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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1915)
nrr: omatia ritxday bek: januaky 10, 1015. SMALL TRACTS OF LAUD PROFITABLE Statistics Show Big Profit May Be Made on Acre Property Close to Thii City. BOTH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES of ha By P. CA M PHKl.Ii Broa Rvd (o, Hsvtny heard and rrad a great many Morloa about wonderful crops produced on a few acrre of land In Montana, Orr Ron and Txaa I atarted a year or ao a no to rather data relative to the productlve- hrm of the aoll In thla locality, with the following result: ' A elnjrle acre of strawberries two and r.n-half mllea north of Florence produced tTOO worth of berrlea In the aiimmer of 1714 almnet unbelievable, but due partly to Uie fact thnt a number of berry ratchea had been plowed up after the dry summer of 1912. Potatoes are a steady, nearly sure crop. A farmer west of South Omaha has planted ten acres to potatoes for the lst eight years and has annually produced ITA to 1700 bushels, theee hav ing been sold for 75 cents to tl.60 per bushel by marketing- tbwn early. This would make an avenue of 12, W. He has fertilized this soli every year and brought It up to a high state of produrtlveneM. ( iriBihrn Gm4 Crap. riicumhers are an excellent crop on some soils. The pickle factory contracts for a man's crop and even furnlshea seed. J found a Bohemian farmer near Bclle vwe who had cleared $l) per acre on te n acres during 1913. Celery requires quite a little technical knowledge to market the crop as grade No. 1 fancy, the kind that brings the hishest price. Asparagus will, If properly tended,' bring refirn of $110 per acre net after the fourth year. It ta Interesting to note the government experts' statistics relative to fruit rais ing and truck gardening near a large city. They say an acre will produce: TV FTtUlT JIlHckherrles, HVOOO qta. at TC per qt..7 !)ewherrl. 9.U qta, at 7o per qt... rw fiooaelterriea, ISA bu. at 12 per bu 6h Hirawberrlea, .00l) qta., at So per qt.. I;aspberrle. ahout 6u) VIN VEGKTABlKS- lsraragus. 3ftn hunches, , at 20c '...two ''autrf lower, about i 4M 'antaloupes, about X) lrueela r routs. 1000 qta.. at lOo 300 ttnt'ina, between WO to 900 bu., accord ing to care,, tXO to WO Above .figures are baaed on wholesale prices at the end of the season. Probably few Omahans know that ear loads of Douglas county cherries anuV grapes were shipped to Denver and Chi cago last year. There Is no surer way to make a llv ing than to buy five or ten aCrea of land near Omaha, plant tt to fruit, then when you are tired of work In town get out clone to nature and make a good living, toe. Apartment House to Be Built This Summer Chicago Real Estate Men Will . Stop Off For Day in Omaha About of Chicago's llvest real estate men are to be In Omaha for one day eotne time In June tills year. They will tie on their way to l-ci Angeles for tha annual meeting of the National Associ ation of Real Kstaet exchanges. The Omaha real estate men have been anxl us to get lot of the delogatoa going through to stop off for a dsy to see Omaha. Byron Hastings whan fin Chi csgo Thursday Invited the Chicago real estate board to atop In Omaha. The invitation whs unanimously accepted, and Mr. Hastings was Informed that there would be a special train load of these fellows going through. They will arrange to spend the day In Omaha, and the local exchange will arrange some special enter tain men t for them. -a t at iu . "i b-- w t.r. ' : m - a a . m i m w r : aVaaU t ...... . -I wr i- . V : K t i --t it t . I I I' r ' 1' t a aau ' . V , I - f - a, -.