Omaha daily bee., 1910-06-26
BOOSTERS FAN CIVIC SPARK
Six Hundred of Them Shout for
Omaha at Auditorium.
TELL OF EXCURSION
II. II. BaldriEe, A. w. Jefferis,
w. 5. wright, r. i. ElIick and
Mayor DahIman on Toast
List.
Boostl Boost Boost!
Who Shall2 We Shall,
Omaha CONNER Shall
Cl1bt Cluhf EnfhI

SluD4 OluDt NluD4
Only one small WORD. out OF the many
thousands In the English vocabulary. car
rled any weight at the banquet last night
at the Auditorium, and that one small word
was Boost" Six hundred strong, with a
large delegation Of late-comers, the Omaha
Commercial Club Boosters sat down to a
banquet, during which every spark of civic
pride in Omaha was famed into flame. The
banquet itself was one colossal boost"
and more than one prominent citizen"
will go about today with hoarse voice and
a sore throat as a result of ''whoopin FER
up for Omaha"
Primarily the banquet was to arouse to
a still greater pitch of enthusiasm the
boosting spirit OF Omaha, Secondarily, 1t
was to give the members Of the 1910 trade
excursion an opportunity to show what they
had accomplished. They did so, and they
did 1t we'll.
The Boosters band was much in evidence,
occupying q stage at the east end of the
Auditorium. The music was the kind that
makes everyone want to sing. Nearly
| everyone did, after a fashion. AS the
| speakers filed to their seats at the raised
table along the side of the hall the band
pealed forth, but was nearly drowned out
by a cheer that would have done credit
| to a bunch of college lads at foot ball
game.
Had there been nothing but the dinner,
everyone would have been satisfied. The
menu, which is too long to give in detail,
consisted Of everything hungry man could
WISH from cocktail to cigars. The hall was
decorated mainly with the stars and stripes
but the banqueters were so busy taking in
what was going on around them that the
unimportant detail of decorations made lit
tie difference.
Rev. T. ]. Mackay offered the invocation
at the opening Of the feast. David Cole,
chairman, then introduced Ward M Bur-
| CESS postmaster, who was greeted with
| whats the matter with Burgess? He's
all right" Mr.. Burgess started the boost
ing by pointing out a few facts on Omaha s
greatness. From the size of this audi
ence" he said, ut IL evident that the Com
mercial club has outgrown its quarters. 1t
is up to the location committee to get busy
without delay"
Howard H. Baldrige, fire. speaker, chair
man OF the Commercial club executive COM
mittee and legal representative of the club
for six years, spoke on TRADE Excursion.
The gathering he described as a tribute to
the Commercial club of Omaha. Mr.. Bald
rige told what a trade excursion was and
went back to the time the idea originated
in Omaha twenty years ago. He told how
the trip was made to the Pacific coast in
! 1907, to Colorado in 1905, through Iowa in
1909 and through the Dakotas in 1910; how
other cities first spoke sarcastically of the
idea, but later fell in line and started excur-
sions Of their own; how trade cannot be
successfully built up without friendship and
good fellowship.
official Orator Talks.
A Jefferis official orator for the
Boosters, began by designating Omaha as a
city in class by ITSELF" He said: 81
! believe there Is no city in the country
which, although having greater popula-
ton, has a greater number OF men OF
, patriotic mould and temperament than the
city Of Omaha; men who forget themselves
J and work shoulder to shoulder, hand In
hand, for the advancement of the common
cause. While we recognize other states
. and look up with pride to the starry ban
ner of our nation, we recognize only one
; city-Omaha-
w. S. Wright author of the trade eX
! cursion idea, was called upon for a brie
I address not down on the program. Thu
a first thing he did was to read telegram
blaming it on Chief Yellow Horse, bring
e ing greetings from the wilds of Nebraska
He praised the aggressive, boosting spiri
AASNl
. it going, gentlemen; it's the best thint
. you've got. 1 hope you make the sam'
9 record in the next twenty years you hav'
! in the last twenty years"
Moving Pictures.
= life on Trade Excursion" illustrate
! by Louis Bostwick, was the topic of a dis
h cussion by F. l. Ellck The Views Shove
Omaha parks, boulevards, railway sta
y lions, street scenes, Ak-Sar-Ben militar
d parade, fire department in action an
: numerous views of the Boosters specii
:, and scenes of the trip.
z Mayor Dahlman was the last speaker. hi
! subject being Boosting" Wherever
n citizen of Omaha goes" said the mayor
n "he does not feel that he has to take
o back seat. and always is willing to sin
o the praises of his home town. 1 am SUI
there are many in this audience who al
= willing to Join the Commercial club, whic
needs the combined efforts of all loyi
l. citizens 10 bring the best results. 7
: those who are not members 1 extend a
s invitation, on behalf OF the club, TO ser
: in applications and become members"
: To close the program Frank T. b. MART
exhibited the moving pictures of the 10
e trip.