Real Estate in City Transfers > Totals $256,758 Transactions Last Week Num bered 37 of More Than $4,000 • Each. Real estate, deals of $4,000 or more each recorded last week In the of fice of the register of deed* totaled $*256,73S. There were 37 *ueh trans action*. Following: are the properties trans ferred and the district* in which they are located: Hanerom Perk. Ren Harrison to Mabel Roy re, 2929 Smith Thirty-second avenue. $9,500. Northwest. Roy Hansen to W. H. Rail, northwest mrnor Forty-eighth *n«l Pratt street.*, $4,400. T. W. Metcalfe to M. A. Lean, 4216 Corby street. $4,750. T \V. Met* wife fo Roy Hansen, 4.IS 1 I.a rlmor* a i cnui\> $3,400. T. \V. Metcalfe to O. J. Pierson. 4220 Cot by afreet. $t,7n0. John Hansen to F. .1. Pavelec, south west miner Forty-fourth and Emmet | streets, $4,H00. South Omaha. Fiank Heines to .1. V. Rnsmajsil, 1311 Ai'her avenue. $4, Sophie Katzman to Geerae laell, on Q afreet between Thirty-ninth and Forty first streets, $v.3«»". Centrnl. Harney Oiliiisky m Standard Oil com pa ii>, ::i"4 Leavenworth mi reel and . South 'I'h11 t>-first toll eel. $1U,000. Minnie Gobletem to Standard Cli com pnn>. 3 10s l.eavemvorth s;reet. $H.50u. Amelia J. Swanson i<> Lee Clark, 2S:; 3 v Miport street. $5,250. ilogers Jt. K. company to ,M. L. Sugut in it. 1202-4 GoUgls* street. $40,000, G. It. Crocker fo T. \V. .Metcalfe, 277. y x ' «un a l rev I. $4.50o. .■... C. M. Uaivey i.» A. F. Jones. 116 South p Thirty-first avenue. $M.u00. Nort liable. If. A. McCaffrey to Evelyn M. Blum 2vi;Ohio street. $6,391. Birdie R. Stimson to C. B. Tryon, 141 KitiiiiFt street. $6.6»>0. olive J. Hart to Samunl Forman. 221 She ib.in avenue. $4,850. ‘l-;i:.e u. Golden to T. W. Metcalfe 53 , \nrth 'i wenty-fifth avenue. $4,7f>'». F. G Jones to C. C. Blackmore. 521? N'-itli Twenty-seventh street, $4,950. H. L. Cassell to H. A. Givens, 300* Miami street. $4,400. Clalrmont. G. A. Bright to Southern Mortagsg' iind Finance company, 4524 i’arker street. $4,150. linxel K. Young to Anna Westergatd 2721 North Forty-eighth ctreet, $6,100. Southeast. Antonio Rlmare to Gluseppa Basse $14 Pierre street. $6,004). Owen Slaven to c’uiainelo Mnngiameli 1709 South Tenth street. $4,000. 8. L. Julln to Joseph Kozak, 171 i South Tenth street. $4,250. Mary Drozds to S. L. Julln, 907 Hickory afreet. $6,800. South. Otto Schneldewlnd to William N. Leshovsky, 1542 South Twenty-Sixth street. $5,500. F. J. Yore to Otto Schneldewlnd. 3 542 ; South Twenty-sixth street, $4,000. Cathedral. F. 8. Parmeles to Margaretta Baker. 421 North Fortieth street. $10,000. Minne Loaa. F. W. Gilbert to Anna V. Vlller, 2557 ; Ida street, $6,250. F. W. Gilbert to Anna V. Ollier, *5 Briggs strest. $7,150. Lillian F. Haworth to R. B. Klfrlnk on Leavenworth street between Happy Hol low boulevard and Fifty-eight street. $8,650. Dundee. ^ , 'Hazel Hherdeman to V, 1). Benedict, ‘8 Burt street. $9.5<50. Real Estate Study Course Is Offered Chicago Man Will Be Here This Week to Organize Clas®. Plan* will lie put under way this week for Omaha realtor* to give their salesmen the educational course In real estate and real estate dealing* prepared by the .National Association of Heal Kstate Hoards. Herbert IT, Nelson of Chicago, ex ecutive secretary of the national as asoclatlon, will tie In Omaha AVednea day night to explain this course and begin the organization of a class. He will talk at a real Estate ban quet to he given at 6:30 AVednesday at the Rome hotel. The course of study covers all branches of the real estate business and has been prepared by practical experts. he educational committee of the Omaha Real Kstate board, which will be In charge of organizing the class locally, consists of I Shuler, chairman; A\'. T. Grnhsm,, George T. Morton and F. I,. Ileyen. “AH the lessons and text books In this course have l»-en prepared by men who are successful In the real estate business,' said Mr. Shuler. The course Is not mere theory. It repre sents the practical experience of men have been and are marked suc ( esses In their various cities. "AVs know the teachings are good because they have been tried out by the men that wrote them.” OMAHANS GO TO LINCOLN ON BILL Members of the legislative commit tee of the Omaha Real Kstate hoard will go to Lincoln Monday afternoon to appear before the state senate com mittee, which Is considering the street / railway franchise hill. They will be accompanied by the committee's at torney, John Breen, who has drafted an amendment to the UnhlmanTAm bert hill. The amendment will