1
V
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Samples of he Handsome Homes Thai Are Going Up All Over Omaha
Ei of Loti in Omaha the fubjoet of
''V.
IcDch ConcTatuUiioa.
PEOPLE SHCULD POST UP ON DEEDS
1 - ' V'AV.
'.V
Meaning; of Ahatraet My.terlon. to
Many, bat All hoald t ndrrntind
the Principles of the
Transaction.
.'Vzfi
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAY 19, 1907.
, -
'"-'7l- ' '
.&r-"-"-H I f -t P i I fUi ' nA'i ' - n i II J 1 I.e.- A .
Omaha in far In advance of many eastern
cities In the manner of platting new sub
divisions In that the new city lota belnn
placed on the market conform more
nearly to the modern evolutions In home
building. Although confirmed customs
yield reluctantly to the compelling force
of new ideas the lots now being platted In
the city of Omaha are uniformly wider,
with possibly a slight decreaso In depth.
The standard lot should have and does
hav. In Omaha a frontage of from thirty
to forty feet and be not less than 100 feet
In depth. Mmt of lots laid out In the city
In former years were either fifty to sixty
leet width and 1.12 to 150 reet deep or Im
mense lots occupying quarter or half of an
entire block.
With the wider lots ample space for light
nd air Is provided and relief had from
annoyances Incident to too close proximity
to one's neighbor, however desirable they
Way be. The unthinking Investor begrudges
ery square foot of land not actually
built upon, but a little liberality and In
telligence will show him that open spaces
re often the part 'of his property em
ployed to the best advantage, especially In
the construction of flats or apartment
houses. In a city where territory Is prac
tically unlimited there la no necessity for
the dungeoning of anyone in dark or !lly
Ventllatrd houses or apartments. Owners
of residence property acknowledge that
values here may never rise to fancy figures
Cls thy have done on Manhattan Island or
In other cities where expansion Is Impossi
ble and the broad prairies which surround
Omaha curtail such expectations. This fact
should be and Is recognized by owners who
open up new subdivisions and the modern
tendency is toward much larger lots.
Reel estate brokers are confronted every
clay with the peculiar fact that not one
person in one thousand knows what an
abstract is or realizes the value of a
complete understanding of this simple in
BtruMent of everyday use. The ordinary
purchuser of real estate knows that an
abstract is black, brown or some other
color and is examined by lawyers, but that
! the extent of his knowledge.
A layman cannot examine an abstract,
but he will be surprised to see how much
of an abstract he can understand. The
chain of title In most cases can be fol
lowed very easily and many persons would
be interested In following the vicissi
tudes of the property they own. Most
persons, If they could read an abstract
only once, would learn something never
known before, which Is that an abstract
Is merely an abbreviated history of a
particular piece of property, written In the
English language, and with nothing very
mysterious about It.
People should familiarize themselves with
real estate transactions; at least with the
elementary principles, as almost every man
and woman In this community owns or
expects to own a piece of real estate.
After all Is said and dons real estate Is the
true savings bank of the worklngman, be
cause it Is the one Institution that never
falls. Returns may be disappointing, owing
to larger taxes or assessments than had
been anticipated, the ' neighborhood may
deteriorate or repairs prove unexpectedly
expensive, but the owner has the oontrol
of the result of his industry and economy
In his own hands and does not have to ask
somebody's permission to do what he thinks
best.
In direct contrast to the conditions in
Omaha and elsewhere It Is said that the
real estate market of Chicago has become
demoralized by excessive taxes and putrid
politics. A real estate Journal published at
that city, which has a wide circulation,
epitomizes the situation thera In the fol
lowing paragraphs:
While the market" for property here (Chi
cago) is better than at any time since 1893,
there are still fifty sellers for every buyer
High rentals, due to the rapid growth of
rotation, maj furnish a market for im
proved realty yielding a gross Income of
11 per cent but real estate Is not wanted
?. ?T,7.ve"t5,,"nt for fPl'al. Elsewhere In
the I nited States real estate reflects the
unprecedented activity In all departments
.LTtX.. '" ChlC
Something is radically wrong. What Is It?
