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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1906)
TirE 0?.fATTA ffOVDAY BEE: DECEfBETl 23, 1D06. T1MELI REAL ESTATE TALK Modern Homes in a New Residence District Tho! is Developing Rapidly PAV1X; BIDS OYER AGAIN ( New Advertisement for Thre-i loads Stlei for the Ytr Thrre Million Doll an Ahtad of 1935 Record. Ordered by County Board. ONLY TWO PROPOSALS ARE RECEiV n BUILDING ACTIVITY STILL NOTICEABLE )lr Prnjerts Announced and Many Morf DMnsx Cotislde red for the Comlna Sfason la Omaha. Members of the Hour. I Are 'Xot RatUfled vlth the I'rler. Named ta These Pro- ''A A D . "S, ,,",t y" 7 -v,;. t ) 1 7) itli nn week of the yesr yot to run, J tlie records at the court house show ouir- ll las county rral estate transfers this year I aii.rnxlinntpy J3,0fM,(K ahead of last year. I I if tho present month exceeds Deor-mlier of ?ar, then every month of 1906 mill iraten the corresponding month of Tho month of heaviest transactions was May, when property valued at H,744.rt&8 changed hands; the month of lightest tran sactions was February, th6 value of the property sold being t-VW.m May Is the record month for many years. At present there Is a lull In the real estate business. It always comes about the time of the holidays and continues until the opening- of spring, say March 1. Tho dealers, however, are prepnrlng them selves for tho busiest spring they have had since the good old days of the late 80's. A syndicate of ten men represented by George & Co. have bought an eighty-acre tract of land on the north side of Dodge, UUl "1 " l' 111 KMAACCILI U, ailU Will eventually make out of It a place something I II'.. IAn,1. nbv, T- 111 1. . - . 1 I im iJciMia ynii m iiitb will Vt3 pi&llLU AIIU roads laid out to follow the contour of the land. The piece will then be divided Into tracts of from one to five acre and sold. The members of the syndicate do not In tend to let their Identity become public at present. Several of them expect to build rsldences In the new suburban place. The ground will be platted ln the spring and the contract let for grading and tree plant ing. Forty acres of the land belonged to David Reed and forty acres to Hugh Mc Caffrey. The price paid was $26,000. Iavld Reed bought ninety acres, of which the forty he sold was a part. In 1S7, for II. BOO. The syndlcato has contracted for the sale of something over two acres at a price almost as great as the total paid by Mr. Reed. Mr. Reed has given Into '.. ' tne nanus or the syndicate the original ! - . patent to the land, signed ln 1800 by Presl- di nt James Huchannn. ,Jr - i - Fraternal organizations are like many other Institutions ln this one respect It Is Impossible for them to hide from the i present prosperity. The local lodges of I tho Ancient Order of United Workmen have ' bought the site of the old skating rink V on Capitol avenue, between Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets, across the street from Trinity cathedral. They expect some duy to build there a temple to cost about $!i0,000. Daniel F. Qorte transferred a part of a lot to the Woodmen of the World last week, and this organization now has an entire lot Immediately adjoining on the east Its present home at Fifteenth and Howard streets. This will be the site of fine building which shall be a duplicate of the present one. It will furnish plenty .fcJL office room for the Increasing number V - Buu ma ltU IIITT I ;ui:it? more commodious quarters. The Masons expect to build a temple at Twentieth and Douglas streets next sum mer, but that Is an old story. It has been currently reported that the' lodges of the Ancient Order of I'nlted Workmen expect to sell their building on Fourteenth street to the tTnlon raclfle, whose recently purchased headquarters site is in the same block. C. A. Wagner, a prominent member of the order, says the Workmen have no idea of selling, though of course they are not above price. Rental property is such good investment at pres ent that they expect to lease their old build ing when they get into the new. C. F. Harrison Is a believer in Omaha's future. While he admits that the amount of money represented ln building operations for the year Is not as great as in several other cities of similar size and somewhat larger, yet he points to the fact that the percentage of increase in the Inst few years has been greater ln Omaha than ln sny of them. Mr. Harrison has secured official data from various cltJes. Omaha's building operations doubled in and again In lf05. This year they will equal, and perhaps exceed, 1905. Minneapolis issued 4,147 permits, aggregating $7.732 770, in 190ft, and S.SM permits, aggregating $S,657,Sn2, in 190t to date; Beattle, 6,914 permits In 190.1, aggregating $t.496.7M. end 6,9-11 permits In 1900, aggregating $1,621,18!: Buffalo lusuod 2,011 permits In 1?oS. aggregating $'"..Ci;i.402, and 1.4S9 permits to October 31 of 19"6, aggregating $7.fisa.530 Los Angeles issued $.395 permits In 1908, aggregating $13.05,338, and KVS permits to date in 1900, aggregating $17,053,575: Cleve land Issued 5,225 permits In 19(J. aggregat ing $6.2r.9,9,tl, and 5,48)1 permits In 1906, ag gregating $11,675,853: Kansas City Issued 8.509 permits In the fiscal year 1903-04. aggregating $0,906,640, and 4,222 permits In the fiscal year of 1906-06, aggregating tl0.472.0B9. A P. Tukey A Son bought ten lots and throe houses at Twenty-sixth and Corby streets from Mrs. M. T. Patrick. Russell A McKltrlck will place on the market a hitherto unexplolted porttim of Save your money! Don't get confused by cheap arguments and a bunch of price tickets 1 Arbuckles Ariosa Coffee is better coffee than you can buy for the same price out of a bag, bin or tin, on the word of the largest Coffee dealers in the world the best coffee for you and it costs you less. Sold in one pound packages only, sealed for your protection. Sales exceed all the other packages put together. Write to Arbuckle Brothers, New York City, if your grocer refuses to supply. LOOK3NQ NORTH FROM TrTTRTT-POTJ RTTJ XKX) LINCOLN BOULEVARD. 1 1 , , , Hnjrvnn vuiUht tt,rly-L"ht ,OU ln " Charles McMenemy, who recently came to Omaha from Blair, has bought from C. S. Montgomery, for $9,ij00, a reslJence at Thirty-sixth street and Dewey avenue. Kdwnrd C. Nelson has bought from Ed ward L. Roliertson a part of two lots in Reed's second addition, paying $7,0i0. Charles E. Wllklns has bought from John W. Thorn a ltio-arre farm on the Center street road east of the Emergency hospital site. He paid tfi.DoO. Temple Israel has sold Its temple and ground on Harney street to Fred D. Wead. The congregation will occupy the building until Its new temple Is completed, which probably will be late In the summer. Immanuel Baptist church has bought lots at Twenty-second and Pinckney streets and next summer will erect a church to cost about $30,000. Plans have not yet been drawn, but the building probably will be of brick and stone. The contract for the erection of the Foster flats at the northwest corner of Fortieth and Farnnm streets has been awarded to M. J. Mil ding. The structure will cost lfi.OOO. C. W. Partridge and William Redgwlck are building three modern flats, to cfvst I15.000. at Twenty-sixth street and St. Mary's avenue. The Nebraska-Mollne Plow company has decided to add two stories to Its four-story structure at Hps Leavenworth street. Herman Cohn has notified tho Tenants In his north 81xteenh street property to move out February 1. Immediately after that date he expects, to pull down the old build ings to l.iake room for bis large new one. The advancing values of real estate and the independent Ideas of some of the hold ers Is shown by the following letter to the Byron Reed company concerning a lot ln the outskirts of the retail district: "Oen- tlemen The ooject of this letter is to tell you that wiy price on, lot , block , Is now $9.1100. this price not to necessarily hold grod any longer than January 1, 81iould I get frightened and think It Is worth more before that time, will notify you in writ Ing." The price on this lot before the last advance was $8,500. Some of the sales made by the Ooorge P. Bemls Real Estate company: West 22 feet lot 7. block 204'4 No. 1912 Cuming 1 street, from Mary A. Godwin to John W. Rnsp, $1,2,10. House and lot, 3319 Hamilton, west one-half lot 6. block 1, Bemls Park, from Dr. C. L. Hocffler o Dr. Coulter, $2,500. House and lot. Thirty-fifth and Charles streets, west one-half idt 7, block "Q," Lowe's addition, from Edith E. Hod der to Martha S. Pagett, $1,6"0. House and lot, 3904 North Twenty-second, being south one-half lot 8, block 3. Plalnvlew addition. from T. B. Barnes to Emma P. Wooley, $1.7oe. Two lots, 1 and 2, block 9, Tlalnvlew, southwest corner Twentieth and Mander son. from Dr. Charles W. Hayes to Dr. J. C. Moore. $1,600. Three-story brick build ing, 50x60 feet, southwest corner Twenty sixth and N streets, South Omaha, being lots 1 and 2 of Hunt's subdivision of lrt 1, block 81, from J. A. Burnhams to Eidlth Olfford, $18,000. Three houses and lots 1 and 2, Howe's addition, at northwest onrncr Twentieth and Miami streets, from Edith Olfford to J. M. Caldwell. $13,000. PROMISE MAKES HIM FREE Bob Johnson lajnores Conrt Order to Leave and Pledges Be havlor Instead. The rase against Bob Johnson, a colored man of political Influence among his people