Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-15
Samson Shows
Boosters Good
Time at Den
Splendid Crowd Present to Take Part
in Proceedings and Enjoy
Speeches.

Boosters held the center of the stage al
the den Monday night and we're put
through the various stunts to the delight
of what was announced as one OF the
largest crowds which ever gathered at an
Ak-Sar-Ben initiation. Clark Colt prom
Used to be as good a booster for Ak-Sar-Beh
as he was on the-trade excursion and Ty.
Belt and Joe Kelly and many others swore
allegiance to the king.
After the i~nitiatory part OF the program,
which went as smooth as a CREASED pig,
and several short talks had been made,
moving pictures were thrown on The
screen. First the pictures shown to the
people Of Iowa where night stops were
made on the boosters trip, and second a
series Of moving pictures taken at the va
rious towns where stops were made by
the boosters. They gave a splendid idea
OF the way the gospel of Omaha was spread
broadcast over northwestern Iowa, and
showed the way the people turned out by
the thousands to give Omaha's boosters a
royal welcome.
Grand Mutt Herring announced that the
paid membership last night was 7Sl, or
more than 1t ever was before at this time
Of the year. Next Monday night the Of
ficers Of the grand aerie of the Eagles
will be entertained at the den, as will also
delegates to the annual meeting of the
Printing Pressmen and Assistants union.
The grand mufti gave a splendid talk on
What is a Booster"
W.. f. Fischel, a banker OF Dow City, Ia,
who headed a delegation Of twenty-three
from that city. spoke we'll Of the boosters
and their visit to that city. He also took
occasion to boost for Dow City a little,
saving that il does more business than
any town of its size In Iowa.
]. M. Guild. commissioner OF the Omaha
Commercial club. said he had never gone
out from Omaha with a harder working
bunch of boosters than on the last trip.
I'VE stopped at III towns in six days, or
about twenty a day. said Mr.. Guild. w
went out to entertain and not to accept
entertainment, and we aimed to set such
a pace that any booster crowd coming
afterwards would have hard work to fol-
low. 49,
Mr.. Guild told of an item In a news
paper at Cedar Rapids. That town had
sent out some boosters and they got In
the track of the Omaha boosters. They
were sorry for II because they were
laughed at in comparison with the great
showing made by the Omaha boosters.
IT think 1 can truthfulIy say that this
very order of Ak-sar-Ben wa in a large
measure responsible for my coming to
Omaha" said DR.. J. M. Kersey, pastor of
the First Christian church, when called
upon by the grand multi, When the
committee from Omaha called In the south
to invite me to come to Omaha to preach,
one of the first things the committee told
about was this very order of Ak-Sar-Ben.
l got the impression from they said
that this was a crowd that did things, and
/ would not live In a city where they do
not do things. I Immediately wanted to
come to a city where they believed in
what they said.
"A man who could not enjoy this enter
tainment tonight would surely be hard to
please and would be lacking in some of
the red corpusles which are needed In the
blood. He would surely be hard TO enter
tain. When 1 moved to Omaha I took the
oath Of allegiance to omaha and Nebraska,
and / now take the oath Of allegiance to
Ak-Sar-Ben."