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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1909)
G TIIK OMAHA Sl'MUV PEE: SKPTKMUKK 2". 1HQ?). 5 r vvi rs,MJ imftlj mMJ UIMn E&M;r ffqOTi liinH liwil Itel feyrnn IPwil roim Fifteen Years of Ak-Sar-Ben Hold Much of Achievement 'IIS H in r III mm 1 -a-vriB t.iinil i- ho 8 THE WORLD grows older tt I getting better and bet ter acquainted with the fact that advertising and big business, booming and progreia, are things that always go together, neces sarily and inevitably. The time has passed when a city that has resources to be proud of, can expect the business men of another lo cality to find that out for themselves. As advertising has been made a definite nart of biiKlunss, the dxtra legal management of cities has been treated as a business, and advertising Is Just as important in that as is anything. The men whose Interests, b'islness and personal, are bound up in a town stand or fall with the town, and the to. n'a proRresH Is a metier of advertisement. So the his tory of Omaha's great industrial and commercial advance in the last fifteen yfars Is a story of the results that have come from the efforts of the organizations that advertise the city. Working together as one group of stockholders In two different corporations, the Commercial club and the Knights of Ak-Sar-Bcn have boomed and boosted so well that Omaha, which was fifteen years ago at the bottom of financial depression, without enterprise, without vigor and with untiRed resources. Is now striding Into the front rank of western cities. The first great King Ak-Sar-Ben was crowned In the Pen September 19, 1835. This Rame Thursday night was the occasion of the first parade and the first coronation ball and Judge E. M. Bartlett was king, with Miss Moliora Woolworth as hit royal consort. The Commercial club was founded the year before, and side by side the two Institutions began the work of rejuvenating Omaha, which waa dying of old age before It had got its growth. The yearl 1894, 1895, and several following, were perhaps no more disastrous and dismal In Omaha than they were In other parts of the country. But In this city, although the actual depression was forgotten in the or dinary revulsion of business conditions, It took an out side agency to give the Initial boost to the prosperity that was to follow the slump. Business conditions could have righted themselves. By the help of Ak-Sar-Ben they were not only righted, but out of gloom came the opening of a newer and greater era that was more than recovery. It was a new growth and the beginning of a new life. For a few years things worked slowly. The adver tising: schemes that were concocted by the Ak-Sar-Ben boosters were not so efficacious as they have become with mm 1 i $mi 1 ..-.. J i- ill Mrir !.i is in m -Lit mil I I ; 1 r t II 113 1 V --- l, rt-twri r? Hi liilltSi an tfi CTi-; 4 f -ti . . UH nr. I ' B. -MGI NEW DOUGLAS COUNTY COURT HOUSE (IN PROCESS OF ERECTION.) more experience and It took things some time to get under headway. The first great ewnt in Omaha's history after the first king waa crowned wan the Transmlsslaslppi exposi tion, which came in 1898 It waa a gigantic enterprise for a town of Omaha's size, but it was managed and main tained W'ith success that would have been a tank for a much larger city to achieve. The first year saw the expenditure of over $4,000,000 In conHt ruction and main tenance, and yet the puflts were so great that It was decided to hold it open a second summer. Success came again, and Omaha had begun a career of Importance In the country's affairs. The world had heard from It and It began to be considered a real center of Industry. Fifteen years Is a long period in the, history of the growing west. In that length of time cities have been built and destroyed again, prosperity has come and gone and come a second time to many communities. Fifteen years In the life of a city that has been in existence for little more than half a century may be the measure of the city's greatness. All that Ak-Sar-Ben has done for Omaha is com prised In the progress of no more than fifteen years, but to anyone who has lived In this city during those fifteen the changes have been wonderful. To the observer who was here In 1894 and comes back now they would be bewildering. Omaha fifteen years ago was a distinct example of the type of city or overgrown town that is sprawled over much territory, is very busy, In spots, and which pr betns a general appearance of straggling streets aud a much mixed up business section. It was enterprising, as western towns are all enterprising, and it had indus trial interests of great importance. Hut in spite of this it did not have the appearance nor the manners of a metropolis. Sixteenth street, that is now being built up with sixteen-story buildings, hud scracely three blocks that could really be called a business section. To be sure, there was the same long stretch of second-class business buildings along Sixteenth from Dodge to Cum ing that is there yet for the most part, but the really busy section could be bounded between Dodge and Har ney. At Harney street one corner was occupied by a church, two had residences and the third waa covered aa it is now. In the last ten years three six-story build ings, one four-story building and two of three stories have gone up on the block, and on the site of a residence that was there ten years ago a sixteen-story building la being excavated for. And there are many other corners In Omaha that have changed in the same way. Seven teenth street along Its length from Capitol avenue to St. Mary's avenue presents an entirely different appearance. The new High school building looks down Capitol avenue from the hill and the rear half of the new postofllce cov ers a whole block. Then along the way there is an eight-story building on Douglas, where before stood a few residences and another building is rising across the street from It. Further down Seventeenth Is the new court house, then the Young Men's Christian association with a beautiful home, and a block farther the Young Women's Christian association, with a still newer home. New- hotels have been added to the general work of change, and All for the better. Omaha Is Just now to have a building taller than the old New York Life building. The New York Life edifice has been towering over the streets for years, but It had an effect almost grotesque