of the Third ward, and who was arrested Wednesday night on the charge of being a suspicious character, was dismissed In police court Saturday morning for lack of I prosecution. J Johnson was given hours to leave town in about a week ago as he has displayed what the police term pernirlous activity among the colored women who axe arrested for thefts and pocketplcklng. He failed to leave town as Instructed and was arrested, but It Is understood he promised Chief Donahue he would stay away from the Third wnrd and cease his relations with colored men and women of unsavory repu tation ln police circles. MISSOLI RIVER REPAIRS Question ' on W hlrh rongressmau Kennedy Mania Commercial Ilodles of Omaha to Act. Congressman John L. Kennedy arrived In Omaha Saturday morning from Wash ington to spend the Christmas recess of congress at home. He will remain here until after January 1, when he will return to Washlrngton for the remainder of the short session. While here he will ask the Commercial club and the Grain exchange to meet and take some definite action on the question of Improvements In the Missouri river to make It navigable. He believes Omaha has a good chance to get a share of the ap propriation about to be made by congress, provided a sufficient showing of Interest Is made by the business men of the city. "The principal business of this session," said Congressman Kennedy, "will be the passing of the appropriation bills. The Indian appropriation bill has been passed by the house and the Indian supply depot here has teen cared for In the bill on the same basis as last year, or perhaps better, if It requires more money. There Is no reason why the bill should not pass the senate without change. "I would he glnd If the Commercial club and the Grain exchange would got together and conolder the proposed river and har bor bill. There is a strong probability that the river and harbor bill will pass, carrying an appropriation of $50,000,000. Of course Omaha ought to have its share and these two organizations ought to express them selves on the subject. "Kansas City made such a showing at the Deep Waterways congress In Wash ington that it will be necessary for Omaha to take aggressive action ln order to ob tain its share of the appropriation. The country generally is more strongly ln favor of the river and harbor appropriation than ever before ln the history of the country. Leading business men are beginning to realize that the waterways as highways of trade and t raffle have been neglected." BABY CRIES FOR SUSPENDERS Little One Displays Queer and Per sistent Taste for Christmas NIck-Xacka. A 2-year-old baby was being shown the holiday attractions ln one of the big de partment stores Saturday. The child was only passively enthused with the endless array of toys and did nc seem lo care for any particular object until she reached the men's department Here her eyes rested on a pair of men's suspenders and she pleaded for them with all the earnest- ness possible, accompanied with a cry or two. She would not be pacified with the promise of candies, doll babies, toy wagons or anything else. All she saw or cared for was that pair of suspenders, and they finally had to be bought to quiet her. LAST STORY OF HOSPITAL Finish of the Kew Infirmary of Hetho- i dtsts Is . Sew In Sight. Work Is being done on the fourth and last story of the new Methodist hospital at Thirty-sixth and Cuming streets. Al though the contractors promised to have the building under cover by January L they find they cannot do It and are plead ing delay in getting material. The Interior work on the hospital will require much time and the board of di rectors does not expect to have it com pleted and ready for occupation until about I the middle of the summer. i -1 n n RELIEF FROM SANTA CLAUS Next Four Days Izpeoted to Ameliorate Freirht Car Conteetion. RAILROADS COUNT ON MUCH AID Farmers Will Ease tp on hlp- ments of Grain and Roads Will Work the Same as Ever. Santa Ola us' present to the railroads will be relief In the car congestion. "The next four days will be a godsend to the railroads," said a prominent traffic official of one of the western roads Satur day. Tho farmers will ease up a little on the hauling of grain and the railroads will be worklnir all tho time and should clean out considerable grain between cow and Wednesday. "Every year there Is a shortage of cars for the handling of grain at this seison of the year, for the corn gets in condition to be moved and the farmers all have some they want to take to the market at about the same time. A short time ago there was a complaint that the farmers were rot bringing their grain to the market and the complaint Is now