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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 6, 1911)
Iff THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUOUST 6, 1911. D TIMELY REALESTATE GOSSIP Omaha Deafen Transact Much More Business Than Last Week. MANY MINOS DEALS TOTAL WELI Haatlnas A Ifardea Report that They Hare Bold Oh lloaae a Dar for the I.aat ! ' Days. Although much of their time was spent In laying plana and working for the water bonds, Omaha's real estate dealers found ' time enough to transact much more busi ness during the last week than they did ' the week before. Several local firms report deals amounting to many thousands of dol lars, and minor transactions seemed to be In order all week for nearly every dealer. , City property has been on the boom for ; the last week, and though nothing definite has been done in regards to several big lots, for which It Is understood that nego f tlatlons are on, much small city real estate '; lias changed hands In the last seven days. Hastings Heyden, one of the firms doing the largest amount of business last week, announce that they have sold on the average of at least one house a day for the last six days, and say that they have negotiated now on that will If I successfully carried out, increase their j. business next week to twice its size last week. A new eight-room house was sold to John B. Slattery of the Cudahy Packing company for H.SOO. and this property Is located at 1M7 South Twenty-fifth street. Mr. Slattery will make his residence in his newly ac quired property. H. T. Stahl purchased a five-room cot tage of Hastings A Heyden, the considera tion being $2,000. The locatfun of this prop erty Is In Benson, on Clinton street, south of main. The cottage makes an Ideal home nd Is beautifully situated. Messrs. L. WHhernell and J, Lubold are other Omahnns who have purchased homes for themselves in the last week. Mr. Wlth rnell's property Is located at 1431 Plnkney treat and Is valued at $3,800. Mr. Lubold'a ' home Is on the northwest corner of Twenty ' seventh and Fort streets and was bought for $2,750. The following building lots were pur I chased from Hastings & Heyden: Ixt In Lawndale addition, in Florence, to Charles E. Castenhuber, who purchased it for an ! Investment. Lot In Vlneland addition, between Maple nd Boulevard avenue, sold to AuguBt An derson for $700. Mr. Anderson believes In Omaha real estate and Is buying the lot on speculation. Thomas Merrltt purchased lot adjoining, but not nearly as well lo cated, for $375. Edward White, M. W. Mattox and David Nelson purchased suburban lots. In the case of each the lots were purchased with the expectation of an increase in value in the next few years. As the result of a sale this week by the Byron Reed company to Russel Condon, twenty-three lots In Campbell's addition, between twenty-first street and Twenty fourth street, north of Bancroft, quite a large tract of unimproved land will be graded. Improved, and put on sale. Al though the purchase price of the twenty three lots could not be learned authenti cally, It Is understood that $S,0O0 in the price paid. The Byron Reed company still owns nearly forty acres near North Arbor street, part of which will soon be put In condition and then placed on sale. When the forty remaining acres of the Byron Reed company are sold, the lust of the "close In" property In the vicinity of Omaha will be disposed of, and real estate men will then turn their attention elsewhere. Rumor of a sale which was reported to have been consummated last week through the agency of C. C. George & Co. was to the effect that the Glfford prop erty on the corner of Seventeenth and Pouglas streets was sold to an unknown eastern syndicate who proposed to build a huge hotel there. The corner of Seven teenth and Douglas has In the last ten years, changed hands half a dozen times, and each succeeding owner made In the neighborhood of $10,000 off of Jt. Ten years ago this property It ts said could have been purchased at $40,000, and now It Is doubted if $130,000 could buy It. The rutnor of last week, however, proved to be with out foundation, for although there has been negotiations for Its purchase, nothing definite was accomplished last week. W. It. Pel by Is excavating a lot on the corner of Twelfth and Chicago, and he ex pects to dig at leaBt thirty feet deep in order to make a suitable foundation