days ago suffered a $4,000 fire
/ the town was in the best OF spirits and
I gave hearty welcome to the excuTsionists.
/ Yuma citizens prepared neat souvenir.
1 which bore the strange device. Denver is
\ too near Yuma 10 make a good city" The
/ train left Fort Morgan soon after o'clock
I and reached Denver at midnight. Not until
! Wednesday noon will it again enter Ne
/ braslIa-
After the first day Of success and beau
/ tiful weather the executive committee de-
/ cided to call the train the Prosperity
! Special" and the air seems charged with
/ good feeling and every stop brings new
hope for the future OF Omaha.