the other way. "No corn is yet.belng moved for export. The corn Is not yet hard enough to ex port. The south and southeast demands a large supply of corn and oats and that Is where the corn Is now going. Scarcely any is moving to Chicago at the present time, all being sent south." I nalile to Get Cars. Manager Meyer of the Willow Springs Distillery has orders out on every railroad running Into Omaha for corn and still can not get It In as fast as he could use it up. The railroads claim, however, they are not letting the country elevators become con gested, but are furnishing relief ln every case. Some claim the congestion Is at Omaha ln the terminal elevators, but none will admit their elevators are filled. The railroad officials claim all the elevators ln the state are kept working and that the next four days will relieve the situation considerably. Railroad officials contradict the state ment that a freight car does not work more than one hour out of twenty-four. The Burlington claims all the cars on that road, Including those out of repair and In the shops, average about thirty-five miles a day. Tho average. It la contended, has been as high as sixty-five miles a day and during the heavy storm ln October, which shut off traffic on the northwest line, the average for that period Is said to have been twenty-two miles per day. In his testimony before the Interstate Commerce commission ln Chicago. D. Willard. vice president of the Burlington, testified his road showed a business Increase of 20 per cent and that 20 per cent more cars , had been ordered, but most of these could not be had. So Coal scarcity Here. Although there is complaint of coal short age ln the Dakotaa, Minnesota, Kansas and I other western states, railroads converging In Omaha claim they have yet to have a complaint from a station for want of coaL At times the Bins have been nearly empty, but thore has been no time this year when the roads have not been able to supply the demands before there was any Buttering. Not only have the railroads or e- brajska supplied this territory, dui nave sent hundreds of cars to foreign lines. many of which have been kept for the use of those lines and not returned to Ne braska." Baid the official. It Is now claimed that the coal condition ln Nebraska is better tliaa It generally tl at this time of the year. The Burlington has announced it will. after January 1, absorb switching charges on local freight as well as on competitive freight, where the revenue Is $15 or more on carload lots. This means that It will hereafter treat local and competitive freight the same and smaller local stations will be nut on the same footing as stations which are competitive points. STRIPPED FOR XMAS TREES Raid on the Pineries More Extensive This tear Than Ever j Ilefore. The strong, eloquent and Ineffective plea of the late J. Sterling Morton against the slaughter of young trees to make a Christ mas holiday finds a melancholy echo for tree champions ln the greatly Increased raids on .the pineries this season. The Christmas devastation of Vermont forests is enormous. It Is estimated that the harvest tills year will be even greater than last, when l.uuO.000 young Bpruces, balsams and hem locks were taken from the woods. These trees, running In height from two feet to tirteen, are cut by mountain farmers kud their children and are -sold for 2 cents apiece to buyers from New York, Boston, Albany and other cities. The trees are hauled to the nearest road where the buyers Inspect them and discard about 60 per cent. This waste lu the last ten years has amouuted to nearly S.ouO.ouO trees. Had these been al lowed to grow experts employed by the state estimate that their value would have reachtd Into the millions. Despite these aHtuiilxhiiig figures which were furnish' X to farmers a year ago, the cutting gos on, and probably will continue until it is no longer profitable to gather the trees for market. One of the dangers which Uie State Forestry commission fears is a curtailment of the water supply. When timber is cut from the mountains, small trees spring up to take their jlac and thus prevent I ! U 'I. LOOKING EAST FROM TinRTT-FOTJRTH AND HAMTLTOMi the springs and brook "feeders" from dry ing during the summer months. When this second growth, as the semi-mature seedlings are called. Is stripped from the soil, the sun dries out the ground and the valleys as well as the higher reaches are affected. At every biennial session of the legisla ture ln the last decade an effort has been made to regulate the destruction of small coniferous trees, but without avail, as the farmers who gather them are In the ma jority. It has been equally useless to point