Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-05-25
NEBRASKA TOWNS
GREET BOOSTERS
Cornhusker Delegations from Thriv-
ing Western Communities We'll
come Trade Excursionists.
LEAVE LONG PINE IN MORNING
Band and Reception Committee Meet
Special Train at Bassett.
BATTLE CREEK DOES ITS PART
Young Women of Town Receive
with Arms Full of Flowers.
ONE HOURS STOP AT NORFOLK
PIainVlew and Creighton Follow Next
in order, Both Turning Out
Enmasse with Glad Hands
of Welcome.
Band and Reception Committee Nee
Special Train at Bassett.
BATTLE CREEK DOES ITS PART
Young Women of Town Receive
with Arms Full of Flowers.
ONE HOURS STOP AT NORFOLK

CREIGHTON. Neb., May A.-(Special
Telegram )--One by ono the towns along
the line from Long Pine to Creighton have
done their stunts; all have received the
Omaha trade excursionsts with unusual
marks of friendship ard cooperation be-
tween tho farms and the great market
center on the eastern border has been the
spirit OF the day.
Leaving Long Pino decorated with Az
sar-Ben colors the train has pulled into
town after town where merchants had
made a special effort TO show how much
Omaha supplies, wholo window displays
being devoted to Omaha products and the
Boosters have decided to offer prize OF
S1O0 when they made their next trip for
the best window decorated with Omaha
mare goods. II this prize had been Of
! fered on,the present trip It would have been
with difficulty that tho judges decided,
but the town OF Johnstown would have
been In on the money
Bassett had the pleasure of pulling the
Boo sters out OF bed owing to a mistake of
time The porters were Instructed to wake
the Boosters at 5:4j Central time. but the
trainmen maintained Mountain time and It
was Gas before the pUrters began calling.
This made an embarrassing situation at
Bassett and ii was not urtil the chuckng
of hay press was heard and the playing
of a local band of unusual strength that
The Boosters realized people were waiting
TO drag them out OF bed School children
from the public and parochial schools of
O'Ncill formed the escort In that city and
the Omaha visitors passed between two
long lines TO the city where a iollification
lasting over half an hour was held while
NE Omaha band played patriotic Irish airs.
Young Women Give welcome.
Battle Creek had one of the pretty stunts
Of the trip and cheered the Boosters up on
long days work when twentv-one towns
were on the schedule. Young women in
white were the perception committee aua'
they met the train with their arms full OF
white carnations shipped to Battle Creek
for the occasion. Every Booster was given
at least two of the flowers and there were
enough to give each bouquet.
Arriving at Norfolk few minutes behind
time because a water tank rope broke the
siren whistle the party put on the big
march of the day and visited friends in that
city for more than an hour. The Norfolk
News. published by w. N Huse & Sons,
issued a special edition of the poper con-
tanning the Omaha news and a big boost
for the Boosters This edition was sent to
the train and every member OF the party
received a copy with the compliments of
the publishers. The paper was especially
welcome. containing it did the story of
the railroad rate meeting of the transporta-
tion Interests of Omaha and their decision
to act In the present situation.
Leaving Norfolk the party was met by
the entertainment committee of the Plain
view Commercial club. headed by o. Il.
Engler. president OF the Commercial club,
and Mayor A. b. Schoenauer. Other mem
bers of the committee were: f. w. Ebinger,
p ID. Corral, F. c. Holhert, Z. f. Boynes
and e. w. Barnes Plainview gave the
Omahans a cordial reception, then the
Creighton committee boarded the train. Dr
Z. c. johnson, mayor of Creighton, headed
the party. Others We're: w. II. Green, w
l.. Kirk p. j. Winters, r. NJ. Peyton, o
= IL Wertz and w a. Meserve, president OF
Nihe Creighton Commercial club 1t was q
genuine Creighton welcome which awaited
the Boosters at Creighton Mayor Johnson
J. +. Green, city attorney, and w. IL. Greer
Of the Creighton Liberal are all Creighton
university men and the yellow and blacl
were the colors with which the town wa'
decorated
"CrOw for Creighton"
At the committee meeting the Omahan:
wore badges Of the old college colors will
Grow for Creighton" and an American
rooster on q medallion, which held tn,
ribbons
Creighton is set on a hill, Up this In,
boosters climbed In automobiles provided
by the citizens and the moving pictur
show Is being given in big tent provde'
by the Creighton people for the purpose
whiie the Omaha band is playing German
Irish and American national airs to NEE
the needs OF q cosmopolitan population
While the Oniahans unloaded souvenir
the Creighton people had hundreds o
badges. reading. ~ bigger. better an
cleaner Creighton" the city slogan sine
ayor Johnson took his seat.
Word has just been received of wha
Dallas. S. D., Intends to do to the boost
ers when they return 10 South Dakot
tomorrow. This city has geninine oaI
becue planned and though the irain
scheduled to leave there at 10 o'clock to
morrow evening and arrive in Omaha q
S;S6 O'Clock Thursday morning, its is be
lieved something will be arranged TO kee
the rarty in Dallas all night.
General Manager Frank Walters OF tn
Forthwestern IL an enthusiast over th
RBonesteel and Rosebud country, whethe
he is In on the deal or not to havg tn
engines stolen or crippled Is not knowI
hlLe is looking wise and telling about tn
Wonderful resources OF the Rosebu
country.
InNite Editors.
STUART, Neb., May 2L-(Special Tel'
gram.) Enthusiastic over Nebraska an
realizing as never before the posslbilitlS
and room for settlers in the northwest se'
tion, the Omaha boosters today sent Ion
wire 10 the Nebraska Press associate
meeting IN Iincoln, inviting the editors
meet In Omaha next year and assist
working out a campaign for systematic az
/ vertisins and immigration work.
rhe trade exeursionlsts have found tia
One Sssson why South Dakota has bes
AnaAksy such rapid strides Is because ever
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