TUTC OMAHA SUNDAY JlKK: AriUL 4, 1915.
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OMAHA GARDENS TO
BEAUTlfr THE CITY
Ciyio League Begins Its Active
Spring Campaign for Improv
ing Home Plot.
PLANS FOR ITS SUMMER WORK
The cnrdrn contest rommlttaa of tjie
Clvlo lrngxifi entrra upon Ita third yrar
with the hopra of proving- Ita value to the
city on broader llnoa, and enlisting; thi
hearty, sympathetlc'co-opcratlon of tverv j.
man, woman ana cnua in Ita earneat er
v fort to make the city a cleaner, more
beautiful one to Uve in. We have thn !
materials, the climate, the opportunities
and the people to do It, aa It la being done !
y other places, splendidly, enthusias
tically, and certainly we muet not fall In
rank-behind other cities of our class.
Sprlntr ,1s the xeeason of energy. It
hrlnprs new stirrings, and everyone. In
spite of himself and his cares. Beta cheer
ful and (rows optimistic.
The simplest garden may reveal a love
liness the "most elaborately designed one
may never know. There la no age limit,'
id no fee required to enter in the con
test now opened, and it la hoped that
among the entrants there will be Jiiany
hundreds of children, for the home gar
den movement ties the Interest of the
little ones to their own homes and gar
dons and such property as may be avail
able o them.
t'oiiiui'Hfi's In t'hnrarc
' The committees of the Civic league that
will have charge of the gardening in
Omaha during the coming season are:
Harden Contest Committee 11. C Pe
ters, chairman; Mis. Lowtle Chtlds, Mts,
Z. T. IJndjey, Mrs. Ueorge A. Joalyn,
Mrs. Ourdon V. Wattles, Mia. Albert W.
Jefferls, Mrs. Milton T, Barlow, Mrs Ar
thur C, Smith, Mrs, Luther Kounlte, T,
It. Klinballf P. V, Kuhns, H. Kob'ers. H.
noorly. 1'i-ot. E, t'. Graft, H, 8. Welter.
C. C. Chase, C. W. Hamilton, P, A, iJro
Kn, Kdftar H. Hoott. Kobert Cowell, Roy
'fowl, secretary.- v
Advisory Committee T. R, Kimball,
chairman; Mrs. Oeorge A, Joalyn, Mm,
Iowrle Chllds, Mrs. Ourdon W. Wattles,
Mrs. Albert V, Jofferls, R. C. Petern,
Henry Duorly, Francis A. nrogan.
- Southeast Visiting Committeu Mrs, Vic
tor Caldwell, chairman; Mrs. Charles ;
Oifutt. Mrs. Theodore H. Ringufalt, Mrs.
ii nu rit Chase, Visa Uthel HolmquUt,
Mifs Uretchen McConne.l, Dr. Harold Gif
ford, Victor B. Caldwell, Clement Cliaa.
Northeast Vlsitlns Committee Mrs.
OeorK" U. Prliia,. chairman Mto, Chr.es
N. Dicta, Mra. SS. T, Lindsay, MUs Gladys
Peters, Miss Elizabeth Pickens, Guidon
W. Wattles, C. W. Hamilton, Herbert
K"gers. ; .
Southwest Visiting Committee Mrs. U
,F. Crofoot, chatt-mant Mrs John Bald
win, Mrs. Juanph Barker, Mlaa Daphne
Peters, Miss Catherine Thumtnel, Charles
T. Kolintse, Mrs. Edward isaan, h.ar
If. Scott, Osgood T. Kastman. '
Northwest Vlattliig Committee Mrs. Y.
I Kltkenclal!, chairman; Mra. A. L..
Reed, Mra. -C. M, Wtihalm, Mra. Wwrren
si. Blackweli. MlssHarrt H. fcinlth, Miss
Helen ticobie, C, li..-' Wllhjlrn, - jojopti
Baldtige. Henry Wyman.
i Dtvlalon luto Districts.
