Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-08-03
NEBRASKA AND
iowa EDITORS
HERETOM0RROW
Scribes Will Be Omaha Guests
Before Starting Tour Of
Western Part of
State.

,-dTomorrow Nebraska editors and
a number Of those from western
Iowa, together with their wives,
will be the guests of Omaha. The
Chamber OF Commerce will enter
tain the Newspaper people while
they are in the city.
The Hotel Rome will be the off,
cial headquarters Of the Nebraska
and Iowa editors. Following regis
tration and introductions, the Wis
itors will 60 to the Grain exchange,
where, on the trading floor, they
will have IN opportunity OF wit
Messing the transactions that go
along with . real grain market.
At 1880 editors and their wives
will 20 to the Live Stock exchange,
where at luncheon they will be the
guests OF exchange members and
commission men. After luncheon
there will be trip through the
yards and the packing houses.
Big Entertainment Program.
Returning to Omaha, the editors
and their wives will be guests at the
Omaha Athletic club until s o'clock,
when they will return to the Rome
hotel for dinner. After dinner the
men of the party will be indicted
into the secrets and mysteries of Ak
Sar-Ben, and the women will be
guests at a theater party. After the
entertainment of the evening the ed
itors and their wives will leave on
their tour of the state.
They will spend two days in and
around Gering, Neb.. and on Thurs
day another special train will be
run from Scottsbluff into Wyoming.
A stop will be made at Henry, Neb.,
on the state line to inspect the tri-
state canal diversion dam and head
gate.
Lunch will be served at Torring-
ton, Wyo., by the Community club.
An auto trip will be made in the aft
ernoon to the government canal and
through the Goshen Hole county.
Visit High Spots.
The train will stop at Mitchell
where the state and federal expert
ment farm will be visited and the
editors and their families will take
part in the annual county picnic.
Supper will be furnished by the Nit
chell Community club, followed by
an open air minstrel show at the
county fair grounds and moonlight
ride to Gering.
On Friday the editors will visit
the Great Western Sugar company
factory, where lunch will be pro-
vided. In the afternoon there will
be an auto ride through the Gering
and Bonbadeau valleys, returning to
the foot of Scots Bluff mountain,
the highest accessible point in the
state OF Nebraska.
The Scottsbluff Country club will
be thrown open to the visitors. In
the evening a banquet will be pro-
vided by the Elks lodge at Scots
bluff. After an evening entertain
ment at Gering the editors will start
on their return trip to Omaha.
Among those who will make the
trip are: E. P. Chase, Atlantic, Ia,
News Telegraph; H. J. Hoogenak-
ker, Audubon, Ia, Republican,; Geo. !
L. Burr, jr., Aurora, Register; J. L.
Donneliy, Bayard, Ia, Bulletin; Don
c. Van Dousen, Blair, Pilot; P. C.
Erickson, Brewster, News; E. R.
Purcell, Broken Bow, Chief; ]. R.
Walsh, Crete, Vidette; Simeon
Beardsley. Dawson, Reporter; Geo.
H. Holton, Eddyville, Enterprise;
H. Burtman. Fullerton, News Jour
nal; A. B. Wood, Gering. Courier;
]. R. O'Furey, Harrington, News;
Adam Breede, Hastings, Tribune;
w. c. Israel, Havelock, Post; Cyrus
Black. Hickman. Enterprise; Arthur
Kimberling, Holdrege, Citizen; Miss
Mary Jackson, Kearney, Antelope;
Hugh R Brown, Kearney, Hub; c.
E. Nevin, Laurel, Advocate; Chas.
R. Kuhle. Leigh, World; A. D. Scott,
Lincoln, Printer and Publisher; w. |
]. Herbes, Lindsey, Post; NJ. M.
Warner. Lyons, Mirror-Sun; F. NJ. |
O'Furey. Napoleon, Ia, Press; c. NJ.
Hubner, Nebraska City, News; J. II.
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