Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-18
SEEKERS FLOCK WEST
Largest Number in Years Will Pass
Through Omaha Tuesday.
MANY GO TO BIG HORN BASIN
Eager TO Get In on Twelve Thou
sand Acres of Irrigated Land
TO he Opened by the Cow


Tuesday will be the banner day for this
year or for several years in the move
ment OF land seekers through the Omaha
gateway. 1t is regular homeseekers' day
when the railroads have put reduced rates
into effect and several causes will lend
toward making the movement heavy.
There will be an especially large run OF
land buyers to the Big Horn basin country,
the business being stimulated by the an
! nouncement that the government would
open 12.ooO acres of irrigated land for set
Element May %. This land is near Powell
and Garland. under a government ditch
and indications are that all the best land
in the tract will be taken up on the first
day.
The Payne Investment company has ar
ranged to take over 100 prospective buyers
to the North Platte valley country on the
Burlington under the Erie state canal
stifman and Hackett have also arranged
TO take a large party 10 Mexico, where
a large tract of land is offered for sale
in the Yaqui valley along the new Harri.
man line into Mexico.
The entire country seems to be land
crazy and hordes Of people are flocking to
all sections of the west to secure homes
while the prices Of lands are still reason
able.
Omaha Road Changes Times.
The Omaha road has changed the run.
ming time of its trains to correspond with
other changes which have been made al
the Omaha gateway. The train from Min
neapolis will arrive at 7:05 instead of
a. m, to permit passengers to catch the
Overland Limited to the west. The even
ing train viii leave Omaha at I instead
of SIS, and the second evening train will
leave Omaha at 8 p. m, the same as now
but will arrive at Minneapolis at $50 a
M, half an hour earlier than now.
X for shriners.
In honor of the famous Tangier Arab
Patrol. the Illinois Central Railroad COM
pany has issued a special souvenir book
let of eight pages setting forth the merits
of the Omaha Patrol and telling some
thing Of the fun the gentlemen will have
when they go to Louisville June 5 to at
tend the imperial council session. The
Illinois Central has been selected as the
official route. Beside the patrol the COM
pany will take a special Pullman for the
accommodation Of Shriners and their
wives, as we'll as a car for the twenty-five
piece band which will accompany the
Omahans. The patrol from Omaha will
participate In the parade June Z and will
be headed by their own band.
Railway Notes and Personals.
c. <. Fuller, superintendent of motive
power and machinery of the Union Pacific,
has gone to Minneapolis.
W. c. McKewn of Cheyenne. superinten-
dent OF the Wyoming division of the Union
Pacific, is a guest at the Paxton.
William INLAND of Cheyenne, superinten.
dent of motive power and machinery Of
I the Union Pacific for the Wyoming d.
vision, is at the Paxton.
The Burlington has been declared the Of
fetal route for the South Dakota veterans
who go to Salt Lake, City to attend the
Grand Army of the Republic encampment.
Z. r. Reynolds has been appointed gen.
eral baggage agent of the Great Western,
with headquarters at Chicago, and ID.
Menzie has been appointed superintendent
of dining car service, with headquarters
at Chicago. Both these gentlemen succeed
q. T. Spilman. retired.