-ti -as . . r 4 r i 'if. ... . ' - - - ' . . ! 'V r, ... -'- 3 'v: r v'v-' TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP International Associates Looking for - a Good Purchase May Try to Bay in Omaha. HASTINGS IS CALLED TO OHIO Byron R. Hasting has Just returned from Co'umlm.i, O., where he was called a a member of tho executive committee of the International R'8-.-.y Associates to rrrrt" with that executive holy In regard to negotiations for the purchase of a forty-flve-acrc tract of around In Colum bus. The International Ite&Hy Associates Three directors are to h i.i an incorjioraieu uuinpiuiy connming ( annuel meeting or the nombers entirely or real estate men wno 10 ic Omaha club next Saturday Y. M. C. A. BUYS CHECKER ANDCHESS TABLES Chess and checker tables and equipment hare been purchased by Ihe Yeung Men's Chrlstisn association, which will organ ise chess and checker clubs among its members. A game and music room will be fitted up orf the main lobhy of thn building. wherefans of the checkerboard sport can play to their heart's content, while music accompanies their study over each move. OMAHA CLUB TO ELECT DIRECTORS SATURDAY SAFE ri01ER Heavy Hauling 1212 Farnam PHONE DOUCLAS 353 The abbvo cut shows the drawing of the new apartment house which wilt -e erected by Hastings Sc. Hryden thla sum mer, to be located at the northeast cor ner of Twenty-seventh and Harney. It will have six four-room apartments with outside porches fronting south on Harney and eight three-room a payments fronting west on Twenty-seventh avenue. The cost ' of the building without the ground will be between Stt.ono and S40.000. H. D. Frankfurt, the nrchltect, has pre pared the plans. , Building for December and for 191 Building operations throughout the United States for the year 19K, as In dicated by the report from slxty-elh'ht of the principal cities, ahow a decrease of only per cent as compared with those of the previous year. Up to' August 1, when the European war began, the con. structlon work was almont .Idontlcat in volume with that of the first seven months oT 1913. The loss occurred en tirely during the last five months of the year. The cause was apparent to every one concerned In the building trades, namely, the disarrangement of tha finan cial market. Building operations, on ac count of the large unite Involved In this work, compared with most other Indus trial activities, arc peculiarly sensitive to money conditions.. The unfavorable comparison IS therefore not an Index of anything Intrinsically reactionary In the building Induatry itself, but simply repre sents the insuperable obstacles In the way of activity. Thousands and tens of thou sands of plana have been held back by the unresponsiveness of the banks, and thla accumulated work will be renewed with the general casement of loans. The orflclal reports of building permits Issued by sixty-eight cities for the year 1914, received by The American Contrac tor, Chicago, total S4.177,S2S, as compared with fCT.6M.916 for 1913, a decrease of 9 per cent. While the generality of reports are In harmony with the prevslllng ten dency, there are some exceptions.' 