THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 7, 1906.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Modest Omaha Homes Thai Combine Comfort and Modern Convenicne
KilOS PACIFIC BlilS SITE
CtmiTfcKWMk Dull Time for tbt Local
Egrrlroti Itcttrei Location for Friiquir
Dirt Dealer
ten at Tlfteaotu and toie. Ctrtata.
SEPTEMBER SHOWS UP A FINE INCREASE
Cain for the Week Orer Last Teas
Hu(ftt that rail Bnslaes
Will Far Eiffti that
MAMMOTH STRUCTURE TO BE ERECTED
Wlll Cover Ploeo Where Ibor
Temple Maude nnd the Three
Other Lota East
of It.
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Ak-Par-Pen wek has oome and gone
and the real estate men aie glad of It.
Whllo a number of persona have visited
th city and looked at property with
view to Investing, yet one lot Bold li worth
doxen In prospect, and the dealers nre
thinking first of nil of current business.
And business has been Hunt for ten days.
Everything was In a flutter; people wero
either visiting; or being visited, and they
let thoughts of buying and selling; lots
and homos drop for a while. In a week
business will be bark at normal agnln,
ay the real estate men. All are expecting;
a record breaking: fall business.
If October, November and December Rain
over previous years in point of real estate
transfers In proportion as September
gained, the fall will be placed on record
as the biggest one la many years In realty
transactions. September transactions were
$824.2, aa compared with $64.796 last year
and $462,689 the year before. In both 1905
and 1904 Octeber transfers were larger than
September, and Koveanber larger than
September. Building permits for the Sep
tember jast passed amounted to (335.430,
compared wtth $276jMn for that month last
year and $402,170 In 1904,
It is a noticeable fact that the better
sort of offices are very scarce in Omaha.
Nobody realise this mere than the young
doctor who is Just beginning to practice
and who must of course get himself lo
cated respectably. A number of young
physicians have started in this city recently
and Invariably It has been the case that
after looking over the whole city the new
.comer had to ask some other doctor to
hare his office with him. He could fmd
an office elsewhere, of course, but at what
a distance from the center of the city and
In what sort of a building? It Is also true
that business offices about the city are at
premium. No office on the busiest streets
la vacated but that there axe immediately
several applicants for It.
The erection of the Brandels building la
calculated to effectually relieve the con
gestion for a time at least. It Is said that
the floors In this structure which aro to
be devoted to office purposes will have na
much floor space aa tbe entire Bee build
ing, which la one ef the largest office
buildings In the city, and in addition two
more stories such aa The Bee building has,
It will be about a year before the Brandei
offices are finished and Omaha office
renters will hare to get along aa best they
can until then.
Another thing that la acaroe In Omaha
la warehouse room with accessible track
age. Net leng ago the John Peure Plow
company was compelled to go to Council
Bluffs to get room to atore a lot of ve
hicles, having looked over the local situa
tion In vain. Now the Rock Island Plow
company la looking for atorage room with
rackaga and haa been unable to find it.
As A matter of fact, goed trackage ground (
Itself la scarce, and those business Inter-
eata which expect to have to build within I
the next few yeara are availing them- i
aelvea of the opportunity to buy auch
property whenever possible. Early In the
summer the John Deere Plow company
bought a half-block of ground on Leaven
worth street, between Eighth and Ninth,
and Manager Peek Bald it was becauao
of the growing scarcity of trackage prop
erty. Tbe company intends to erect u
large warehouse, but not Immediately, and
In buying It was protecting itself against
the contingency of being unable to Und a
alto when the time came to build.
Haatlnga Se Heyden have aecured from
the United States Real Estate and Tru.t
company and Elizabeth Kountze Real Es
tate company, exclusive agency of unsold
lots in Kountze Place. This property has
heretofore been handled by Herman
Kountze. It la the Intention of this firm
to push the sale of these lots in the
aame way they have handled Bluff View,
Sulphur Springs and other additions sold
by them. No effort has been made in the
past to aell theso lots and for this reason
It is not generally known that choice lots
In Kountze Place can be bought as low as
$700. A number of new houses will also
be built by this firm.
