Omaha daily bee., 1909-02-14
TWENTY IN OMAHA
Hayden Bros. Will Celebrate Twenty
Second Anniversary Wednesday.
GIANT ENTERPRISE STILL GROWS
From small B~eginnsns Omaha Firm
Has spread out UntiI ~ is Rec
ognIsed a. one Of the Lead
ers In the West.

The beautiful corn fields of Nebraska
appealed to me more than gold mines
Thus has Joseph Hayden often remarked
when telling Of the way he and his
brothers happened to come to omahe twen-
ty-two years ago. Wednesday Hayden
Bros. will have been in business In Omaha
for twenty-five years and during that time
they rave prospered and their business
has grown until one wonders where the
business can com from to support such a
gigantic institution.
A small thirty-three-foot front store. 100
feet deep and three stories high. just north
OF the alley between Douglas and Dodge
streets on Sixteenth street, was the in
dustrial home Of this firm when It came to
Omaha twenty-five years ago, but time
and Omaha has dealt kindly with the Hay
den brothers and they now have a monster
establishment, with three and one-half
acres of floor space, housing sixty-seven
complete departments, each carrying q full
line Of goods of each specific class.
The old store was big enough for the
business for just one year and then add
tional space was necessary. The structure
on Sixteenth and Dodge streets was built
for them and three years later they them
selves built the building on Dodge street
adjoining on the west. Ten years after the
start they built still another building adj
joining the new structure on the west. Two
years ago Hayden Bros. built the large
building. practically seven stories high,
facing on Douglas street between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth streets, and this was
Joined to all the other buildings by a SUBJ
way under the alley, making all these
buildings into one huge retail store.
Two years ago a bank was added to the
other business OF the firm and. although
starting out in a modest way, the bank
now has 15.O0 depositors and Is recognized
as one OF the sound financial institutions OF
the state.
Recognising the advantages to be gained
by being among the first In the field In the
glorious west. which is developing so rap
idly. the Haydens added a large iobbinx
house TO their business and the firm now
not only has travelling men scattered all
over the west selling dry goods and no
tons, but also has a force Of men through
the west selling pianos from its piano job
bling house.
Try Hayden's first is the slogan of this
firm and one has to stand near the entrance
OF the store but a few minutes to realize
that the people OF Omaha believe that ls
the proper thing to do. Thousands pass
the threshold OF the store each day and
NS AhNCiAOi q NSTaldDle DeenlNe at all
times.
Joseph, Edward and William Hayden
originally came from Columbus, Wis. They
located in Chicago first. but did not secure
a sood location. and as they had difficulty
in getting another decided to locate in
Omaha, and here for the last twenty-five
years they have been recognised among the
leading citizens of the city.
II hard work is entitled TO its reward the
Hayden brothers are surely entitled to
whatever success has been melted out to
them by the good goddess Fortuna. No
clerk gets to the store ahead of the mem
bers OF the firm and they are the last to
leave in the evening, all being most per-
sistent workers. Joseph and Edward Hay
cen Will be found at their place OF business
wednesday receiving congratulations on the
of their anniversary. william Hay
den Is on an extensive vacation trip in
south America and he writes from every
port that he is having a splendid time.