The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-05-22
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Boys and Girls Arc Finest
Crops Omaha Trade Ex-
cursionisls Find Oh
Westward Trek.
Country Is Improving
by PAUL GREER.
Special Dispatch to The Omaha Bee.

ward from Omaha stretches a fertile
country that looks with confidence to
the future. The ways in which these
westerners are building for the COM
ing years are numerous. but none Of
them, even the development of irri-
cation. is more striking than the care
thai is taken to make good citizens
of the younger generation.
The flapper and cake.eater are un-
known. Girls may be beautiful witn-
out being affected and the boys wear
boots instead of dancing pumps. With
plenty of elbow room. there are no
apartments, and in the oldfashioned
homes there are still chores to be
done by the younger members of the
household E,
Certain things that are not evident
from the car windows of the trans
eantinental trains become evident ON
slAh tour as that of the trade ex-
eursion of the Omaha Chamber Of
Commerce. Stopping at every town
along the Union Pacific system from
Bigsprings, Neb, and Julesbzurg,
Colo, to Cheyenne, the capital of
Wyoming. these Omaha business ex.
ecutives got a closet view of the life
Of the region.
School Best Building.
In almost every town the finest
building is the school. Sidney and
kimball have particularly fine high
schools to which the farmers of
\ Cheyenne and kimball counties send
their children. Both include gym
nasiums and fine auditoriums for
community gatherings.
The business men of all these towns
take particular interest in the vel
fare Of the boys and girls, sponsor
Ing clubs of various sorts and juvenile
bands. At Sidney two childrens
bands led the parade. one of these,
trained by B. ". Bonham. is msde
up of lads under Il. The other,
manager by Rev. S. r. Light of the
Presbyterian church, includes both
boys and girls. There are two other
bands in town, one organized by a
Catholic school.
The boys band at Kimball is TO be
sent by the Lions club 70 Iowa and
Nebraska 10 the International Lions
sgith tilliOlt d. AlldiillG lily ~. j.
next month. At Pine Bluffs, juts
across the line in Wyomngs a bank
president, c. L. Byefly. manages an
other band of boy musicians. which
is also under the patronage OF a bust
ness mems organization. com
munity church also is being organ
ized.
Cuontry Recovering.
But there are other crops than ehil.
dren, though the last two haryests
were ruined by drouth. 1t is diff.
cult to believe that this country L
SC mi arid. especially in the face of the
rain that has continued all day along
the line However, much winter
wheat was ruined this year by lack
Of moisture, spring wheat and corn
that was put in later is said TO be
Going well and both the farmers and
those who depend on their trade are
optimistic. In spite of a dry winter
and a late spring this country is com
ing back splendidry.
Much credit can be given the dairy
ing industry alfalfa and irrigation
for putting It back on a stable basis
after the slump following the iYfia
tion of land prices. Sugar beets and
potatoes are also grown in the irri
cation sections At kimball the wa
Ter from Lodgepole creek is collected
in a reservoir and portioned out OF
the fields Around Sidney and in {
number of other places the heavy
underground streams are being
pumped into irrigation dtchcs
The trade excursion was enter
tanned tonight by the business mer
of Cheyenne. A night run will bt
made to Green River. Wyo., farther
est west, and tomorrow night will bC
spent in Laramie.
Boosters Bring Rain.
Chappell, Neb.. May 21--"The Rain
Makers Special" is the new nam'
IF the trade excursion of the Omaha
Chamber of Commerce. Western Ne
,raslSa is saying 1t with water. How
ever, every member of the party Il
provided with an umbrella done in tn
Ak.Sar-Ben colors, red, green and vel
low. and the colors have not yet be
,un to run.
A day Of parading began at 7 thii
morning after an all-night run from
Omaha to Bigsprings. Neb., 35i
niles. A merchant greeted the trad
seekers with the statement that tn
rain meant $4,000 to him. At Jules
burg, Colo, where the principal in
dustry is raising sugar beets unde
irrigation, people are ready to vot'
dry, for they have had an unusua
amount of rainfall this season.
The 100 business men taking thi
2.0O0.mile trip are In constant toucl
with Omaha markets through reportl
received by J. j. McClosky OF tn
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