At the meeting of the Real Estate ex
change last Wednesday George G. Wallaco
L suggested two subjects for discussion at
future meetings of the exchange. On
la the present ayatem ef rente, which Mr.
Wallace thinks la all wrong. "Think of
one bouae renting for $12 and another
Just like It on the next block renting for
$16," aaya he. Mr. Wallace thinks rents
will be mere uniform If the realty men
will talk the subject over in their ses
sions. Another vital subject la the cost
of abstract on small plecca of property.
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Are ground exclusive by us. This is the only
Invisible bifocal ground in ono single piece of
glass.
Your Eyes Are Valuable
Therefore, don't entrust them to anyone incom
petent. In wearing glasses insist upon the best.
Lenses improperly ground are runinous to tho
eyes; improperly adjusted, they are equally as
injurious; expert advise is worth all it costs,
and the best is always the most economical.
uleson Optical Co.
V
213 South 16th St.
Omaha
London
HOMH OP J. P.
Mr. Wallace holds that abstracts should
not be required dating further back than
the plat of the land In the case of the
outlying additions. Men often pay $75 for
an abstract, he says, when they could get
one just, aa aafe for $16 to 20.
The Imperial Investment company, the
corporate name under which W. J. Con
nell handles his property, has sold a lot
on the west side Of Thirty-third street
between Poppletun avenue and Woolworth
avenue, to Mrs. Lamoreaux, who will build
a home there.
Hastings Heyden report the following
sales for the last week: New six-room
house, Hastings c Heyden addition, on
Camden avenue, for a home, 11.750;
twenty lots in Burr Place and Mclta's ad
dition. South Omaha, to Josephine II.
Welflenfellen, for investment; lot in Sul
phur Springs addition on Wirt street, to
Fred P. Strlffler for $750, to be Improved;
lot In Kountze place, to Ralph Russell for
$1,100, to be built on at once; three lota
In Ames Place addition, to Themas Durkln.
for Investment; two lots, Haloyon Heights
addition, to Ben Morton of Benson, to be
built en; new eight-room modern house,
Ferty-flrst and Hamilton, to George T.
Llndley for $3,500, for a home.
SURFACE WATER DRAINAGES
Pipes Mast Be Disconnected by Owners
or City Will Do It and
Assess Costa.
Deputy City Clerk Dalley Saturday after
noon prepared for City Engineer Roaewater
fifty netlcea to be acrved Monday morning
on property ownera living on Sherman ave
nue, north of Clark street, advising the
nmnertv ownera that unless they discon-
nect their aurface water drainages from
tne sanitary aewer within thirty days the
0)ty wm do the work and assess the costa
asainst the property.
June 19, the council passed a resolution
directing the property ownera In question
to comply with the law, as the volume of
water Jurned Into the eight-inch sanitary
aewer on Sherman avenue during certain
periods caused many cellars to be flooded
with back water. Notwithstanding the pro
visions of the law on thla matter and the
resolution of the city council, the prop
erty ownera have failed to take any action.
City Engineer Roaewater now intends to
take the matter In hand and remedy the
evil without further delay. The storm
water on Sherman avenue should take Its
own course over the surface to a large
sewer at Izard street.
It at the expiration ef thirty days, er on
November t, the Sherman avenue property
owners, have not taken cognizance of the
engineer's notices, they will be liable to
arrest ax 4 fine. .
BOGUS CHECK FOR GOOD COIN
new Graft Worked on I'nsuapectlag
Landlady by Crook Pretend
lug; to Want Room.
A new graft was aprung In Omaha Sat
urday morning when a man giving th
name of C. H. Adams rented a room of Mrs.
Williams. 2U02 California street, for $10 a
month. Adonis offered the woman what
he said was a $50 bill for payment, Aa she
had only a $20 bill Adams said he was In
no hurry and alio could get the other iii.
