THE ALLIANCE HERALD, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19,
NEW CONANT HOTEL
OPENS IN OMAHA
chairs io scnitlered here nnd there,
j ulvinR r.n ntmowphere of solid com
; fort.
i The entire building lfl finished In
; Cirrnanlan walnut. Each of the 2T.0
looms BAi n both. There nre three
liirse clevntors. NoIIiIdk Iibb Im-cii
I left undone thnt might contribute to
itie comfort r.ncl convenience of
I miesls. t'onnnt spent more thnn
- . 1 TT" i t i $2,000 for telephone stand nlone in
On Tuesday o this week Omaha.s mKbt anBWpr
new iiiii ion uouni iiiepiuui nuifi
Modern Fiprfwoof Htrmtnre Ha 1B50
.m -- l m nKlilnu Are Elaborate
nntl t Vmtforftihle
The Conant. located at Sixteenth and I
Harney streets. In 'be he.-.rt of the!
baslne district, wan fomally thrown
open to the public. It wm the prl
vUge of a member of The Herald.s
editorial force to atop at the new
ctel on Saturday, Sunday and Mon
day, prior to tho formal opening.
The new building erected by the
Wolf Miller Realty company, la the
laat word In fireproof hotel construc
tion, sanitation and convenience. It
will be operated by the Conant Hotel
company, of which O. H. Conant la
president.
Hui Id I nK Coat 9450,000.
The building costs $450,000, the
(round $600,000 and the furnishings
over $100,000, making a tool Invest
ment of more than 1,1 R0. 000. The
building was designed hj Jchn and
Alan McDonald, architects, and was
erected by the Selden-Brock Con
struction company.
The entrance Is from Sixteenth
street into a roomy, pleaant lobby.
Downstairs are a populnr priced grill
room the kitchen, a harbor shop and
the wash rooms. The baggngo and
stock rooms ftfW r.lso In the basement
and below, in a sub-basement, are the
engine room rnd refrigerating plant.
A broad stairway leads from the
lobby to the second floor where are
the parlor and rest room, a spacious
writing room and the main dining
room. Old rose tapestries line the
walls of the lobby and dining room,
blending harmoniously with the Cir
cassian walnut woodwork The fur
niture also Is cf Circassian walnut
The lighting is Indirect, the color
scheme being alabaster and old gold
The walls af the rest room are pan
eled with soft tapestries, and easy
while In bed. Nine thousand yards
of Carpet were used, and the blan
kets, linen and other furnishings In
the sleeping rooms were mr.de to or
der each beating the Conant mono
gram and coat of arms.
. .Furnishings Purchased In Omaha.
Every article to furnish the hotel
was purchased in Omaha. Among
the larger firms supplying the fur
nishings were Orchard ft Wilhelm
company, Brandels (stores, Omaha
Crockery Co., American Electric Com
pany, Sunderland Brothers and the
Omaha Hotel Equipment company.
The rest room and parlor overlook
Sixteenth street, affording an excel-
lent view of the busiest corner in
i the city at Sixteenth and Farnam
streets.
The present plan Is to operate the
dining rooms so r.s to "brerk even"
only, as a convenience to the guests
"We won't make any money out of
that department," Mr. Conant said,
"but It will help other business, espe
cially when the weather is bad.
tenant's Career Remarkable.
The career of O. Harley Conant,
the proprietor, whose first hotel ex
perience was In Omaha only eight
years ago, In a small hotel that might
almost have been called a rooming
house, Is unique.
Mr. Conant got into the hotel busi
ness entirely by acident In 190ff his
mother. Mrs. Mary H. Conant
opened the Bachelor's hotel, a small
affair at Twentieth and Farnam
streets. Conant was then In the
grain business in Chicago, but his
business Interests brought him often
to Omaha, and believing he saw a
great future for this city, he urged
his mother to locate here.