out the fact that they are cutting off their own noses. If the trees were allowed to mature- the crop would be of great, value, as paper makers are keen to obtain pulp wood on this side of the Canadian line. The farmers would rather receive a pit tance now than wait twenty years for big ger returns. They point out that the trees are their own and that they will cut them when they please. When the crop Is harvested It Is drawn to the nearest railroad station, where the trees are loaded upon cars and transported to th wholesale dealers In the cities. When they finally get to the retailers and are put on the market the public pays an average of $1 a tree. There are hundreds over Vermont, waiting to be moved. EVERYBODY LOVES A HOLIDAY Sarcastlo Flings fit the that People Like to Work. Nation Divers esteemed contemporaries praise the Hon. Franklin Farrell of Ansonla, Conn., who is loosely described as "sev eral times a millionaire," for his devotion, at 78, to work. He puts on overalls every day but Sunday, and not for. special occa sions only, as Is the fashion of statesmen looking after their fences and the farmer vote. He works every day at some sort of machine, and so keeps his own going; and doubtless his sleep is sweet. What merit Is there in these his labors? There Is much unconscious cant about the duty and dignity of labor. Those who cant it have forgotten tho unsavory origin of woj-k. Work is a memorial and result or sin, an Inferior condition to which we all fell when Adam blamed dear Eve for ills Indiscretions. The holy, stainless and origi nal condition was repose, enjoyment. Adam found a holiday world. The old rascal changed It Into a workaday world. Contem plation, not action, seems to have been the first plan. If Adam had behaved hltnselt and had a proper regard for posterity, neither work nor strikes would have been the human lot. It may be Impossible wholly to regret a misstep without which man kind would not have been Illuminated and cheered by the American Federation of Labor and the Hon. Samuel Gompers; but It Is right not to forget that work is a curse, a necessity laid upon guiltj man. The taint of sin Is upon it, no matter how much ages of heredity and habit have ob scured its first character. There are those who love work, or say they do, who make a luxury of a necessity. So 'far as chey do, they reverse the purpose of its institution and thwart the object of their Creator. In saying this we do not criticise the venerable Ansonian. He, too, works be cause he has to. He tried to leave 'off; peaked and pined; didn'tiknow how to amuse himself and had to return to the treadmill. He is excused as a victim of necessity. There are natures to which labor is as the morphine habit. They can not give it up. ,Very well, let thorn work. They deserve pity, not praise. Work mi.y be used by the rich philoso pher as an antepast, shoehorn and stim ulant of repose, of reasonable pleasure. To him It has the charm of contrast, as rest has to the most of us. It accentuates and sets off his play. In reality it is a form of play to hlin. So long as it is not neofcseity it is all right. What privations and hardships will not men endure ln their play-work; in stalking deer, hunting ele phants and tigers, making long-dlstauce automobile runs, climbing mountains, try ing to climb the pole. No man likes t work harder than the man who thinks be is playing. The essential and undeniable philosophic distinction between work ,and work-play or play-work. Is not ours. It belongs to our white-robed young friend, the Hon Mark Twain; ytt we dare say you can find It 100 times among the ancient Greeks, who mode other folks work for them and "went in for" gymnastics; and It must have been old when Noah was a sailor.. Work for work's sake la a superstition and a delusion. The best that can be said for It is that it perpetuates a great mistake. If It has become almost a law of the human raci, why should anybody go Into raptures over it? Gravitation is a good deal more impressive and a universal law. Does any body feel called upon to thank God for gravitation when a brick hit hliuT New York Bun. KUHNS QUITS KOUNTZE BANK Resigns as Assistant Cashier ta. Go with Conservative Barings and Loan. Paul W. Kuhna, assistant cashier of the First National bank, has been made secre tary and treasurer of the Conservative Bavlnga and Loan association, and will leave the bank January 16, after eighteen and one-half years In its employ, to as sume the duties of his new position. He will take up the duties now performed for the association by John F. Flack, who will devote his attention entirely to the manage ment of the City Savings bank and the Occidental