Taxes aod politic. The owner of real e"
S "r nerKeV' wM aMe
.nd"r,o'dbieyde?,v1eS.,0n f
An effort Is being made In Chicago to
attempt some sort of organization to fight
the evils alleged to be present hindering
the commercial growth of the city.
Many complaints are being made by real
estate brokers that their lists of property
for sale are becoming very much depleted
due to conditions which have not become
evident to any great xtent until recently
It to said that this Is principally noticeable
In residence property, although the supply
of business property on the market at pre
vailing prices Is also limited.
.George o. Wallace, a well known dealer
In Omaha property and farm lands, is of
the opinion that conditions affecting farm
land sale. , are now being met In city real
estate. For many years the business In
western and nearby farm lands was of
large volume, but tha supply has decreased
to such an extent that the present trade 1.
almost wholly in farm land. i the ,x!
treme west and Canada! City property 1.
roing the same road and listing, of agents
are becoming much smaller. It I. hard to
ecure enough property now to sell and all
broker, ,ra making strenuous efforts to
Increase the property held for sal. by
theai." '
It Is reported that' tha high rate, of rent
beve dune much to cause the peculiar lack
of salable property, n.ak.ng horn, owner,
reluctant to sell their home.. tVen at a
good profit, with th. prospect, of having
to pay cxee.siv. rent, for awhile. Another
condition affecting the supply of property
on th. market I. th. closing out of prop
erty acquired former year, by foreclos-
ur. proceedings. Most of th. property
cured in this manner ha, been sold and
the supply of other property is on the
wane. Omaha owners are evincing an i.
tentlon of retaining possession of their
property wltn confidence ln the future of
th. city.
A. an Indication of the great shortage of
vallabl. bustnes. site, near the center of
th. city It Is noted that the tenants of the
Redlck building, adjoining th. Hen.haw
hotel, wher. Improvements are to be made
wer. utterly unable to find new location,
for their business and were forced to put
their fixtures In storag. until suitable
business sites can b. .ecurad,. Th. One
Mlnut. re.taur.nt at 1511 Farnam .treat
went out of business a. th. re.ult of the
Short.,, of available quart., and ev.n
th. Willow Spring. Brewing company was
Unable to find a new location for Its saloon
at 1311 Karnam street, which was vacated
last w.elc
Russoll McKitrlck r.port that th. oV J
I.,: I
mand for property in Halcyon Heights,
which is a suburban residence addition
southwest of Benson, has been very large
this spring and that many Inquiries i re
being received dally. Many new homos
are nearly completed In this addition and
others are being started. A. P. Tukey &
Son, who had several lots In the subdlvl-
lon. have disposed of nearly all their
holdings, but many choice lots remain to
be sold.
Recent sales reported by Hastings &
leyden: Lot near Twenty-fifth and Ttm-
Icton streets, to Theodore Farnsley. on
which a new home will be built; a new
residence at Twenty-eighth and Caw
streets, for $4,000, to Margaret Boyd and
Carrie Nash, as an Investment; a lot in
Creighton Heights addition, to William H.
Barcherdlng for an investment; the lot nt
the corner of Thirtieth street and Mere
dith avenue, to J. H. Dumont & Son, on
which the electric light company will build
a branch power station; a lot on Twenty
ninth street between Pinkney and Pmtt
streets, to Delbert C. Rich, who will build;
two lots ln Military addition, to George
Painter; a lot near Eighteenth and Blnney
streets, to Mary E. Mattlson, who -vlll
build a home Immediately; the house and
lot at 2878 Blnney street, to Michael Car
rol for a home, and a lot ln Kountze Place
to D. Flnlayson, who will build a ,4,500
home.
