Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 1, 1916, Page 62

" (Continued from Page Ona.) ment -so constituted should endure among. the nations of the earth” Float:'No. 13 will show two figura- - tive ‘alaves, broken mancles, two and a heroic of bloodhounds, figure liberty holding aloft the torch of | oY freedom. Now the story represented by page- ants leaves the floats for a moment and takes its place. among gaily ap- &lrtlzd marching personages. oup 0. 8 refleunu General Fremont, the pathfinder, with Kit Carson as a guide, and accompanied by cavalry force ‘and pack mules and equipment on their way across the plains and the then untraveled mountains to the Pa- cific ¢oast. . Mormon Expedition. Next is an expedition of peace— Group. No. 10, representing the Mor- mon -expedition of 1846, traveling westward with their rr‘-irie schooners dnw,’y by oxen, followed by their armed’ men keepin[.g wal hostilg Indians. Follo orderswill be the Mormon ition of 1886, which started from Florence, wandgring across the silent prairi and unknown mountains to Zion, like the Ifraelites of old, men women and children, with their lowly belongings %"g’ and in pushcarts. ' Here also WA 3 g next in shown a replica .of the s tabernacle they had built in’ ‘Flor- enge fen years before. Grm: No. 12—Presents ' the freighters boldly striking across the coun! with their mule teams and guar vast Yolume of communmication that todayrspeeds from coast - to coa Group; No. 13 will illustrate the. po up& and the 8 coach, the last me! of transportation before the y rafls of steel. - First Cay and mountains were ‘crossed The. early struggles and growth of maha National | reaks Record of City With § $19,415,806 in Deposits During the twélve months between September 2, 1915, and September 12,1916, Omaha banks registered probably the most Lo b b i i s i the faint beginning of that | Omaha, & humble hamlet reached by teamboat. on the Missouri, and coach across lowa, next attract our attention, and we see in Float No. 14, the First Territorial Capitol Build- a pretentious building of that day, two stories in height, with a shingle roof, in which were formu- lated by the solons of that early time the beginnings of civil government. The gonnphiel of that time de- scribed all the lands west of the newly established Omaha capitol as the Great American Desert, Naturally there will follow the seal of the infant territory shown by Fl 15, with a waving flag. The ambitious word “Progress” and the triumphant phrase “Popular Sovereignty,” show- ing in the back ground the steamboa! the infant railroad and thg scrol hwin{ the word “Constitution.” Next in quaint sequence wifl be Float No. 16, representing the “First Inaugural Ball,” &'ven the City hotel, at Eleventh and Harney streets, Omaha, for | in. honor ‘of Governor Izard durin the bitter winter. weather of 1859, when those present danced energeti- cally to keep' warm, to music fur- nished by an orchestra consisting_of a single fiddle, according to Dr. Miller's narative. Grogr No. 14, r?menu General {ohn . Thayer and his First Ne- braska r_;_runt marching to martial music. e days of the clvil war had come - and the sons of . Nebraska of- fered themselves for the cause of the union. QGteat American Desert. In 1865 the civil war ended; the | days of peace came, and the civil war J;enu takin he(t;nelluAdu on dcmur g Great Amer- 3 t No. 17, represents the Building Erected b; Daniel Fre- 'man, who made the first selection 'under the Federal Homestead act. It represents the humble beginning of agricultural th to be- THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 1, 19le. come one of the richest productive states of the union. Float No. 18, represents “The Span- ning of the Continent.” Probably no more momentous event took place in Nebraska’s history than the location of the terminus of the Union Pacific railway, by President Lincoln. When it was constructed through the Platte valley midway through the state, it opened np for settlement and cul- tivation millions of acres of land. And there followed the construction of other railroads and the building of towns and cities, and the prosperous future of the state became assured. On this float will be shown a bust of the martyred president and a model of the first locomotive that ever pushed its way westward from the Missouri river, Omaha Keeps Capitol In 1866 the people of the. territo framed for themselves a state con: tution, and elected state officers, congressman and two United Statei senators, and after an interesting de- bate in congress became admitted into the sisterhood of states. Omaha still remained the capital city of the state, and a state house had been con~ structed and then stood