Districts The city' is divided Into four
districts "by Farnam and Twenty-fourth
streets. The southeast district lie ai'uth
of Farnam and east,, of Twenty.fourth,
the northeast dlstrlot lies north of Far
nam and east of Twenty-fourth ' the '
southwest district-lies south of Farnam
and west of Twenty-fourth, the north
vest dlstrlot Ilea north of Farnam and
west of Twenty-fourth, and all are within j
'the city limits. '.V ',. v . :
Prises In each of the ; ' four district
; there will be awarded vthree cash prizes
for the greatest Improvement .In any
tot or group of lota, made during, the
sessen-of 1516. The first prize will be
$16, the second 10 and tr third C "
Entries Application- blanks may .be
v filled out and mailed to oy TowL 112
City Natonal bank buildlrlg, Omaha, on
orbefore May 16, 1916. Judgment will
be made in September and the prizes
awarded ahortly thereafter.
Bailee ( Competition.
First The object of the competition Is
.improvement. Improvement to the lot
or lots of the competitors, -with consider
ation for adjoining property and the city
generally.
Second The competition la open to afl,
' without age limit or entrance fee. '
Third The importance of the work to
fee done ia valued as follows:
- General clean-up of premises and sur
' rounding with Improvement to buildings,
fences,-walks, etc. .
General plan of gardening, design,
group planting, avoiding geometric forms,
leaving open spaces, conalderatlon for
general effect and Influence on neighbor
ing premises.
Areas and condition of lawns.
Trees for shade, general effect and hid
ing unsightly objects and outlooks.
Hhruba. vines and perennials.
-. Temporary Improvement, annuals, etc.
Vegetables, quality and quantity, with
out detriment to appearance of lot.
i Ne competitor ia barred from retting
all the hem he or she can set.
Any number may club together to im
prove any lot or group of lots. -
Stery of tfce Prise Wlauer.
Ijist year's prjte for first place waa
awarded to O. W, Preaton ef 512 Marry
street Perhaps the most 'mportant lee
son to be derive from' Mr. Preston's ex
perience is the knowledge of what can
be done in the face of seemingly insur
mountable difficulties. 'If a beautiful
garden picture can be produced in a
single season from a bare day bank,
what can't be accomplished on the aver
age Omaha lot where the natural soil
la almost the beat to be had anywhere.
One thing Mr. Preaton failed to enumerate
among the tools' with which he worked,
la brains. The work that m ak.es a garden
possible must be Intelligent and must
com from a desire that la boroonly to
those who love nature. Mr. Peston tells
how he made his garden possible In the
following:
"Having Hvtd in my home for a year
Itefore f bought it. I waa quite well ac
quainted with the work to be done to
make the grounds surrounding the house
. presentable.
- "My lot to &3zU7 feet facing south and
on account of Its extreme length four
lota facing west bark up on it. Then my
neighbors to the east do not happen to
have their yards enclo 1 so during my
year's oceupanry aa a tenant I noted
nearly all of the grooery boya.x laundry
men, peddlara, milkmen, tramps, etc.,
canvassing or delivering to these houses
1 to the east and west of me made a run
way across the rear of my lot. j
Plane Well Tkoarkt Oat.
Txng before my year's lease was up I
had tentatively determined to buy thesl
place. In consequence, I did a good deal
of thinking and jrfanning as to just what
I would do in the way of beautifying the
grounds and had eomfi to th? conclusion
that if I bought it, I would protect my
self from the ruthless destruction done
shrubbery, flower and garden beds -by
the aforementioned grocery boys, .jnilk
men. laundry men, peddlers, tramps, eta,
by bidlding a fenre around the back yard,
w hich I il4 at a cost of t7S. This expense
Includes the construct Uki of a grape
arbor.