AT LAS REDWOOD TNKS
Will outlaRt several steel
tanks or several tanks
made from other material,
and cost less money.
Those tanks will keep the
water cooler in summer
and warmer in winter.
Send for price list today.
ATL,S TANK MFG. COMPANY
Fred Boisen, Manager
1102 W. 0. W. BUILDING, OMAHA, NEBRASKA
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WILL WATER HURT IT?
If water won't hurt it, we won't hit it.
We an launder anything that is washable.
We take extra care with the sheer and deli
cate garments even go so far as to wash
many pieces in individual net bags.
And of course all these delicate garments aer
entirely ironed by hand.
You need have no hesitancy in sending us
your daintiest garments and most prized
linens. We wil launder them just as careful
ly as you would yourself.
ALLIANCE STEAM LAUNDRY
Ten years after his mother opened
the little hotel. Mr. Conant went to
Kansas City on business, and while
there be became III and came to his
mother's home here for a rest of a
few days.
The second day after he arrived
the clerk at the hotel disappeared,
taking with him $1,000 of Mrs. Con
ant 's money The liour.e was filled
to overflowing, no responsible clerk
could be secured, and the loss of the
money left the little business in seri
ous financial straits, so Conant
asked for a short leave of absence to
straighten up his mothers affairs.
The days grew Into weeks and still
he could not see his way clear to
leave Omaha. Finally he decided to
remain with his mother and conduct
the hotel for her, so he served his
connections with the Chicago firm
and became manager of the hotel.
"I knew nothing about running a
hotel," Conr.nt said, "but I made it
etrlctly a business proposition." The
little hotel thrived under his man
agement, and two years later he took
over the original Sanford hotel at
Nineteenth and Farnam streets.
For two years he conducted both
businesses. Then an ad lltlon was
built to the Bachelors hotel, and the
name w;.s changed to the Harley.
Mrs. Conant insisted on that name
as a tribute to her son's success,
i Conant then had 160 rooms at hiB
disposal, 100 at the Harley i nd sixty
at the Sanford. During the next year
he managed to keep both filled prac
tically to capacity all of the time.
An everage for the year showed the
two hotels opera-ting at a 92 per cent
capacity.
New Hotel Planned in 1916
In 1915 Conant arranged with Dr.
H. C. Oifford to build tho new San
ford hotel, which he leased. A year
later he became acquainted with
Harry A. Wolf. Impressed by Con
ant's remarkr blc success as a hotel
man Wolf proposed thct the old
Sshiltt hotel at Sixteenth and Har
ney streets be purchased and a mod
ern hotel be erected on the site.
Early in 1917 the Conant Hotel Co.
was organized. Wolfe organised the
Wolf-Hlller Co. Had purchased the
Schlitz hotel. On May 1. 1917, the
"wrecking of the old building began.
Foreseeing an increase in prices,
and possibly a short:. ge of many ar
ticles needed for the new hotel, on
account of war conditions, Conant se
cured a copy of the architect's plans
for the new building and contracted
for furniture, carpets nnd bedding,
In this manner, he savcrt many thou
sands of dollars. Dealers Lay that
the carpets Wlltflh Conant thus se
cured, as wll r curtain.-, linen,
draperies and some of the furniture,
could not be purchased at ,my price
now. He furi:ished the new hotel at
an outlay of approximately $100,000
better than It could now b f mulshed
tor iv;ce tAAt amount of money.
Conv.nt is a firm :dvoc e of the
policy th.M a well filled hotel at mod-
lerate i-.tte.-3 is betnr than a partly
i filled hotel at higher rate. On this
policy he has hullt his success
' Our rates will be $2.50 a d y and
down instead of $1.50 n day : nd up."
he aid. "When a man Walk In here
I e will know that he enn i spend
More than $2.50 a day for a room
and get a r -.d cne for 150 or any
j Intermediate pries ho c res to pay.
