Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-25
oLsTERS LANE EES HERE
Omaha Hotels Crowded with Men
Who Till the Soil.
OWNERS OF ENORMOUS FLOCKs
wyoming. Colorado, Utah aud Idaho
Are All Boosted By the Men who
Are Making Good Money
in the West.

here was time not 30 very many years
aso when the first-class hotels. not only
or Omaha but every other city OF the
west looked 10 the commercial travellers
railroad officials. Hfe insurance magnatea
bankers and others Of the high-brow class
for patronage. In those days not once a
year was the name Of farmer ever In
scribed upon the register OF any hotel
whore the rates ran more than 81 a day.
But time and circumstances have wrought
an Alladin-iike inetamorthosis. and now
tho travelling salesman with tho big ex-
p.,nse account, the railroad official and
others or that type must be ON the alert
when they arrive In any Of the western
cities-nust be very alert In fact or they
viii find that all the rooms in their favor
lite hotel have been engaged by farmers
stock raisers. fruit growers OF others OF
allied interests
The wonderful development OF the west
OF which Omaha ls chief gateway. IL re-
sponsble Tor this remarkable change. The
farmer is prosperous borrowing from
pastoral slang, ne Is now feeling his
oats He has the price to pay for first
class accommodations when he a-vsitIng
soes. and no doesn't hesitate to spend the
i1Oney. He has dug his prosperity from
The soil-then who shall gainsay his right
b, enjoy the best the earth affords?
he call OF the west was never 80 pro-
nounced as now" said Charles Neff Of
Fort Collins. Colo. who. with Mrs Neff
was registered at the Henshaw Sunday
out IN our country everybody Is prosper
Gus and energetio-perhaps the energy has
something 70 do with the prosperity, but
at the same time we must consider that
there is no more fertile land in the world
than that which lies tributary to Fort
Collins where Is located the Colorado State
Agricultural college. The entire west is
growtng nicely-no. boom presaging early
decay, but sane stable, permanent
growth"
Idaho is wonderful state. said Charles
Feagins OF Blackfoot, as he strolled out
of the Henshaw Sunday afternoon for
spin about town IN big red automobile.
I'VE raise almost everything but diamonds,
and am not quite sure that some fellow
with pick and shovel will not come along
some day and discover diamond mine
But, seriously Idaho is In a most pros
porous condition all the way through
fruit. live stock. general agricultural and
minerals. not to mention the big timber
upon Idaho primarily, as a mineral state
but the fact IL the agricultural production
far outreaches the mineral output in money
value. and yet the development has just
begun II the young farmers of the worm
out eastern states could only have a cor
rect realization Of the wonderful oppor-
tunities our state presents every train
bound 1dahowards would be taxed to its
capacity"
w A Porter OF Boise City. Idaho, was
al the Paxton Sunday. 'You just ought
20 see how Boise. is growing" sad Mr.
Porter. why, man we have buildings
there that would do credit TO Omaha's
Farnam street. and new industries are
coming in at rapid rate The reason for
the growth Of the city; that is. one of the
prime reasons, is the fact that we have a
fine country surrounding. once In a while
. city il built on a desert, but not often
our city has wonderfully rich region for
It's support In fact the entire state OF
Idaho is coming to the front rapidly"
Wyoming was also fairly we'll represented
in Omaha yesterday Besides the usual
delegation always 70 be found in the lobby
OF the Merchants. made popular with
westerners by Bin Cody in his palmy days.
c. c. Raglan OF Sheridan and Charles
Gemme. Lew Gemphe and william Bishop
of Gillette were registered At the Paxton.