Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-06
PARADE FLOATS
ARE ALL DREAMS
Great Rivalry Displayed by the
Owners in Decorating Autos for
Flcral Pageant.
LADS DECORATE OWN CAR

Automobile companies In album
dance entered the parade with their
cars handsomely decorated In flow
ers. The Mitchell company entered
eight cars, one for eacn year the
company has been doing business in
Omaha. Each car was the model OF
the year II represented, beginning
with 1909. The last, or eighth car,
was decorated with one huge laven-
der and purple orchid. Gordon and
jamie Stewart, twins OF Mr.. and Mrs.
]. T. Stewart. rode this car. The
Mitchell people claim the distinction
OF being the only company in Omaha
that has continued selling the same
line of cars for that length of time.
The 1909 model that was entered in
the parade lie said to have run a
total OF $4,000 miles in its day.
G. w. Francis entered a handsome
Maxwell decorated in a scheme OF
white and pink roses.
The Buick people entered a Buick in
white and lavender flowers with album
dance OF green foliage.
The Overland Auto company entered
with a float OF green climbing foliage
and pale lavender lilies.
The Omaha Ice and Cold Storage COM
pany entered a huge truck. with a typi-
cal polar scene OF dripping glaciers. green
cold water. and white polar bear stand.
ing apparently on the summit OF an Ice
peak.
Hin Destroyer.
The Oakland 6 "Hnl Destroyer" was en-
tered with the front trucks run high on
frame work that illustrated the pitch at
which this machine is expected TO de
stroy" hills. To make the float more
spectacular, a cannon was mounted In
the head Of the machine. The local Of
flee force with shoulder straps and all.
impersonated the officers Of an artil-
lery squad So there was In the float,
General william H. Head. Colonel John
r. Golden. Captain George II. Houlis-
ton. Lieutenant Robert T. Fraker. Ser
geant Clifford Butler, and Private John
A. Cullen.
George r. REIN Of the Cadillac COM
/ pany Of Omaha entered a Cadillac deco
rated In white flowers and ferns. with a
floral representation OF a white eagle.
The Lininger Auto company entered a
float decorated with a white background
covered with pink carnations
The Moline-Knight Auto company had a
white float. an artistic canopy, and the
whole decorated with the purple iris.
The Pelton company entered one of It's
big white trucks with decorations.
The Fiske Tire and Rubber company
had q float with a canopy covered with
white and red roses
The Powell Auto supply company en-
tered with a float decorated with white,
red and pink carnations.
Tho Murphy-o' Brien Auto company had
q Paige with appropriate decorations.
Bower of MaGnOiian.
George Brandeis entered a handsome
float with an artistic bower OF white mag
nolias.
The Overland Auto company entered q
float with full length canopy ant
bower In which the general color scheme
was yellow with green and - yellow
festoons
The McCord-Brady company showed q
big truck with green and red decora'
tions.
The New England Bakery had a truci
with a bower OF red roses.
w. T. Wilson displayed a clear pinl
field OF background with snowballs anc
green foliage covering the bower.
The u. p. Bakery drove a truck will