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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1907)
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 6, 1907. TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK Prosptctt for Ctralne Inr Ar Kow tbe Topio of CosTcrution. FAVORABLY COMPARED TO OTHER YEARS Dae of HnniB Growth Sot Aeopt4 .as a Criterion to Jade Condi tions that Prevail la Omaha at Present. Examples of Homes That Are Qeveloping Omaha as a CUy of Homes PLANS FOR STORM SEWER Specifications Call for Cost of Hnndrtd ant ' ' ' ' w. ' if Sixty Thotiiand Dollar. ENGINEER MAPPING IT CITY OUT; Will Run F.ast from Sixteenth anal i lanrd. with Opening Ther of Right anal One-Half Feet. v - a i - - h . V. : rrospects for the year form a plmunt and common subject of conversation among business mm Just now, real estate dealer included. The tendency to be Kin th yea with a review of the lent twelve monthe and predictions for the future u exem plified last week at the meeting of the Real Estnte exchange. The annual re view in the newapapera atarted the dla cueMon. C. F. Harrison was of the opinion that the Increase In real estate values In 190 had not been commensurate with the clty'a ImJuBtrlftl growth. He referred to the irreater building activity of 1887. when 2.S00 buildings were erected, as compared with 1.100 In 19& He did not. however, us this as an argument against prospects for ac tivity In real estate In 1307, for he said that Is bound to come, since Omaha realty Is comparatively so cheap. '".the comparison of the building years of 1887-J and 88 with that of 1 Is no criterion," said O. O. Wallace. "While 1.700 or more residences were erected dur ing on of those years, it was only a few years following that we had 1.700 empty house In the city. What w are building now Is solid and not of the boxim order. We are worth in fact and not on paper." Omaha Property Is Cheap. 8. P. Bostwick, president of the Omaha Real Estate exchange, In an article in the last issue of the Omaha Trade Exhibit, Bays, after enlarging on the commercial and Industrial growth of Omaha: "Omaha real estate is cheaper today than In any city of Its slxe in the United States. In vestments aro being made In Omaha realty which, are paying 13 per cent gross Income per annum. The mechanic and laborer have shared In the general prosperity, as well as the farmer, and for the first time In the past fifteen years are Investing their earnings in Omaha real estate and are building new and modern homes. "There are numerous reasons why the coming year should break all records, both in the number and value of buildings to be erected, actlv in the sale of real state and Increase In population. "The remarkably good crops of the last 1 live years have placed the Nebraska far- mer free from debt, with a goodly sum of J money In the bank awaiting Investment. While Nebraska farm land has doubled and quadrupled in value In the last live ! expire this winter and they will be re years, the price of Omaha dirt has in most j moved in time to allow building operation! cases remained almost stationary, Mr. Bostwick then elaborates on the de velopment of Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado as the foundation for the Inevit able advance in city realty values. riaakett'a Month Omaha Flats. Though final decision has not been made, !t Is probable Sir Horace Plunkett will erect a $10,000 building next spring at Twenty-fourth and L streets, South Omaha The matter has bo"en left In charge of Conrad Toung, who will erect the build ing if his present plans do not miscarry. Sir Horace decided not to build a duplicate .I.. i .... . i u,., inuugn lnB miter .s a paying investment as a home for bache- lore. Dempster New Cottage. John A. Dempster has completed a neat double cottage of gray buff brick at 213 Booth Thirty-seventh street. There are few such cottages In Omaha, but a marked demand for them and a consequent in crease ln their number has come in the last year. The building is of two stories and each cottage contains nine roomst In cluding the reception hall. They are fin ished In oak, hava gas and electricity, a hot wator plant for heating, multitudinous closets, tiled bath rooms and other modern conveniences. The building cost JlS.OuO. Mr. Dempster himself lives in one of the cottages and A. J. Beaton ln the other. There were inquiries from numerous pros pective tenants before the building was completed. Tents for Storage The John Deere Plow company (a af fording another evidence of the scarcity of warehouse room In Omaha. Thla con cern