THE OMAIU SUNDAY BEE: JULY 8, 1906.
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TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
fpieibercer & Bon Company to IIa? JIsw
luiid'.nj oa Tansam.
WISTERN GROWTH GETS NEW IMPETUS
Ilallillnar at Twentieth and Farnaat
Will Pnt Kite More Firm Into
District and Make Prna
pect Fitter.
One of the Interesting fadres of the
Tmn was the ennouncomf nt thst
negotiations had been - cfimplftiHl for . the
erection of a building for th M. Fplcs
berger & Son comrmy, on the lot wont
of the Burlington heailriiinrtrrs. by th
eastern owners of the property. It made
mire another BfHItlon to the new. jobbing
district which has grown up In the vlcin
lty of the railroad hemlfjunrters building.
Lower Farnam street Is perhaps the best
location In the rlty for a wholesale millin
ery business, vhlrh la Tarried on almost
entirely through the medium of house
trade, for the retison that It la eay of ac
Cfii from every car line leading from the
depota.
Another consideration which Influenced
the Splesbergera In the selection of a site
was the fact that Tenth and Farnam Is
near the new M. E. Smith and the Byrne
Sk Hammer buildings, and country mer
chants usually buy their millinery when j
iney come to me city lor ary gooas. rur
this reason It Is best to have the millinery
house close to the dry goods district.
Tt Is understood the Commercial club will
look about for another wholesale millinery
house to locate In Omaha, the Idea being
that the greater the number of firms doing
business In any one line, the better the
market. There Is now but the one mil
linery Jobbing house In the city. Another
house would more than double the millin
ery business of the city, say the Commer
cial club men.
Once more the Union Pacific headquarters
building has been located, this time by a
local newspaper, and this time at the
northwest corner of Thirteenth and Farnam
streets. The price said to have been offered
for the property Is considered exorbitant
by the majority of realty men. General
Manager Mohler says the company Is about
as likely to build at Thirteenth and Farnam i
as It Is to put up a skyscraper on the
grounds of the Oun club, which are Across
the river, Just north of the end of the
Douglas street bridge. Two months ago
the question among the real estate men was
"What do you know about the Union Pa
ciflc headquarters?'' but such a length of
time has elapsed since any real develop
ments In the situation that It has ceased to
be a topic of live Interest. j
Last Thursday another advance was made
in the march westward of the Farnam
street retail business district. On that day
ground was broken for the store building
to be erected by F. D. Wead and Howard
Baldrlge at the northeast corner of Twen
tieth and Farnam streets. It will add Ave
more retail business firms to the Twentieth
and Farnam district, three of which have
already slgped leases for five years.
As the first scraper full of dirt was be
ing turned on the excavation for the Wead
building, a man passed who had been out
of the city for two years.
"West Farnam looks considerably differ
ent from what It did when I left," he said.
"Here Is someone Just starting a new build
ing and there Is one with two stores across
the street. Just west of the Bachelor's,
Mr. Burgess has built a store structure.
Look east and you see the Rohrbough
building, Ed. Riley's building and a big
hole where Mr. Dufrene Is preparing to
erect a building. On both sides of the
street stores have been made by putting
brick basements under frame buildings,
which were built high up. Tou people who
live here all the time may not notice It,
but I tell you it looks different to one
who has been away and .Just come back."
Preliminary plans for a five-story building
for the Real Estate Exchange Building
company have been completed and will be
brought before the board of directors of the
Real Estate exchange. A number of firms
outsldo of the real estate business have
applied for space In the building, and they
will be taken Into consideration as tenants
fur the ground floor, or a part of It, In the
llscuslcn of the preliminary plans. The
rvmovul of frame buildings on the site, the
Fou.thwett corner of Eighteenth and Far
num streets has already begun, and It Is
planned to begin grading operations in
about two weeks.
Edward Rosewater will address the Real
Ertnto exchange Wednesday at Its regular
luncheon session. He will talk on his re
cent trp to Rome, where he went ss 6le-
gure irnra me i.nuea males 10 mt inter
national postal congress.
