Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-22
ENTERTAINING AND EDIFYING
Object is to Point Out Great 0ppor-
tunities that Lie in West.
PROVIDE EXCELLENT FEATURES
Ferullo's Famous italian Band Will
Give Concerts Second Week.
SPECIAL STATE DAYS ARE HELD
BESIDES Musical Fentures aud Vaude-
VILE stunts Many New Things
Are In store for visitors
from Now TIL Close.

The first week OF the second Omaha
Land Show of the Western Land Prod
ucts Exhibit has passed into history and
it success has exceeded the fondest am
ticipations of the men who are behind
IT, The exhibits have been better than
had been expected and the attendance
has been entirely satisfactory.
Both exhibits and attendance have
demonstrated conclusively that the an
nual Land Show for Omaha Is to become
fixture, not because It is designed TO
be made money-mRber, but for the
reason that In the future. as In the past,
| Il Is to be one of the greatest educational
factors in getting the people back to and
nearer the land, millions Of broad acres
Of which remain unoultvated in Ne
braslSa and the nelghboring states. and
all of which would produce abundantly
IL but settled and brought under a state
OF cultivation.
At the Land Show lectures during tho
last week time and again It has been
stated by land experts and agItculturists
who have given the subject close atten-
ton that here in Nebraska alone a pop
ulation OF 5o,OOo0Oo or moro could live
and become wealthy, II correct methods
were employed and the soil conserved
and the present system OF robbing ma
ture stopped. 1t is for the purpose OF
bringing about such methods as these
men have advocated that the Omaha
Land Show ia being held and to con
vince the man who is seeking a rural
home that conditions for acquiring the
same are far better m Nebraska and the
states to the west than in Canada. under
q foreign flag, and in the territory lying
along the Gulf OF Mexico and the repub--
lie TO the south and west.
Fine Lectures Heard.
| During the last week timely lectures
have been given upon timely topics rc-
lating 20 the farm, the ranch and the
orchard, and all OK the many farmers
who have listened TO these talks and the
illustrated travelogues have returned TO
their homes feeling that they have been
greatly benefited by the information re-
oeived from first hands, given by men
who have devoted the best years OF
their lives TO a scientific study of better
agricultural and horticultural ways than
those pursued by their forefathers.
The exhibits on display represent every
section OF the country between the Mis-
souri, river and the Pacific coast. and
from the Canadian border. south to the
central portion Of Kansas; and they are
not exhibits raised for show purposes. but
instead. those gathered from orchard and
field during the past few months. fur
nishlng conclusive proof as TO what each
section represented has been doing dur
ing the present year.
! In Machinery hall, manufacturers and
/ AL hax ne
most comprehensive kinds, those that are
practical and in everyday use upon the
farm and the ranch, and daily they are
giving demonstrations OF the practicabii-
ity OF their machines. thus putting the
farmers in touch with the newest and
the best things that are upon the mar
ket.
Great Amusement Features.
| AS to the amusement features OF the
Land show. they have been Of a par
excellence character. There has been
music OF the highest class Many times
each day the Hawaiian quintet has given
concerts which. II put on in theater or
| opera house. could not be listened to at
a price less than 81 per concert. In addl-
ton, there has been the seal circus, a
regular 8-cent show. Then. too, there
has been the Concordla Singing society,
whose regular concert prices are 81.
There have been the historical panorama,
the moving pictures and, TO visit every
thing but one prices cents-has been
charged.
The coming week promises better things
| than the week Just closed. All Of the at
fractions OF last week will be seen at