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    the . omatta snxnAY bee: January i, , ion.
American Country Homes
Our store will be closed all day on
Arthur O. Clanaca, Architect.
Monday, New Year's Day
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"The problem of rpllevlnn the congestion
of population In largo cities.-' which we
read ho much nbout now-a-days consists
merely In providing proier transportation
facilities and Inducing people who have
the means of living out tin nature's realm
where all la quirt, peaceful, healthful and
pleasant. Man Is an out-of-door creature,
j and the more time he can spend In his
natural element the healthier and more suc-
cessful he Is. The Joy of being- trnns
ported In a few minutes from the heart
1 of a smoky, noisy, odorous, city business
center with Its continual nerve ' racking;,
money making strife and nothing but busi
ness, business everywhere to a quiet coun
try home surrounded by trees, flowers, the
. aroma of the forest and the recollections
of boyhood can only be appreciated by ex
perience. The relief and rest It jives to
a busy overworked mind soon becomes a
; business asset. The habit of leaving all
business cares at the office Is easily
acquired when the change Is so marked. No
' matter how many milestones one has
, turned the spirit of youth soon returns
to the man who can overlook the little In
convenience of the going and coming and
build his home In a suburban, even primi
tive country location and live as close to
nature as conventionalism will allow.
While the actual profits In health and In
centive to endeavor to the owner of such
a home are large, they are really little com
pared to the advantages for health, mor
ality and pleasure which a country home
offers to the children. Constant contact
with the sights of evil which greet a child
on every hand In a large city can not Im
prove Its morals and are sura to lead to
evil Imaginings which may or may not be
the seed from which will spring future
Iniquity according to the child's training
and personal power to resist temptation, for
temptations will surely come to a city
child. A large city has been likened to a
sponge which continually soaks up a mixed
population of varying morals, let a drop
of black Impurity be taken up and It will
perculate through the entire contents leav
ing its darkest sand irradlcal strains In
certain places, but affecting the Whole
to some extent. A child raised In the coun
try, In a modern attractive home, with
everything bearing the stamp of simplicity
and glnulneness will grow up with that
simple frankness, natural honesty and
genuine sincerity and charm of manner, to
say nothing of .good health, which forms
the nucleus from which all our great men
grew up to sturdy, robust manhood. Lin
coln, Garfield, Grant were all born In
country homes of primitive ruBtlclty. In
the primitive homes of America "Are
rocked many cradles which our nation
would preserve for centuries as sacred. If
we only knew which ones they were."
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Why Omaha Property is a Good
"Buy" for Anyone.
HE-SALES PE0VE THE PEOFITS
Property After Property Haa In
creased from Twenty o Forty or
' Fifty Per Cent In a Year or
Two at tho Moat.
If you wish to rt rich quick, buy Omaha
real estate. If you wish to make a com
paratively small Investment or a large one,
either buy Omaha realty. If you want to
Ket profits In a yesr or two from 20 to 40
and even 60 per cent, put your money Into
lots or buildings In Omaha. Sales of record
show how true these statements are.
The Bee has collected sample sales of
properties which are truly representative
because all parts of the city are Included
i and though perhaps the surest and propor
tionately Urgent profits are In Dundee
very residential part of Omaha and Its
business district show the most excellent
Sains.
Take for example Griffin & Smith's ad
dition, not far from the Field club district.
The southwest corner of Poppleton avenue
and Thirty-fourth street sola for 11.700 in
1907, la 1M for 12.500. and In 110 for $3,000.
The northwest corner of Thirty-fourth
street and Woolworth avenue sold for $5,500
In 1907 and for tK.7Fo In 101(1 Thi. I- . i
of $3,250 on $5,500 In a little less than three
years or about 90 per cent per annum.
In the same addition a lot on Woolworth
avenue between Thirty-third and Thirty
fourth streets sold for $1,000 In 1907 and for
$2,760 last year.
In Oakhurat addition a lot on Thirty
third Btreet between Pacific street and
Poppleton avenue was bought .by a man
In 1J08 for $1.EA Eighteen months later
be sold It for $1,750. Another lot. fronting
east on the boulevard between Pacific
street and Popplcton avenue, sold for $1,500
In 190 and U-sa than a year later for an
ven $2,0)0. bo much for this part of town.