Transactions in downtown business prop
erty have been few during the last few
weeks, but one of the old landmarks of the
city changed hands last week ln the Kale
of the old Pioneer restaurant buildings at
Sl and tiO South Twelfth street to the
W. Farnam Smith company for about
$6,000. Th. buildings are two and three
vw. vfc .ioiub mm ones, ana were
erected ln the early '70s. They wire
owned by Allan Bourne, a nonresident,
ana soia ror mm by Russell & McKltrUk,
The buildings adjoin others owned by the
W. Farnam Smith company and are leased
for tWO Vft hv fh veaA. . .
1. lmnrb.hi. iS.. T I " . ' -L
, ...,ruYCU.
Roblnspn & Wolf report the sale of the
seven-room residence at 1004 North Twenty-fourth
street for A. I Gordon, proprie
tor of tha Expressmen's Delivery company,
to Morris Bernstein, one of the proprietors
of the Lange Grocery company. The house
is comparatively new and completely mod
ern, being sold for $3,300. Mr. Gordon con
templates building a fine residence, to cost
about $4,000, on his lot near Twenty-fifth
and Cuming streets.
Formal title to th. old Patrick homestaad
on the West Dodge street road has been ac
quired by the Happy Hollow Country club
from Mrs. Eliza W. Patrick, widow of the
late J. N. H. Patrick. The consideration
was $30,000, and la about one-third of the
original cost of the three fine building, on
the estate, which is composed of nearly
eleven acres, meet of which is In fine ma
ple trees. The grounds surrounding the
clubhouse are being improved by a large
force of workmen and the golf links will
be ready for service within a few weeks,
although no plans have been made for the
formal opening of the club.
Sergeant Lou!, Rentfrow, who will re
sign from the police force June 1 and enter
into th. hotel business, ha sold his home
on Madison avenue, between Fourteenth
and Sixteenth streets, to William T. Bdg-
nin tor z,ao. sergeant Rentfrow has
bought the controlling Interest In the Wind
sor hotel with money obtained by careful
Investment ln Omaha real estate and se
cured the nucleus of his nwdest fortune by
savings from hia salary a, an officer.
Among th. Important real estate transac
tion, of th week passed was th. sal. of
the large lot and fix frame houae. at the
southwest corner of Ttnth and Pacific
streets by the Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance company to Hugh McCaffrey.
The lot I, 132 feet kquare and Is known as
the Elgutter corner. The sal. was made
through Alfred Kennedy and th. property
wa, bought as an Investment by Mr. Mc
Caffrey for $17,600. Moat of th. proDertv
owned by th. Insurance company In Omaha
has been sold out by Mr. Kennedy and
but few lot. remain to b. dlsDosed of. It
Is th. Intention of th. Insurance company
to dispose of all Its real .state In this
city, even though much of It Is good in
come be.rtng prop.rty, and ha. been told
at times at considerable sacrifice.
The large lot at Forty-second and Daven
port itreet, ha, been bought for $1,260 by
F. W. Simpson, secretary of the 8ildUrs'
Rllof commission, who Intend, to build a
$4,000 residence on th. property thl, ,prlng.
Th. ,al. was made for C. W. Doan. of
Rock Sprint. Wyo.. through Harrison &
Morton and the tot Is in one of the most
desirable residence .ectlons of th. city.
BURIAL OTPRESIDENTS COUSIN
Body of Captain George W. Roosevelt
at Heat In Oak Hill
Cemetery.
WASHINGTON, May IS.-Th. body of
Captain George W. Rao.ev.lt a cousin of
President Roosevelt, who died wh!l. serving
as consul-general of the United States at
Brussels, was laid at re.t in Oak Hill
cemetery this afternoon. Services were
held in the chapel at the cemetery, th.
arrangement, being In the nand of officer,
of th. department of th. Potomao of th.
grand army, assisted by Rev. W. G.
Davenport of Emmanuel Episcopal church
with appropriate mu.lc by a Mssonlo
quartett.. At their conclusion a puny of
marine, from th. navy yard, lired a volley
over th. grave and a ion. bugler Bound
"taps." Floral tribute. Included on. from
th. (Vhlt. liou,. sent by Fr,ldent Roose
.:.i ' ' --t .r- .: jj t!' :A :-i' ti . J ... 1 zz. ZZ il i
HOME OF BYRON O. BURBA NK, 3S43 C AUFOKKIA
MANY CLASHES IN GOLFING
Anerioan Team to Visit Canada This
Summer.
