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The Active, Pulsing Suburb Where Wheels Are Turning Every Day and Where an Ever In
creasing Community of Smoke-stacks Means Great Wealth to Omaha as a Manufacturing City
and enterprise. What benefits'
Omaha benefits Ralston, and what
benefits RalBton benefits Omaha. A
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Industrial Ralston
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boost for Ralston, then, is a boost
for Omaha. The reverse also is
true.
Here are some facts lhat show the
gauge of Ralston:
Grown from Wooded Site
In 1908 the site of Ralston was
the vacant shores of a pastoral lake
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ROGRESSIVE, growing lit
tle Ralston, now a spick
and span little town of
400 energetic people, but
soon to be a town of 1,000
Kyes, within a year, as everyone who
baa interests in Ralston thoroughly
believes), and then from 1,000 to go
Into a sturdy, enterprising manufac
turing city of several thousand in
habitants. That is what Ralston Is to become.
It is to remain no small town long,
for a place offering the hundreds of
, natural advantages for Industries
cannot long remain among the vil
lage class of Nebraska towns. Un
like Peter Pan, it wants to grow, and
unlike a dwarf, it will grow, for Ral
ston already Is growing. The very
veins of this . town are expanding
right now; the blood of a greater
body is gathering; the head is push
ing higher, the arms are reaching
out and soon there is to be a giant
body bearing the name of Ralston,
It is going to be a body of force, en
ergy and concentrated ability; it is
going to be a body that will have all
the power and ambition necessary
for making a great manufacturing
town.
Ralston is destined to grow des
tined to become one of the best
known manufacturing cities, in con
nection with Omaha, there is tn the
west. And always remember that as
Ralston grows, so does Omaha. ' For
Ralston 1b a part of Omaha, though
not in corporate body, yet In spirit
Seymour park, the former home
of Dr. . George L. Miller, a rustic
beauty spot at the edge of a great
city. It was covered by walnut, oak
and catalpa groves, which were ad
mired by thousands. Now Ralston
is an energetic little city, with pulse
beating rapidly and with every part
of the body working in healthy con
dition. It is Just pushing its nose
right ahead In the industrial line,
and in the next few years it will
grow much more rapidly than it has
been growing. . v
In twenty months after Ralston
began its first growth it had secured
and developed enterprises doing .more
business than any city in Nebraska
of 5,000 inhabitants. It became at
once the biggest little town in the
state.
The people of Ralston take pride
in the fact that this little town never
has had a boom!. They do not want
it to have one: they want It to grow,
THE NEW CLUB HOME OF THE SEYMOUR LAKE COUN
TRY CLUB WHEN THE COMMERCIAL CLUB WAS ENTER
TAINED. AT LUNCHEON.
THE-FACTORY OF. THE BROWN TRUCK COMPANY.
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as it has been growing, by steady,
firm steps to march into the pre
mier position of small western man
ufacturing towns.
7 Some Facta About Ralston
Ralston is six miles from' the
Omaha postofflce and three miles di
rectly west of : the , city limits of
South Omaha, on the Q street macad
amized road. .
The many natural beauties and the
splendid location of Ralston make
this town a fine residence place. It
is one of those industrial towns that
give the working man a healthful
place in which to live while working
for a big company. The natural ad
vantages of Ralston mean much for
the future of this place as a home
town. .. '
The Howard Stove Works, the
Brown Truck company, the Rogers
Motor Car company and the Omaha
Furniture Manufacturing company
are the concerns that now loom out
of Ralston. The latter company Is
now building a 'large plant in this
town and soon will be turning out
furniture, representative of the best
in the western trade.
The Howard Stove Works Is lo
cated in a permanent brick foundry
building, 180x275 feet, giving em
ployment to 100 skilled mechanics
and workmen and shipping as high
as five cars of stoves a day.