Take an example from the retail busi
ness dlntrlct:
September . ISO. E. A. Cudahy bought
the northweet corner of Seventeenth and
iHiiiglBS streets for $S.O0O. The property
Is unencumbered and Is KxlXl feet. Oc
tober 10, 1010. Just thirteen months later,
Ir. Harold Otfford bought the property
paying $7,500 for It. Mr. Oudahy s profit
was li'.MO on an Investment of $t.0u0.
, Comment Is superfluous.
Going to another part of the city on
finds that In Sulphur Spring addition, sev
eral lots between Iorust and Emmet and
bixtt-euth and the railroad tracks sold In
19u7 for iV each. Recently they sold for
$l.lu0 each. A lot In Patrick Place, oa
Ohio, between Twenty-fourth and Twenty
firth street, sold for pCi In 19U7; in 1910 it
frtt-hed $l,0uO.
A business lot -" feet by 110 feet on
Twenty-fourth street, one block north of
MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK
"The Ar Science and Senttmeat of
Homebuilding."
30 chapters, 300 Illustrations and a
thousand facts on the planning and
designing of every kind of home. It
covers a wide ranee of subjects, In
cluding the planning of bungalows,
suburban and city homes, letting
contracts, choosing materials, proper
design of entrances, windows, fire
places, etc. Price, postpaid. $1.00.
Address, Arthn O. Clausen, Archi
tect, 11 30-37 -as LAmbft Kaoliang,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Integrity, perseverance and a good con
stitution are the prime factors of success.
If a man is healthy and honest (has no
mental cobwebs or entangling alliances
With his conscience) he will be preseverlng
and perseverance assures success. Suc
cess Is the "pay dirt" you get for digging.
Lack of contamination will tend to raise
the morality and Integrity of a country
raised child above the average city child
and constant outdoor recreation Is a ccr
tain flslcal panacla. A child with the above
prime factors as a natural part of his char
acter will not grow up lacking oppor
tunities, he will create them.
As a city grows the tendency to live In
closer quarters, even to housing a dozen
families on a lot formerly occupied by
one, becomes more marked. This results
in a commonplace manner of living, which
Boon becomes a habit. The incidents of
each day's life vary but little. The result
ris that many people live a humdrum exist
ence year after year and never think to
take a day off and get acquainted with na
ture In her natural environment If they
did they would realize how much of real,
delightful, healthful living Is possible
within easy access to any busy center and
move from their cramped, uninteresting
abodes (you can hardly call a flat or tene
ment a borne) Into the free open country,
where neighbor greets neighbor eaon morn
ing with a kindly smile and all Is joy and
sunshine We often hear complaints from
young married oouples on the ban which
rental agents place on children In flat
buildings. It Is really a kindness to chil
dren. Children abhor restraint. It dwarfs
them mentally and physically, and they
would be placed under too much unnat
ural restraint in a flat. A complete home
in a space hardly wide enough for a dog
to wag his tall. I 'have been told that some
people have to go out of doors when they
want to smile because they live In a flav.
("I know not how the truth may be;
I tell the tale as 'twas told to me.")
Lake, sold In 1908 for $$56. Some months
ago it brought $1,255.
.Up In pretty Dundee, ths southwest cqr
nerof Fifty-first and California, 150xi
feet sold February 27. 1907, for $1,000. The
sum of $3,000 has been refused for it in
comparatively recent weeks.
Another Dundee lot, tho northwest cor
ner of Cass and Fifty-first streets, sold
In 1904 for $975. The other day a tenative
Offer was made of $4,000 cash and the man
who made the tender hardly expected to
get the property at tho price he named.
Nor did he.
'Die southwest, corner of Underwood and
Fifty-first street. 160x121, was exchanged
in November 1807 for $1,850. It sold In Feb
ruary, 1910, a little more than two years
later, for $2.&'i0. Hero is a cute little
profit of 40 per tent.
Tiio week over has seen dealers much
busier than other January weeks and the
offices are full of tentaUve buyers. Borne
days later the sales now In process of be
ing completed will be finally transacted.
The local real estate market Is right now
enjoying good activity and It will un
doubtedly get better yet after the first of
the year.
i The Omaha Dye works has let the con
tract for Its new building at Seventeenth
and Cuming streets tb the Wttke, Fricks
& McTaggart company. The building will
be 44xtt feet, ground space, two stories
high, with a basement The cost Is to be
w. work will begin at once.