She borrcwed tbe other $20 from a friend
and approached Adama with the change
for hla $50. Adama grabbed the money
from Mrs. Williams' hand and ran, dropping
a worthless check for $50 on the floor. The
check was drawn on the Columbia Na
tional bank of Lincoln.
Seattle
O'KBTEFE, CB0 DAVENPORT STREET.
UPLIFT OF STRICKEN CITY
Ettady Prprreu of Ean Traaolioo from
Effects of the Diiaitar.
ENCOURAGING RECU.D FOR SEPTEMBER
Interesting History of Financial
Operations Dnrlnaj the Dark Days
Definite Plana for Homes for
Refugees.
The California promotion committee,
which maintains close watch on the prog
ress of San Francisco toward recovery
from the effects of the April disaster,
pronounces September the most notable
month In the uplift record of the stricken
city. In support of the claim the com
mittee furnishes these facts:
Labor supply Is still inadequate to meet
demand, both In city and country districts.
There Is great need of ordinary laborers
In San Francisco, and the demand for
skilled artUans in building trades la con
stantly Increasing.
San Francisco's population la about at a
standstill, owing to lack of housing facili
ties. Eatlmates based on computations of
military authorities place It at 370,000.
Every achool building In the city la
crowded to lta limits, the enrollment be
ing 9,80$. It Is estimated that with proper
facilities there would be at least 15,000
more ready to enter.
Careful investigation shows that cost of
living In San Francisco has not Increased
except In rents. Provisions of all kinds
and clothing are at same prlcea aa before
the fire. Rente have Increased on dwell
ing houses about an average of IS per
cent.
Of the $208,000,000 Insurance on property
In San Francisco, destroyed by fire, $150,
000,000 haa been paid policyholders.
All Interior cities report heaviest busi
ness In all lines in their history.
The following summary shows conditions
In San Francisco:
September building permits issued, 1,050;
value, $G,902.000.
Building contracts recorded, 216; value,
$3,262,090.70. "
Real estate transfers, 1,045.
Bank clearings, $196,712,503.47; September,
1905, $168,329,710.22; per cent Increase, 18.04.
Oaklnnd bank clearings for September,
$14,364,516.17.
Permits for permanent buildings, 607; to
tal permits for permanent buildings
to
date. ,1.818.
Number of men doing conetructlon work,
$(,600.
Average number of cars debrla removed
daily, 126,
Flnamclng Ban Franelseo.
Some very interesting details of how the ' 8h 'he cottages-and the matter probably
San Francisco banka aided the me.cantlle wllt eoMed upon on-theaa appllca
Interesta and individual depesltore after the Uon" win acted P0"
fire, and the disposition made of the In- The ' the refugees continues the
surance remittances, are aet forth by Zoeth Princ,Pa Problem before the corporation,
s RMri. nrMident of the Nntional Th number In permanent oampo was re-
1 Bank of the Pacific, in a pamphlet Issued
'for the out-of-town corresnondents of that
Institution. After alluding to the gain In '
; clearances which showed a deficiency of
33.$ per cent In the first week after the re
opening of the banks, which waa followed
by a gain of 18.3 per cent for the week of
August 18, Mr. Eldredge says:
"The great volume of Insurance payments
have been made by draft on the home of-
flee of the companies, or on New York.
These are remitted direct by the banks re-
celvlng them, an while the records of the
California Promotion committee rhow 711
permanent buildings under construction,
most of them are still In the debrh'-clearlng
stage, and active building operations can
hardly be said to have yet begun. The
money Is therefore still In the banks, and
a statement of the national banka to the
comptroller ef the currency under date of
September 4 shows an increase of indi
vidual deposits of $9,428,000 over the last
call of Juno 18. Allewlng the aame ratio
of Increase to the state banka, the total
Increase would be about $28,000,000. A great
part of the money has thus remained in
the banks, awaiting active building opera
tions, tftd It was estimated that San Fran
cisco banks had Invested $30,000,000 In time
paper ln New York. The Insurance com
panies had at risk in the burned district
of San Francisco something like $250,000
000. An allowance of 10 per cent salvage
on this amount a very liberal eatlmata
would have the companies, liable for $l:t.