for an addition to the Peoples Ice company building. This lot was offered to the ice company last spring but was refused, and It was later sold to the Boyer & Van Kuran company who intended to use It for a lumber yard. Now the ice company has discovered that because of increased busi ness it must extend its present quarters, and is negotiating for the property. Mrs. Ocorge Holdrege, wife of the gen eral manager of the Burlington road, has sold her ranch at Sheridan, Wyo., for $30,000, the purchaser being T. E. Stevens, formerly the president of the Corn Ex change National bank of Omaha. The ranch comprises 2,440 acres of irrigated land, and is known to be excellent produc ing soil. Mrs. Holdrege has bought back, the old Holdrege home in Windsor place, that was sold two years ago to the Gate City Investment company, who In turn sold it to T. H. Matters. Mr. Matters received $45,000 for the property, or $5,000 more than he paid for It two years ago, DRUMMERS TO HAVE A PICNIC Travelers Protective Association Is Making; Arrnnaeniruta for Event at Courtland Ilearh. Post A, Travelers' Protective association, is preparing for a big time Saturday after noon, August 19, when the annual basket ptcnlo at Courtland beach will be held. All members are urged to be present with their families, as there will be an excellent program of entertainment. S17.SO Round Trip Fare To (CoIoipskcIo lv It's Just the place for a Summer Vacation with Its numberless resorts and its boundless opportunities for outings among beautiful mountains and valleys or be , side some rushing trout stream. Three fast electric-lighted trains to Denver daily via UNION PACIFIC STANDARD HO A I) OF THE WKST New aivl jlirect route to Yellowstone National Park Protected by Electric liltxk Signals. BEST IUJ ADDED EXCELLENT DINING CARS ON ALL TRAINS For Colorado literature and lnforpiation" relative to fares, call on or address. L. BEINDORFF, C. P. & T. A., 1824 Farnaru St. Omaha, Neb. Phone: Doug. 1828; I ml. A-3231. HEM E DIHLD The Simple Home Arthur C. Clausen, Architect. WE WILL FURNISH YOU Money to Build Your Home MONEY ON HAND. NO DELAY. Ask Us. 50c Opens an Account With Us. We Have Varer Paid Lass Thaa 6 per cent to Depositors. State Building & Loan Association BROWN BLOCK, 16th and DOUGLAS STS. T RAVELERS who follow by road the Atlantic sea coast along the New Kngland states, which Is famous for Its quaint villages, beautiful mansions and pictur esque scenerv. Invarlahlv r. mark about the marked difference between the home-like simplicity of the old I"Jew England homesteads, many of them famous In history because of their association with great men, and the vulgar display of wealth shown In the marble palaces of million aires who bolong to a more recent genera tion and whose Ideas of a suburban home Is to make as much display of wealth as possible. Money does not make a home in the true sense of the word. In fact, the home spirit Is usually lost track of by the average man of means In his efforts to outdo some neighbor or rlvaf millionaire. To be Blmple, a home need not be primi tively rustic, unfinished in appearance, barren of all attractiveness or ornament, nor look barn-like or have a bald appear ance. Good taste could be used so that while the materials of which the home Is built are simple, they are so shaped, de signed, proportioned and harmonious as to produce a pleasing effect. There is a dig nity in simple things when good taste and careful designing are evident, which can not be obtained In any other way. The Craftsman Idea as developed In this country by Oustav Stickney, although hav ing, like all new styles, many Imperfec tions, Is fast becoming recognized as the basis on which may eventually be devel oped the truly American hyne. Simplicity ts the keynote of Craftsman life, ideas, architecture and decorations. The principle on which Craftsman architecture is based Is that everything should be exactly what it appears to be in other words, pine should be pine and not Btalned up In an effort to make It appear like mahogany; walls should not be veneered, but be of solid masonry construction. In most crafts man homes the interior walls are not plas tered, the wood studding and Joist being visible, though the saving in the cost of plastering having been applied to the cost of the wood frame, so as to obtain a better quality of materials. While efforts of these kinds would doubtless not be appro priate for very large homes, they sre nevertheless quite appropriate when prop erly designed for small homes, and greatly reduce the cost of building, also the cost of maintenance. ,. IQ-O .1. gs-o ,,A II En III.