"The soil I had discovered was nothing
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OEORGE W. PRESTON'S PRIZE WINNING GARDEN- Upper picnic snows Mr. Prea
ton and his family on their beautiful lawn. Lower picture chows the place before he began
hi3 work of improvement. This change was vT0w5ht in a single summer.
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yellow play and that itwould
necessary to enrich It by fertilisation
which I have done by the use of twenty!
loads of well rotted manure (at W .per
load); 2tX pounds of bone njeal; 4O0 pounds
of. ground sheen manure and several
loads of rich tilaek dirt. In fact, I hava
spent in the n-hhorhood of $100 on soil.
"After haviiiK determined upon my
plans, I proxeotcM. myself as much as
possiMe' from tho vandalism of the gro
cery boy and others and having brought
the soil up to a satisfactory state of fer
tlllty, I then bought and planted shrub
bery, roses, grapes, berries, etc., etc., to
the extent of about $100 and began play
ing golf as I expressed It with epade,
rake, hoe, shovel, garden hose, lawn
mower and. other garden tools, with the
result pictured In the photographs taken
last summer by your committee.
Hiding; aa I'nplenaant Vblert.
'Yau will notice In the first picture a
garbage can la seen standing behind a
little ckerry tree. In tho subsequent pic
ture the can is not in eight For tho
beneltf thoae who would like to con
ceal their garbage cans I would say .do
aa I did, buy an oil barrel, sink it in the
ground to within two Inches of the i top
then make a strong substantial cover
whlejj must overlap the top of the barrel,
than paint both green and you will have
converted, an eyesore into a thine of
Jbeajity and In the meantime it has lost
none of its usefulness. '. . . '
"In conclusion I want to state that last
summer In my vegetable garden I raised
potatoes In sufficient quantity to lat. us
until after Christmas. Tomatoes were so
plentiful as to enable mo to pick 173
dozen and 'more than that number went
to waste, this because I could not give
them away. Green peppers to the extent
of forty or fifty dozen were gathered and
the 'rosr caught the bushes loaded with
many dozen of great big fine onea. Onions
beets, radishes, letture, beans, peas, apln
ach, etc, etc.,, were ao plentiful as t
permit aupplylng my neighbors and many
friends, living at a distance, liberally with
"garden truck" and though I am quite a
busy man I found the time to do all of
the necessary wortc wnlch to me was a
great pleasure .' w. PRESTON."
My Garden f th'e Heearrei-l Ion.
One of the . best known women In
Omaha has written most entertainingly
on the topic of gardening:
"As I sit ip my spretty sunroom In
tewa, with lfs waving ferns and bloom
ing hyacinths and Jonqutis, my mind
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Application to Enter the Omaha Civic League', 1915 Lot
1 hereby raako application enter tlTe Omaha UivicTe'a 1915 lot improve-
ment competition. The property to be improved. is No lStrm
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It ia about.., ..feet wide and feet long. ' " . .
Mail this application rironjptly to
ROV lOWL, Secretary Omaha
Civic league, Cltjr National Bank,
Omaha.
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turns unconsciously to4 certain garden
on a distant hilltop, and I know that un
derneath its gray and somber exterior
there lie burled a fiont of Jlttla earth
souls that In May will send forth tender
shoots of green to gladden my winter
worn eyes. .
"These plants are--the perennials, of
one'g garden spot. Once planted they
come up every year, and the clumps
grow stronger and the flowers more
lovely .with, each succeeding season. .
"Who has not wandered with a glow
ing heart through some old-fashioned
garden plot, with its wealth of peonies,
tands of Iris, great masses of 'varl
cdlored .hlox. and Its rows -f stately
hollyhocks! ,
"A conJV'lentlous and thorough first
planting and a dressing of fertilizer In
the fall keep these picturesque tenants
of one's gardenMn perfect condition, and
they make a solid and beautiful back
ground for the more gay and evanesceat
annuals. , ,
"e trees, the shrubs and the peren
nials are the permanent loveliness of the
garden; I would call them the ancestral
dwellers: the annuals are the frivolous
and frolicsome visitors.
