Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-14
TRACTOR SHOW is
BROUGHT TO CLOSE
Fifteen Thousand People Present to
Watch the Flowing Machines and
Participate in Barbecue.
OMAHA IS WELL REPRESENTED

OMAHA Is WELL REPRESENTED
with 1900 people on the
grounds, the National Farm Tractor
demonstration at Fremont closed
yesterday afternoon with a hurrah'
some eighty tractors being on the
field, plowing hundreds of acres In q
short space Of time.
The crowds for the week attending
the tractor show totalied between
$4,000 and $4,000.
II was Omaha and Ak-sar-Ben day al
the tractor show yesterday. Hundreds OF
Omaha people were at Fremont having
gone In automobiles and by rail. The
Union stock Yards company made good
on it's threat TO roast oxen for barbe-
cue, roasting two. one downtown and
one out In the tractor field.
The watermelons. of which there were
several carloads. furnished by the Com
mercal club OF Fremont. held out nicely,
and the way the crowd devoured roast
OK. sandwiches and watermelon waa
nothing short Of a sight for clear eyes.
Tractors Move Out.
BY o'clock the tractor companies BE-
gan to pull up stakes 10 get ready 10 load
the machinery and accessories and leave
town. II was happy bunch OF tractor
men who finished the day. for, although
rain had been predicted. no rain over
took them on the last day. Thus Il wa1
another splendid day for tractor sales.
The way sales were made on every
hand Il was source Of extreme gratifi-
cation TO the tractor manufacturers, al
wen as the management OF the show
The tractor men were effuslve In theil
congratulations OF tho Twentieth Century
Farmer for having conducted 40 success.
ful a show. and at the same time they
were grateful for the opportunity Of hav-
Ing exhibited their output al show that
brought them such aplendid results In the
way Of sales,
stGny sales Are Made.
Some OF the companies kept large
scoreboard up at their headquarterH
where every sale was registered SO thai
people might see how many were cold
during the week Thus the international
by o'clock In the afternoon Of Friday
had registered eighty-nine ana was con.
fidently predicting II would be raised te
100 before sundown.
The simple recorded an even 100 tractor,
sold to one man who will represent then
IN Kansas
The Joliet oil Tractor company re.
corded forty sales by the afternoon OF
the last day of tho show.
These are but a few of the representa-.
tive sales OF the week. All tho forty.
eight companies that exhibited had a fine
run OF sales for the week and the agents
are going home well pleased.
The moving picture men are stiIl ON IN,
ground TO get some OF the scenes that
on account OF the press OF busineuu a,
the demonstration. could not be arranged
with the proper settings during the week,
The Wallis Cub tractor Is to be taken
Tor the movies this morning, Il being
represented as just pulling into Fremont
from it's i,OO0-mIle durability run which
IL made from Cleveland to Fremont IN
thirty-one days preceding the opening OF
the show.
The waite tractor will be shown taking
party OF Commercial club representa-
tves out to meet the Wallis Cub ana bid
It welcome.
BiE Crowd from Omaha.
Besides the Omaha people who went Ia
Fremont on the trains, automobiles com
menced going early In the morning ana
continuing up 10 noon. Up to H.
o'clock twenty-five cars had checked out
from Ak-sar-Ben headquarters. recelvine
the colors for decorations.
But, besides. there were many who went
without colors. There were those present
VINO had not taken notice of the an
nouncement that penants would be fur
nished and so started without them.
There were many others who started
long before the Ak-sar-Ben office was
opened i'm the morning.
GOvernors' Cars
All the governors OF Ak-sar-Ben. who
were In the city made the trip. The
two, cars for the governors were manned
as follows: In the first car Gould Dietz,
Everett Buckingham, Frank w. Judson.
Charles ID. Beaton and Victor Rosewater.
In the Second car. Randall X. Brown.
d. J. oBFien, Charles Black and ]. d.
Weaver.
The Union Stock Yards company was
well representedsin the autos that went,
as the company was to roast the oxen
for a big barbecue In the afternoon.
Mayor Dahlman. Corporation Counsel
Lambert Gas Commissioner Butler and
Tom Flynn. retiring city clerk. made an
party OF city officials who motored
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