One landmark probably will he allowed to
stand In the four blocks which the North
western has bought for terminal purposes
It Is the Bchllts hotel, otherwise known as
the Ooos hotel. The Bchllts people have
been given permission to remain In the
hotel until the. first of the year, and now
It la understood that the building will not
be torn down at all, but will be used as a
storage house by the railroad.
The Bchllts Brewing company has de
cided to erect another building in lieu of
the one sold to the Northwestern, the
major part of which the Bchllts' company
leased as a hotel, but a part of which wn
retained as a bar room. It Is umV-'i
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213 South
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Agent for
Eastman
Kodak Co.
Homes That
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BEN COTTON'S NEW HOME AT THIRTY-EIGHTH AND DEWET
the company has selected a location, which,
for obvious reasons, will not be made pub
lic until the company is ready to build.
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"It Is surprising the number of women
customers we have," said a realty man.
"I believe we have to deal with almost as
many women as men In selling cottages for
homes, though, of course, It Is different
when tt comes to mere Investments. The
woman of the family almost Invariably
goes out to look for a place when m new
home Is needed, for she Is the one to take
care of the home, and of course Is the one
who selects It. Her husband might hunt
for days about the real estate offices, and
when he has found something he thinks
desirable, he finds It does not suit her at
all. So he lets her do the home hunting
In the first place. She is the one we deal
with right up to the transfer of the money,
and In fact It frequently happens that we
never see the husband at all. We have
women also who Invest their money In
houses and lots for rent, and some of them
are so experienced In the value of property
that they do not need to ask the advice
of anyone when buying."
Jesse C. Davidson will erect an apart
ment house of two stories and basement
at 116 North Eighteenth street. Just oppo
site the Trinity parish house. Plans have
been completed and bids asked. The struc
ture will be 44x60 feet.
CASTLE OF PEACE DEDICATED
Fine) Suburban Home of Mr. anal Mrs.
Brodegraard Thrown Open
Uo Friends.
A notable Fourth of July celebration was
one given Tuesday at the new farm home
of Fred Brodegaard, east of Krug park.
The affair was In the nature of a house
warming which Mr. Brodegaard had prom
ised) his friends when the fine new home
was finished. Nearly 800 people attended.
All the guests were met at the street rail
way Junction by carriages (hayracks) and
coachmen in the royal Danish colors of
red and were conveyed to Fredensborg
(Castle of Peace). Mr. and Mrs. Brode
gaard received the guests and after all
had arrived and were assembled at the
castle grounds Mr. Brodegaard delivered
en address of weloome, saying:
"Ladles and -Gentlemen: It affords my
wife and me great pleasure to welcome you
to our peaceful home. Of course we under
stand that you bring the gaiety with you,
but it shall be our pleasure and endeavor
to see that you do not lose tt hereabouts,
but carry tt back with you, if possible
somewhat strengthened. I am but keeping
an old promise to you, my friends, which
I made many months ago, when Just start.
Ing to build this palace that its finish
should be the signal for an old-fashioned.
Jolly house-warming for all my friends
wishing to come. I wish to acknowledge
my thanks to the very efficient builder,
Mr. Frety Nygaard, and to our popular
artist and decorator, Mr. Oa:l Nlelson, for
enabling me to keep my promise in time.
Friends, we thank you all heartily for
coming and tender you the freedom of our
hearth and home, at the Sign of the Crown
of Happiness."
Responses to the address of weloome
were made by several of the guests and
then came a season of gaiety, enjoyment,
muslo and refreshments. The pretty farm
was then Inspected under the guidance of
Mr. Brodegaard by such as so desired. In
the evening another banquet was served at
the house, at which speeches, songs and
cigars predominated.
A Hh Train for Fort Dodge,
The Chicago Great Western railway t
now running a train leaving Omaha Union
station at 1:90 p. m.. Council Bluffs at 1:00
p. m., arriving at Fort Dodge at 7:66 p.
m. An excellent train for Mlnden, Harlan,
Manning, Carroll, Lohrvllle, Bomers, Fort
Dodge and intermediate stations. For full
information apply to H. H. Churchill, Qen-
! eral Agent, 1612 Farnam Bt, Omaha.