000,000. Some companies pay ln full, others
not at all; but most companies pay some
thing. Conservative and well Informed mrn
have estimated that 70 per cent of the In
surance money would be paid, say $15&.OM,
000. About $10,000,000 of thla has been paid.
Banks and tho Mint.
"Tho Are which swept the city on those
fateful April days puts lta hot seal on
every bank vault. Warned by the bankers
of Baltimore that it wauld be unsafe to
open the vaults under three weeks from the
dr' "''H""" -",eUn of th Ban Fra-n-
tension has been high and building has Omaha 22, Portland 22. Davenport a, Bt.
called for April 23. to devise ways and besn going ahead at a more rapid pace Louis . Brooklyn 1 Topeka 1. The larger
means to relieve the distressed people who thaa tvrr before. There has been a oon- clUea, It wUl bo observed, ahow the great
had lost homes, business, and all. and bad itant an(1 ,teady demand for buildings of est losses. Chicago haa a loss of 17. New
not mon'r touy ,h commonest neces- : ciassee. There haa not been a lack of York, Including Manhattan and the Bronx,
eltiea of life. Fftr a few daya fallowing the activity In any kind of construction In any S2; Philadelphia 7, PHtaburg 7, Cleveland
.r. aii eiorvo ana sioca. 01 provisions were ,ocUon of the country. Factories, ware
held by the military, but ln a week the j houaea, mercantile buildings and dwellings
martial grip was loosened, and those who wmrm nnv.r in such unu d.m. in
had roonoy could buy what little there was
Ble",n 01 ln -!
iu( mouurw m aaopiea I or me
relief of the depositors of the banka. which,
when worked out. provided for tho eatab-
w ""'" ne uniiea 1 larger cities September construction U too
States mint, under permission of the sec- I late for fall rod winter rental. It will be
rotary of the treasury, to which could bo noticed, however, that some of tbe do
transferred from New Tor through tho oreasea are In cities In which construction
subtreasury such sums as might bo re- baa been unusually active. Out of thlrtv.
o.ulred. Each bank looked after Its own
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Ptf. aa.1
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to them such sums as might be necessary
up to a total of $600 In, each case.
"The scheme worked well. The manager
of the Clearing House bank, as It was
called, opened a set of books, and credited
each of the seventeen members with Its
deposit.
"The officers of the bank signed across
the face of the depositors' checks a re
quest to the Clearing House bank to pay,
and the checks so endorsed were charged
to the bank. It must be remembered. that
the books of most of the banks were In the
hot vaults, along with the money, and
hence the limitation of withdrawals which
all banks were bound to observe. The
Clearing House met dally, and soon the
measure of relief was expanded to meet
pressing business necessities. At last. May
23 was set for reopening for business with
out limit, and the banks prepared to leave
their temporary quarters In various resi
dences and re-establish themselves In their
old location, erecting temporary structures
within the walls and upon the sites of their
former buildings. Banks vaults were
opened, and In most cases their contents
were found uninjured.
"Aa a matter of precaution, and to be
amply prepared for all contingencies, large
suras of money were transferred from New
Tork and other points, and the banks had
on hand on the opening day something like
$76,000,000 In coin and currency. Between
April 18 and May 22 the San Francisco
banks transferred from New Tork:
Through the subtreasury $37.S6.7M
ay mail ana express
3.966.000
Total $41,665,700
"The lose by New Tork of such an
amount, of money would have been a seri
ous matter had it not been for the impor
tation of gold from Europe."
Houses for Refugees.