-. m A jf. o . At" ..... . . vt.v..- ... WftWIJfl SNijSltim8 The fireplace is Invariably built of either ."olid brick or stone, a facing of tile never being used, since that would be an applied material, Intended to cover up the rougher material, and this would not be according to Craftsinnn llea6. The Craftsman idea is illustrated very well by the etory of the farmer, although not carried quite to that extent. A farmer was looking at a very beautiful polished granite column when he remarked to his wife: "Marlah, that's a fake; anybody would know that was common stone; that ain't polished clear through." A sermon on the Craftsman Idea would be a sermon on things as they ought to be. There is a marked difference evident in the planning of homes today, as compared with twenty years ago. It was thought then that every home should have a re ception hall, library, parlor, sitting room, dining room and kitchen. Today the aver age home contains a reception hall, living room, dining room and kitchen, while a few of the smaller homes, especially those along Craftsman ideas, contain but three rooms, a living room, dining room and kitchen. Still more , venturesome people who challenge the criticism of their friends with their informality, combine the living room and dining room into one. This, how ever, is almost too Informal for the average home, although entirely appropriate for a summer home In the country. Human nature is very much the same the world over, and we all know how much more we prefer when going into an old fashioned house to be ushered immediately MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK "The Art, Solanoe and Sentiment of Homebuilding." 30 chapters, 300 illustrations. It covers a wide range of subjects, In cluding the planning of hungalows, suburban and cltv homes, costing from J2.000 to ,000, lotting con tracts, choosing materials, proper design of entrance, windows, fire places, etc. New third edition. Price, postpaid, 11.00. Address, Arthur O. Clausen, Archi tect, 1138-37-38 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis, Minnesota Get Our Figures on Your Mantels and Tiling, Furnace Work, Builder's Hardware TVPLTOIV OOGERS iWJi & Sons Co. -U- 1313 Harney St. Ideal Cement Stone Go. Ior Best Quality In Cement Stone, Main Office and Tard, 17th and Cuming St;. Phones ! Doug. 4428; Ind.. B-8613. VllNTONAl. Vi BORD TOUR CONTRACTOR In Home Company It Insures satisfactory completion of work aocordina to contract RATIONAL FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. NATIONAL. FIUKL.ITY CASUALTY MI.DQ. r Into the family sitting room, with Its homelike air and informality, than to be required to sit straight-backed In a gaudy gilt chair, in the old-fashioned parlor, with Its expensive furnishings, tapestries and useless ornaments. The result is, that we are fast growing to abhor the old fashioned parlor and in most homes built today, it is entirely eliminated. If you want the most attractive home, make it simple; If you want the most con veniently arranged home, make It simple; If you want a home that is easiest to main tain, make it simple; If you want a home to which your friends wonld most prefer to come, make it simple; if you want all of this and still wish to build the best home you can for the least amount of money, make It simple. OCRLUiLD I " MICV4 VMOOVd I KlTCtJCM I 1 -id T2"M. ':-' cous-cl aF- f , ,Lra5fct! WES I . v- Ti ttr r n v-J ILjvitsq Room L&J jijy f-lEST f-LSOR. Plm Ljr"- AK.THUEC C lrs(OrM (2CM1 TtXT MiNNC'NTOLir'rM.HNM Ctvritb-E. K-o.a-e' nil DOIDOlEi o "P"! I j 1 i ' ! 