rather than Impressive be cause of the little houses that were clustered around Its base. The Bee building stood guard on Farnam street, but Just behind It on Douglas were residences. Soon a magnificent new theate will be In plnce of the resi dences. So the business streets of Omaha are changing. Each year sees another great gap filled up, more old buildings torn down to make room foi newer and better ones, more sky-scrapers and more show buildings. Not only has the business section been made more compact, but It has been spread widely in all directions. Up the Farnam hill goes a double row of stores and automobile garages where once were residences. Even now In the hurry to get business room residences are being pushed back and newer buildings built in front of them and both kept In commission. With a few more years like the last few Omaha will have no vacant lots within a few blocks of the very center of the business district. Omaha has a very different front to present to those who go through on railway trains when It is compared with the view that used to greet them. They enter the city under a row of viaducts over the principal streets, some of which were up before, but all of which have been rebuilt and Improved. The trains draw Into one of two magnificent passenger stations, one of them an architectural triumph and famous for its beauty. Down the streets to the north as they come In or go out through the long valley they see blocks of tall buildings and factories. If a passenger alights nowadays be reaches the retail business section by passing through a solidly built whole sale section. All along the Tenth street viaduct and along Eighth, Ninth and Tenth streets are plain, substan tial brick buildings whose warerooms are filled with the Jobbing merchandise that Omaha is taking care of and with the products of Omaha factories. Scarcely one of these buildings were there ten years ago. Wholly ne residence districts have been created. In the central part of town along California street west from Crelghton university there waa scarcely a block that was half filled with houses, and now since the run ning of a new street car line a few years ago it is thickly settled witl comfortable houses and the streets are all paved. Boulevards run where before were dirt roads. (Continued on Page Six.) Iffif 4i iMmkm " ' jC- --'' ( aj..? -"U.. -.. . hi iff IM - ''A:Mmms ; , ... frX'fa .,vfeftifj Vif t;:JJ,'"-"v'-'V. iy'- Jv2pJ The Inter-State $1,750 The Inter-State I will display in my garage this week a line of automobiles from which the most discriminating enthusiast may make a happy selection. First and foremost there is the Inter-State. A car with a reputation. It was new in this section until the present season. But it seems to be just what is required for those who are particular about up keep. They find that it is the cheapest car to maintain, that it lasts the longest, and when old, looks the best. It is a sweet riding car plenty power, ample speed. It is used successfully in the country where long trips arc necessary over rough roads. It passes them in the cities and towns. More of these cars have been sold during the season than any other one make. The Inter-State sells for $1,750. W The l,uPmoblIe 5750 The Hupmobile From coast to coast everybody says something about the Hupmobile 4 Cylinder, 20 H. P;, Sliding Gear, Bosch Magneto, for $750. This is the smart est and best little car ever marketed in America at anything like the money. Jt is the first small car ever built in this country that is equal in every way to the expensive large ears. It is the first car ever built in this country possessing real dash and individuality in design. If it were a large car, the makers could not afford to make it so good. A finer or better power you will not find in any car. Other engines are larger but none is built of better material or with more careful workmanship. On the Brighton Bench track it defeated two French cars listing at $2,100, Allen Kingston $3,000, Mitchell $2,000-in six-hour race of 226" miles. The DeTamble This is a new car in this territory but haB sprung at urn into popularity, than 80 of these cars during the last two months. It is a big cur in every money. Look at the specifications: We have sold more way and worth the 1COTOB 1 H. P. 2 Cylinder Opposed Water Cooled Motor with 4 . In. bore and 4 In atroke. c'yllmlcr brre? and in line with throws of ('rank Hhaft Cylinders are all lappod to (lze and Crank Shaft. Piston Rlnga, llaion Plnii and Cam Hhaft are ground to eiact lze l'onnriL, rod and Crank Shaft BoarlnRS are hand arraii-l and divided on center line with five I, rum liner for taking up wear All parts being- made with apeclal toola anu jigs, nun me niauer or re-piacemeni very fctmple. IAK8MI8SI0W The t ranemlsHlon la of the two aoed and reviTae planetary t pe mounted on a lnn w hich la mil tnieiiral w ith the crank i ae of the motor which makes a unit of motor ami trans mission, the entire unit rarrlnd on three pointa. SK.I7B Shaft worklnu In annular ball bearing alaa AXLE Wni-ion-Mot t Bevel Uar. Over 30 000 now In ue in. tubular with F0T AXLE Weston-of ott I very hravy steering knuckles IliMI-PreaBed Steel I.J0 Hear, t leaf, 38 In. long. 14 In wide; front 5 leaf Inches long. 1 Vfc Inches wide, all full elliptic. BTErsnra OllB Irreversible worm type. TimES 30-3 Marl ford Standard Clinchers. WHEEL BASS '.') inc l .H ISXaD Sianilard bb inches OAUBETO Model 'U" B.hehler lUXITtON liual System. HIkIi tirade Ulich Tension Maitneto and dry cells. OISOLISJ Hound 11 gallon tank under front aat, LUBKICATIOH Four feed Mechanical Oiler COOLIKO Thermo Syphon System, with a genuine equate tul Honev Comb type of Hadlator having 14 ooo ,,. in. of radiation Mo amp or fan. BKACES Internal expamllng on rear whcela. Re vcrse unerl dp . f n ler gem y brake OOITKOL I.ett pedal forward Is low speed and backward Is rere. hlht pedal pushed forward applies the l.rakis. backward the hit-h speed. Id levers, al.nolutely the aimpleat eootrol ever aprdled to an automobile. BODY Runabout type with Rumble Beat. raMTlsu Hark green, with wheela and axles painted red. trMirat-No 1 Machine Buffed Leather WtIOT 1 400 pounds. igUimigT-l-ilr side Oil Umci. Tan Uhd Tlr-- Repair Kit. Tool Kit and Horn. VKICX 1660 OO t. o. b. factory at Aaarrsoa. lad. EXTBAfl Kxtra Rumble Seat snaking a lour Hi. enger car, furnished for t3t.rtt. L. Huffman Automobile Co. 2025 Farnam Street. Omaht.