define a street railway as u system of transportation running oil rills and streets; the amendment will not say that a street railway company I* a bus system. This amendment will also provide that the company may supplement It* street railway service with hits serv ice, hut probably will Include a pro vision that tbe street railway service may not he supplanted with or super ceded by busses. The board's legislative committee consists of Charles L. Saunders, chair man; AV. T. Graham, vice chairman; Byron R. Hastings, tf. P. Dodge, Sen ator John AV. Robbins and Represen tative Lad Tetsr. Senator Robbins ^esand Representative Teaar are mem bers of the present legislature. Ventilate, ventilate— Office man; Make the air circulate All that you can; Far people can't hibernate Like raccoons can; Ventilate, ventilate— • office man. Workers Still Busy on Firesafe Home, Despite Groundhog --—--i I»> Wil l. M. MAIT1V i Well, Ol' Mr. Groundhog said a mouthful when he came out and saw his shadow “Ms for the warm burrow for six weeks longer." That's why there Is bo much delay In the progress of that new home out in the beautiful Happy Hollow dis trict. When.lt was too blooming cold to work 1n ’mortar there was tooj much snow to deliver material. And when It was warm enough to work In mortar It was so muddy that the! delivery men couldn't get close to the] site. l But despite all these difficulties and hindrances the work has not! been entirely suspended. Now andi then the workmen could put another, block in place, so that now the lmse-j ment walls are practically completed, and the steel basement window, frames placed. Must explain a bit about those steel, basement windows. They will not| only add to the flresafety, but also! to safety against burglars. Not that! I expect to keep anything very valu-, able In the basement, nor anything liable to subject me to search and seizure. But I may have something almost valuable upslalrs. and I don't want burglars crawling through a basement window. Here's My Picture. Just to prove that I am building a flresafe house I am showing you a picture. That's me pointing. The other man Is my architect, Charley Kosenberry. I am not pointing out something to kick about. Just point ing to something. Probably to the. waterproof concrete blocks made by the Besser process at the Omaha] factory of the Diamond Concrete; Products Co. I selected them after| mighty careful consideration. You, see. a fellow can’t be too careful, about the foundation of his new. home. Charley told me they were all j right, too. These blocks are of the! three-hole type, with 4n per cent air space. That air space Is mighty Im portant, If you only knew It. Makes a sort of thermos bottle of your house—warmer In winter and cooler In summer. With any sort of good luck we ll have the basement walls completed In a day or two, and then you will In- able to see progress. Jf has been pretty slow to date. But that doesn t master. We could have crowded things a bit, but J wanted the build ers to fake their time and not run any chances because of the cold weather. Everything Worth Having. Of course I want this home to have everything worth having to make It comfortable snd convenient, so I have decided to equip it with n Wayne water softener. I have sever al reasons for this, the rthlef one lin ing that it will greatly please Bottle Clifford to have soft water available for laundry and ablution purposes. Another reason Is that soft water will add to the life of the plumbing Hard water Is hard on the pipes Still an other reaaon 1* that I like to use soft water In shaving. The Wayne water softener Is a simple mechani cal device employing a natural min eral for removing lime and magneto him from hard water. The mineral Is easily recharged. It Is called zeolite. It works, too. I saw It tested before I contraeted for It. There's one thing about Ibis bouse that T am proud of, behave me. Everything possible that goes Into It Is pro,bleed right here In Omaha, mill some that Is not produced In * India Is produced In Nebraska. The [cinei-ele block* are made right here. .Made from Nebraska sand and Ne braska cement, ton. The steel win dow frames and the steel reinforcing rods sre made In Omaha. All Ihe mlllwork Is being made In Omaha far torlea by Omaha workmen. If glass were mad* In Omaha I'd uae It. By the way. Is there any reason why gtaaa ran not h* made In Omaha, or somewhere In Nebraska? , Wife's Hobbles. There are two things about a home that the wife Is Interested In most, the kitchen snd the closet* Pretty n*ar lost patience with Bolllo 4'Ilf ford over the rloset question. W* discussed the plan* unlll 1 was just ....,..