Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-04
ADAMS COUNTY CELEBRATES
Prosperous Empire Of Yt-Nuoo Smada
Will Hold Revels.
PARADEs AND CARNIVAL ON LIST
Next Week WIN Bring Great Fall
Festival to Mark One of Most
BOuntifuI Harvests of south
western Nebraska.

HASTINGS, Neb., oct. S.-(Special.)-
The prosperous empire of Yt-nuoc Smada
will turn from its business activities next
week and celebrate the most successful
season this section of the state has ever
had. 1t will take six days off for con-
tinuous jollification and it will have pa
rades, outdoor carnivals and divers other
amusements. Hastings will be the rem
devious of the funmakers and the royal
counselors bring in word that King Lart-
necs loyal subjects will be here en- masse.
Heralds from the imperial court have
proclaimed an elaborate set of attrac-
lions. There will be five big, glitterng
pageants, numerous outdoor entertain
ments and a grand coronation ball. Then
there will be a lot of serious exhibitions
OF native products-horse shows, poultry
shows, agricultural shows, etc. There will
be competitions in bread making and sew
ing and corn contests for boys of various
ages. N.-.
Celebrate Fine Yield.
Yt-nuoc Smada is Adams county spelled
backwards. 1t is proud Of the fact that
II is one of the best counties in the state,
in fact this year it yields to none For
many years the farms have produced
bountifully and this year in larger meas
ure than ever before. Early settlers here
remember that Adams county led a some
what precarious existence when II de-
| pended chiefly on corn, but since the farm
ers took to raising winter wheat the auto
| mobile business has been good and the
banks have had more money than they
could use. Merchants have prospered and
] the farmers themselves have been But to
some trouble to find investments for their
surplus cash. Nineteen ten has been a
great year, and that is why the people of
hastings organized the Central Nebraska
fall festival Adams county and its capt.
tai will put the project through, and they
expect people from over the central region
to take part in the fun.
| Within two or three days after the enter
prise. was formally launched the people of
Hastings raised $500 for free entertain
ments; then they raised $500 more for
prizes and premiums to be given for the
best exhibits in the shows. Everything
will be free during the week except merry
go-rounds and the side shows and the coro-
nation ball. There will be no charge for
entering products in the prize competitions
The court ball will take place in the
] magnificent amusement hall at Ingleside
! asylum. Governor Shallenberger and his
| military staff will be there. The king and
| queen will be crowned and after that cere-
mony the big floor will be cleared for dan
| cling. The event will take place on the
night of October a.
One OF the most elaborate features OF the
entire week will be the decorated auto.
mobile parade Tuesday afternoon, October
IL. Hastings boasts of having more auto.
mobiles than any other city of its size In
the country and for every car owned III
Hastings there is a car and a third in tht
county outside of Hastings, about 800 alto
gether. 1t is expected that about half o.
them will be in che parade and all will b,
decorated with flowers and autumn foliage
one Hastings store shipped in carload o
decorations for motor cars and they hav,
been going at the rate of from S25 to So
per car. There will be prizes for city car
and prizes for country cars.
Parade of Farmers.
on Wednesday there will be a parade O
farmers, with floats decorated with farm
products. Lodges and clubs will have
parade on Thursday and a procession o
industrial floats will take place on Friday
The series of parades will find fifth,
climax in the procession of travelling mel
on Saturday, the closing day of the fal
festival over 800 travelling statesmen cal
Hastings their home and nearly all of then
wis hmany visitors will be in line Prize
will be given for each event
Thursday has been designated as German
day. The Grand Island Idederkranz ha
already accepted an invitation to be her
that day and a number of other German
societies over the state are expected TIL
societies will give a concert in the evenin
and there will be speaking in German.
During the week a number of candidate
for state offices will invade Hastings an
. make speeches
! Everybody connected with the undertak
! ing is bending every effort to make il sun
4 pass the memorable street fair of eleve
years ago. Hastings was the pioneer
\ that line of entertainment and it set
r pace that will be hard to equal, but III
managers believe that the incoming affa
will be of even greater Importance. Oman
business men helped materially in maxim
. the street fair success, for they cam
: in a special train and entered into II
: celebration with the right spirit.
$ The fall festival will be presided ovC
S by II. e. Stein, president; A. A. Len
= bach, vice president; John Wycoff, treai
: urer; win S. Trites, secretary.