8t. Paul shows a gain of Hi per cent for the year; Fait Lako City. 38 per cent:. South Bend, 39; Seattle, 34; Denver, 34; Okla homa City's totals make an enormous gain, on account of the new capltol build ing there commenced. '"V. December naturally make poorest showing of tho year, since by common consent new undertakings have been car ried over Into 191S. The December fig urea are t3l.310.4ii4, as compared with S58, t'.l,519 for December, 1313, a decrease of 41 per cent. Twenty-one cities show gains, some of them quite notable. The table below gives details: . City. Akron . ... Altiany .... Atlanta .., Rnltimore Hlrmlngham.. Dec, IBM. 143.430 243,510 ioo,;io7 Dec, 1!U3. .it'iO .314,u.0 1.2K1.77B l.OHG.SiO no.o-. KM. MO 4N.700 Foutenelle Deal For Mortgage Not Hurt by Stringency Negotiations have finally been com pleted whereby the Metropolitan LifeIn surance company of New York took a mortgage on the new Foutenelle hotel for I400.090. O. W. Wattles of Omaha ar ranged for the deal lor the hotel building company. .Confidence In the future growth ef Omaha was expressed by-the president, and other officials of the Metropolitan Life, when they were tn Omaha many months ago looking over the situation with a view to loaning this amount of money on the hotel building. The fact that they hae now closed the o In the midst of general talk of money vtrtngency la looked upon as a good sign. - Boston JLS.xtti Bridgeport ... 16.670 Buffalo JM7.000 Cedar Kapida M7.W4 Chattanooga.. Chicago Cincinnati ,,, Cleveland .... Columbua .... I 'alias Dayton I Denver tcs Moines.. Detroit Duluth ...a.. Fast Orange. Kl. Wsyne... (liand Rapids Hitrrbtbiirg .. Indianapolis.. Kansas City.. 1-lncoln Little Rock... Itom Aiwles.. IxiuUville .... Manchester .. Milwaukee ... Mlnnea polls... Nashville .... Newark New Haven., New Orleans. t 304.415 SM43 i'W.OOl 4l9.fl.1l 47.3N0 l,ii.140 241, MS 1,2H4,iO 1.067,tini 4h0 l.!W4.4H (l76,:tHO 2,07 4.7W) ' Vil.U SH.460 Hi.OHO , 69 . IT I 114,W Per Cent. Oaln.Los New Structure May . Go Up on Farriam . .Near Sixteenth There is some talk of a UOO.QOO building t be erected just west of the Boar of Trade building by parties said to be negotiating for a ninety-nine-year lease on this property., The proKrty belongs .i tlie nwije W'airtn Smith, estate. Tlx) 1 'lilted fctatrs National bank Is occupying tho quarters at present temporarily pending the opening of their own new building lust aero the street, Sixteenth end Karon ra streets. W. Fa mam Bmith, bo t agent for the property, refuses to confirm the rumor. Other well Informed real estate men say the rumor is pre-muluie. 1.44O.M0 I 1,904,;!T5 7(.'iS 116,771 27. iai.7.V) . 34. I'llMnO iHS.ttiX! ari, 36.673 UM.fi. S I,; 1H7.4W7 !3,4H 62l.iO 44, ami sii.tw'j 404,'.I70 '274.172 a.jio lO.HUii u. a "n,4'9 47i.W6 4a.3TJi 132.ri9 l.lM.UTd 137, WO VS.W s)7,4;H 1.14N.IV46 61.67S !UV,,IOl 1.4i0.41i 203,133 41 t 132 43 902 M City. Akron I .. Albany 2 Atlanta 40 Baltimore .... Birmingham Boston Bridgeport .... Buffalo Cedar Rapids. 7S Jan. 114, Jan. 1.'13, to Jan. to Jan. Per Cent. 1, 1015. 1, 1914. Gain-Losa Chattanooga., Chicago ST 110 36 64 67 24 61 16 Cincinnati .... Cleveland .... Columbus .... Dallas Dayton ....... Denver Des Moines... Detroit Duluth Hast Orange.. Fort Wayne.. Grand liaplds. .. Ilarrlaburg .. JnUionapnlts. .. 63 Kansas City.. 26 Lincoln ..w 72 Little Rock..', 70 l.oa Anneles..' .. Louisville ... .. Miinchester .. 66 Milwaukee ... 66 Minneapolis .. 14 Naehvilin HO Newark & New Haven... .. New Orleans.. 4.030,015 6,191,733 4,r;4,3K7 .88,6a S.143.2.')0 24.326.33S iojiw.oiio s.r23,6r4 ' l,tKK,077 B3.MI.710 8.Sa0.749 27,8tW,010 6, hN6,(r 6,OfS,4t7 , 2.4(M.f.'27 3.7f0.4Kt 1.937.144 S8, 427.140 2. HoR,i!2:i 1.763. 61 2,347.KS. 3, t'.IH.H 7, i:C1.3l 10.2o4.970 1.0UI.2K7 1.003,173 17.JWt.tir 4.3!(.S) 1.64H.NB7 9,HS2.("i lu.2i4.rri 1.971,401 li,i,.niu 4.379S42 2.94S.761 6.243,315 . 