Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-19
EXHIBIT INTERESTS
Farmers in Large Numbers View the
Latest Devices TO Save Labor.
AMUSEMENT FEATURES PLEASE
Trained Seals Interest Both Young
and Old with Their Antics.
BEE TRAINER IS FEARLESS
Enters the hive of the Angry Bees
and There subdues Them by
Kindness and Comes out
In safety.

Wednesday was the banner day at the
Omaha Land show and while there were
no special events on the day program
there was an immense crowd IN attend
ancc. Instead OF waiting until afternoon
the people took advantage OF the early
morning hours and many were ~ the
sates before Q O'Clock An hour later
tho street cars began to discharge their
loads az the Twentieth street entrance
and by noon there was a jam
In the afternoon the crowd was much
greater than during the morning. Trains
from out IN the state and from Iowa
brought large crowds OF farmers and
their wives. With them tho special at
traction was Machinery hall where crit
loally they inspected the latest things in
agricultural and horticultural devices
The dairy machinery exhibits came IN
for large share OF the attention, as
we'll as those things intended TO aid in
the raising and care Of poultry.
In the main building the admiring
throngs wended their way through the
aisies, seeking information relative TO the
raising Of fruit. endless quantities Of
which arc on display In the galleries
Green's band and the Hawaiian singers
entertained, alternating in furnishing
music There were several performances
given by the seal circus, while Prof
odell three times during the afternoon
entered the cage that was filled with
angry bees and by kind treatment brought
them under subsection.
In the evening the members OF the
Omaha Ad club, the retail merchants and
their clerks to tho number OF nearly
I 4 ssfg 80 -.
entertained The Ad club band. the Ka-
ZOOS, furnished some of the music which
while not classical was OF a variety that
pleased all
Being universally night the students OF
the University of Omaha attended In
large numbers, stirring up things with
their college yells and presence all over
the building. In one OF the tents a party
OF tho university boys put on burlesque
foot ball game that drew a fun house
Mrs. c. A. Mcpougall has arrived from
Idaho and is now making her headauAr-
ters at the Coliseum, where she is as
sisting in singing the praises Of the state
from which she comes.
Mrs. McDougall was not always a resi-
dent OF Idaho She located. there three
years ago and after having lived in Ne
braska for twenty-five years, residing in
Friend and Lincoln. She is and always
has been a booster for the Land show
In fact, she was the first one TO secure
space Tor an exhibit at the present show
She happened TO be in Omaha the day
when the space plat was opened and
being at the office OF the management
remarked
Idaho wants TO be at that show, for
It is going 20 be a good one and will re-
suit in great good in the way OF develop
ing the country"
Without more ado. she took a pencil
and marked a cross on the space where
the Idaho exhibit now stands. Returning
TO her home state, she laid the matter
before her people and Il was given
hearty approval. with the result that all
hands went TO work and now Idaho has
one OF the largest and most attractive
as we'll as comprehensive exhibits IN the
building,