The Brown Truck Manufacturing
company has a home in a solid brick,
two-story building. This 1 company
manufactures f warehouse and mill
trucks that are shipped to all parts
of the middle-west. The force of
this firm is being increased all the
time, for output is steadily growing
and new employes are needed all the
time. The Rogers Motor Car company
occupies a large, modern factory
building and is making a good motor
and a popular-priced automobile, a
machine that is sturdy and rapid.
The Omaha Furniture Manufactur
ing company, which has purchased a
three-acre site, is now erecting a
large plant in Ralston. This com
pany decided in May to begin the
constructing of this new factory in
Ralston. It will employ more than
100 workers and will manufacture
many kinds of furniture.
The Gate City Manufacturing com
pany, capitalized at J 100,000, was
announced Thursday as another com
pany which will build a plant in Ral
ston. This firm has purchased a site
which lies directly east of the Brown
Truck Manufacturing company's fac
tory. Here will be constructed a brick
factory for manufacturing metal au
tomatic farm gates, never-break-polea,
graders, cleaners, separators
and many other specialties to be sold
to the implement trade.
Ralston has more and better pub
lic improvements and utilities than
any other town of its size in the state.
Indeed, it is far better equipped in
this respect than many towna of
much larger population.
An electric car line connects Ral
ston with Omaha and Papillion. This
is the only suburban line that runs
out of Omaha.
Ralston has a modern electric light
and power plant which furnishes jthe
city with excellent llgnt ana power.
Two telephone lines are located in
this enterprising town, - furnishing
connections with, all parts of the ;
country.
The postofflce building is a two-,
story, steam-heated structure.
Ralston has one church and a two-
story, pressed brick school building. ,
But Ralston has a grand future.
What has been done in this
: thriving little town is-;
not. all in all. It is the
future which folds out sub
stantial prospects for the
people here. Ralston is go
ing to grow; it is going to
have more industries. , The
natural advantages of Ral
ston make it one of the best '
sites in the west for manu-
facturing plants; it has the
essentials for the home of
big industrial " plants, and
the present is only a sugges
tion of what is to come in
this little, sturdy support of
Omaha that has advanced
many fold during the last
few years and that is certain :
to go ahead with greater
strides during the years of
the immediate future.
Country Club of
Ealston Feature
of Happy Living
The trip of the Omaha Commercial
elub excursionists to Ralston vu mad
on four chartered cars which were run
t BaJston over the Nebraska Traction
and Power company's line, the lnterur
baa route between Omaha and Papillion
ThU line la the only Interurban running
out of Omaha. It has excellent service
between Omaha and Ralston and from
Omaha to Ralston and Papillion. Its cars
are modern and go at a high rate of
speed. The track goes through some
of the most beautiful open country in
this; part of the state in making' the
trip) from Ralston to South Omaha, to
Ralston and Papillion, a town Just three
miles from Ralston.
When the Omaha excursionists reached
Ralston shortly after noon Thursday In
these Interurban cars, they were escorted
to t$e new home of the Seymour Country
club; where they were served an appe
tlstng dinner. After dinner the members
visited the various manufacturing plants
and made a general inspection through
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- The Seymour Lake Country club's new
borne where the Omahans were enter
tained, is a tine place. The finishing
toacnee are Just being put on this build
ing and some of the furniture was
brought in for the express purpose of
erring the luncheon to the club. Tho
club- bouse Is costing the Seymour Lake
Country club In the neighborhood ot
$12,000. It is built entirely of concrete
and stucco. It overlooks the lake from
a location within about 100 feet of where
Xr. Miller's old home stood and Is one
of the most commanding In the entire
country.
The- club was organised about a year
ago. ' Sixty of Omaha and South Omaha's
best business men formed the club and
purchased seventy acres ot land adjoin.
lng and surrounding Seymour lake. They
obtained from the Kountxe Bros, a long
time lease on the lake for their exclusive
use. Each shareholder In the club owns
a lot A number of beautiful bungalows
have already been erected on these lots
and the other shareholders are contem
plating building as soon as the club
opens. Some of the club members intend
making their home there the year
around. Each lot Is piped for water from
. an artesian well and a complete system
ot sewerage has also been established,
with electric lights, furnished by the
Ralston Traction company. So a person
who is a member of the Seymour Lake
, Country club haa all the advantages of
Hying in the citv and at the same time
has the full benefits of a country life.