OpHcal Co.
Sixteenth Street
0MAIA SEATTLE
Agent for
Eastman
Kodak Co.
Are Making
'route of northwest
The heavy black lines on the above cut
show the routes of the new North Central
and Northwest boulevards derided upon by
the Park board. The drives will bo VA feet
wide and will follow the lines of natural
crests and depressions. Much of the prop
Building in the Cities During June
Building In twenty-three cities for June
shows In the aggregate only a moderate
Increase, but In many of the cities taken
separately there were heavy gains com
pared with the corresponding month a
year ago. Permits were taken out In
twenty-three of the principal cities of the
country during the month Just closed, ac
CITY.
New York, Including Manhattan and the
Bronx 88 W..S:) 61 tl5 612.8T5
Chicago 1 (W 6.4!,5a 7:U 7,(xia.3'0
Brooklyn 1.401 7.771.668 1.118 (j.773.7l
Philadelphia 1.7(H) 8.4S4.W) 1.7'iS 4.5ii7,5:
St. Louis '. S30 8,i..lu,u8 i' 2.13.14s
Los Angeles 768 2.871, WO 74 1.&X.879
Kansas City 1,463.140 3S I.0JI.440
Milwaukee JdO 1,445 3.5 4Jt) l.ltm.6
Ienver 2&7 l,24-i.S7 23S 7tTl,4i
Washington 44 1,13 647 41 l.S'l.fc
Buffalo M 1,U!.C15 814 M.S'A
Detroit 461 968. I) 4L'8 StJ2.4'"V
St. Paul Si t.tMl 334 1.31b.ul9
Minneapolis (47 bt.915 442 677. mo
Atlanta Si 7o,o7i 22 IM.7W
New Orleans 6ii li b- l.6
Duluth 7t 40U,yu& 83 1J7.4-
Portland 2:9 4-i I!7.y6
Omaha 1.1 J.;a,b;'5 91 277.&.J
Louisville 2) 3no.oMo 21 1) 1,,4M
Grand Kaplds 130 244.(n3 14a Ym,hj
Des Molnas 71 U.'.OMi 7ii 114. )
Davenport , M.ott 7.ao7
Total 10,60) SSo.l'i3,364 8.44 148.324,314
The smaller cities are responsible for
soma notable Increases which Is quite
natural when the general prosperity of
the country is taken Into consideration.
For example, there are three cities In
which the increases are phenomenal. Du
lutb, 1 per cnt, Atlanta 137. and port-
Omaha the Handsomest City
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AVENUE
erty necessary will be donated and the re
mainder will be condemned and puid for
by direct taxation upon abutting and ad
Jucent property owners. The new HnUs
in the system will add about nine miles of
boulevards and will cover a part of the city
cording to official reports to Construction
News, for lO.tou buildings, at an estimated
cost of J,K:l,3.;i, against 8,448 buildings at
a cost of $4S,34.314 fur the same month a
year ago, an increase of 2,112 buildings
and ll.K39,4 or i per cent. The figures
ire detail are as follows, according to the
Construction News:
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Per Cent.
Gain Loss
No. Cr.1 No. rv.i
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14
10
'88
55
42
20
64
13
4
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137
21
118
106
33
86
61
land. Ore., with 108 per cent. Other In
creases were scored as follows: Louisville
875, Denver 64, UiaiiJ Rapids SI, Los An
geles 55. St. I-ouis 38, Omaha S3, New Or
leans Jl, Milwaukee 20, Minneapolis 19, Buf
falo 13, Brooklyn lu, Davenport 5, end De
troit 1
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RESIDENCE OF MRS. JOHN A- HOKBACH, ON 7 - IRTT
CAPITOL AVENUE.
boulevards
heretofore without such Improvements. The
board Intends to condemn and acquire the
property as soon as possible, to lay out the
roads as rapidly as funds will permit and
equip the routes with trees and parking.
