Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-28
AID MEN READY FOR
TOUR OF NEBRASKA
fasteners Will Be Taken Over
State as Guests of Pub
fishers Bureau.
TO ARRIVE IN OMAHA JUNE 5

over this state in a special train by
eminent eastern advertising experts
during the week beginning Monday,
June 5, under the auspices OF the Ne
braska Publishers bureau, which con-
sists OF fifteen Of the leading news
papers and farm publications OF the
state.
There will be about thirty guests
from New York City and Boston and
Philadelphia The party will leave
New York on the New York CentraTs
crack train at $50 p. m. Saturday,
June 3, arriving in Chicago Sunday
afternoon at and starting for Omaha
at over the Northwestern, bringing
the guests into Omaha Monday morn
ing, June 5. at 7:20 O'Clock. Norris A.
Huse, OF Norfolk, secretary OF the Ne
braska Publishers bureau, will leave
next Monday for New York City 10
escort the fasteners back 10 Nebras-
ka in behalf OF the Nebraska publish
ers.
The first day will be spent in Oma-
ha. The party will be entertained at
breakfast at the Fontenelle hotel and
then will be taken in automobiles for
trip through the packing house dis
trict, the retail district and the whole
sale region, besides visiting some Of
the big factories. Lunch will be had
at the Field club and dinner in the
evening at the Country club, after
which the fasteners will be given
touch OF Nebraska spirit at the Ak
Sar-Ben den performance. They will
spend the night at the Fontenelle ho-
tel
First Stop at Fremont.
On Tuesday morning after break
fast special train consisting OF three
all-steel Pullman care, one Of the
Union Pacific De Luxe club cars and
a baggage car with electric light
equipment, will leave over the Union
Pacific at 9 for Fremont, arriving at
10 Two hours will be devoted to
seeing Fremont and an hour for
lunch at the Country club. The train
VIII leave Fremont at p. m for West
Point, arriving at p. m, and an
hour there devoted TO seeing Cunning
county farms and West Point stores.
The train will leave West Point at ;,
arriving at Wisner at $3.50, where the
Wisner Commercial club will take
the guest in automobiles to two typi-
cal farms, at which pure blooded five
stock can be seen. In automobiles
the. party will go to Pilger, rejoin the
train there at p. m. for the trip 10
Norfolk, which will be reached at 6,
and at Norfolk the first night will be
spent A picnic dinner will be served
the. guests on the lawn at the Country
club, and the next morning an hour
VIII be devoted to seeing Norfolk
stores. At $50 the party will leave
IN automobiles for Wayne. where
lunch will be served on the court
house lawn. The automobiles will
return to Norfolk at 2.30 for the rail
road trip to Columbus, which will be
reached at AIS.
The Columbus Commercial c1ub
will entertain the guests at supper.
and IN the evening Dr. George 4.
Condra will exhibit to the visitors his
moving picture scenes of Nebraska.
About mileof film will be shown.
The train will leave Columbus at s
a. m, Thursday morning, reaching
Grand Island in time for breakfast
After an automobile trip around
Grand Island, the train will leave al
il a. m. for Kearney, where lunch
will be served and another automobile
trip taken. At 3 p. m. the train leaves
tor Hastings, arriving at $40, where
the party remains until p. m, when
the guests will be taken in automo-
biles to the McKelvie farm eighteen
miles south of Hastings, where the
night will be spent in tents, giving the |
visitors a taste Of Nebraska farm life |
in the open. In the morning the east
erners will wash their faces in the |
horse trough and breakfast will be |
served at the farm. Automobiles will |
then take them to Harvard, where |
the train will be waiting and the trip
TO Lincoln will be made. Here the |
state farm and number Of other in |
teresting places will be be visited dur
ing the day, and the visitors will be |
given an opportunity to play a round |
of golf during the afternoon. AT $50 |
that afternoon the private Pullman
car chartered for this party will be
attached to an east-bound Burlington
train reaching Chicago at a. m. Sat
urday morning, just as the republican
national convention is winding up. AT
1890 the car will be attached 10 the
Pennsylvania railroads Manhattan
limited and will reach New York Sun
day morning, June II, at 9:28 o'clock.
Seventy in Party.
On the trip over Nebraska there
will be about seventy in the party,
including representatives Of the vari-
GUS newspapers comprising the Ne
braska Publishers bureau; DR.. Condra
OF the Nebraska university, reeog-
nizcd authority on Nebraska geogra-
ply and soil. Prof Pugsley OF the
State agricultural school, and w. X.
MelloF secretary OF the Nebraska
Board OF Agriculture will be on the
train 60 answer any questions CON
corning Nebraska agriculture that
tle visitors might ask, A few prom
inent wholesalers. manufacturers and
bankers who are IN touch with state.
wide problems will also be- on che
train. Miles Grernleat. an Omaha
newspaper man, las been selected az
official press reporter Ga make che
tftp aHd send 0uI Geographic matter
tH the state aud eastern newspapers
twice a day A novel feature 0u thc
train sill BE- lhe publication I'D a daily |
newspaper a press will Be installed
in ihr baggage cAf aud various mem /
beta 80 ihs paryy sill tdit various ne
uarinFHA 40 the Seeing Nebraska /
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