"An old friend -Is always the best friend
and so I believe that the perennial plants
and flowers are the most beautiful - to
have, and the most satisfactory.
"If you should be sick, vou couldn't
plant the annuals and tend them, but
tlie perennials would come up Just th
same and call to you from thelrfamlllar
placea, 'Here we are. Just as wonderful
as ever; look at us trpm your window
and we will help you get well.'
"A very great man, named William
Morris, who accomplished In his lifetime
a stupendous amount of work, always
bad a perennial garden wherever he lived
or labored. At bis great plant at Merton
Abbey there was a garden, and at Kelm
scott House there waa a heavenly gar
den. In the spring he writes from Lon
don. I aln well, but sulky at leaving
Ketmaeott!' , '
"So, gentle reader, . plant a garden
with perennials. If you bare not one al
ready. Make It a peaceful shelter from
the turmoil of the market place. Have
your food served there on pleasant day
and sit there In t.s aim, Vlth a good
book. - I "am not afraid to auy that It
will mean the resurrection of many in
spiring truths and half-forgotten beauties
through the renewal of health and
bope. "u, L.
.Omaha.
My name is.
My address i.
Si telephone number is.
Omaha Now, a City
Of 'Well. Built and
Modern Dwellings
There , hss been remarkable progress
In designing and construction of resi
dence building In the lost few years, and
Omaha has" surpassed a great mahy teT
the progressive cities of our land In build
ing these modern homes," said E. B.
Norrle of Norrls Sf Norris. ,
"A modern home must not only be at
tractive In design, "but must be planned
with the view of the strictest economy t
in household work arranged to avoid a
single unnecessary step and' at the samel
time be artistic, cozy, Inviting.
"This IS the age of elebtrlfity and to-1
day nearly every woman uses the electric 1
Iron, sweeper, toaster, etc., so that among
the many little things that go to ffiae
the modern home are tho. electric sockets'
placed oonvenlently in floors, base boards !
and walls. BmeJl closets oft of' kitchen i
and butler's , p- itry for brooms, table!
leaves, etc. (Vuthce chutes and dust'
I chutes are great labor saving devices,
ana are today as much a part of a mod
ern home as lighting fixtures. The sun '
room or sleeping porch Is' Indespenalble. I
it I . "ne of th0 "trange things I sometimes '
, Tmeet with are the persons desiring to I
purchase and want te buy a home. 'Built I
by the owner,' believing that thy ran
actually get a better house than one con
structed by a reliable building company.
It does not require much business knowl
edge to see their error, because In very
many cases the said 'owner' haa built not
a permanent home, hut a hous to sell, or
has become 'dissatisfied with his building
efforts and wants to unload. Ho could
not possibly build as cheaply as a large
building company, for the simple reaeon
he would pay at leaat 20 per cent more
for his material, to say nothing of what
always' happena to the bullilina- in wv r
Inferior material and workmanship whenl
u. icu mmum a competent builder
to direct and demand the proper material
and work.
"I predict for Omaha a very busy sen
son in the way of building, and mam
beautiful homes are going to' be built
Our firm will build more and costher resi
dences this' year than we did during the
last twelve months. '
ImproTement ComDEtitinn
.1915.
i ! Ure and Smith
Busy at -Lincoln
" to Extend Terms
Alwtum t f various politivlnns In thej.
iiiirn , !iv ((! on ntol fiMv v 1 l.rt In.
the -y '. l.-.tniv. th m: pose of Vhlrh Is
i to ext i l the trrms of county officer till
i IP!?. Bi-ioidiiiir I inforin:itnn from i..
coin fi-.m iv!! )'if f ..nr, rs.