cannot get sufficient storage space, and Is now piling several carloads of goods on the ground under a tent on Its property at the southeast corner of Ninth and Leavenworth streets. Forest Hill Sal. Speculators are begtnnlng to look with longing eyes at Forest Hill, the horn of the late Herman Kountxe, which is to be disposed of by the heirs of the banker. Naturally the family would prefer to sell the property to some wealthy man who wished it ofr a home, but men with money enough to keep up such a place do not make their appearance every day. If the land Is not sold ln a body soon it is safe to say that it will be cut up into lots and placed on the market. In that event there Is no doubt several real estate firms which Would Ilk to get control of It. Warehouse Dds Filed. Deeds have been filed recording the trans fer of the old Parlin, Oruiidortf Martin warehouse to Paxton & Gallagher. The consideration mentioned In these paper is $36,000. v Sit for Linker Yard. The Missouri River Lumber company has acquired, as the sit for a lumber yard. thirteen lots on th Belt Line, north of Bahler street and east of Thirtieth. It has been known for some time that th aompany has been negotiating for th land. but now th formal transfer has been made. This makes the fifth lumber yard or coal yard site that has been bought on the Belt Lin ln th last six months. Remodeling; Old Front. The front and of th old Brandels store has been fenced ln. and some repairing and remodeling will be dona The city build ing Inspector's offlc has lHaued a permit for this work, in which the sum of money th firm axpect to spend in the work is r.soo. Charles L Thomas has bought a three- Toith Ta!k Na. 103 Th uaual run of "Painless Dentistry" advertisements aavor so troiis I y of cheapness and quack Is tu that a well balanced praon gives them little or no thought other than to wish there really was such a thing as palnleMiueas ln dentistry. I tell you there is such a thing. I do not wish to be classed with the so-cilled "palnles dentlnta." but I do give you my u:J that, by the aid of proper remedies, rare and skill, I have practically elimi nated pain from my operations. I can prove it. DR. FiCKES, Pe"tist Phone Doug. I7. Ill Bee Bldg. fl PAINLESS DEHTI3TRY NEW HOMJ03 acre tract north of Fort Omaha, for In vestment. Edgar P. Davis has sold his house and lot In Dundee Place to Maggie F. John son. Mr. Davis went. to Los Angeles sev eral months ago to engage In the real es tate business with his father. Eagles Look for New Neat. It might pay the real estate men to keep In touch with the local aerie of the Fra ternal Order of Eagles, which expects to double its membership this year and will then begin to look about for a place to build a neot. The Elks and Masons are other fraternal organisations which ex pect to build soon, but then that interests only contractors and Insurance men now, as both of these orders have sites. Tests for Foundation. To support a twelve-story building solid ground and a heavy foundation Is required. The Union Paclno is sinking test holes in Quarters building, in order to ascertain how deep the foundation will have to be lal(j Work Is progressing favorably on the working plans for the structure and they will be completed by the time the ground is cleared. The buildings on the site, of which there are four or five, are yet to be disposed of. The leases on them early In the spring. John R- Lyman's Views. The Record-Herald a week ago printed some views of John R. Lyman, a Chicago bourd of governors, with the assistance of : such acts and doings, while they have as real estate man, which are seemingly ap- . loyal knights, have done and accomplished j slsted to produce great progre and pros- pllcable to Omaha, although igh meant for Chi- uagu. Mr. Lyman said: A house built by an Individual costs too much for the reason that any one buying a limited amount of material and employ ing only a lew men cannot get results equal to those obtalneed by one who operates on a large scale. i Many holders of vacant land bought years mm for the, Durrose of lmDrovenieiit have been discounted because the cost has naren nevona Lneir exDeciauuns rvmj t ,. they obtained estimates. This fact has interfered with the operations of those who formerly bought single lots for im provement. The wholesale buyer who Im proves the property and turns over the finished product to the purchaser leads ln the market today. The buyer not only gets the real estate at a lower figure, but he acquires a house of better construction than he himself could pat up; he also saves