Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-08-09
FREMONT TRACTOR
SHOW OPEN TODAY
Eighty Tractors Will Start Their
Task of Flowing Up 1000
Acres as Test.
ENACT DRAMA FOR MOVIES

Today is Iowa-Kansas day az tho
big power farming demonstration at
Fremont. Also Il is official opening
day. II Is the day on which the
eighty tractors will first make their
grand parade and begin TO turn over
the soil with big gang plows in the
1.O00-acre field north of Fremont.
The management Of this big national
power farm va dcmonstratlon confidently
expects G0,0o0 visitors this year TO witness
the big denomination. Last year the
crowds were estimated at t5cOo, This is
tho third year OF the tractor demonstra-
tions at Fremont and the interest has
grown by positive flights. There are 30
per cent more netrles than last year.
'orty-slx companies have entered their
tractors.
Banuuet Tonight,
This evening there Ia TO be a big ban
Quet OF the tractor men at Fremont.
Governor Morehead and William !.
Bryan are scheduled to attend the ban.
duet, as the governor Is to be In Fre-
mont to lend his official presence TO the
opening OF the demonstration, while MIR,
Bryan Is to be in the city to give a
chsutauqus lecture,
Tuesday is TO be Wyoming. Colorado,
Fremont and Dodge county day. Private
and public demonstrations are TO be
given during the day with the tractors
and pows on the big field, The chauteu-
qua will he In progress afternoon and
evening. and the evening IL scheduled as
tractor mems night AT the chautauqua
short course in the tractor and the
motors that run them Is TO be begun on
this day and to continue through the
week. Governor Glenn Of North Carolina
is to speak at the chautauqua in the
evening.
Implement Dealers Day.
Wednesday is Nebraska Iowa implement
dealers day and Nebraska agricultural
college day, as well as county farm
demonstrators day. Special trains will
run into the city on this day from Sioux
city and other points in the northeast.
Thursday is Nebraska-south Dakota
and Albion day. The Chicago & North
western will run special trains from the
/ Friday Is Omaha, Ak-Sar-Ben and live
stock mems day. Omaha will 30 in force,
and tho Union Stock Yards company OF
South Omaha will declare a kind OF holi-
day for the officials. who win attend In
body. The stock yards company Il
furnishing two fat oxen to be roasted IL
n big barbecue OF that day
Free coffee. with sugar and cream, viii
be served every day TO the crowds
All Ready for Opening.
Trainloads OF tractors and plows have
already gone to Fremont, and all is ready
for the opening this afternoon. A regi-
ment of state militia Is to encamp at the
Platte river near Fremont, is to give
some practice drills for the crowds and
Is 10 stage big sham battle also
For three days during the demonstra
ton week, namely Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday. big drama is TO be staged
20 be known as the Romance of tho
Plow." II is 10 he an open air event
staged on a large scale for the movins
picture companies that desire to get tho
films. Nearly 100 Indians from the reser
walton south Of Sioux city are to be uset
in this open air drama, Briefly. the plaS
ture i'm a half century in Nebraska. IN
dians will be seen I'm their native tepees
the squaws hoelng their corn with clam
she'll hoes The bucks will be seen start
ing on the buffalo hunt and gallopinl
away 10 the worpath. Later a younl
bride and groom come 10 the prairie In {
covered wagon with an OK team and plov
with wooden moleboard. Later CONF
other settlers With stell moleboard plow'
and with teams OF horses with which t'
do their farming. Finolly the couple
that was bride and groom half cen
tury ago are seen. old and bent. gaznl
dreamily out upon the immense stretol
of field while the eighty gasoline tractor
plow $50 acres OF ground In an nour an'
a half.
The whole improvised drama makes
sweeping view OF the situation OF hal
century. and a large feature film com
pany has advanced considerable mone'
TO have the play staged at this time am
this place while the traitors are on th
ground, in order to get feature OF
certain kind that they have long beel
wanting.
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