! l'lattli't t'lerk (tul i-rt sniitli and Tiihis-
urt-r 1i the l.u;i;l.ix rMmtv n'firii.l
son, n; to xt.-nit their tcrmc. without
lettinM the inters buve n iv Rb(,nt it,
have Um-ii In l.lnroin ti e mmlei pint ,f
ti t) time ful two we. K.i r more. They
have spent nv st n t!iiili time nt the
Utulell hmel. The folloaliig trafr ,r,a
bo-n pretty well i.vt.-,v-;vhi d. . I 'is
saM.
In retain f;- tl-.c suiT'rt M" S'imtors
Howe'l and Hettford for their term ex
tupnlm M'l, Smith. "d l're are to turn
over to Howil! and Hedford In the eity
election the Influence or their court-huuse-wntcr
board tw.tltlosl machine In
Omaha. IVmocreU -.i.i.aed to Senator
llltohick und county officers out lii the
state a.. Sal.i to have als., been enllut.l
tror the measure by making them believe
, mat tlie rower IoshI Issues entering into
i Hltclu nek s canipaipn next year the more
, easily ho will ! defeated.
The prom-nt Isw prevents Treasurer t'r
from taking a third term, which accounts
for h's liit.iret n the extension hill, al
though nothing has occurred during his
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lrt us with a big stock of the World s Best Pianos on hand. Our
ni-w spring stock, contracted for months ago, Is beginning to arrive, and in order to make room we are
forced to adopt extraordinary" qulck-eelllng method:' I v
Our fitctoi) conned limn enable us to sell a liniltod auinber of PIaiioh illrent to Mho eonsuiner t
WIIOLI'HAI-K lMHKS. v . " ' '
We guarfintce to save you from $100 to $150 on any Piano Purchased Daring This Sale
Now Pianos Go at $175. $195, $220 arid $243 ,
Come early this week. Remember all theBe Planoa are'ADSpLDTBLY NEW, of high" grade manufac-'
(ure, and you are protected by our iron-clad guarantee.' , v
HIH' HTtMllj, VKKK Kt Allr ANI KUKE INSCIUNCK
ll.H(jAI IN VSICD PIANOS.
Former
Price.
$30l Illchter, Iprlgbt .
$:t.K SclUUInK. rprltfht
r.275 Kchinoller & Mueller, Vprlght
.17ft Sieger Hons, I'prtxliJ
KlttMl Htcger A Huns, Vprixbt,
4UIOO Hchmoller & Mueller, rprUcht
$334) flickering & Hons,, Upright .
9150 Htrfrcr Hons, rprlKhK
hi
rilKK HTOOIi, KKKH Ht Allr AMI MIKH IJKK INHrilATVCK WITH KVKRV PIANO HOLD.
, HMAMi MONTIILV OU WEEKLY PAYMENTS.
Our stock consists of auch high trade makes aa Ktelnway, AVelieV, Ilardman. Sieger & Hons, Eniernon,
MrPhnll, Limleman & Hosih, Bchmoller & Mueller, and the complete line of Aeolian Pianola Planoa.
Headquarters for Vlctralos and
Cirafonolas, Ilerordg and Kupplien.
ANNOUNCEMENT-!
NILES -
' (FORMERLY AT 1506 FARNAM) ' '
ARE NOW LOCATED I N THEIR NEW STORE
Corner 18th and Harney
WHOLESALE AND
okajia bib
TAKE THIS COUPON
ami 1 tic to your narat Hpoon Htatlon and thny will
Ive ynu this hanilavnif, nujicrrinn Wis. lODIal
BUI oswumm
SoiiTMlt Bpooa.
MAIX. OBOES DZJtECTXOsTS
ddrtas BOVTIiinBCPOOK BClBiV, Bntar
prlaa UlAg., aCUwankas, Wis. 8ml Stunpa or Money
Onlnr. lie auie lo liirlnrt. ('ul'rtJN anl 16c for
ach Hpoon with Zc aiiilltloral for return tutar,
and Imllvlilual dux container for ona spoon. Ail. I lo
for eaU uillltlonal spoon ordcrnl. fclU.S Hfc-UK.