BJSY DAYS ON THE LINKS ARE AT HAND
Women, School Boys and Seniors to
Play Their Auuual Champion
ship, ou Nerv Vork Links
Fixtures at Other Clubs.
NEW YORK. Maj- 18,-There will be
much doing on American golf lluka next
week. About New York there will be three
annual championship tournaments alone.
One will be lor the New York InUi scholas
tic title, now held by Frederick HtrreshofT;
another the Women's Metropolian Uolt
association championship, and the third
will be for the Metropolitan Golf associa
tion championship, at present held by
Jerome D. Travera, Another tournament
of the week will be the open championship
of the Massachusetts Golf association at
the Brae Burn Country club, while at far
away Spokane the Pacific Northwest ama
teur championship Is on for action. The
holders of the two titics are, respectively,
Alex Ross and C. K. Maglll of Victoria.
The schoolboys begin tomorrow at the
Garden City Goif club and will play until
Wednesday to decide their individual and
team rivalries, the latter championship
now being held by Lawrenceville school.
Fred Herreshoff Is out of schoolboy golf,
! but it is an axiom of the tournament that
nner seldom defends his title, and
the chief Interest ln the affair to outsiders
is the revelation of skill In the rising gen
eration. The tournament has been held since 1S99,
bar one year, and usually each Umo on a
different course. It 'has a! waifs been onen
to the preparatory school, of all part, of
thft countpy and tQ wln hM meant m()rp
than a victory in the local schoolboy
tournaments that are bow held at several
cities. From its open conditions the New
York tournament Is a national one. The
tendency Is to restrict the entries in all
local tournaments to residents of the dis
trict and possibiy, should this be done at
New York as well as outride, a regular
national championship for schoolboys may
follow. But a, boy, of the preparatory
schools are so soon to be eligible for col
lege and other championships such a tour
nament may never be necessary. The New
York schoolboy tournament has produced
some fine golfers. The champions have
been: 1S9, St. Andrews. G. Owen Winston;
150!). Garden City, H. B. Holllns. Jr.;
1901, Oakland, Pierre A. Proal; l3,
Westbrook, J. L. Batchclder; 1904, Nassau,'
Jerome D. Travers; Wo. Garden City!
Dwlght Partridge; 1906, Garden City. Fred
Herreshoff.
The earlier contests were arranged by the
Cutler school, and for three years the tour
nament had been run by St. Paul's school
of Garden City. Holllns was runner up to J
Winatrtw am4 ., n IT O ... i . I
ui ii . crviy wnen ne won
his title. The team championship winners
have been: 18S9 and 1900. Cutler; 1901. St.
Paul's of Concord; 19(3. Lawrencevllle; 1904
and 1906. St. Paul', of Garden City; 1906,
Lawrencevllle.
Knollwood is the garden links of the
many beautiful ones about New York. The
play Is over a lawn and often between
parterres of flower,, yet there are ome
fine testing hole, that appeal to every
golfer. The two water hazard holes are
better than most Iron Bhot holes near New
York. The playing length Is 4.620 yards
and the record Is 67, held by Travis. The
hort distances will be a change from the
long courses, all trudge and slug, that the
women have been using In recent years
and an admirable opportunity to test their
iron shot, and putting. Thl, Is the cham
pionship roster as to finals for the title:
1900, Morris county, Miss G. Hecker beat
Miss R. rnderhlll: ISol. Nannau. Miss G.
Hecker beat Miss R. Underhlll; 1902. Essex
county. Mrs. R. A. Manlm r. Ml.. n..
nandes; l(X"i8. Richmond county, Mrs. E. A.
irii nuiia vannernorr; 1W4, Ana
wamls. Mrs. E. A. Manloe neat Mrs H D
Paterson; 1906, Baltusrol, Mrs. C. T. Stout
NKWLT EUflCTEU OFFICERS TU
i i
I Men Who Manage the Affairs of Secret Society
O O &l
i J I (!") fid ii n W
1 : , ' -
beat Miss Gertrude Travera: OT, Engle
wood, Mrs. C. T. Stout beat MIps O. Bishop.
