Omaha daily bee., 1909-03-18
MULTITUDES CONE THIS WAY
Large Number Of Conventions to Be
Held in West This Year.
OMAHA TO BE sToPOvER POINT
Eighteen Railroad Lines Have ARreed
on Rates Calculated 20 Draw
Travellers over Their Lines
90 the West.

Below il a list Of some Of the more Inn
pcrtant conventions to be held in the west
during the coming spring and summer. II
will give an idea Of tie immense business
that is destined to pass through the
Omaha gateway and for which the rail.
roads OF the west are making extensive
preparations.
As an outcome of the consideration of
reduced rates to the Seattle exposition
for the summer. ar understanding has
been reached between eighteen Of the
loading railroads OF the west. Chairman
Charlton Of the TransContinental Traffic
association will on Thursday announce low
rates to the ext. sitiou. with a hundred
varieties or routes from which to choose
Although no uniform rate was adopted, a
complete scheme Of excursion rates has
been practically agreed upon and will be
announced by the separate Tires.
The rate for the round trip from Omaha
to the Seattle exposition Is $50, with SIS
added for the ciIcuitous route via San
Francisco aud Los Angeles. These rates
will give a trip OF about 5000 miles and
will include stopovers at Denver. salt Lake
City. the Yellowstone park. the Seattle ex-
position and other points of interest. Large
numbers Of eastern school eachers who
plan to attend the annual meeting of the
National Education association ct Denver
will extcnd their trip on thc same ticket
TO include Yellowstone park and the Seat
tie exposition. The trip through the west
is looked upon as enc Of the most educa-
tional which may he taken by travellers
and the railroads are expecting an I'M
- $3.50 - II r...s-. ~. -arz
FOR this big business new trains will be
added, schedules changed ard q large
amount Of new equipment will be needed
Omaha will bc the Gate City in fact as
well as rame. for most of these travellers,
Realizing this. the railroads have decided
to grant stopovers in both directions on all
trough tickets.
Thirty gatherings Listed.
Following are the conventions listed up
o date that will be held in the west this
year:
Omaha-Women's Christian Temperance
union national convention; grand aerie
Fraternal order Eagles, September; Ma
tional Retail jewelers. association, August
International Printing Pressmen and AS
s~istant's union, June: National Corn asso-
citation. December.
Denvcr-Steam Engineers union, Asso-
citation of National Food and Dairy de-
partments: Transmlssissippi congress,
August; General Assembly Presbyterian
church, May; National Education associa-
ton, July; Modern Brotherhood OF
Of America.
Salt Lake City-American Wpman's Press
association. August; Grand Army Encamp-
ment of the United States.
Hot Spring, S.. D.-Order of Hoo Hoo.
Los Angeles-Order of Elks, July; Con-
vention of United States National Guards,
May.
Po~rtland-Funeral Directors associa-
ton. September; National Retail Grocers'
association, June; Northern Baptist asso-
clifton, June Rose festival, June.
Seattle-Alaska-Yukon exposition. June to
October-National Association Woman's
Suffrage, July; Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. September; Epworth league, July
National Park Superintendents, August
Convention OF Engine and Motor Boat
manufacturers Trans-Continental Passen-
ger association, June.
Spokane-National Irrigation congress,
/ National Education association.
Tacoma-United Spanish War Veterans.
San acknowledgements of Royal Ar
canum in May.