WriU plainly.
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'If you have a "Sunshiny Koom." let peopje know about it
in this column of Bee Want ads. -
I term of office whtrh would cause him t
j frar going before the Vetera again.
Smith's fee grabbing l assigned as his
reason 'or desiring to avoid a verdict of'
the voteis on him.
Weaver Takes Look
at the Prinz Eitel
I Attorney Kmnk U Weaver has re-
I turned from Newport News, where he
stood, alongside the tlerman cruiser Print
1 Kltl Krcldrlrli, Which was being coaled.
' Hcyond the threo-inlle line this Omahnn
I fvr "x battleships waiting to pounce
upon the Kltel should H put to sea,
Mr. Weaver left Omaha a week ago
to look r.p estate mutters at Dover,
He trured a will which wna dated In
W find smnncd court rcorrts written
on parchment. Uuiing tho trip he Was
on board the I'nlted 8tntea rmttleehlp
Delaware, saw the Alabama and Phila
delphia, thre submarines, three torpedo
boats and attendml a session of the leg
islature in Trenton, N. J.
The Hoe Want Ads Are Host Kuslnesa
Hoosters. '
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Says Colonel Welsh
Joy to the world; the Faster weather
will be propitious for the stylo parade.
"Heater will be a good bonnet day,"
Forecaster Welsh promises. He predicts
fair weather for Omaha.
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Offered to tho Public at
OTLEflLE f RICES
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Wo have a tmrplus of I'Uniw that MVHT be remoted from,
our floors AT ONCE. - ' "
The geuural business dein-etialon all over the. country during;
October, .November and December, tbree heavy selling months in the
Piano business, naturally curtailed our sales the past' winter; and has
Former
Price.
$1,04H) Chirkerintf
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IVIce.
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91,100 KtcLnway, Grand
r.0 Hertlch, rprtght
27X Mueller. I lirlirlit
$150
175
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..... 8210
f !23 Kmerwon,
$SfM) Hrhiii."r
9 tnu jvnaDC, t pngnt . .
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THE
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RETAIL.
COUPON f-
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OOOD CITIL VIID
.1 7.;t. --n 1-t-i.i. nM -- -ft,
Eat Less Meat
. If Back Hurts
i.
Take a filnss n Salts to F1iih KId
nrjra If Hladdcr Iltlipr Vou -Drink
1a1 of Water.
Kntlng meat regularly eventually pro
duces kidney troUblo In some form or
other, says a well-known authority, be
cause the uric acid In meat excites the
kidneys, they become overworked; get
sluggish; clog up and cause all sorts of
distress, particularly backache and mls
ery In the kidney region; rheumatlo twin
ges, severe headnches, fccld stomach, con
stipation, torpid liver, sleeplessness,
bladder nnd urinary Irritation. '
Tho moment jour back hurts or kid
neys aren't arting rlKht, or lr( hladdcr
bothers you. get about four ounces of
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy;
take a tablojrnoonfu In a glass of water
before breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will tlicnact fine. This famous
salts is made from the actd of grapes
and lemon Juices, combined with llthlo,
and has Iwen used for generationa to
flush clogged kidneys and Btlmulate them
to norma activity; also to neutralise thai
acids In the urine so It no longer irri
tates, thus ending bladder disorders.
Jad Halts cannot Injure anyone;
makes a dellKhtfiil effervescent llthliv
water drink which millions of men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean, thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.
WITH E'KKV PIANO SOIvD.
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& Son, Grand
Rale
" IVice.
$200
S450
8 85
8125
MOO llaUH.-l prlRht l?h
I'prltrht $2!H)
& Mueller, Upright ......8105
91 I 7;i
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Farnam Stroot
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