Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-04

big frame work had been built. Upon
this was great pyramid of ice cream
| tubs. Over the top OF this was ban
ner bearing the slogan. Eat plate
of ice cream every day. On each
corner OF the float was young lady
distributing small bricks Of ice cream
to the crowd. Thus 100 gallons OF
ice cream were given away during
the course OF the parade. Orange
colors and the lAk-Sar-Ben colors pre-
vailed.
The Burgess-Nash company had a
large globe representing the world,
standing some ten feet high mounted
on a truck. Perched on the summit
of the globe was a pround Amer
| lean eagle. A banner bore the words,
1--WE search the markets OF the world
to please YOU" Four little girls, one in
| each corner of the float, symbolized
the seasons. Thelma Woipa repre-
sented spring, Helen Hiett represent
ed summer, Florence Lewis represent
ed autumn and Hazel Hiett represent
ed winter. Each corner was decorat-
ed with the foliage and general en-
vironment appropriate of the season.
A smaller eagle was mounted at every
corner. Six horses drew the float,
led by soldiers.
The Carpenter Paper company had
three-ton motor truck encased on a
profusion Of yellow chrysanthemums
and trimmed in asparagus. The tirm
name and trademark was worked out
in red Japanese rope. The tenders,
the hod of the car and the drivers cab
were decorated in Japanese wisteria.
On one side was mounted the e. y.
P. elephant and on the other the
"Woodie Tiger" These were perched
on the front tenders. The wheels
were solidly massed with chrysan-
| themums.
| Corn Shelter.
The Lininger Implement company
showed a corn shelter driven by a
gasoline engine in actual operation
throughout the parade. This ma
chinery was mounted on four-horse
truck. The Ak-Sar-Ben colors were
beautifully handled in the natural
products, with band of yellow ear
corn surrounding the top of the deco.
rations--green cornstalks and red
sumach trimmings,
Trimble Bros. had what they
termed "Skookum" float. A big
sign on high read, "Skookum is COM
ing October 10. Ask Trimble Bros.
"Skookum" in the Indian language
means bully" or "the best" In
other words, il "Skookum" is coming
then the best is yet to come. This
was a mystery float. Large Indian
heads adorned the sides of the float
an Indian teepee was pitched in the
middle and Indians strolled and
lounged about it.
Binder in Operation.
The John Deere Plow company's
float carried Deere binder in actual
operation, the motive power being
furnished by Cushman engine. Oats
was actually being bound throughout
the parade. A quantity of ripe oats
in the straw was used and was fed If
upon the canvas constantly. The
binder elevated it, bound it into bun
dies, kicked the, bundles out upon thu
carrier, from whence they were again
taken, the bands cut and the materia
fed in again. ~
| Give Away Toast.
A colossal electric iron occupied tn
float of the Omaha Electric Light AM
Power company, an iron so big tina
inside Of it we're people and electro
+ washing machines and ironing board
and coasters and so on. Hot toas
was served to people along the lin
of march by the folks who were do
ing the toasting on the float. Ant
several electric coasters were givel
out.
The first horse car that ever wa
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