Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-12-16
ArTEMDANcE.

GrHin dealers. railroad men. students At
Anes, Lincoln and BrDoEinEE. S. d: the
high officers Of the Degree q Honor
lodges Of PlsttsrDouth and more people
from out over the state thEn usual saw
the National Corn exposition Tuesday.
wrle the directors and executive commit
tee. together with others from ths Com
msrciEl club. visited the National H0rti-
cultural congress a. Council Bluffk
Forecasts Of EttsndEnce generally far
oversboOt the mark. but tins aid not hHF-
pen with respect 10 Grain Dealers day OF
the National Corn exposition Perhaps
fewer came from one or two large cities
than had been looked for. but this WAS
more than mace I'd Try the responses IN
person to the iuv1tation uf the Omaha
Grain exchange on the par1 OF hundreds O.
grain dealers from scores nf Email towns
throughout the mode west. The offcial
register had II fact almost as many names
rs q postal directory
One hundred and fifty strong, the Chs
cREo Beard uf grsde and I1inuis Gs1in
Dealers EssociRrtuu reTreserrzztrss. A.
rived al $50 Tuesday morning. and q IfttlE
lHlsr fifty men frum ths Merchants ex-
change OF 81 Louis came IN Kansas Cts
Bent fully as many, and there were Dsar1s
q suDre from Mlwaukss ans Minneapolis
with scattering deleEHtinns fran Columbus
Cincinnati. Louisville and Indiznap0liA- Al
the head Of the ChicREPEnE were p. NJ
Bunch. chairman Of tine dslegs1ion anC
Second Woe President OF the Board JEmss
I Bradley. The Illinois Gram Dealers as
soCiEriun furnished q large phTI uf the
/ crowd on the special and Al the head Di
TINS secriun were Secretary s. W Err0uE
and President Z N. Wayne Wayne and
] ". G. WRrtleE. president Of the Cuahs
Grain exchange. were hunting fer each
other and met prumprly. They used 10
piHF hockey tuEsther from the public
schools Of C-ruI. Ia.
Kansas City DeReEmrsoM-
W. c. Gaffe is chairman u the Kansas
! CRY delegation Accompanying hirn were
p G. CrUwen. fi-st vice p-esi6sat uf the
board, and Secretary z d Rigelgw. Pres
ideut Edward Dewey mEzs1lRled the ST.
Louis hust, with able colleagues IN the
person q Manning W. Cochr@ne. shairrnsn
Z OF the dsleERriuEl and Secretary George H
Morgan President TiedenEn of Sioux CITY
and Secretary George A. Wells Of Des
Mai1ss Jed the swarm Of members Of the
Western Grain Dealers association present
G II KEist was one uf the Columbus men
present and among ths MlEEukssanE a.
hand were a. X Taylor. p. p D0nohus
and NJ J. Rankin
A fair proportion q grain men attending
the rscepti3n given by the OnahR sx-
change first registered and were then
given the Omaha keys of the ComrnsruiEl
club Then they passed Uut 0ntp the floor
q the piI End perhaps uns or rive easi
fururs Elanos Al the quotations which
were being marked ~ on the EreEf black
hoard. Cfticers and members nf Lhs O,usHhs
Grain exchange chEr1s1 with them and
led them 10 the further CORNER q fss room
where punch bowl SAT IN a bower 0.
roses and carnations.
There was no progrEm curing the morn
ms. Pleasant conversation VIVA FurDbstly
found more EEresahls than set Ez.sssehs.
by the visitors. Whn. however listened q
some serious addresses IN the Afternoon
after many q them had Iunrhed a. ths
Commercial club ur had been taken q sai
in one or other q the hEn6sums rnfss Q.
TIE city The program q rhs Ertsrnooz
was given IN the concert or exposition
auditorium Of the National Curn show GnI
dsal1 with The eKDesdinEly vital Questio1
o. aatE. Those speaking were 7 r. Gar
Ten, The famous English breeder. J c
Murray. expert o. the Quaker 0ata com.
pEug. and Prof L N. Bowman q Anea
who iE 10 Oats EhEi Holden is 10 eurn.
Tns Northwestern and Omaha railroads
mace TUESDAY their day also and Aorn.
thtrrF OF forty officials q both roads. 70
getter via general agents. division Eurer
Inrendeurs O. Iowa ana NeuraEkn lines. be
sldss local officials headed the dsleEariou
The Nurrhwes1srn officials arrived earl
and VII E-Ey unrl lE-a. Among those !,
the rarE~ Widch visited The show we're.
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