Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 60

ITH A SWEEP of the eye, covering a period of a sin- their semi-Aztec garb and pack car- riers, THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1. 1916. —with a noble equestrian figure of Chief Blackbird, gazing over the planted the American flag westward |ton Irving, who, after having with- to the Pacific ocean, representation of General Atkinson's from sudden Indian raids, when the scalping knife lands his people were soon to lose,| Following Float No. 10 will come|were on their return across the prai- Next in order, upon horseback and | looking for the approach of white| the expedition of Licutenant Zebulon |ries of Nebraska from the Pacific in foot, will come the daring Coronado| men up the Missouri river, with| M. Pike with his _group of cavalry-| 1813. and his Spanish cavalier, who in 1541| whom he bargained and traded. His|men, his pack train and mu'es, who| Float No. 11—Represents the early Fort Atkinson. 1820, whereby Nebraska means “Free \ visited these Nebraska regions in|grave is upon the top of Blackbird |in 1806 carried the American flag|traders with a facsimile of the trad-| Float No. 12—Shows in miniature | Soil,” and the heated debates of that search of the riches of Quivera, sup-| hill, in Thurston county, where he is| across /the Nebraska prairies and|ing post of Peter Sarpy, with i\sléacsimill: Fort Atkinson, where Cal-|day were the forerunners of the angry. posed to be wealthier in gold than | believed to have been buried sitting | raised it on the mountains of Colo- bromfsouthern porches. " In the fore- |houn now is. The rude, 5ubstamial’appul to arms, which came two score gle hour, perhaps, the his- Darius Coronado. tory of Nebraska for a mil- lion years is to be re- S viewed. * This history, if the weather be fair on the afternoon of October §, will be reviewed by scoes of thousands of people from Nebraska and ad- joining states. : ¢« For the great drama, covering a *yast succession of accumulated cen- figifl. is to be re-enacted on that day Lift Omaha, by means of the historical 'pdrade, a magnificent procession | of Indians of that period, with con-|the vast region west of the Missouri| [ e two miles in length, and includ- | temporaneous costumes and accoutre- | river was under the flag of France. & .ing. thirty-one costly floats and fif-| ments, The bold and master stroke of Jeffer- | E3 ;tecn historical groups, Float No. 4 will show a Mandan|son in 'purchasing this region from |& men, his bufler and- his pack horses, | spared neither man, woman nor child. the party all caparisoned in the bril-| Next will come an Emblematic: liant uniforms of that day. float of the Missouri compromise of” stood almost unbelievable hardlhip:.'command of 1819, with his infantry-|tomahawk and the | the seven cities of Cibola. These|astride his favorite war horse. | rado. ground stands Logan Fontenelle, the |log blockhouse, guarded by soldiers, | years later, to decide if “A govern- warriors and men-at-arms were ac-| The history of Nebraska finds its companied by valiant sons of the|next episode across the Atlantic|torians—immortalized by church, slaves and pack horses. ocean amidst the wars and councils Following Coronado and his band'of Europe. The American continent of Spaniards will come a cavalcade) was being gradually partitioned, and about the next float will be seen a|for the settlers and’ their families | (Continued on Page Four, Column One.) In another group—the Swenh'As-|well known Omaha chieftain. Grouped | was designed~as a haven of refuge ashing- S°\For this is the semi-centennial year.. *Nebraska is a half century old this {ear as a state. She was graduated ‘from “territoryhood” a half century ‘ago, and admitted to statehood. .« This year, then, a big committee, Jmown as the committee of one hun-| idred, influential men from every cor- Jner of the state, has been. working up ‘& semi-centennial celebration in com- Indian hut or willow lodge, with In- dians dressed in the costumes, as Cor- onado and his companions saw and described them. This float will be followed by Group No. 4, consisting of modern Indians, on horseback and on foot, w~ith war bonnets and all of the mod- ern redman’s gaudy trappings. This party escorts Float No. 5, with its teepee. The reclining warriors and NI{O]GOI‘ is shown by Float No, 8. (The Louisiana Purchase) represent- ing the consummation of the bargain by which this mighty empire of the | west came under the Stars and Stripes. This float shows with his- toric fidelity the contracting parties, Napoleon, Talleyrand, Marbois and the American commissioners, Living- ston_and Monroe. The accesories, the French and American colors, the| ‘memoration of this event, their squaws are engaged in scraping | purple-draped throne, the golde Py Ak-Sar-Ben Helps. buffalo hides and in crushing corn. lc),osm .,,'é’ lilies combined, m';kc a \The Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben took| As a fitting complement there fol-| most striking picture. ‘up the work of producing Omaha's |lows Float No. 6, showing the van- Lawis antl Clurk g't of the celebration, and the result | ishing races of man and animal. The F) o B ds:the creation of the many historical | Indian on hordeback is pursuing with| Float No. 9 fittingly represents the floats and historical groups, worked |bow and arrow the fleeing buffalo. | expedition of Lewis and Clark under the commission of Thomas Jefferson, t by the official artisan, Gus Renze, 'flist:d by the fund of historical Hardy Traders. as they pass up the Missouri river in owledge of General John Lee| Next follows group No, 5—Malley| 1804, ‘It was near old Calhoun that bster and others. Brothers, French Canadians, hardy|they landed on Nebraska soil and| “Mr, Renze has had to master great,| traders, who traversed almost entiré-| held their council with the Indians, ‘thick volumes of history to work out ly across the state in 1739, and who| which is represented by Float No.| #hese floats. Likewise i;e has had to| christened the Platte river. They| 10, This expedition thereafter con- your great volumes of geology to| were the advance couriers of trade| tinued its perilous journey along tue ‘fearn what kind of tropical animals and the first example of the spirit| rivers, through the valleys and over and lizards flourished in this region | of western commerce. the mountains, until it had fixed the | 2 million years ago. For he has them As a pathetic sequel is float No. 7| boundary of American rights and had | g‘in the parade. He begins with the pical age,' long before the glacial R RS T, L LT LSO 08 "'::‘zT fi and brings this territory down " " — T e R T Jos &u(h the successive ages. WELCOME Creamerymen, Dairymen Producemen : New Home of “The Old kefiable” - Lee-Coit-Andreesen Hardware Company in building the infant state. t No. 2, “the Tropical Age,” resents the aco go, as shown i when this h of trop- uge prehis " N \ i e e gm0t FALL FESTIVAL s “foricos s o he roncs. i Oue Supplisand Prees W11 WHOLESALE HARDWARE came a boundless, cold, P‘ny solation, This is shown in Float . 3, with its towering icebergs and entrapped mastodon. b n t#:l following, the sun forced Hhe grim icebergs northward, and 36w came the first lfinnnce of hu- n life in the pre This buildir g is under construction and is built to enable us to give our customers the best possible service. It will have 250,000 square feet, or about six acres of fldor spgce, and will be equipped with every modern device to facilitate prompt handling of orders. s ; Kennedy & Parsons 1307-8-11 Jones Street, OMAHA. storic Indians, ose habits and customs have been 4in;‘overcd by the delvings of cholars among the hills of stéri Nebraska. They will be shown'marching as Group No. 1, with aASASAASASAL L. A s da e R ) TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR August, 1916. .. .7,967 cars August, 1915. [, .2,915 cars . A market strictly for Increase over ] the producer, for it is “same month . last year.....5052 cars the only terminal grain market that does not receive shipments from TOTAL SHIPMENTS FOR * August, 1916. . ..7,671 cars August, 1915. . . .2,404 cars other terminals. The growing market of the United States. Increase over. same month last year.....5267 cars Bostwick Photo. 2 { -~ .4 Y