EIGHTH TRIAL NOT ALLOWED
Judge gears Thinks Seven Hearings
Enough for One Damage
Case,
The motion for a new trial In the case of
Emma Hoskovec against the Omaha &
Council Bluffs Street Hallway Co. was
overruled Saturday afternoon by Judge
Fears. The street car company won the
suit at the last trial, which was the sev
enth time the case had been submitted to
a Jury. The plaintiff's attorneys asked for
a new hearing, alleging one of their wit
nesses had been induoed n a to testify In
behalf of their client, iilss Hoskovec
claimed $-2,000 for injuries she received
while getting off a street car.
TICKETS FOR AUBURN TRIP
ale Is Hegna for Dig; Excursion of
Commercial Club and
ak-Sar-Hca.
Commercial club and Ak-Sar-Ben hustlers
began to sell tickets Saturday morning for
th Ak-Sar-Ben excursion to Auburn next
Wednesday, which baa been set apart as a
snec.al day for Omaha people. A special
train will be run over the Missouri Paclfio,
leaving the Union station at 1:30. The oc
casion Is being well advertised throughout
this part of the stte and a large crowd Is
already assured. Ons of ths features of
the day st Auburn will be the circuit races.
The round trip has been C4 tT
in the West
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PASSING OF FORT NIOBRARA
Army Foit of Prominence in Frontier His
tory to Be Abandoned.
TWZNTY-SIX YEARS OF USEFULNESS
Scene of Much Activity tn Pence and
War Times Is Now to Be
Given Over by the
Army.
FORT NIOBRARA, Neb., July 7.-(Sne-cial.)
With the abandonment of Fort Nio
brara on July 31, one of the largest of our
military reservations ceases to be of use
to the government. Since Its establishment
in 1880 by Major J. J. Upham, Fifth cav
alry, who was In command of a battalion
made up of the Ninth infantry and the
Fifth cavalry, to the present time, it has
been a pleasure to many officers to be
stationed at this post.
The first troops to reach the site of the
present post marched W6 miles from Grand
iBland, Neb., and pitched camp on the
south and east banks of the Niobrara river,
at the mouth of the MInnechadusa creek,
in April, 1880. These troops were set at
work immediately constructing buildings
and by November of the same year the
storehouses were completed and several
other buildings, though not finished, were
suitable for occupancy.
John Marshall's Service.
At this time the Indians roamed over
this part of the state and frequently there
were robberies, so it became necessary for
the commanding officer to have a guide
and an interpreter. Upon the request of
Major Upham the War department sent
John Marshall, a colored squaw man, who
had been In the employ of the government
for several years, to act as Indian scout
and Interpreter. Since that time this man
has been a character and landmark . at
Fort Niobrara and Valentine. Everyone
who has been In this part of the country
knows John Marshall. In the early days
he was a good servant of the government.
He kept Informed of the movements of the
Indians and conducted successfully many
an expedition which had been sent out for
outlaws. During the Bloux trouble in U9 '
he was conducting General Stanton with
an escort, from one post to another to pay
the troops, when they were set upon by
band of robbers. At the first alarm
Marshall hid the paymaster's money In a
gunny sack and when the robbers nau
reached the paymaster's coach Marshall in
formed the leader of the band that they
Were a hunting party and not the paymas
ter as was expected. The robbers be
lieved his story and left without searching
the wagons. By this act John Marshall
gained a grateful and staunch friend In
General Stanton, and through his lniluencu
was retained in the service a long time
after he was of no further use to the gov
ernment. He served as a scout for more
than twenty years.
Whence Comes Cherry Connty.
During this period of the post's existence
a great deal of government property was
missed and some outlaws fell under sus
picion. In May, 1881. Marshall reported
that a number of these outlaws were en
camped a few miles east of the post. The
commanding officer Immediately sent a de
tachment, under Lieutenants Cherry and
McComb, In pursuit of . them. Lieutenant
McComb returned the first night, but Cherry
continued the chase for several days with
out success. The party were about to re
turn to the post, when an unforeseen trugely
occurred. Lieutenant Cherry was shot by
his "striker," I'rlvate Thomas Locke, Trooji
"F," Fifth cavalry. The man was evidently
crated by liquor and the heat. No othe:
motive could be assigned for such an act.