As will be seen, only two persons for
Miss Hecker became Mrs. Stout have ever
held the championship, a most remarkable
record. Consolation cups, In sets of eight,
four ball matches, a handicap and other
special contests fill up the tournament card.
The handicaps have seldom been so close
as In 1902. when there was a tie between
Mrs. M. D. Pnterson, 93, 1083, and Mrs. N.
Pendleton Rogers, 87. 4-SJ. The lntter, now
president of the Women's Metropolitan
Golf nsFociatlon, also won the gross score
prize.
Douglas and Travers, having won out be
tween them the plate for the Nassau Coun
try club, the ninth championship at the
Nassau Country club will be for a new cup,
the gift of Daniel Chauncey on retiring
from tha presidency of the Metropolitan
Golf assocliitlon, to fill that office in the
TTnlted Ststes Golf association. Like the
old, this is also a three-win cup, but with
the important change that It must be won
by the same player before his club may
claim it. The new rule is sure to keep the
player In the game who once gains a win
until every hope is lost. The qualifying
and the final-rounds are at thirty-six holes,
with all intermediate rounds at eighteen.
Thirty-two qualify for the championship,
while the third and fourth sixteen also
qualify for prizes, defeated sixteen
of the championship set will start again for
the president's cup, this year the gift of
W. Fellowes Morgan. The championship
record is:
In 1W9 st Garden Cltv. H. M. TTarrlmnn
heat Reglnnlrt Brooks. ? to 1: 1900, Nas
sau. W. .T. Travis bent H. M. Harrlman. 1
and 2; 1901, Anawnmls, F. S. PouRlas beat
C H. Seelv, 11 and 10: 1902. Tuxedo. W. J.
Travis bent F. A. Marcellus. 11 and 10; 190.',,
Peal. F. A. Donglps beat John Moller. Jr.,
10 and 9; 1904. Garden City, Harold Wilcox
best P. R. Fvne. 2d., 6 and 4: 1906, Fox
Hills C. H Seely bent A. Graham, 1 un;
1!0S, St. Andrews, J. D. Travers beat E. M.
Byers, 3 and 1.
Travers last year also won the qualify
ing round medal with 73, 7S 144. Travis
did the same, with 76, when he won his
tile at Tuxedo. Harrlman was In the triple
tie for the score medal, in his year. The
others were: F. S. Douglas and J. A.
Tymg, the total being 173. In the other
years tho score medalist has not gone
through.
There has been an Increased entry and
more enjoyment for everybody since the
change In the tournament conditions In
19C3 to the present plan of giving cups.
Before only the championship set qualified,
and those defeated played for the presi
dent's cup. The club pairs, four ball
match and the handicap have, however,
been played from the start. It has been
found that the success of a tournament as
to minor features depends on the number
of players attracted for the qualifying
round, and since the adoption of a more
generous policy there has been no com
plaint of small fields at the M. G. A.
meetings. This year', tournament commit
tee Is Paul Wilcox, chairman: Simeon
Ford and John R, Maxwell, Jr., with the
M. G. A. officials.
John Reld, Jr., and Archie Reld won the
four-ball match last year, with 35, 3409.
R- C. Watson, Jr., had the gross prize in
the handicap, with 75, and F. 8. Keeler
won the net, 83. 1370. Flndlay Dojglas
won the president's cup, Howard Glffen
that for the third sixteen, and Sidney Mad
dock won the trophy for the , fourth six
teen. The entries for the pending contest
include all the cracks. Travers. who has
th. record of 69 for the 8.037-yard course,
would be a strong favorlt. but for the
erratic play he showed at Atlantic City,
while Travis is always good at Nassau.