A new bureau has been opened by the
Relief corporation for the purpose of regls-
tering persons desirous - of purchasing
houses, reports the San Francisco Chroni
cle. The plan is to aell all persons who
own lots or who can get possession of a
piece of land for a year, two-room houses
at $100 each, and houses of three rooms for
$150; or the building material will be fur
nished at cost, and the buyera allowed to
erect their own buildings. Registration
has been going en for two days, and a
large number have availed themselves of
the opportunity offered.
The rehabilitation committee Is perfect
ing the details of the plan. The executive
committee has not yet passed upon the
scheme, but it probably will approve It If
the corporation finds Itself financially able
1 to undertake the enterprise. Against the
time of auch approval, applications are
! being received and registered at the relief
i headquarters. A room has been fitted up
for thla purpose and several clerks are
I engaged In taking down the names of ap-
pi lean ts. If the corporation decides to fur-
dud durln" th Ia8t montn from W'000 to
. U'- In ditlen these there are about
Small September
Building for September ahowa a alight
falling off aa compared with the corre-
spondlng month a year ago. Permits were
,auen ou ln thi-tv two f th h
, , mirty-i o ot the principal
c'Ue" th ountT' according to offlolal
rePrt" Construction News, for the con-
truo,0, .i2i buildings at an eaumaled
cost of $27,732,769, against 10.2W bulldinga
-T Ctr. . . No- Bldgs. Cost.
New Tork, Manhattan
and the Bronx
Brooklyn
Chicago
Philadelphia ...
St. Louis
155 $ 1.696,150 146 $ 2.0A4.73I
1,063 4,169,440 1,081 6,181.625 4
. 1.086 4,679.200 1,003 7,39,130
1,165 3,414.160 1,431 2,613.266
913 3,081,069 8'ti 1.6s,7H5 30
80 1.238,350 376 1,332,761
, 433 1.020.774 630 1,148,431
. $43 687,921 248 482,289 $3
645 $71,426 435 949,100
371 781,200 339 1,368,900
ft$ 782.461 174 660.630 $1
821 687,970 176 685.440
816 633.326 400 1,436,884
. 269 466.640 281 378,740 iS
233 432.671 187 352.648 2
674 423.273 74$ 499,078
19$ 3HH.010 17$ 243.465 69
267.776 ... 268.499
126 246,824 119 170,943 44
, 266 289.336 400 371,987
. 266 224.526 221 302.820
74 209.160 49 116,975 80
64 170,966 30 216,423
93 12M85 133 212.445
, 136 101,906 144 73,880 8$
60 83,990 68 122.675
88 386.460 91 276.080 23
20 81.875 11 67,476 $1
88 78.974 18 195.126
49 114.269 86 247,200
44 47.416 60 66.31 S I
18 29.210 IT 26.887 $$
10,124 $27.732.7T 10.186 $32,069,104 "77
I Pittsburg
1 on Angeles ,.
bt. raul
Cleveland
Detroit
Newark
Buffalo
Milwaukee ....
Cincinnati .....
Portland
Seattle
D-nver
New Orleans ..
Dallas
Atlanta
Louisville ....
Kalt Lake City
Wl'keslarre ...
Trend Faplds .
Pan Antonio . .
Lincoln
Omaha
Davenport . . .
Mobile
Patereon
Tnpeka ,
Pueblo
Total 10,124
It la pretty difficult to find any particular
thing to which to attribute the decrease
tber than general conditions, with the
sxoeptlon of one or two Instances. The
I0lm of th, ,maji,r ciUes It Is to bo ex-
, pected that there would be a falling off In
, BeDtember. aa it was entirely too late to
begin operations with a view to their com-
1 pietlon before cold weather sets In. In the
two ciUes enumerated fourteen show gains
, ana fiaQiesB tosses, -a uenner isslo&ce
fill I 1 I llL,""
HOME OP E. P. SMITH ON SOU TIT
(.000 In the city living In tents and shacks
outBlde the permanent camps. There are,
too, it Is estimated, from 10,'WO to 16,000 Son
Franclscoans living in Alameda and neigh
boring counties, who will return to San
Francisco as soon as they can get houses.
