Omaha daily bee., 1910-10-23
TRADE BOOSTERS ARE READY
Train Leaves for Northeastern Ne.
braska Monday Evening.
TRADE BOOKLET Is A GEM
Omsha 20 Extcnd Greetings 20 All the
DweIiers Along the Route Trav-
eIed by the Trade EH-
curHtoniats.

I An enormous amount Of detail work is be-
( ing rapidly concluded at the Commercial
club FOR the 1910 trade trip which starts
Monday at y. m. SO many features are In
/ troduced that the mere quantity Of arrange
ments to be made ana things TO be seen
to becomes q herculean task as the TRIP
drawns near
The 1910 trade trip booklet is Just back
from the printers and IL is Tar and away
the handsOmest ever p.oduced FOR al oc'
CASTOR OF this kind. The cover shows
factories and warehouse buildings in olacb
outlines printed OH a bronze back ground
while the smoke Of the chimneys arises IN
blush grey hue.
The layout OF representative buildings
and pictures Of the cNcursionists is more
artistic and less formal than ever before
and the introduction Is also noteworthy
This reads as follows:
Omaha gives you greeting, and asks ina
you come 20 visit with her IL oIters yov
the welcome OF a city born OF the Wesl
and nurtured in that spirit Of hospitality
that knows no boundaries. IT offers you
the advantages Of all that modern metho1s
In commerce and industry can do 70 taGlll-
tween men, and TO serve society while sup
plying its daily needs. Omaha Is mooeIn
CITY IN every way Il mas eNeIytnIn ,s .i' ~
service to the people who depend on H. lis
citizenship is OF the highest type energeuc
sR ior and RSTs P2odSes ~ ths territory
surrounding; its packing houses afford ec- -
| comodstions for its live stock; its jobbers
can supply the retailers; and It's factories
furnish the finished goods ready for the
consumer; its banks will serve the neeos
for ample funds TO carry on all the ousi-
| ness and its hotels will luxunously house
its visitors. Its schools and churches are
splenoidly equipped TO minister 70 man
intellectual and spiritual wants and the
/ social n
makes pleasant the stay Of every sojourneI
! within its gates. Omaha seeks closer ano
asks all to come and see and be con-
! WINGED. That is why we are with you.
Cowbeus to Ring.
Twenty thousand cowbells have been
sent to the club and are ready to be put
on board the special train. From the prin-
ter have also come handsome menu cards
which indicate that the travellers will be
well fed enroute. Arrangements are also
complete for setting up OF poles and can
vas for the nightly moving picture shows
which are TO be given at Fremont Ponca,
Bloomfield and Blair by F. A. Van Husan
! ir.. of the LaEmmle film service. What
are sometimes called "tonsorial artists
have been engaged for the trip.
The famed siren whistle of the club has
been oiled up for most vOciferous toots
and Major Wilcox is busy measuring the
! head OF each booster to fit him with a white
felt hat. As-Sar-Ben umbrellas will be
given each man and conspicuous badges
felt hat. Ak-Sar-Ben umbrellas will be
seen at night as we'll as daytime because
arrangements are being made for flood
OF light at every nocturnal stopping place
| The Nebraska Telephone company has
given the usual thirty telephones and a
special switchboard for use on the train
and a telephone will be placed in every
compartment.
Other things done in behalf OF the trir
include the clearing Of the great Omaha
transparency, the fitting up Of q sixty-foot
dynamo baggage car with racks for the
innumerable pieces Of baggage, securing OF
trade extension stationery and furnishing
OF handbags for private advertising matter
| The club desires TO call attention TO the
fact that the train will leave Union station
Monday night at o'clock and will return
Friday night at $3.50 o'clock, arriving at the
Webster street station.