I Patron do not like to walk into a
L hotel displaying a $1.80 a Day and
lip" sign and have the clerk do
fcverytniBl but insult them if they
do not tako a $4 or $5 room.
Con:,'it has been Just as careful
in his selection of hi3 employes as
in the furnishings of the building.
Two hint's that he posiiivcly will
d mand, ho c-.ys, are courtesy
service.
Over lOO Employe.
There will be approximately
employes. Conant himself will
the sntlTS jat niiWMl of the hotel.
Dave B. Young will be his assistant
manager, Paul E Stanton will te the
chief clerk and Chi -Vs K Gudgell
will handle the night shirt.
Manager 4'onnilt Hotel.
Young, Stntcn and Qudgtl) are
all well known here and to tiio trav
eling public. Stanton started his ho
tel career in Omr.ha eighteen years
ago as a bellboy in the Merchants
hotel, where he has been employed
continuously since that time advan
cing by degrees to tho position of
chief clerk.
Mr. Young also is a hctel man of
many years experience, hnvinr; man
aged hotels in Sterling, 111., Hartford.
Ind., Vlckburg, Miss., and Janesville
Wis. Gudgell has had broad experi
ence in the hotel business, : no for
the past year and a half he has been
the chief clerk at the Hunter Inn
here.
Other members of the Maff are:
Fred Hastle, key clerk; Miis Besslo
Hogan. bookkeeper and Mr-. Ella B.
Farrell housekeeper.
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The Branch House Man
This ia one of the Swift ft Company
Branch House Men.
They are all pretty much alike in the
way they feel toward their work and that
is what this ad is about.
They know that most people couldn't
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of which they are in charge.
They know that the branch house is
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of preparing and distributing meat for a
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They know that Swift & Company must
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Any branch house man who doesnt
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They are picked men, these branch
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steak or chop, or cut of roast, you can give a
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And remember, in a general way, that
everything that makes life smoother and
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Swift & Company, U. S. A.
Locals News
Mildren Mollflug ofNewcr.stleWyo.
was in Allir.nco Monday ror n short
visit with relatives befcre going east
to Chicago, where she will attend the
Northwestern University.
Miss Thelmr. Fitzpatrlck left Sun
day night for Omahn, where she will
spend a few days
K. E. Reddish and daughter left
RCunday night for Michigan, where
Edith will attend school this winter.
Miss Irene Hice left lest week for
Omaha to attend Van Sant Business
College.
Carl Powell left Sunday night fot
Lincoln, where he will continue his
studies at -the University this winter.
Everett O'Keefe returned to Oma
ha U'.st Thursday, where he will at
tend the Crelghton DenUl College
Marian Mote returned to Lincoln
the first of the week to resume her
studies at the University this winter.
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We pay from $2.00 to $5.00 per
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by return mail.
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ifc-pt- X, SM07 Ho. Oth St. Philadel
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W. B. CHEEK, Local Manager
. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
Live Stock Department
STOCK YARDS - OMAHA, NEBRASKA
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WHICH TELLS THE SUFFERINGS FROM A SORE TOOTH
I have to see or rea-t for the first time the works of any noted
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today.
THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE AND DENTAL SURGERY
Which haB shown such wonderful progress In such a comparatively
short time, has been compulsory so to speak. Again
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For twenty years every hour of every day, I have heard some
one say, "Why does not some one invent something to relieve pain in
a safe and easy manner?" The cry for this great necessity has dwelt
on my mind so long, that I finally solved the problem and have put
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on this most wonderful method to relieve pain.
I KNOW THE VOICE OF THE SUFFERER; I ALSO KNOW HOW
TO ANSWER
in a manner that should immensely please. It's here for you to take
advantage of. I will gladly show you.
For Out-of-Town Patrons
Appointments Made to
Rest Suit Their Conveni
ence. PHONE TODAY
DR. G. W. TODD
4 OS URANDEIS BUILDING
OAMHA, NEBRASKA