This swells the number of house-seekers
to abount 40,000.
"If we had 10,000 cottages to give out,"
said one of the officials of the Department
of Camps yesterday, "they would not go
round. Shacks built by private owners are
going up in all parts of the city, but rents
continue prohibitive."
At Jackson and Hamilton squares thou
sands are making applications for houses.
Thoe living In tenta in permanent camps
will be the first to be accommodated. Should
there be any houses left persons from out
side the camps will be given them.
ftodaydd hotpohfsotufljDfm muinfwypcm
BILLIONS IN NEW BUILDINGS
National Fire Protection Association
Irglng Municipalities to Adopt
Improved Building; Code,
NEW TORK, OcL 6. Never before in the
hls;ory of the world has there been such a
boom In building construction as Is now
taking place in the United States. From
all parts of the country reports are coming
In which show that billions of dollars are
being spent in the endeavor to provide
: homes for a population which la increasing
by leaps and bounds.
Chicago la enjoying a boom without par
allel in the history of that city. Baltimore
haa Just been celebrating its remarkable
rise from the ashes of the great fire. San
Francisco bids fair to excel Baltimore's
record. New Tork la constructing new sky
scrapers, representing investments amount
ing to $100,000,000, while in the city and out
lying boroughs builders are expending an
average of $160,000,000 a year in hotels,
apartment houses, dwellings, etc. The to
tal number of buildings throughout the
country is close to 12,000,000, valued at
nearly $15,000,000,000. -
The materials used In many of the new
buildings are of such a fllmBy character
that, in spite of all efforts, the terrible
fire waste of this country has continued
unchecked, until it now averages $200,000,
000 a year. The National Fire Protection
association. In an endeavor to reduce these
losses, makes an urgent appeal to all In
terested to co-operate In bringing about
better conditions by adopting Improved
mends that municipalities pass ordinances
Involving the adoption of an Improved
Duiiuiug coae aiong mo nnea oi me ouim-
Ing cede recewrmended by the National
Board of Fire Underwriters.
The need for such ordinances was tragi
cally shown In the recent collapse of a
concrete garage while In course of con
struction at Mlneola, L. I. Five men were
killed and eight badly Injured. It was
learned after the collapse that some of the
men mixing the concrete refused to go en,
saying that the proportion ef cement mixed
with the gravel ana loam was not enougn
to solidify It. Workmen said that the
work waa being rushed with such haste
Building Record
involving a total cost of $32,Oti9,10t for the
corresponding month 'a year ago, a de-
cr,a" 183 buildings and 4,SJ6,335, or 13
Pr cent. Building operations have been
golng on Bt guch an enormoull rate tltr
long that it la but natural that aooner or
later there should be a slight falling off.
The ngurea ln detail aa given by the Con-
atruotlon News are:
Per Cent
Gain Loss.
1906. No. Bldgs. Cost, 1905.
it
T
$3
56
IS
i
$
tn
41 i
..I
$9
(3
11
are tho figures very large. Bt. Paul made
a notable gain of 1$ per ceut. Bait Lake
City 10, Denver 61, Dallas 44. Ban Antonio
. Pueblo $. Newark a. Cincinnati 23.
i, Detroit 42, Milwaukee Ce, Buffalo 2a,
Louisville 23. Atlanta Sti. Mobile 69, Paler-
son 63, Grand Rapids 43, Lincoln. Neb., 31;
Wllkesbarre 20. New Orleans 1. Seattle lfi.
Loa Angeles 11. The falling off in Detroit
la due to the fact that tn September, 1805,
permlta were taken out for the Morgan
Wright rubber factory. $224,000. and five
achool houses, $267,000, swelling the total
beyond that of any month for the year.