the wear and tear Incident to building oi rations. Houses can be bought today by pay menu of a few hundred dollars and by monthly Installments equal to rent. Any one who can rent a flat can purchase a home by this plan. It has been proved that less than naif of 1 per cent of those who buy according to this system default on the payments, and the notes are sought by many Investors. A few years ago this class of security was ln disfavor. Th whole character of the houss-bulldlng situation has changed. The wage earner 1 now not the only one who buys homes ln this way, for the prosperous man of affair reno.rn.aea it as a Kood Investment, and often buys a home on this plan, as It does not take money rrom nis Business. Mouses costing from Ji.OuO to 15,000 are put up in this way, and this Is a good time for mak ing purchases, as the buyer can have the details attended to according to his indi vidual tastes. STATUS OF TAX CERTIFICATES Trssssrer Fink Prepare Statement Showing How Many County and City Still Hold. County and City Treasurer Fink ha pre pared a statement showing the status of tax certificates bought by the city, county and state at the various scavenger sales held here since the law become effective. In all the city, county and state held .73 certificates, representing ICC0,1T3.1S. Of the total S.SS7 pieces of property, amounting to M2.t99.45 in taxes and Interest, were disposed of by assignments, redemptions or court cancellations; so that on January 1. 1907. there were J.351 certificates in the sum of $317,664.08, undisposed of. The city of Omaha holds 1.S22 of the unsettled certi ficate, amounting to $221,711.79; the county of Douglas, 1.197 In sum of $70.28087 and th city of South Omaha Z1 for $937.86. Ther wer originally about 36,(00 cases in the scavenger suit OMAHA ELKS SPOT IMPOSTOR Deny Clnlaa f J. Clinton KU that H 1 On of Their N amber. Frank Furay. secretary of th local lodgu of Elks, ha been advised that a man giving the nam of J. Clinton Nell has been posing in Llglonler, Kendallvllle and Auburn, Ind., as a member of the Omaha Klks. showing a membership card purport lng to have been Issued by the Omaha Lodge. Secretary Furay advised that the - T clinlAN XT..! 1 mram Tint knnwn to the Omaha lodge officers. According to clippings received by Mr. Furay. Nell played a strong hand in Indiana on the strength of his alleged membership In the J Omaha EUks lodge, but managed to eacap apprehension. WATER CASE IN CHICAGO Hall and Wright for Company City O) t Tnk D alliens. ad Attorney R. B. Hall, for th Omaha Water company, has gone to Chicago to take depositions In the case wherein the city of Omaha is resisting the purchase of the water work plant for the appraised sum of $r.J50,Oi)0. Carl C. Wright, counsel for the Wster board, accompanied Mr. Hall on behalf of the city. Eassla Divides Prgts. Albert Edholm. a Sixteenth atreet jeweler, substantially remembered hla old employee New Year's. After having the moat pros perous year since he has been In buaineaa Mr. Kdholm decided to set aside a sub stantial percentage of his year's pronts which he divided equally among a number uf his older employes. He said he thought after the splendid year he bad had he ought to give them aometbtrjg ibor tbaa ft turkey or a $4 go'd piece, AT SIXTEENTH AND BPRUCEv COMMERCE AND THE CiT Relation of the Two Fxpcncded and the Need of One lor Other. WHAT MIGHT BE U0NE FCR OMAHA Jeflerla' Speech at Commercial Clnb Banquet Covers Some Points of Much Interest to All Citleus. At the banquet of the Omaha Commercial club to the members of the Board of Gov ernors cf Ak-Sur-Ben on December 18, Mr. A. W. Jeflcrls responded to the toast of "Commerce." Mr. JciTerls' remarks on that occasion were: "Mr. Toasimusttr and Gentlemen: Id every age since the dawn of civlllzitlun, the crowning glory of the successful man, be he soldier, statesman, builder of Indus try, or promoter of commerce, has been and Is that intangible. Invisible, halo of good feeling accorded to his deed, by his fellow countrymen, and mi'.nirested unto him on such occasions as Is this tonight. The fact that this feast Is tendered by the Commercial club to the board ernors of the Knights of Ak-Sar nnmf hevnnri a reanmiRhle rinuht thut the i that which has won the estem and gratl- tude of the commercial lnteresta of Omaha. Those Interests permeate and electrify this entire gathering, and speaking unto the board of governors of the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, it says: 'Well done, good and faithful servants; you have accomplished much by your loyalty