To shift to Scotland, the "gray city"
will harbor a host of fin. golfer, next
week, play beginning on May $7. That
Nestor of the links. Tom Morriss as he
watches the starting will see many a shot
to recall his own blithe days. The open
champion of LS61 1, still a keen critic, al
though the fire of combat is dim in his
eyes. Th. St Andrews course is now the
hardest to score over that there is, for,
owing to the new hazards, James Braid
won the open championship there with 318
three years ago. Before the changes J.
H. Taylor won the open with 3.9 ln
1900. But tha course will not feaze the
American, for Byers is as straight a, an
S NEBRASKA ORANC LODGE, ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN.
THOMAS W. IIAZEN'S HOME AT
arrow in his full shot, and brilliant on
the short game. It will be the- twenty
eecond playing of the British amateur
championship and, except when Walter J
Travis won ln 1904, the cup hr.s never loft
the "tight little kingdom." There Is no
qualifying round and there wil! be over a
hundred players. James Rohb, a native of
St. Andrews, Is the tltleholder, while A. O.
Barry, his predecessor, Is also of that
bailiwick. It Is 20 to 1. so strong Is the
field, against anyone naming the winner.
Besides Byers, F. Oden Horstmnn, T. O.
Stevenson and possibly other Americans
will start.
American golfers have arranged to cross
the border In force thl season. Some time
ago A. W. Austin, president of the Ijunb
ton Golf club of Toronto. Can., conceived
the Idea of having a team fm-ri th" states
pay the Canadian clubs a vls't during the
summer of 1908. He finally, through A.
W. Tllllnghast of Philadelphia, extended
a cordial Invitation to spend two weeks
there this present season.
The plan Is to have ten or s dozen well
known nmatetirs cross the border and takfl
part In nt least four team matches.
Matches are to be played with the Lamb
ton Golf club. Toronto Golf club, Rosedale
Golf culb and Hamilton Golf club. Thi
affairs will occupy the visitors the first
week.
Following this will come the annual open
tournament on the Ixmbton links. This
will extend over a period of five dsys. The
first day will bo devoted to a team match,
singles and foursomes, and then nil the
visitors start In the tournament proper.
In the Lnmbton tourney a year ago Tll
llnghast reached the final round, only to
be defeated by Fritz Martin.
When TlllinfThast received the invitation
to get up a team he had hW doubts, but h
soon found that the amateurs responded
readily. Among those who have expressed
a willingness to make up tha party are:
Jerome D. Travers of Montclalr. the metro
politan champion; Fred Herreshoff of Gar
don City, the Interscholastlc title holder;
Archie Graham, the New Jersey champion;
Dr.' D. P. Fredericks of Oil City, Harold
Sands of Aiken, George LafTorty of the
Chevy Chase club and Howard W. Perrln,
W. P. Smith and George A. Crump of
Philsdelphla.
It has also been learned that the Cana
dian, ara anxious to bring about a resump
tion of the team matches with the United
States Golf association, which were annual
feature, about a decade ago. There has
already been considerable correspondence
on the subject between the two bodies,
and It was thought that a committee to
represent the United States Golf associa
tion would be appointed. As yet, however,
no official action has been taken. At any
rate it is quite possible that the coming
friendly clash will be tho mean, of getting
the two associations to make thesa team
matches annual events.
The exact time for the departure of the
Americans has not as yet been determined,
but It will either be the latter part of July
or early ln August. Prominent among the
Canadian amateurs are George S. Lyon,
runnerup to E. M. Byers la the national
championship at Englewoed last summer;
Douglas Laird, formerly at Princeton, and
Frits Martin, who learned to play in Scot
land. CHARGED WITH BEING A TRUST
Gnater Suit Brooaht In Mlasonrl Court
Aaalnat St. Koala Gas
Company.
8T. LOUIS. May 18.-A u!t Instituting
quo warranto proceedings on behalf of the
state of Missouri was filed ln the circuit
court today by Circuit Attorney C. N.
Fager against the Union Electric Light and
Power company, charging It with having
entered Into a combination to control and
regulate the price of electric light and
power in violation of the anti-trust laws of
the state.