Since the foregoing waa compiled Kansas
City baa reported that S0 permlta. Involv
ing $781, W In September, agalnat $90 per
mlta. aggregating $1,J3S,WS. tar the same
taenia a yew efo
THIRTT-FTR 9T STREET.
that sufficient time was not allowed for
the concrete to harden.
People are beginning to ask, When Is this
sort of thing going to stop? Since the
collapse of the Darlington hotel, in March,
1904, the exceedingly treacherous nature of
concrete, unless mixed in strict accordance
with the formulas of standard engineering,
has been shown in similar collapses all
over the country. The situation Is becom-
lag so serious, especially In view of the
vast amount of money being put Into new
buildings, that the International Ccngrcss
of Architects, at a recent meeting in Lon
don, adopted the following resolutions:
That an inquiry into the cases of failure
of reinforced concrete and their causes
would be most desirable.
That where reinforced concrete Is in
tended to be flre-restrlctlng the greatest
possible care must be taken us to the
nature of the aggregate and lta size and
also aa to the protection of the steel.
ritil rim tt si that t Mm Inlarna flnna I I - n
CLAN GORDON WILL BURY BOYD
Soots to Provide Resting Place for
Body of I'nldentlfled
Wanderer.
"Robert Boyd is my name,
Scotland is my nation,
America Is my dwelling place.
And heaven my expectation.
When I am dead and In my grave.
And all my bones are rotten.
Till'- little book will tell my name
When I am quite forgotten."
The appearance of these verses on the in
side cover of a weekly time book, found
on the body of Robert Boyd, whs died
Tuesday last In the White Front hotel,
friendless and alone, will save his remains
from the potters' field or the pickling vat.
The deceased went to the White Front
hotel Monday evening last, very sick, and
on Tuesday was found dead In a window
less room of the cheap lodging house. No
money waa found on hla person, no papers
and no nothing, except thla weekly time
book. He had given the name of Robert
Boyd, and the notice of the death In the
newspapers Wednesday arrested the atten-
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ceased Robert Boyd was not the person I
he had thought he might- be.
He found the memorandum book in thai
clothes of the dead man and at once got!
Into cormrunlcation with William Ken-'
nedy. chief of Clan Oordon. Mr. Kennedy.'
on seeing these lines familiar to every
Scottish school boy- was convinced of th.
j man'a nativity, and Inasmuch as It la tht
proua ooast ol clan uoraon tnai no
Scotchman's body, during the last eighteen
years (the lifetime of the clan), haa ever
been permitted to be laid away in the pot
ters' field or haa ever gone to the disput
ing table, he forthwith iiuttructed the sec
retary of tbe clan, James C. Lindsay, to
moke due arrangements for a respectable
funeral Sunday afternoon. The body will
be laid away In a grave 'in Forest Lawn
by the officers of Clan Gordon. Rev. A. S.
i c. Clarke of Lowe, Avenue Presbyterian
church, a member of the clan, will conduct
the services, which under the circum
stances will be brief, though touching.
Aa nothing whatever is known of the
man's relations or their circumstances, the
entire expense of the burial will be borne
by Clan Gordon.
Funeral will be held from the undortak-
ing parlors at Twentieth and Cuming Sun
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Any relatives
i of the deceased, if such exist, whose eye
may directed to this brief news item
might communicate with Chief Kennedy of
Clan Gordon or Secretary James C. Lind
say of Iouglas Printing comuuny.
Marriage Llcrnaes.
The following marrluge licenses
have
Age.
... 28
... 2i'
... 4'J
... 43
... 2,
... 1.
. been Issued:
Name and Residence.
1 Tarry B. Sprague, Beatrice, Neb
Hannah S. Cooper, Rapid City, S. D..
. George Townsend. Denton, Tex
ijAetie Holllngawortli, Detroit, Mich...
,J James A. Ceok, Omaha
Minnie Lux. Julian, Neb
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42 , 1 .