„ __ a hit peeved and remarked in my best sarcastic vein: ■you draw the plan of the closets you want and then I’ll have Charley Uosenberry draw the plans of a house around ’em.” But that didn't "feaze” her a little bit. She is going to get the closets she wants. Then, just to show that I couldn't remain peeved with her wery long at one time, I decided to put in the "klnerator.” That's the thing that burns up all the trash that accumulates every day. That's a lot, too, lit a house that Is ns full of ,luety youngsters as my rresent home is, and as my new home is go ing to he, praise goodness! There is an opening In the chimney on both hoors. and we'il just dump the trash through those openings, and it scoots to the klnerator in the base meat. There it is dried out by the ! y-pass feature, and every now and then you Just go down in tire base ment and touch a match to it. Pufl. and it's all gone. I Visitors Ihsirni. Hat e you heen out to the site of | my new home? If you haven't, I i wish you would go out there during ] the coming week. If I'm not there I to answer questions, do not be afraid to ask the w orkmen. 'J hat * a part of their Job. It'* easy tg get there l y street ear If you haven't an auto mobile. I go out on the street car when Charley Is too busy to take me out. Several times I’ve worked him for a free auto ride by convincing him that ho really ought to go out and explain something to me. I'm afraid, however, that Charley 1s get ting wise to my scheme. Take a Dundee car to the place where It ends, near Brownell hall, right there by the old Happy Hollow club house. Then a block north, a short block west, and a block north again to where you see the piles of concrete blocks, and where I hope you'll see busy workmen on the Job. I am hoping that next Sunday 1, can fix the ' ite for laying the cor nerstone. Jt'et us soon as I can fix the date I am going to invite every one t" help me In the ceremonies It s going to be a great day. Bultonlc plague Is a terrible disease. Acquired by man from the rat and his fleas: If we d rat proof our houses, our stables and bins, Bubonic fleas wouldn't punctura our skins. r . j i —deserve the best in mill work Since 1856, it has been the pride of the M. A. Disbrow organization to complete the job so that the stamp of “Disbrow” might always be a guarantee of first grade. When Inspecting the Ideal Firesafe Home of The Omaha Bee, look over the doors, sash, screens, mouldings snd all the interior wood work. It is Disbrow product, installed in this home at our usual rea sonable prices, common surate with the cost of the entire house. Anderson White Pine Frames “Perfection” High Grade Oak Flooring M. A. DISBROW & CO. EfltabKflhed 18.56. Office and Warehouses, 12th and Nicholas Sts. Clinton. Iowa. Omaha, Neb. Ch.,.nn., W,n. PLUMBING Has kept pace with modem building snd today all , through your house, sanitation, utility, and beauty, may j be had in every bit of the plumbing equipment. •'RODSTROM'’ installation is the guarantee of quality work throughout the Ideal Firesafe Home. C. L. RODSTROM Plumbing and Heating Contractor Furnace Coil* and Ga» Henters Inatallrd. Twenty-fourth and Fort KE. 1236 I i Metcalfe Company Observes Date of First Anniversary • Officials Proud of Firm's Record; Recount Faith in Omaha ahd Confidence in Future. February 15 Is the close of Metcalfe company's first year, and Saturday was the day of celebration at the com pany's office, 105 South Nineteenth street. Incidentally, It was recalled that it was exactly 38 years ago yesterday— St. Valentine's day, 1887—that Rich ard L. Metcalfe arrived In Omaha. The last year has been a success ful one for Metcalfe company, 125 newr homes having been built and sold besides many old houses and proper ties. During the year this company has bought and developed an addition of 40 acres, which Is now well-known as Crestwood and lying Immediately east of Sixtieth street and south of Pacific. Theodore \V. Metcalfe, secretary and treasurer, soys: "Everyone connected with Metcalfe company Is grateful for the wonderful year Just closed. There is every rea son to believe that the new year will be even more prosperous. Some of our friends smiled very broadly one year ago when we announced our In tention of building 100 rew homas. "They said'we wouldn't be able to do It. We havr'eltceeded our promised | number by 25 and every one of them have been sold to well satisfied home owners. . "We expect during the coming year lo double our last year's business. In our opinion, Omaha Is all right, the new year will be the best year of nil, and there are, In our lexicon, no such words as ‘pessimism’ or ‘dis couragement.’ "We know that all we need to do Is lo ‘git up and git,’ and w# will reap the benefits of Omaha's advantageous situation and conditions and the nat ural prosperity which Is knocking at the door of Omaha." BUILDERS OFFER SCHOOL BOARD AID The advisory committee of the Building Owners’ and Managers’ as soclatlon has offered Its service to the board of education In connection with the planning of the new school build in* to be erected. The committee has waived usual charges on account of the public na-j » ” ■ ' ' ■ ture of this work The local committee consists of W. J. Palmer, chairman; E. H. Benner, John N. Crawford, Alfred C. Krn< nedy, Howard Q. Loomis and Franll P. Manchester, ' ' " » for Tha Omaha Baa Home ia all being supplied by ua. Tha reason's tha same one that sells all our custom ers—Quality plus Service, at a Fair Price. “Just Lumbering Along” ARCHITECTURE • When the moment comes to bring your dreams of a home into reality—be it large or small— you desire that house constructed in a manner that will obtain for you in actuality all of the things whic)i your dreams of the past have en visioned. • Architecture is an art and a science and in your community there are recognized architects on whom you can depend to obtain for you in this home everything possible. . *r Drawing plans and supervision of construction are just as essential in a home for you and your fam ily as in the building of a business block. — Consult an Architect * '" ^ * - ’ • A Masterpiece in Construction! A well built home contains more than merely a design, building n: terial, and a certain amount of labor. Somewhere, in fact, everywhere, throughout the construction of every real , home, there is skilled workmanship, pride of Estimates —■ achievement, and integrity. We are please^ at any These things make a home of long time to be allowed to »nd h*PP? *»*• *5* dreams of the , . .. .. owner and the skill and advice of the archi make construction esti- tect mate. In planning your home, we solicit the op- We are proud that our reputation is portunity to figure its such that we were selected to build the Ideal cost with you. Firesafe Home for The Omaha Bee. DAVE E. JOHNSON Contractor 4137 Lake St. WA. 0932 WATERPROOF CONCRETE BLOCKS You Can Drop One in a Barrel of W ater—At the end of 48 hours it will show not more than 4^ water absorption. These same blocks will not crush at an average of less than 17 0,000 pounds pressure. It’s because they are BESSER process.scientifically manufactured THREE HOLE concrete blocks. * The making of DIAMOND BRAND CON- The new plant of Diamond Concrete Products CRETE BLOCKS it a scientific process—the w*» designed, built and equipped by Frank # g . . . . . Whipp? rinitn. In it he has one of the finest results of year, of experiments and tests. plapPf in thf Unitel, states, ^uipped with TL D |Uf.,( o. Minute care In the selection of materials. BESSER machines to make 3-hole concrete 1 ne Beit wall for dtUCCO their careful mixing in exact quantities while blocks. We are apeclaliata on CON- dry and the addition of water in such quantity concrete kilna are where these CRETE MASONRY HOUSES. that every particle of cement and sand is uni- WockT are .team cure£ Twenty-light d,ya with Portland Cement Stucco. formly coated with water, are all a part of „{ ajr drying follow this process to make a warm V Xt.r th* W* "taking of block.. perfect block, no repair*. the Ideal Firesafe Home ^. _y mi fy 90% of the concrete block* made W fl I today are of the new and progres sive three-hole type. 50% more strength. Four cross webs instead of three. Do not require keying. Are perfectly balanced. Easy for the Mason to lay. No trouble about fractions. Perfect circulation of air, both horizontal and perpendicular throughout your entire wall. Allows plastering directly upon the w’all. % We make CONCRETE CHIMNEY BLOCKS, FIRE CLAY FLUE LINING, PORCH PIERS, WALL COPINGS, SILLS, LINTELS, LAWN AND GARDEN FURNITURE. Mr. Harry R. Rnesslf. head of our construction department, w ill be pleased to five you the cost on any kind of concrete work. DIAMOND CONCRETE PRODUCTS CO. Office and Plant, 42d and Parkar Stc. Pkona WA Inut 6773 FRANK WHIPPFRMAN, Mtr.—Talapkonc KE 0401 K ■■■ —. i