Circuit Attorney Sager stated he would
Immediately prepare for tills suit, with
similar proceedings against another publla
utility company. It Is considered probable
a special commissioner will be appointed
to hear evidence lb ha case.
r i
2709 SPALDING.
GOVERNOR Willi BOOSTERS
haldon Will Frobably Go on th. Korth
weitT:a4e rxcurglon.
KESERVATIONS RE NOW COMPUTE
Mats Are Closed and Greatest
Intereat at Home and Abroad
In Thl. Jaunt I.
Manifest.
After several weeks of strenuous work
on the part of the hustling committee ot
ine c-ommerclal club tho reservations on
the palatial train, which will bear tin
i.u.mrea umaiia "boosters" on the trade ex- j
tension excursion to the Paolflc coast, have
been taken and the lists have been closed.
mis aecision was re.ched at a special I
meeting of the trade extension mmmiitu
of the club hold Saturday afternoon at the
call of Chairman J. H. Taylor, when ar
rangements for the excursion, which will
leave Omaha two weeks from today, were
perfected.
It Is probable Governor Sheldon will be
the guest of the participants on the ex
cursion and he Is endeavoring to arrange
his affairs so as to give the committee a
final answer Monday, whlcch. It is believed,
will be in the affirmative.
Much difficulty has been met In securing
enough member, to take part In the ex
cursion, which will be the most extensive
and pretentious ever given by any com
mercial organization of the United States
and the success of the excursion Is pri
marily due to the efTorts of Chairman J.
H. Taylor, Joseph Kelley and Dan B. Ful
ler of the trade extension committee, who
have devoted their entire time, day and
night, for the last three week, ln securing
participant, for the excursion.
Many Requests from Cities.
So many request, have been received
from person, of the cltle, to be Tlslted on
the excursion that the time allotted by the
itinerary for visits to their towns be ex
tended that an effort will be made to give
more time to many cities if it can be done
without curtailing the tlm. spent ln other
cities. '
The flow of letters and newspaper clip
pings from various organization, of tho
cities to be reached on the trip continues
and the Post-Intelllgencer of Seattle, one
of the most representative Journals of th.
Pacific coast, hns asked for photographs
of the excursion party or prominent mem
bers thereof. The Hood River Glscler of
Hood River, Ore., through its publisher,
A. D. Moe, has extended a cordial Invita
tion to the excursionists to visit that ctty
and as an attraction stated that the straw
berry season would be ln full blast when
the excursion arrives, with over 4,000 pick
ers in tho fields. The Butte Inter Moun
tain of Butte, Mont., has published mnny
articles announcing the advent of the
Omaha trnde "booster," and has asked
for Interviews with prominent Omahans
who will ba on the trip.
Ask for More Time.
A communication ha been received
from the president of the Payette Valley
Commercial club of Payette, Idaho, request
ing, that more time be pent by th. ex
curslonlEts ln that city, and a almilar let
ter was rec.lvsd from the commissioner
of th. Commercial club of North Taklma.
Wash. Clippings have been received from
the Spokane Dally Chronicle announcing
that a commltta had been appointed to
entertain the Omaha visitors at Spokane
and also from the Evening Chronicle of
Spokane and the Billings Gazette.
Details incident to the excursion are be
ing considered by the member, of the
trade extension committee of th. Com
mercial club and Chairman Taylor will
appoint a committee to prepare rule, for
the government of the participants on the
excursion with regard to expediting the
boarding of the train at the conclusion of
each visit.
In order to facilitate ,ervice on the din
ing car th. member, of the .xcurslon
party will b. dlvldad Into two parties,
each man being paired with another, and
turns will be taken ln dining, as each pair
of man will have pne chair reserved ln
the dining car for their sole use.
The commltte. on advertising ha borely
completed its work and the sdvertMng
matter is now in the hands of tne printers.
It ha, been found necessary to en
large the booklet to be used on the ex
cursion from W to SO pages, which will
contain view, of the buslnoss house, par
ticipating and the representative, of such
home, on th. excursion.
