Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-13
NOW UP TO MANUFACTURERS
Know Omaha Better" Show Not
Yet Decided Upon.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE GETS BUSY
Display and Minister. of the
City Arc Willing to
Help.

Whether big municipal show will b
given In the Auditorium as a feature Of
the Know Omaha Better campaign In
angursted by Manager Parrish Of tho
Commercial club publicity bureau and sci
for June 5 to S has been left practically
TO the manufacturers Of the city.
The special show committee. consisting
Of A. s. Borglum. Charles E puffie and
T. B. Coleman. has sent 800 letters 10
manufacturers. asking IL they desire the
show held along with the window dis
In BY Monday noon. when the committee
viii decide whether or not to so on with
plans for the municipal show
The committee estimates the cost Of the
show at si.sN. To raise the money II
win be necessary to sell space in the
Auditorium. Forty spaces are available
and are being offered at so each. The
committee gives out the statement that
the show IL not planned to make money.
In fact the desire is 10 get enough money
70 produce H.
II the show Is held. II will eonsist Of all
manner Of exhibits outside those of the
manufactured. The schools and public
institutions Of the city will be asked TO
display work. The police department will
be requested to display the Bertilion sys-
TEN OF detecting criminals and other
features Of the show will be along similar
lines Of interest.
Plans Being worked ost.
a.. IL L.N..
worked out by committees from the Com
mercisi club. the Omaha Ad club and the
Real Estate exchange. together with the
Omaha Manufacturers association, are
rapidly producing results.
The campaign. which will be eentered
around June to 8 to be known as Omaha
week. Is meeting encouragement from
every angle.
Superintendent Graft has agreed to set
aside period Of twenty minutes each day
in the public schools when the teachers
win talk Omaha from various angles.
Omaha will be taught as q distributing.
banking. manufacturing. iobblng. resi-
denee. packing. grain and railroad center.
in addition Omaha will be discussed from
the viewpoint OF It's public and private
buildings Its new form OF government.
Its public and private schools and
colleges. It's parks and boulevards, and
its water works system.
J. A. c. Kennedy OF the Commercial
club. who Is q member OF the civic COM
mittee. Is active in securin the CO.
operation OF the parochisi teachers and
cierDmen. Mr.. Kennedy has sent out
letters 10 these gentlemen. asking that
they talk on Omaha on June :.
Ministers Are Favorable.
The Protestant ministers OF the city, |
almost without exception. are favorable
TO the scheme and will preach sermons
on Omaha. June . z. r. Denison Of the
Young Mems Christian association and
chairman OF the general committee Of
the Know Omaha Better organization
IL securing the consent Of the Protestant
elereymen.
The post card distribution Is In charge
of q committee composed Of L. A. Hig.
gins p. J. Tebbins and Harry Payne |
The committee Is arranging for a post
card that will have q bird seye view Of
Omaha and a series OF pertinent facts
on the back. and on the address side II Is
proposed 10 have an outline Of omaha's
trade territory and possibly the railroad
distribution IN the center.
The committee desires a distribution Of
at least ieaco Every citizen OF Omaha
is requested to send one or more Of these
cards to some friend outside Of the city.
Arrangements viii be hade so that all
who want cards can get them.