and devotion to our cause.' What Makes m Town. "Someone has said that 'God made the country and man made the town.' In a measure that is true. Ten men will succeed in the country where one succeeds ln the city, because nothing grows in the city from Mother Earth, to nourish and sus tain the body. Neither milk, honey, bread, clothing or fuel are there, except they are carried there by some method of transpor tation, and afterwards bought and con sumed by the residents of the city. Conse quently, the citizens of the city should re member that that which the people of a city buy and consume is gone. It cannot be sold again at a profit, only ln so far as it may produce force or power. The power so produced may be in the form of muscu lar or brain energy, or it may be In the roaring forge, ln the steaming engine, or ln the electric battery, but whatever, or wherever that power, so produced by the consumption or annihilation of commodities purchased by the people of a city, it will bring unto that city no profit, no increase of wealth, unless it (the power, the force) is used to produce something for commerce, something for the consumer or trader out side of and beyond the limits of th city producing It. Any two men of any city may trade two jack knives of equal value, back and forth between themselves all day long, but when night comes neither of them is a whit better ofr than when they commenced, though they" perhaps have made a thousand trades. Commerce of th Cities. "And so the people of any city may ex change commodities and values over and over again among themselves, but when they shall have finished. If they have sold to none but themselves, that city, as an entity, as a city or community, had added nothing to its aggregate wealth. It is also true that that which the merchant of a city buys from abroad and sells again to th consumer or trader, outside of Its borders, ln order to be profitable commerce, from the city or jobbing center's stand point, must be sold for and return unto th city the original cost of th com modity, plus the cost of labor for the handling, selling and transportation thereof, to the distant consumer or trader, and In addition thereto a profit for the manage ment and ownership of the business. "It follows, therefore, that that city which employs the greater portion of its energy and power ln commerce, not alone with its own people, but with others out side of its borders, or that city which en gages the greater portion of its wealth and power ln manufacturing raw materials Into finished products for sale and con sumption, not only at home, but abroad, It an accumulator tt m'nlth mwtA r.vfl fm Its nennla far ln ....... r th.t ,v,iv. expends the greater part of its substance In building houses and buildings for rent, J wh,ch when completed only furnish shelter I u"c Ior Do Mart Than Garner Wealth. "But" commerce does more than garner wealth for the people engaged therein. While It has bought and sold commodities. It has exchanged ideas and disseminated knowledge. No people ever emerged from a lamny or tnoai condition without de- veiopiiia commerce. 1 ne. nigner civiliza tions of ancient times existed where com merce flourished. The civilisation of Egypt was because of its commerce, and its coin nierce Increased and multiplied because of the came', tue beast of burden, the ship of the desert, which transported Its goods. The civilization of Greece and Roma ex isted because of the commerce carried on the Mediterranean sea. And when we read history w have but to follow the active routes of commerce to follow In the footprints of an advancing civilisation. The commerce of our own country Is now, and has been for some years, penetrating every nook and corner of the globe, and who would say that the commerce of the United States has not led toward a cos mopolitan condition among great commer cial nations and tended toward Interna tional peace? "As Ul trade and coinmf c of ft oouatry I or city increases and multiplies, dlVi ons in labor and Industry beconv more pio nounced. In fact, division of labor Is the first principle of industrial progress. Not only the first, but the permanent principle. Inventions and machinery facilitate in this respect, and the civilisation produced by such division becomes mere complex and complicated, and conacquently demands a hightr intelligence of ciilzer.ehlp. And to night when we regnrd the future of Omaha in commerce outside cf trading within its borders and among Its own people, we know that much depends upon Its facilities and cost of transportation. It is entitled