9,6. .373 6.112,944 8,9tiK,(W 6,42!,737 22,777,011 iliiiop.'iso 4,229.6(10 l,03T,0s0 89,i8,427 8.315.322 23,K41.V 6.1XW.4UH ' 8, 40.60 6,(W,030 ,2.7117,14)1 1.765.769 80,4"4,3tO 4.0W.011 1.712.9S1 2.i:).973 4.1W,li0 l-I.iMO 9.301,973 10.578.1H2 l,671.3'ii 1,:OT,R?2 61.641, 921 4,flT4,2v) l,f.2,Rx9 13.fi:).084 la.W.'JIto I,tii.ii2 I.:ii7.ii7:t 4,7110.151 S,3,OS3 14 26 10 8 10 18 IS 23 30 11 2 CI Lincoln Highway Asks Information Regarding Nebraska All the points of greatest historical In terest in Nebraska are now to be looked tip by the Lincoln Highway association, to be used in an elaborate booklet that Is coming out giving the entire route of the highway from coast to coast. F. H. Trego, chief engineer of the Lincoln Highway has written to 11. E. Fred rlckson, chief consul for the highway in Nehrsska, asking for detailed informa tion as to the points of Interest In Omaha and Nebraska and how they can be reached. He wants nartlculnrlv the nntnta of historical Interest, such as Indian bat- SCHOOL BOARD WILL TAKE iieiioias, noted monuments, etc. John Lee Webster, president of the Missouri Valley Historical society, 'has consented to write a report Yor tho high way engineer, giving the principal points of interest historically. Mr. Webster and Mr. Fredrlckson are anxious to hear from anyone who has In mind any points of great historical Interest In the state that may be overlooked by them. eligible must also be members of the National Association of lie-.! Estate ex changes'.' Omaha real '! men are oulte heavily interested the Interna tional Associates Company. This company recently made $40,000 on ! a subdivision In Duluth. i The work is) done along the line of buying, platting. ' laying out and re-selling. The Interna- tlonal Associates always plan to Ret tho; local real estate e xhsnge or real estate j boards to co-operate with them In the : city In which they buy and1 plat a piec i of ground. They tiave picked tip some big snaps In a lot of cities and have made large pro.'lts thus showing the local : fellows in thoee places what oppor-1 tunitles He at their very door. On several occasions they have inquired j about property to be had In Omaha for a project of this hind. Thus far they I have found nothing, but Byron Hastlnga, member of the executive committee, says it is simply because Omaha property holders regsrd their property as ao good a thing that they will not let go of It. "The International Associates would in vest In Omaha In a minute." he says, "if anyone had a large tract ha would let go of at a reasonable price." elected at the of the even in A dinner will be served to .members only at 6 o'clock, and following the rerast Is to come the ballotlnar. Vacantia. l0""1 by the expiring terraa of .Aleaars Burgess. Reed and Jorrson are to bco filled. Qy advertising In The iiee the storekeeper takes his show window into the home ot every reader BUILDING OWNERS TO ELECT OFFICERS TUESDAY Tbe Buildings Owners' and Managers' association will hold Its annual meeting and election of Officers h.t a noon lunch eon at the Hotel Loyal on Tuesday, UP STEGNER CASE MONDAY The Board of Education committee hav ing In charge the matter of the reinstate ment of Miss Louise Btegner and three other teachers will meet Monday. Whether decisive action will then be taken the committeemen say cannot now be announced. N. Y. City N. Y. City Manhattan.. 1.. '.44,744 15.331. M1 ., 90 Manhattan . 6fi.SM.S7l 86.403 254 34 Bronx ' 292.U72 1.141.81ft ... 74 Bronx 21,701, 4.'.3 17,7.70 28 .. Brooklyn .. 1,315 8.296.873 .. 61 Brooklyn ... 