Hastings Heyden sold twenty acres
in Florence Acres addition, two and one
half miles northwest of Florence, to Harry
P. Fry. on which Mr. Fry expects to make
his home early In the spring. The con
sideration was $3,600. Hastings Heyden
also sold a house at 70 South "Eighteenth
street to Charlotte Endres for an Invest
ment. The consideration was $6,500.
OFFICER HURT TRYING
TO STOP RUNAWAYS
Patrolman Fls.pl. gastaina Sprained
Ankle la Effort to Prevent
Aeeldent.
Officer C. P. Flmple in an effort to stop
a run-away team at Fifteenth and Har
ney streets last nlghu fell and twisted
his ankle badly. He was taken to the
station and the injured member was
draed by Police Burgeon C. II. Peppera
The uam which bid almost come to a
standstill at the time was caught by sev
eral bystanders with but little effort.
Elevator Barned at Uaron.
HURON, B. D., Deo. Jl.-(Bpeclal Tele
gram. -G. D. Smith's elevator, operated
by Windhorst steel, was destroyed by
fire last night. Loos on building. $4,000;
on grain and contents. $3.0uO; partly in
sured. Bigger. Better. Blaster Thst la whel
advertising is Tba Bee will do for your
business.
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Flats serve their useful purpose us a
temporary dwelling to people Just starting
out In life, who must, for financial rea
sons, confine themselves to the most mod
est manner of life lossIble, but It Is folly
to waste the opportunity s for the true en
joyment of living by spending a lifetime
as a cliff dweller In one of those human
kennels, a flat
One of the advantages of building In. the
country from an architectural standpoint
Is the fact that a country home Is essen
tially all front. Very often what we usu
ally term the front of the house faces the
most desirable view, while the approach
by driveway is from the opposite side,
making it necessary to make one side as
attractive as the other. This means a
homo in which one takes more pride and
consequently gives more care to than Is
given to the rear part of a house on a
congested street with a "city front" that
Is square, covered with useless ornament
and generally uninteresting. There are few
homes In the city in which a guest Is per
mitted to Inspect the back porch, and It Is
Just as well that they do not, for the av
erage back porch does little credit to the
owner's taste. The "all front" effect of a
country home Is therefore but another ex
ample of the genuineness of country life.
Here the "He" on a "city front" which
leads one to believe that the elegance Is
but the Index of what further examination
wculd reveal is impossible, for the country
home Is seen too much In perspective to
make one side elegant and another plain
without exposing the sham. Some people
build the front door of mahogany, with
gold-plated hardware trimmings, and use
a cheap grade of wood for the Interior fin
ishing. This Is not right and Is plainly an
effort to deceive the general public into
believing the home more elegant than It is
In order to outdo the neighbors. A front
entrance should be attractive as a mark
of welcome to guests, but It should be ap
propriately so and not lead to unpleasant
surprises. Homes which contain lies will
give to the world that kind of children
The greatest Influences in the making tf a
child's character are heredity and environ
ment Then give to your children the beat
environment that your means will afford.
Take them out Into the bosom of natuVe,
where simple things, simple lives and sim
ple ways and manners are always the most
appropriate. Build a simple home with the
"front yard" all around let; let them in
vigorate their bodies with healthful recre
ation in nature's pure ozone, untainted by
the poisons of city contaminations with
disease and moral iniquity, that they may
grow up to be noble, manly men and
virtuous women and call you blessed.
Mr. Artesian "Piped,"
but Judge Forgives
Steve's "First Offense" on Charge of
Snperirrigation is Allowed to
Pass by Court.
Mr. Steve Artesian was not well when
he appeared in police court. He had a
headache.
The evidence against Artesian was that
he was not what his name Implied. He
had sounded other depths than wells and
had tasted other drinks than come from
artesian sources. Further than this, it ap
peared he had got beyond bis depths.
"First offense," was the factor found
by Judge Crawford in Arteslan's favor.
The prisoner was found not guilty and
told to "drlH."
The Gvercoated House
is the Coming Fashion
By this simple and inexpensive
process an old frame house may
be made to look like new stone
dwelling and last much longer.
It will be more comfortable in
winter with less fuel and much
cooler in summer.
Apply Expended ' Metal Lath
and plaster with Cement Mortar,
under directions, eent free to
any address upon reqest
llortiiwestern Expanded Mclal Go.