Every natural advantage Is apparently
at hand to assist the architect and land
scape gardener In their work. No other
club in or near Omaha combines . all of
the same attractiveness of location,
water, golf links, bathing, fishing and
plenty of room for boating. The view
from the club house and. In fact, from
anywhere, on the -grounds of the sur
rounding country, is indeed magnificent
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Take Sycelal Car. '
In the erection of the club house' the
directors and officers have been' careful
not to leave anything undone to please
and attract the club members, no matter
what sort of amusement they enjoy the
best. The most noticeable feature of the
ciub house la the massive atone porch
two stones in height which runs the
entire length of the building and is
aifihteea feet wide. The main entrance
to the club house is through a large re
ception hall that extends across two
thirds of the width of the building. From
there the . grand stairway leads to the
second floor. On the right of the main
floor Is the lounging room and back of It
the locker ' rooms and hath rooms for
the men. The women also have been well
provided for and have a department ot
their own, including bath. On the left
Is the main dining room, forty feet
square, and immediately back of that
are the kltohen, pantry and serving
room. The entire second floor Is given
up to the dancing feature of the club.
It Is laid with maple. The entire build
ing can be opened up by the means of
large French windows. Poors and win
dows are screened.
The men who are at the back of this
club are not -only building for the pres
ent. They are spending the club funds
with a view 'not alone of what the club
may mean now, but what It will mean to
the members in the days and years to
come,, .when the membership-has grown
to its full limit and the club has become
one of the . recognised elements of club
life In Omaha and Douglas county.
The location of this club at Ralston,
In the opinion of many of the men who
have Investments there, means a great
deal to the value of all the property sur
rounding. All know bow property around
the different clubs tniOmahai has In
creased and there la .no question in the
world that the property surrounding the
Seymour Lake Country club will Increase
in value the same as It has' in other sim
ilar enterprises.
GATE CITY COMPANY
WILL S00N INCORPORATE
The Gate City Manufacturing company,
capitalization $100,000, will shortly incor
porate under Nebraska laws under the
name of the Gate City Manufacturing
company. This will be a consolidation ot
the business of the new I. D. Gate com
pany, formerly of'TCrk, Nebr, and the
Never-Break-Pole company, formerly of
Clarkson, Neb., which recently moved to
Omaha and is now at 1108 Nicholas street.
It will continue the manufacture of all
metal automatic farm gates, which has
been successfully made and distributed
from Tork, as well as the never-break-poles
also seed graders and other special
ties to be sold to the Implement trade.
After looking oyer the Oma
ha field we decided that no
better location could be found than amid the
extensive distributing facilities afforded by
this city. About September 1st we expect to
commence to manufacture, in our new plant,
a complete line of furniture that the house
wife will find use for in her kitchen, library
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Omaha, Nebraska. Ralston P. O.
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The Stove
"That Is Made in Omaha"
It Cuts Coal Bills and
Gives Wore Heat.
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250 members of the
Omaha Commercial Club
saw us making Howard Heating
Stoves last Thursday
They know now that it is the BEST
HEATING STOVE on the market
Reasons why the Howard stove is best:
BECAUSE we make a specialty heating stoves only and are there
fore able to give you the very best, most up-to-date and most
efficient heating stove that specialized effort can produce.
BECAUSE it burns less coal on account of its being so constructed as
to not only consume coal, but it consumes the larger percentage of
the smoke and gas as well. ;
BECAU8E the Inverted Conical Base heats the floor perfectly. It
: holds fire perfectly and is easily operated.
BECAUSE we build the stove in any style, enabling the use of hard or :
soft coal or coke.
We make combination oval styles for wood and coal with duplex grate
or for combination coal and gas.
Call and see us any timeWe'll Be glad to see ybu.
The Howard Stove Works
Omaha. Neb. Ralston Post Office
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