41.hi2,iw7 Si.itU.oOS 20 ... lloro. of Boio. of Queens 870.J02 1.700,007 .. 49 yueena l!.72.i:.4 .K.7.A321 .. Richmond .. 209.126 1,049.424 .. 80 Richmond .. 2.272,76) ' S,377,OM .. S3 Oklahoma ... 7.M6 9.K6 16 Oklahoma .... 1.972.442 174.727 1,029 .. Omaha 216.473 149,476 4o .. Omaha 4.6H 4.X 4.110.733 13 .. Bateraon 8.6: lnB.125 43 Pateron ..... l.M4.ui5 1.4N0.6M 4 .. Peoria 1"620 79.925 ' 84 .. Peoria 2.sx9.1h1 2.229,178 2 .. Philadelphia.. 1,21,3'0 1,44;.4'6 13 Philadelphia .. !U,41.).rft .3s.;a.s.,0 .. i Pittsburgh ... S.47S.10I) . 917.X55 9W .. Pittsburgh. ... 1S.194.1K2 'RTTO,? 32 .. Richmond ... 212.6UJ 17U.9H4 24 .. Richmond .... 3.391.671 . 3,:i,476 .. 7 Rochester ... ihdAW 2i.lh6 4S RochHstur .... 8.733.267 9.642.124 .. 9 Bait Lk. City 171.4:4) 139.875 22 .. Knit Lk. City. I.9N2 .3.(7 ' 2.1.5.80 28 Ht. Joseph ... 24.3K.1 .21.985 11 .. Ht. Joseph. .J. 627.7.74 87.(u3 .. 23 Bt. Iuls 379.9K6 770.233 .. 61 8t. I-oui. ,. 12,941. nU4 1S.OS2.446 1 4 St. Paul 6IU640 705.184 -.. 27 Ht. Paul 14.720.71S 9.4M.M7 66 .. Schenectady.. K:t,878 , 1(W.3ir. .. 1 Schenectady .. 1,6.17. 43 6.1W.966 .. TO Kcranton .... 1'.N.4"6 1,'HkS .. a Reran ton 1.7!.lia 1,413,669 25 .. rvaltle 1,2V lt 649 736 l: .. 8eattle 12.W4.H70 9.321,115 l .. Slireveport .. 17.K18 MJ.HT .. 92 Khreveport ... l.;T.9i7 1.S.2.172 ., Woux City.... 66.610 7S.9J0 .. 12 Kioux City.... 1.K75.102 20.V.072 .. 4 South Rend.. 36 9Mi 10.25O ill .. Pouth Bend.... 1.1.70 sM.ik9 29! .. Knokane 18.7"0- W.iiJS .. 71 Spokane HS2.227 S.42H.236 .. 71 Sl.rlngfd, 111.' 13.375 U.SSh ,. 22 fipringf'd. III.. l.Owi.JO) Sti4 014 31 .. Syracuse .... 146 4al 1H8.975 .. .25 Kyvn. uso 3 4I2.1K4 . 6,lsV,.76ii .. 34 Toledo 139.945 P S;fl .. W Toledo 6.(K.1S2 6,96.079 2 .. Topeka ,a" 102.37.'. 93 Topck 547.2HO 928.767 .. 41 Troy 61.3:15 11.444 435 .. Troy Ctlca. N. Y. 8S.V40 134.900 .. St Plica. N. Y... 1.791.43 4.4..947 .. 69 Wsshlnvton.. 433.036 396 W'7 9 .. Washlniftnn .. .t;l 573 9.272.120 .. 2 Wllkea-Barre. 4S.( 6.'(.;o ., ) Wtlkes-Barre. 1.145,2m l k22.:mh 40 Worcester ... 176.440 47,w 4 Worcester .... S,5t;J.477 t.'JUi.iilJ 13 .. Totals 134.810,484 t.i8.6G1.61 .. 41 . Totals.. .....SK34.in.323 K97.fM.916 t Addition Proposed For Medical School Dr. Irving S. Cutter registrar of the College of Medicine of the I'ulverslty of Nebraska, appeared before the Omaha Real Estate exchange at the last meeting and told them of the proposed plan fur a new power house and hospital to be built at the medical school grounds Korty- second and Harney streets. The prop osition Is to get an appropriation ot $150,000 for this purpose. Many Buildings Are Planned for Omaha The "American Contractor" of January 2". carries over a column of announce ments of buildings to go up In Omaha tin spring. It carries them in very con clue form, giving the amount to be spent, the location, owaer, contractor, architect SLnd addresses ot architect aud con ti actor. P0PPLET0N PROPERTY TO BE PLATTED SOON w. T. Graham has purchssed four and a littif acres of the old Popplcton estate, j Me pari containing me old t'opplelon 1 nnijcnf-e. He will plat the ground and fU it out la lots, it lies aouth of Wli'u (r and between felxteenth and tlwlit rtnld street. The new aJ.llt.luB will be lnou s Victor Plac. Moving Pecking Storage ii STORAGE CO. 