The Ordway new era., 1914-09-18
Ak-Sar-Ben Tops
Former Records
PROGRAM, 1914.
OMAHA, SEPT. 90 TO OCT. 10

q Sept. 30-Oct. Annual reunion
tNebraska Territorial Pioneers. 4
Sept 30-Oct 10.-Homecoming.}
& Nebraskans and Omahans- ]
Wednesday night. Oct 7.-Elec- 1
g trical Pageant, 20 floats. u
Thursday afternoon. Oct 81
q Fraternal Parade.
Friday night. Oct 1Royal \
= Court and Coronation Ball J
4 Sept. 30Oct. l0-World at Home 4
= Shows. Carnival Grounds I
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BY e. v. Parrish.
Tw enty years have come and gone
since the world famous Ak-Sar-Ben
was organized. the world has been
torn asunder with strife which threat
ened the very existence Of the great
goyeI nments Of the world. but through
It all Ak-Sar-Ben. mothered by the
good people of the great common.
wealth of Nebraska, has prospered
and in this the twentieth year Of the
reign Of King Samson, Ak-Sar-Ben has
achieved the highest pinnacle In fts
brilliant line Of successes.
child oe the troublesome and un-
certain days of the early nineties.
WREN Nebraska suffered under condi-
tons rot as favorable as those of to
day. when CO operation and an under
standing were imperative for the fut.
ure development of the state. Ak-Sar.
Ben has grown into robust adult.
known the world over for its accom-
plishments.
Organized on sound fundamental
basis, fostered with the one thought
in view of developing the state. Ak.
Sar-Ben has come from its toddlins
clothes to an institution that today
stands for all that is good In the pres.
ent days Of progressiveness.
All Get Together.
Back Of that almost miraculous do
velopment Il the friendship which the
people Of the state have for one an
other. be he resident Of Nebraska cit
les or Nebraska's great fertile rural
prairies-a friendship founded on q
perfect understanding and nurtured by
the love which man bears to his fel-
low man.
The associations which necessarily
must have COME out of the mingline
of the people Of the state from the
very nature Of the organization have
fostered another feeling. an under
standing between the people Of the
state and the people of IT'S metropolis
A friendship has grown between the
two which has been satisfactory tc
both.
Ak-Sar-Ben has teen the medium
whereby the differences which arise
have been adjusted. for through Il
have come associations which other
wise could never have been possible
And through these associations, Ne
braskans. whether of the cities or oi
the country. .iave come to work with
.. a single motive-the development oi
Nebraska.
Ak-Sar-es. q National Institution.
Rejecting the spirit of the citizeni
Of the state. Omaha's citizens, bandet
together with the common aim of max
ing AE-Sar-Ben national institution
have succeeded there can be NO doubt
That success has been made possible
by the unselfsh cooperation Of tht
people Of the state-successful to tn,
point that Ak ser Ben, though original
ly an Omaha conceived institution
has now become distinctly Nebraskan
| Omaha's business men. who hav,
given Of their time and brain unspar
tngly that Ak-Sar-Ben should be I
creditabie institution. have been re
warded and their efforts for 1914 hav,
bees crowned with the largest attend
ance that has ever passed through tn,
doors.
4 More than ten thousand visitors, tn,
majority Of them from Nebraska, hav,
paid homage to the creation Of KIM
Samson during the season. From al
parts Df the state, from practically ev
cry city and village. thousands of loya
Nebraskans have wended their wa.
to Omaha, there to be entertained a
the Devils hotel. and there to lear
the lesson Of successful cooperation
| Last Resting Place Of "knoeker."
Il For the DEVILS hotel has been tn
place Of abode Of those who, forgetfu
of favors which have been their poi
tton under the wonderful combination
Of conditions in Nebraska. have faile,
to give credit where credit is due. 4
has been the last resting place Of til
s'knocker." and there the knocke
has becn consigned to suffer the tor
ments justly due to him who feels no
the spirit of cooperation and brotherl
love.
The DEVILS hotel, which is but
| - f<,r th~ k41
by Ak-sar-Ben. has had wonderful
moral effect. 1t has been uplifting an
lasting. 1t has taught that there |
no place In this great state for III
pessimist nor for the ingrate. And