1 m:-:iILm "ltX-LLPir: I FtJCH Ji B-I ) CHAMEbUJ. ib-a'xir-o Ot-COMD f-lpce.PlM. Building Notes of the Week Fall patterns of wall paper and new decoration schemes are being received at the Miller, Stewart & Beaton company's store. Fort Berthold Indian Reservation Is Open Register at Minot, Aug. 14 to Sept. 2 150,000 acres of Fort Berthold Indian Reserva tion are open at last to white settlement, under the Homestead Laws. Anv Ameriran riti-n who has not used his homestead birthright or who does not own more than 160 acres of land, may file. Fortunate winners have the oppor tunity of procuring 160 broad acres of North Dakota's fanning land, from Uncle Sam, on long time payments; prices 1.50 to $6.00 per acre. Auto Tours from Minot Auto tours covering from 175 to 200 miles of the fertile land, in the reservation will be made from Minot daily. Rates 15.00 per passenger, four passengers to the car. Forty automobiles will be placed in service, and every man and woman who registers at Minot will have a splendid opportunity to study the land and know the relative value of the different locations. Automobiles will leave Minot daily at 6:00 A. M., returning in the evening. Write for greater details and for a cony of our free illustrated folder, entitled "Opening Fort Berthold Indian Reservation," to E. C. LEEDY General .Immigration Agent, 115 Great Northern Bldg. ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA Borne families, returning from their vaca tions, are having their goods removed from the fire-proof storage of tho Omaha Van and Storage company. 13. W. Dudgeon, the plumber, ts doing a deal of sanitary plumbing this summer. Ills trade shows a large Increase. The Maggard Van and Storage company reports that the number of families who are moving this summer is large. During July the number was greater than that of the same month of last year. The Omaha plating company is doing Borne excellent work in replating silver. Much favorable comment has been made on Its work. The Expressmen's Delivery company is paining In business every month. Its trade this summer Is the best in its history. The cement blocks made by the Ideal Cement Stone Block company are in great demand this summer in all parts of the state. The blocks are among the best made. Section of Dixie Blooms in Omaha Henry Williams, Southern Dtrkey, Establishes Miniature Cotton Plantation Here. Omaha, cotton center. The above words may never become a reality, but nevertheless through the ex periments of Henry Williams, a waiter em ployed at the Commercial club, two mighty fine fields of snowy white cot turn blos soms have been grown within the limits of the city of Omaha. Early lust May Williams planted some cotton seeds on a lot at the corner of Grant and Twenty-third and also some In the vicinity of the county detention homo. Slight care was exercised over the plants, but now the full grown cotton bolls attract the attention of nearly everyone who parse?. The s"il seems to be adapted to cotton, and WUilama, who Is a darkey of the old school, says that it can be raised here In as great quantities and as cheaply as it can be raised anywhere else in the I'nlted States. Much of the cotton now in bloom Is being picked by neighbors, who are delighted with the novelty and considerable has been sent away by Wil liams, but he says that he has nearly enough remaining to make a bale. So successful were his experiments that next year he will plant fitteen acres of cotton if he can rent or procure the use of that much ground. DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE AT OLIVIA, MINN OLIVIA. Minn.. Aug. 4 William Wolff, his daughter. Cora, and Edward Corey were shot and killed at the Wolff home here early today. Edward Corey did the shooting. He was a rejected suitor of Miss Wolff. Bigger, Ileiir, Busier That is what con sistent and persistent advertising will do for legitimate buslneaa. Clarke Sees Good Crops in the State Pioneer Tells of the Conditions as He Viewed Them Over Nebraska. Queried Saturday as to crop conditions In Nebraska, Henry T. Clarke, one of Ne brabka's pioneers and an undisputed au thority on agricultural questions, talked very optimlHtlcally as to the outlook. "The wheat and outs crops are, of course, harvested," tadl Mr. Clarke, "and with me, at least, they were up to the average, although 1 understand '.:iat in Furnas county the results wero not u) good as on. my land near Bellevue. There my No. 2 wheat harvested from forty-eight and a half to fifty-two and a half bushe s per acre, and 1 call that pretty good." "The corn In the immediate vicinity is looking fine," continued Mr. Clarke, "and I loi.k for at least an average yield. It Is In better shape than in moist of the stales sut rounding us, and I lay the difference to the fact that here we have no clay subsoil. My land, however, Is sublrrlgated and I am possibly not a fair Judge of conditions over the state." Orast-phoppers, according to Mr. Clarke, have not bothered the Nebraskacorn as