'v Wvr r tit.e THE BEE BUILDING "The building that is always new" Near the banks , Near the new hotel Near the court house Near the city hall r Near the good stores M to the hearts IN ear of its tenants . For offices,' apply to Superintendent, Room 103 . The Bee Building Company HOME BUILDERS' Financial Statement At Close ot Business December 31st, 1914: RESOURCES P-eal Estate Mortgages and Contracts , . . . i 1'n completed uildin? Contracts '.V.1 Stock . , Killn Kccelvable Stocks and Bonds Loans on Home Builders Dwellings . . . Accrued Interest Furniture and Fixtures : Cash on Hand and with Fiscal Agents 14.992.51 9,23.25 250.00 3,0;R.3.'v 10.4S.T.17 3.112.39 1,171.29 31,607.40 Total ,$124,CS5.72 LIABILITIES Capital Stock Accounts Payable for Labor and Material Used in Dwellings Unfler Construction (not yet due) Dividends Payable Surplus and Undivided Profits '"" 9S.3J9.00 4,899.23 3,481.96 17.965.53 Total .$124,6S5.7: Jan. July Jan. July Jan. July Jan. 1st, 1st, 1st. 1st, 1st, 1st, 1st, COMPARATIVE STATEMENT a Resources. Surplus. 112 ; $ 17,127.65 $ 1912 31.056.36 1.134.80 1913 '. . 155,005.40 3,542.57 1913 81,364.04 6,558.65 1914 85,303.39' '8,721.86 1914 116,805.19 12,707.77 1915 124.685.72 17,965.53 Dlv. Rati on Par. ' 7 . 7 . 7.14 7.35 7.56 7.70 7.84 FOUNDATION RIGHT t Built on Bound Financial Principles. The business is conducted by men of 2b years' experience in? Omaha, without the loss of J1.00 of interest or principal to them selyea or clients. t Only builds to order for the "owner and gets the builders' profits. Demand to build new homes increasing with Home Builders' popularity. Future importance of Home Builders as the most practical, most economical home-building concern of the Middle West is as sured. Home peoples' money is employed to build up Omaha u a home-owned city. Home Builders' plan Is endorsed by conservative financiers of . our city and patronized by hundreds of local investors. Shareholders can get their money, back by transfer through the American Security Company, receiving their share of builders' profits, besides the regular guaranteed 7 cash dividends paid, vWblch has amounted to more than 10 per annum. No speculation builders' profits and mortgages on new' homes of reliable people makes' Home Builders' shares as safe as a Gov ernment. Bond and three times as profitable. Price of shares is now $1.14 and can be had, in any number, weekly or monthly. . Our booklet, the "New Way," which fully explains Home Build ers' plan, is free for the asking. Douglas 5013 I i rtl .in 1 . Amarloaa Security Company TUcal Arta. 1-' , "Sunshiny; Rooms" ill i Ti1 aasrnavi PACXCES m EXPERTS If yoa ara oln to louata alaawhara, let ua rrata and wrap our aooda fur ahltunnt. Onr arv1ca will aava you ttma, work and relieva yutt of worry aa wall a (k, ibla duias to your goo da. Our Guaranteed Fire-Proof Warehouse itnraca for your furnltura, Iauo, l'Uwt ua for prices ou aui&riti nrfara. at -vary reaaoimM ratca,'aaf ruKa and otttor houxrliuld furntal'lusa lokU roomt Douslaa 41ft. OMAHA VAN & 'STORAGE CO. 006-013 SouthSixteenth Qt JlUl ITS the name of a new classification in The Bee's Want Ad Section today. Every room advertised here is a usunshiny room;" King Sol keeps it fresh, sweet and healthy. r No matter if you are a busy man or a busy wo man and have no time to "bask in the sunlight," be sure that the sun can and DOES" get in your room. It BELONGS there. It brings health with it. We have verified the fact that each of these rooms is a sun shiny room. That's the important part. The locations, con geniality and prices are such that we feel sure all tastes can be satisfied. 1 Get a sunlit room. You know where they are . now. You need the extra touch to your health. . Telephone Tyler 1000 THE. OMAHA Everybody Reads Bee Want Ads. BEE I :rVSlll 1 wMll II 1 1! ;ti mm Ml r
