Omaha daily bee., 1921-05-25
Tourists Reach.
l6,OO0Custonlers
On Second Day
Enterprises of New Sort for
Towns in Farm Territory
Greet Omaha Trade
Execursionists.
By PAUL GREER.

Chester, Neb., May Z4.-(Special
Telegram.)-The shrek of the
steam siren on the special train Of
the Omaha Chamber of Commerce
trade excursion reached 10000 Gus
toners of Omaha today.
Stocks of merchandise in the stores
are found to be low and warm
weather, together with renewal of
confidence inspired by crop pros
poets, gives assurance of a larger
volume of orders. The encourage
ment and optimism produced by the
sight of the string of Pullmans oc-
cupied by the Omaha merchants and
the thought that the men consider it
worth their while to tour the state
soliciting business also will be a
factor in recovery.
Diller was the first stop out of
Falls City and parades and concerts
were given in 20 other towns along
the Burlington clear out to Fairbury,
where the night will be spent. Shea,
Endicott, Kesterson, Thompson,
Reynolds, Williams, Hubbell, Ches-
ter, Byron, Hardy and Superior
were visited in the forenoon. To-
morrow's journey will be through
Clay county and as far as York.
Enterprise of New Sort.
Enterprise of new sort for towns
located in the center of vast areas of
corn, wheat and alfalfa greeted the
trade excursionists of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce at one stop
after another today. From the posi-
ton of mere marketing places for the
farming community they are growing
into industrial and manufacturing
ccnters, some of them turning the raw
material of the prairies into finished
products before forwarding them to
the world. Invariably these COM
munities which are combining agri-
culture and manufacture are on a
more prosperous basis than those
towns engaged only in buying and
selling. Everywhere business is bet
ter than might be expected.
At Endicott the main sight is the
plant of great clay products COM
pany with orders for more than L.
100000 face brick now on its books.
There are said to be only three plants
IN the United States turning out as
good brick. Just outside of Kester-
son stands an oil rig where a COM
pany of Beatrice men is drilling on
chance.
100000 Cement Plant.
Superior, with a population OF 5000
people and 10 miles of paved streets,
is the home of a $l,000000 cement
plant and a water plant producin.,
l,l00 horsepower from dam across
the Republican river The water
power project was put across by
local business men and is bound to
attract number of small factories
Throughout this whole region en-
phasis is put on education. In ST.
perior the schools are run on the
Gary system, by which children are
trained to use their hands as
well as their minds. At Hebron is
g. Lutheran seminary on which $780,
900 will be spent this year. At Desh-
Ter a business college is maintained
with the aid of a subsidy from thu
municipal funds.
Greatest Small Town.
The town of Deshler, with a popu-
lation of 1,0O0 is the greatest small
town in the nation, bar none. Here,
in Thayer county, a great deal OF
broom corn is raised. Today Deshler
boasts of having the largest broom
factory in the world In an age which
is popularity supposed to belong to
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