Building and Ixian association, both of which tie Is president The Conservative is about to move to its new building on Harney street opposite the Boyd theater and the City Savings bank will remain ln the Brown block. The of ficer of ' the association will move to Its lip Vi'l new home with resources exceeding $2,000, 000, the highest point reached by any as sociation of its kind west of Dayton, O. The increase In business for 1906 amounted to $3o,0i, and addition to the reserve fund was made which brought It up to $ii.000, and a dividend at the rate of 6 per cent a year was declared for the last six months of 190S. An informal public reception will bo held ln the new building on New Year's day. CHRISTMAS AT WHITE HOUSE President ReserTes liny for Family Delights and Romps with Children. Tuletlde Is no empty season anywhere in Washington, least of all at the White House. I'resldent Roosevelt goes In for a merry Christmas In the true spirit of his Dutch ancestors. On that one day In the year It is business tomorrow" with him. Secre tary Loeb having strict orders to lay noth ing before him short of open rebellion or a foreign Invasion. All official communica tions go to the president's secretary, and the president will not open anything save personal mall. The president observes the relhrlous side of ChrlRtmns, but on the Sunday nearest the feast day. On Christ mas itself ho has regard rather for such homely loys as lie In the material aspect of the feast. From peep o' day he Is at the disposal of his children. Breakfast over, Chios reigns. All save close friends are excluded. Ethel Roosevelt and her brothers tike possession of the whole house. Mehanlcnl toys are strewn aliout the state drawing rooms and scattered through the corridors. And the president himself heads the merry tribe bent on hating a forenoon of fun with the tokens of Kriss Krlngle's esteem. On Christmas the Roosevelts, like all good Dutch folk, have the family dinner In the middle of the day. Of course, at 8 In the evening the traditions of the White House are maintained In the 8 o'clock banquet, to which guests are invited form ally. But the real feast Is served at 2 o'clock, when the turkey is borne on whole. stuffed with ovsters, and a goose stuffed with potatoes Is set at the other end of the table This year Reni'or and Mrs. Knox have supplied both fowls from their rarm near Valley Forge. Mrs. Knox always sends a crate of Christmas good things to the Roosevelts home-cured hams, nuts for the boys and the most delicate of home made butter. Neighbors of the president at Oyster Bay forward mince pies. All these gifts are used for the children's feast, the event of the day. This year all the children except Archie and Quentln will he promoted to seats at the g o'clock dinner, but the 2 o'clock feast will ho none the less brilliant. Generally Admiral nnd Mrs. William H. Cowles and their son. wnu.im Sheffield Cowles, Jr., are at the afternoon meal. Then there conies a drive or hujseback ride, with a visit to Mrs. Cowles on the return trip. The gifts the Hoosevelts exchange are stored In the library. For a week preced ing Christmus the room is a Canta Claus headquurtors, und the key is held by the faithful housekeeper, Mrs. I-ftwlch. The key is delivered to the president on Christ inas eve and It Is a ceremony when, ac companied by all the family, he opens the treasure room on Christmas morning. This year the gilts of Mrs. Longworth will bo sent to her home In Klgliteenth street, but she and the representative will spend the greater part of the day in the White House. New York Press. UNION PACIFICAPPEALS CASE Carries to Higher Federal Court fin Fight with the Great Western. Tlie Fnlon Pacific Railroad company filed a motion for uppeal to the L'nlted States circuit court of appeals on assignment of errors in the contempt findings adjudged against thai company ln the case of the Mason City & Fort Dodge Railway com pany (Chicago Great Western), against the Union Pacific, by l'nlted States circuit court for the district of Nebraska. Suit was originally brought to compel the Union Pacific to give the Chlcugn Great Western certain trackage privileges which It was alleged the union Pacific com pany. General Manager A. L. Moliler, Yard Master J. M. Henry and Switch Tender Henry Swagtek resisted, and an Injunction Was decreed against the defendants and they were htid to be In contempt for vio lating an order of the lower cotirt, and were fined $100 each. An appeal was taken against the Injunction to the circuit court of appeals, the Judgment of the lower court wa sustained, and an order was Issued by the lower court to enforce the penalty for contempt. The present