FIND HOMES FOR ""CHILDREN
FIftr-Elgbt Babies Under seven Year,
are Belnc niatrlnnted In
Hew Orleon..
NEW ORLF.AN. May lT.-Flfty-elght
babies and children under T years of ge
from New York chsritable Institutions are
being distributed In New Orleans and
Louisiana today. The children are rne of
several consignments to this state. A
tralnload carrying about K) children ar
rived here two week, ago. Still more ar.
to com.
O'llrlen Slated for Japan.
WASHINGTON. May W -It mas an
nounced at tb. Bute department today
that Thoma. J O'Brien of Michigan,
United State, minister to Copenhagen, will
become ambassador to Japan ln Septem
ber on he retirement of Luke E. Wright
of Tennrssee, who has given notice to the
department that h. wishes to leav. th.
acrvlce at that tlm. A .uccessor to Mr.
IO Brlon at Coptnbag.a ha not y.t been
elect.d,
'."v.: 'srn":
;y;; -v. J
ELetrlo Bracket Design. llk ths
I hove, and a thousand other artistic r.n.l
us. ful IlKliting fixtures aluiivs on hand.
Important to Builders Fixtures should
I"; selected before wiring contract Is lot.
w arrv by far the largest and best stock
cr useful as well as ornamental lixturcs
In the west.
Burgcss-Granden Co.
T.l.phon. eel.
313 South lBth St.
Don'l experiment
Use
only
ENAMELS
rThm Ictad tbnt don't vnr off'
Transparent
,'FlooSliJl,
for
Hardwood
Floors.
Linoleums,
And
Furniture.
ii
ENAMELS
For Old or New Floors, Fvniltur
and Woodwork.
Wears Ilk. Cement Dries ovsr
night with Brilliant Gloss. Contains
no Japan or Shellac. Write at onoo
for Free Booklet, Color Card and
List of Dealers.
Trial Can Free (send lOo to pay
postage). Enough for a Chair, Table
or Kitchen Cahlnot.
AodrM.l
"TLOOa-BHlBK" co St. Louis, Ho.
Sold ln Omaha by
Orchard & Wilholm Carpet Co.
Tents and Awnings
Omaha Tcnl & Awnfng Co.
llth and Barney. ,T.L Dona. 88 J.
CEMENT STONE
ARTISTIC and DURABLE
With New Improved Machinery
xstzkates Aim pmxoss
Oaf mSQVEST.
OMAHA CEMENT STONE
AND BRICK CO.
Of floe And Tarda i
Seventeenth and Cuming Streets.
Telephone Jtouglas 4428.
R. L. CARTER
Sheet Met&l Works
Cloths Drylnir Cablnat
e licet Metil rlr. Proof Window
Lata. Stock Metal Celling
17IS-20-2S-24 ST. MARTS AVENUE.
Telephone Songlas oa
HOT WATER
HEATING
B-room hous. t?00.00
T-room hone.
I to v-room house $3o0.00
JOB. W. MOORED
Tel. Mapl. G6WI. 1U3 N. 19th t&
. D. Frankfurt
ARCHITECT
Telephone Red 3781
Room 51. Douglas Block
National Roofing Co.
ZsUmata, rurolaa.4 ou
Kbavrs. tm asib moora
AVD MOOTXXa MITtimiiT,
....Main Offlc
eiO-ll War. Blooa, Q)aaa
F. B. BURNESS
COVTBAOTOB A.KD BXraSESj.
atatnforo.4 Oonorat. a Specialty.
How OoBstractlnr Carp.at.- BUdlnT.
rhon. Dougiaa 69. Btfc ,na Mrn ft.
BstabUslwd IMS.
KEYS-ALL KINDS
..GUNSMITH.
1334 rirsuaT
XsL Sou. S74
Up-stalrs.
C. R. HELFIN
- sa"
Business
Boosters
Try the Want A
OolBams of The
IBS
i 'Iihisii . iir"iliuji