to and must have Just and equitable rates and equal facilities as compared with competing centers. Omaha's Strategic Position. "Omaha nppreclntes the fact that by reason of Its rallrcuds It Is nearer the Gulf of Mexico, nearer to the Atlantic seib.ard and nearer to the great port of New York City than was Philadelphia to New York City at the time of the revolutionary war; Omaha also appreciates that without the facilities of railroads to transport commerce to and from it and thl3 western country that It would amount to but little In the way of a city. It also appreciates that some railroads, In order to earn dividends, have In the pnst granted rebates and dls , criminating favors to other Individuals, , lc.cu u, j - o ------ of gov- ! cities and communities In different portions i -Ben. isjof our country. (We learn these facts of course from the press). Such methods, pcrity, have at the same time assisted In uroduclnt: great incetualltles, and were those methods to become the fixed prin ciples In commercial transactions through out tho country, they would become more destiuctlve to our commercial welfare and civilization than was feudalism ln the olden days In England. However, It matters but llttlo for tho future what may have hap pened In the past In these respects, because the time has come lu this country when the railroads, which have done so much for th upbuilding of the country, will cease to be promoters by tfte granting of discriminating favors and become common carrieis, and only common carriers for hire to Uio true extent and meaning of the term of common carrier, and charge only fair and reasonable rates for the carrying of our commerce. "Omaha has not reached Its limit, and if the railroads entering her gates will but Interest themselves ln her upbuilding, as some of them have been doing In the past and are doing now, the commercial inter ests of Omaha would develop a talent fur tiie manufacture of the raw materials pro duced by her adjacent territory into the finished products, and her trade and com merce with people outside of her borders would grow and prosper. Factories Should Flourish Here. "Our city cannot expect to become a manufacturing center for iron, hardware or cotton goods, because the raw material fur their manufacture Is not within Its im mediate reach, but to the extent that raw materials are accessible, everything is pos sible. It has already been proven to be so ln meats, in butter, and in soap and beverages. Why should it not be so In breadstuffs, ln breakfast foods, ln flour. In starch, in alcohol, ln leather, ln leather products, ln hair goods, ln brushes, in brooms, and In button and bone wareT "Some say we lack fuel power, but we should remember that w have the raw materials for the manufacture of all of these commodities at hand, and who will dare say that with our railroads operating as conrmon carriers only, throughout the country, that Omaha cannot transport fuel, 1. e.. power, to and within its borders, more cheaply thsn can that city which possesses power, transport the great bulk of our raw material to its gate for th purpose of manufacture? "Why la It, gentlemen, that the bristles from the backs of the hogs killed at South Omaha are only cleansed and assorted, put into packages and shipped to the various brush manufacturers of the country, and when fashioned into brushes, a portion of them, are shipped back to Omaha for sale and consumption? "Why are hides shipped away, tanned Into leather, manufactured Into shoes, and a portion thereof shipped back for sale to usT "Why Is it that grain is shipped to Omaha, run through elevators, from one car Into anther, and shipped to a distant city, rolled Into flour and meal, and a portion of that put into sacks and returned to us for purchase? ! "Why ship tnes raw materials away that 1bor nd lt&l othr cities may be employed ln productive vocations Why lose th opportunity of advertising our city, which would b accomplished by shipping from its borders finished products In all the commodities, ln boxes, In cases. in original packages, upon all of which ther would be printed upon th!r labels. Manfactured at Omaha, Neb. r Such ad vertlsement would have for its basis com' . merce whlch th. tru. foun(UUon and ,tock , tr,de of a profr.iTe m. ot progressive centers ol I population. "Why ahould this city and th people adjacent to it borders bear the cost of transportation of the raw materials from, and of the manufactured articles to, them, especially upon those finished products which could be manufactured here? Why not endeavor to