appeal to the cir cuit court of appeals Is for a reversal of the order for contempt ot court. The ap peal was filed Saturday morning. New York Hanker Suspends. NFW YORK. Dec. 22. -The suspension of the brokenme firm of Arnold A Co was announced on the Slock exchange to day. DENTISTRY I have remedies that enable me to fill and erowa teeth without pais. Of course if yont teeth are not sensitive yon don't feel the need of painlessness In yonr dental work. But if they are sensitive you'll appreciate It, Be doubt. My charges are very reasonable. DR. FICKEZ8, Dentist. Pa. Soar- 637. S38 Bee Bid. Tho paving bids for the West Q. I.eiveiv. worth and Fort Calhoun roads were re jected at Saturday mornings meeting or the county board and the county clerk was directed to reodvertlse for Mils. Only two bids were received as a result of the flut advertisement and the members of the board were not satlslled with the figures received. Of these two bids only one luado a proposal on the brick work. The lie bids will be opened January S'. The board directed two additions to the specifications. One will call for bids on No. 2 brick as well ns on No. 1, nnd the other addition will be for bills on a harder wearing surface for the inaiadam work than provided for In the original specifi cations. Figures compiled by the surveyor show the bids on brick were 05 per cent nnd on macadam 42 per cent higher than the cost of paving Dodge street several years a? '. A communication from the Omaha Field club was peremptorily ordered returned to the rlnb by the board. Tho letter was Inv reUitlon to a piece of property on Thirty sixth street now being used by the club asi a part of the golf links. It was originally the property of the county, but now an eastern claimant comes up with a claim ta the title, asserting he had secured It through foreclosure of a mortgage. A com mittee from the Field club met with the commissioners and discussed the advisa bility of the county prosecuting Its claim to the title, thereby enabling It to make good Its lease to the Field club. The letter which was objected to was an acceptance of "the proposition made by the board" that the Field club buy the house which is on the property and the county secure tltlej to the ground. The members of the board declnred they had made" no proposition nt any kind to the Field club and tho letter was ordered returned with a statement ta that effect, with the additional one that If the club wanted to make such a proposal to the county beard It would be considered. The IMatte villey Farmers' Institute was allowed $50 for the expense of holding an, Institute under the auspices of the Slata university. The board appointed Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock for the next meeting of ths board with the legislative delegation. standard Oil Demnrs. TOFHKA. Kan., Dec. 22 In the supreme; court here today an attorney for the Stand ard Oil company of Kansas and the 1'rairle Oil and Gas company filed a demurrer tat the state's petition to oust them from Kan sus. The defendants declare that thero Is a misjoinder of Beveral causes of action. Tam.rnrk Dividend BOSTON, Pec. 22. The directors of thu Tamarack Mining comp.ny today declared a niiii.inniinl dividend of $.'!. Six months "3 was declared and a year ago $i. - . i J - ... tv.. 1 , of lit ft " 1 . A wise Christmas will be a happy Christmas. Why not give your son or daughter a saving book as a present. It will teach them to econ omize and perhaps place them on .the road tp wealth and prosperity if they keep adding to their savings. $1.00 wll open an account with the. The Omaha Loan and Building Association Full particulars at south- ' east corner 16th and Dodge streets. 1 G. W. Loonls, Pres. C. M. Natllnger, Sec'. All Good Lands Will be Sold Soon The opportunity which the U. P. R. It. is offering to the farmer and ranchman will soon be gone. They are selling the last of their lands in Kansas, Western Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming at $3 to $5 PER ACRE EASY TERMS It would be hard for you to find an Investment more profit able and as safe. For full par ticulars regarding lands and special excursions apply to Land Agency U. P. R. R. Dept. It, 318 South mil St., Omuha. Siiimer & Chase Go.1 Builders ef Modem Houses "Bg it ever so humble There's no place like home." Tour means must determine th lie of jour Investment llappU neu and contentment Is quite a often found In a cottage as a palace. Draw a pencil sketch of the house you would build. Wi develop ideas and relieve you ot all the details of construction,. SIIIMER & CHASE CO. Ea!!i!nj Sites, Suburlui Acreage, Homes 1809 Farncm. Ground floor DiMiafaa 3807 i