they have In Iowa. "I have heard of very few tnd they have not done a great deal of damage," he said. FRONTS OF THREE STORES ARE WRECKED BY BOMB Conductors and Motormen on Three Lines Go Out to Enforce De mand for Horc Pay. NEW YOHK. Aug. 6. The fronts of three stories of a five story building on Avenue A and Twelfth street were blown ut by an explosion of a bomb early today, rha bomb thrower escaped. There was a panio among the oocupaiita of the buUdlng. TRACKS WASHED OUT BY RAIN Precipitation in Nebraska Beneficial to the Growing Crops. CORN DAMAGED IN SOME PARTS Some Sections Report from Six to Muc Inches of Rainfall and at Cambridge and Oxford llur. Ilogtou Tracks Ilamaged, Making amends for the weeks of dry torrid weather In Nebraska the weather man sent more rain Friday night. He more than made up for past performances, sending six and nine inches in some parts, washing out Burlington tracks with a flood of water at Cambridge, Neb. At Oxford where there have been rains ranging from one inch to six inches during the week, the tracks are reported washed out. Although railroad and other property in parts of the state has been damaged, there are no complaints from the farmers. The ground is too wet in certain sections and some corn has been simply floated off by the floods of water. The damage has been sllfiht though, compared to the bene fits to tho corn. Following Is the report on the amount of rainfall Trliiay night: Inche.". Inches. Axlilflml 1.23 Broken Bow 10 Blattsiuouth H Oxford 6.00 O'Neill 7j Head wood, S. D. .15 Lincoln fiCurti.. 2 J he ward W Kustls 50 Aurora .75 McCook 50 tirancl hi. "land... .75 Atuimhoe 2.U0 Kavenna 75 Orleans iw (Vntral Cltv .05 Iieimbllean 80 KricHon 10 Heatrice 50 I.oup City 1" Valparaiso 50 Saruent 20 Bed Cloud 50 ('rem 25 Holdrege 2.75 Fairmont 50 Minden 1-00 Cambridge O0 Blue Jill 150 Huttor. :!.'' Kdi?ar 60 Harvard 1.00 Supei lor 50 Hastings 1.0 Strang M Kearney 1.45 Ticuinseh 60 Clay Center 75 -Light rains fell at Nebraska City, Sterling, Hickman, Newcastle, Wyo.; Odell, (larland, Wyo.; Hanover, Hillings, Mont.; St. Francis, Sheridan. Wyo.; Holyoke, Dead wood, S. D. At Edgemont, 8. D., It rained all night and was still raining at 11 o'clock Satur day morning. Upton had rain and heavy hall Friday night, doing slight damage to crops. Norton and Oberlln had rain Fri day night and the storm tore down the telegraph wires. A half inch of rain was reported from Fullerton to Spauldlng and from. Lexing ton to North Platte. , Between Alba and Overton the precipitation was 0.60 to 2.50 Inches. Uulldlna 1'ertults. F. Hogard, 3410 Cass street, cement-block dwelbag. S1.4'J0; Arthur Strong. 2ZU Hoctor boulevard, frame duelling, fl.800; Kittle Iioyles, KKh and Forebt avenue, frame dwelling, t-'.M). Persistent Advertising la the Hoad to Big Returns. npHE Influence of Home Surroundings is so great that too much consideration cannot be given the selection of furnishings that produce agree able impressions and help create an atmosphere that is both pleasing and beneficial. The department of interior decoration in this store lias the latest ideas for making your home beautiful. The new est ideas in pretty floral wall paper patterns in cheerful, rich hues will interest you. Used in harmonious association with exquisite cretonnes they admit of the highest possible art in the decoration of bedrooms and breakfast rooms. Experts in this department will gladly give you sug gestions for decorating and furnishing your home. They have many ideas and will be sure to highly satisfy the most demanding tastes. Miller. Stewart & Beaton Co. THE TAG-POLICY HOUSE Established 1884. 413-15-17 South Sixteenth Street. There are no crop failures in The Virgin Valley of Southern Utah threat orops of all fmlta, groins, graaaea peculiar to aeml-troploa are frown with eaaa and produoe with astounding feoanaity. The Virgin river, one of the largest in west. Irrigates whole valley.- This valley baa no winter. It is, one of earth's beauty spots. Writ for infermailoa to V. T. Porter, riaoal At 891 to IM Bostoa BIX, alt Lake City, Vtaa. "You will io better in Utah the best of the west" Cold, Silver & Nickel Plating. The on y ex clusive plating shop west of Chicago. Omaha Plating Co. FsL 1898, 1220 Htrner St TeL Doof. 2535 Moving, Packing. Storing and snipping Both lnoi)sg Dong-las 1498 ina. A-3428. 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