Fine Farm and Ranch Lands
union pacific railroad company
Is closing out its lands in
Western Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming
From $3 to $5 Per Aero
Tate advaatajfe of the
offered. Tho opportunity will soon be gone.
Special Excursion Rates to tho Lands.
For further information apply to
union pacific laud agency
318 South Fifteenth
Plumbing, Steam and Hot Water Heating
General Contracting and Repair Work. Work Guaranteed the
Best Get Onr Prices.
1812 Harney St. . wJOHNSON.. Phone Dona. 6993
At last money has changed hands on a
site for a I nlon Pacific headquarters build
ing and it is rcardd hs a matter of but
a few days until the railroad company will
announce publicly that it Is ready to pro
ceed with the erection of tho giant struc
ture it has long promised.
The building Is to be at the southeast
corner of Fifteenth and Dodge streets, un
less some unforeseen hitch comes in the
real estate negotiations. Already throe
separate pieces of property nt tnis location
have been boiiRht outrlftht or secured un
der option and the deal Is almost closed for
a third.
A site 132 feet square will be afforded by
the property under negotiation, fronting
on Dodge and Fifteenth streets. All four
lots Involved have buildings facing on
Dodge street. The west lot was owned by
Frank Kennard. Is 44 feet In width and is
occupied by Ibor Temple, a building of
three stories. Mr. Kennard Is to got $40,0iO.
The next lot east belongs, to the Brown
estate of Providence. R. I. It Is twenty
two feet In width and has on It a building
of three stories. The third lot east of the "
corner belongs to Mrs Ish, and an option
on this Is ssld to have been taken at a sals
price of $12.0n0. The feurth lot la known as
the Willis block. It la twenty-two feet In
width and has a two-story structure on 1U
The price Is anld to have been $11,000.
MoCsnue Acts for Road.
John L. McCague represents the t'nloa
Pacific In Its transactions. It haa been
neorsmry to work with secrecy on account
of the tendency of property holdera to
wh(m they ,earn thelr Und
" .
wanted by the railroad company, iwo or
three deala have fallen through because
Information haa leaked regarding the plans
of the company, and on the laat occasion
the utmost precaution was taken. Mr.
McCague worked on the purchase of three
different sites at once, hoping to be able
to get at least one of them secured by
options or contracts of sale before his
activity in the matter should become pub
lic. Now Mr. McCaguo has options on
the Dodge street property, and It la aald
thla will be the aite of the new atructuie.
While the Union Pacific haa talked of a
building all the way from alx to ten stories
In height it has not finally announced the
size. It la regaaded aa certain that u
structure befitting the headquarters of the
great transcontinental road will cover the
entire four lota and will be at least six
or eight stories In height and possibly
twelve.
Last Chance, Says Mohler.
After the first story on the headquarters
site had been published yesterday after
noon, Mr. McCague said negotiations on
all the properly had not been closed. Ho
said options had been secured on two
other sires and possibly ono of them might
be chosen, tn the event that one of them
could be secured and in the event that
the deal on Dodge street could not bo
closed. Mr. McCague quoted General Manager
A. It. Mohler of the Union Paclflo aa aa
surlng him that If the present attempt of
the company to secure a site failed, aa
two attcmpta have failed through the op
posing efforts of certain non-progressive
business interests, the Union Paclflo would
select some other city in which to erect
Its building and would transfer lta head-
, QUartora to that city,
THIEF THOUGHT TO BE WOMAN
Smooth-Fingered Regno Who Picks
Pockets on Cnralraf Grounds
till at Largo.
The sneak thief wtis operated so suoceas
I fuiy at the carnival grounds Thursday
J evenlng la evidently etill at largo, on
more vlotim complaining of a loss Friday
night. Miss McGregor, 1007 Pierce street,
told the police that aome thief opened her
purse while she was taking ln the attrac
tions Friday afternoon and abstracted $16.
It Is believed the thief Is a woman, as all
the thefts have been from women, articles
of feminine adornment aa well as xlsu
composing the bulk of tho losses.
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