Locke was sent to prison for a term of
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elKhl years and aftrrwnrds admitted to an
Ips.in'' asylum. l.lenti nnnt Cherry hail
N-rn such a frarless mnn and had ron
trll'.it.'d to tli sin -re of rlrarliift this
country of mitlsw to such an rxtrnt th.it
the people of the sinto of Nrbrnk hav
nanifd after liim the v.ni:ily In which lie did
Ms work, Chi'rry county, the largest county
In the state.
Shortly after the establishment of tho
post. Mr. J. M. Thatcher er-cted a post
tm.lcr' stor.-. Ti ls supplied the Immediate
wants of the othVer fur n.uny years until
supplanted by the canteen or post ex
change. Drtlablfnl Place for Prarttr larchee,
l.lkc all posts, the garrison was changed
frequently. Troop "K," Fifth cavalry, ar
rived In lvs.1, marching miles from Fort
Sidney, Nebraska. Two companies of the
Fourth Infantry arrived from Fort Brldger,
Wyoming, the same year and two com
panies of the Ninth infantry went to Fort
Hti.lis-er upon the arrival of the Fourth
Infantry.
This country became famous as early as
lv-4 for the facility with which practice
marches could be made. Supplies such as
wood, water ami forage were in abundance
everx w here along the streams. In May Of
1SN4 the Fifth caalry made a march of
l.ri miles west and south and then north
east to the post, and In June the Fourth
Infantry made a l.V-mlle march east along
the Niobrara, then north and west on the
Keya Paha, then south to the Mlnnecha
dnxii and along this stream to the post.
Coulil a more delightful march be found
than the latter? Open and beautiful coun
try the entire distance. Hunting and fish
ing of the best kind. These were the
marches that trained our officers and men
and kept up an Interest In their work.
There were no dusty country roads to
travel on. The men looked forward to
these marches with pleasure and with re
gret when they were finished.
In 185 Major E. V. Sumner, with three
troops of the Fifth cavalry, arrived from
Arkansas City, Kan., marching the entire
distance, and In August of the same year
two troops of tho Ninth cavalry came from
Fort Reno, Okl.
Cheapest Ilnllt Post.
Valentine had sprung Into existence be
fore this time and was now made the term
inus of the Fremont, Klkhorn Missouri
Valley railroad, now the Chicago & North
western road.
During this year orders were received to
enlarge the post, so the soldiers were again
set at work making adobe bricks and cut
ting lumber. It Is said that the post of
Fort Niobrara cost th government for
construction up to and Including 1888 only
a little over 1100.000, the cheapest eight
company post In the country.
Another troop of the Ninth cavalry ar
rived in 1885 and all the Infantry were re
lieved by six companies of the Eighth in
fantry under Colonel A. V. Kauts. This
was the largest garrison the post had held,
twenty-six officers and nine companies for
duty.
The first camp of Instruction for this
part of the country was at Bordeaux,
Neb., near Chadron, in 1888. All the troops
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Tooth Talk No. 46
I maintain that dentistry
Is a profession and not a bus
iness, and that you want the
Individual attention of your
dentist, just aa you do of
your doctor.
I study each case by itself
and give it the treatment It
ought to have. I do my work
well and charge only reason
able fees, because I want con
tinned patronage.
I doNire not only to hold
my present patients) but I
want their children and their
friends to come to me.
That is my incentive to
give YOU good dentistry at
the price you should pay.
I make a specialty of
crown and bridge work.
' I make no charge for con
sultation. DR. FICKES, nentist. 838 Bee Bldg.
'Phone Douglas 637.
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Boilders of Modern Houses
"Be it ever so humble
There's no place like home."
Your means must determine th
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ness and contentment la quite aa
often found in a cottage aa a
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Building Sites, Suburban Acreage, Hones
1609 Farnam. Ground Floor
Douglas 3867
mnitsyi
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