on Capitol Hill, where now stands the Central Hifl‘: school. THhat original capitol building, with its unfinished pre- tentious Corinthian columns, is re- produced in Float No. 19. Float No. 20, represents the seal adopted when Nebraska became one of the United States. In fromt of this great s the humble log cabin and dug-o the pioneer, and in the rear of the float is represented the luxurious dwelling of the modern farmer, sur- rounded by inventions of every kind, including “the automobile, electric lights, telephone and labor saving de- vices. Next in order will come floats rep- resenting in a picturcst}ue manner some of the privations, sufferings and hardships through which our early settlers passed in the struggle toward prosperous statehood. Float No. 21 represents the ‘“Pioneer Wife an Mother,” with her children, while \ ssplendid growth in the financial history of the city. & 8 ttained by -Respo Sad ¥ ol . The top noteh of all bank deposits in Nebraska’s history has ne of the Omaha banks, the Omaha National, to a géneral call of the comptroller on 2 statement of condition, September 12, this bank portq:d@;smitb on that date of $19,415,806. At the last previous icall, June 80, it had on deposit $15,752,556. Half 4 dozen years ago when any one of the three biggést banks in' Omaha attained depo accounted 4 big event. sits o-g $13,000,000 or so, it was 1,000,000.00 | 22,000,000.00 e Omaha National Bank s Farnam and Seventeenth s ey :CHARLES H. BROWN C.NASH vcmnm wsussews H. BUCHOLZ, Vice §J. DeF. RICHARDS, Cashier - iB. A. WILCOX, Asst. Cashier OFFICERS J. H. MILLARD, President President voss Organized July 2, 1866 .... WARD M. BURGESS, Vice President FRANK BOYD, Asst. Cashier EZRA MILLARD, Asst. Cashier O. T. ALVISON, Asst. Cashier DIRECTORS W. H. BUCHOLZ J. DeF. RICHARDS WARD M. BURGESS ISAAC W. CARPENTER EZRA MILLARD near them was the lurking danger from ever present aboriginal Indians. Then Came Grasshoppers. Float No. 22—Is typi@l of the devastating swarm of grasshoppers, which were so destructive of all the crops and vegetation of the to leave it as barren as wilderness and without a the world’s history, excepting the single incident of old Egypt. oup No. 17.—Which will follow the grasshopper float—represents the settlers fleeing from the "plague of locusts,” back to the east with what- ever little effects could be saved, car- ried in a prairie schooner, on the sides which were scrolled the words: aten up by the grasshoppers. Go- back to five with wife's folks.” m i’lout No. 23—Presents -in brifht = n- colors the pleading figure of the dian maiden, “Nebraska,” praying for rain, while she suffers under the piti- less ngl of the sun; and also pre- |8 un| seats heartened tyrned years of the drouth, when the state was once more turned into desola- i and broken hearted farmers tion, Anfn fled mtwqd. Arbor Day. Now come happier days, and we gladly turn to look at Float No. 24, ’ry coyotes and the dis- armer standing by his up- “Arbor Day,” with its bust of J. Ster- | = i the father of ‘our trec|E lihng Mor! ing system, which has resulted in rming the original barren prairies into beautiful landscapes as f | rich in color and attractive in ap- pearance as the most charming spots of New England. Most fitting next in order comes Float No. 25, dedicated to the indus- tries that have placed the young state |3 of Nebraska among the first of the animal industries. On [ characters representing bountiful Ceres and gracious Pomona, both en- throned and with overflowln: cornu- copias emblems of peace and bound- less plenty. :ct ‘fio. 26—Represents the im- Eggerss- 0’Flyng Co. | Omaha Fiber and Corrugated Box Co. Corrugated Shipping Boxes . Paper Folding Boxes Cigar Boxes rlow. It is the story of the : union, in agriculture, horticulture and On_ this float are |5 wealth annpually more than the value of the gold mmc.q in | many a western state, and the Pa- | tient Cow” shown on Float No. 28, (Continued on Page Eight, (‘llr{l}l mense live stock industry, Here will | braska’s live stock products find their Nebraska's be represented animal figures, the | way all over the world. belching smoke of the packing houses, Cheerful Hen. and on the rear of the float, the tri-| Float No. 27—Will show figures of umph of refrigeration by which Ne- | the “Cheerful Hen” which adds to Steel, Concrete, - Wooden Bridges Foundations Retaining Walls Pile and Concrete Dams " Interlocking Steel Piling\ Intakes, Cofterdams ESTIMATES AND PLANS FURNISHED W"rité Us - Western Bridge and Construction Company " Omaha, ANebraska | e Mahoney & Kennedy AT T LAWYERS .T. J. Mahoney J. ‘A. C. Kennedy Yale C. Holland ' Philip E. Horan Guy C. Kiddoo PRACTICE IN ALL COURTS, STATE AND FEDERAL L ‘.‘ ’