84 VAN BUREN ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
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To our patrons in Omaha and Surround'
ing country, wg wish you all
A Happy and Prospers
New Year
We want to thank you for the strong support you have given its
this year, making JD10 the greatest year In the history of our store..
Trade Calendar for 1911
That it may prove of value to you, to know the system, or dates, we
use for annual trade events of the New Year, we shall publish from
time to time this trade calendar, including the opening dates of our
annual January sales. Clip this calendar that you may refer to it,
and keep posted on all these big money-saving January Sales.
Linen Sale Tuesday, Jan. Third
Furniture Sale ; Tuesday, Jan. Third
Ladies' Suit and Coat Sale ... .Tuesday, Jan. Third
Men's Clothing and Shoe Sale . .Saturday, Jan. Seventh
Undermuslin Sale V. Monday, Jan. Ninth
Embroidery Sale Monday, Jan. Ninth
Men's Shirt Sale Saturday, Jan. Fourteenth
E . eU. DAVI
: ALL KINDS of:
HEAVY HOISTING
Printing Presses, Boilers, Etc,
SAFE MOVING A SPECIALTY
1818 Farnam Street
OMAHA AFTER WOOL GROWERS
Large Delegation Goes to Portland for
the Next Convention.
DELFELDER IS TO HELP OUT
President of the National Wool Grow,
ere Arrompanles the Omaha Del
ecatloa to the West Sat
urday Kora.
President J. A. Delfelder of ths National
Wool Growers' association will pull hard
for Omaha for the next convention of the
Wool Growers' association. Mr. Delfelder,
who was In Omaha Saturday morning,
left for the west at 12:50 p. m., with the
Omaha delegation enroute tor Portland.
where the wool growers meet January t.
"Omaha has a good' finance to get the
convention," said Mr. Delfelder. "It Is
sending a strong delegation to Portland
and Its prospects seem good so far as one
can tell In advance."
Mr. Delfelder was accompanied by his
wife who is a bride of six months. Ho
comes here from Washington, where he
and Dr. Wilson of Douglas, Wyo., another
big wool raiser, have been consulting rela
tive to the prospects for a tariff commis
sion and possible changes in the wool
schedule.
Dr. Wilson spoke In vein similar to Mr.
Delfelder. The Omahans who must com
pete against Denver and Chicago for the
convention Include representatives of the
Commercial club, the South Omaha Live
Stock exchange, Omaha hotels and com
mission men. The party will Include A. F.
Stryker, J. M. Guild, Rome Miller, Will
A. Campbell. F. Castle, Everett Bucking
ham, Will Wood, Joseph Shoemaker, Wil
liam Farrar, Charles Bogus and Ed Cahow.
Omaha goes before the convention with
many excellent arguments. The Omaha
wool market has expanded wonderfully
and the great wool warehouse haa been
full of thousands and thousands of pounds
of wool all year. Inasmuch as 1910 la really
the first year of the wool warehouse op
eration, a better showing could not pos
sibly bo asked.
The steadily growing Importance of this
city as a primary wool market is a fact
which cannot but fall to impress the dele
gates to the convention.
Telephone Douglas 353
Our wish for every
one is
A Happy
New Year
and may it be one
of great prosperity.
At this time of new
reslutitts we discard
our bad habits and re
turn to our good ones.
Let yourself like most
of the Omaha people
start the year right by
getting yur shoes at
Drcxcl's. If once started
this reslutiH is eas
ily kept, for you will
find it not only satis
factory but pleasant to
trade at
BREXEL
HOTEL LOYAL
will sarrs a
Special
"After the Theater"
Supper
on
New Year's Eve
Beginning- at 11 O'clock
At 91.SO rer Flats.
Tables Hay Be Xsserred.
DRINK
Liquid
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BEER YOU LIKE
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RELIABLE STORE
Will Be Closed Ml Day Monday
Our Wish to All Is 365
Happy and Prosperous Days
in the New Year 1911
Thanking you for your very liberal jmtronnge during
the past year, the biggest in ioint of sales we have ever
known.
IVe Announce for Tuesday the Opening
of Our January Sales
All winter merchandise must go to make room for early
Spring Stock and the assortments and values offered insure
a tremendous stock reduction within the next ten days.
Watch Monday evening papers. Prepare to conio early
Tuesday.
parent.
THIRD
Comer 16th and
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Our customers A. Happy New Year, and wish to thank
you for your patronage during. 1910. Look for the name,
S W IINnSAY
1516 Douglas Street.
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