manufacture them. here, and thus secure employment for labor and capital in Cmalia and build up and extend Its commerce throughout the world?" Mrs. Stanley's Death Accident. The coroner's Jury which convened Fri day evening to Investigate the death ot Mis. Charles Stanley, who died In con vulsions at her home, 3H South Fortieth street, Thursday evening, returned a ver dict of death from the effects of strych nine taken accidentally. The case had something of the appearance of suicide, but the testimony of Dr. Benawa, who at tended the woman, and othera atrengthenej the belief that the poison was taken by mistake, probablv la plac of ffiorpbio to ftUavlftU ftuxaig1 it ; i i 1 ; ! j asnna HOMB OF B. C. MINOR, KM PRATT CAINS THOUSAND EACH DAY Kew York's Total Fopnlation Chews Eemarkable Annual Increase. J'ROME AND THE LIFE INSURANCE MEN Religion to Be Serve to Father Knickerbocker In Any Old l.an gnuae to Salt Ills Im mediate Needs. NEW YORK. Jan. 6 According to uni versal New Year's custom. Father Knicker bocker has been taking account of stock and finds dccaslonto congratulate himself that In lJi his city of Gotham has broken all records for growth of big cities. Its total Increase In population has been 375,0Oi, or over 1,000 new Inhabitants for every day In the year. The floating population vis itors and others whose stay is temporary, whose homes are the hotels and lodging houses, and whose presence gives the air of bustle and rapid life to the shopping district and the Great White Way, Is nnmhereri nt If). lift) to iof) 000. To the eitv and lu uburbg durlmj the year has oomo and Its suDurbs c an lnrrf.ase ln re trln to real estate values of StVX),- be sure, but nearly three times the property valuation of the entire state of Nevada In 1904, nearly equal to that of Arizona and Wyoming combined, far i greater than that of New Mexico, Idaho or I'tah, and Just about equal to the entire property valuation of South Dakota In that year. For tho year's work on rapid transit projects the total outlay has been $100,000,000, and the work already under way will cost $1,000,000,000 by the time It Is completed. Just to keep ln touch with things, the old gentleman ln the powdered wig has broken another record that for telephone Installa tions. Within a radius of about thirty five miles of the city hall there are now ln service some 3X9,000' telephones, so that now New York has ln service more tele phones than London and the ten other largest cities of Great Britain combined; more than France, Holland, Belgium and Switzerland combined, and more telephones than are to be found in the twenty largest cities Hn Germany. Th new Installations In. the territory In and near New York for th year numbered 67,000, or nearly 200 a day. Jerome and Insurance' Hen.' District Attorney Jerome has proved a distinct and bitter disappointment in the Insurance cases, and no one admit it more readily now than George W. Perkins of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and ex Secretary of the Treasury Charles S. Fair child, the two men who have Just been in dicted by th grand Jury for forgery ln the third degree ln connection with certain dummy sales of stock. When It happened the election of trustees was all over but counting the ballots, and even that had been satisfactorily arranged 'for by means of those convenient card Index systems which are either elaborately simple or simply elaborate, according to the ends it Is Intended to serve, and equally capable of proving anything either way. There were 700,000 of those ballot; they had cost some one a dollar a piece to collect, to say nothing of the Incidental expense of In ducing policyholders to see the matter In the right light, and It would never do, so the officials said, merely to count them and abide by the result. First, the ballots must be sorted and arranged geographic ally. Then they must be counted, but Imply to ascertain th total vote cast. After that the cards, esah having forty three separate and distinct entries far each ballot, exclusive of the signatures of the Inspectors would come into play. This meant something over 16,000,000 entries be fore the actual count and tabulation of votes could begin. Four years, the officials said sadly, would probably b required to complete the work; but, they added more cheerfully, remembering that if a few mre years were necessary, the matter would b so nearly forgotten by that time a to oc casion little qr no comment, th result would probably be heavily In favor of the present administration anyhow. Then the blow fell. There Is no question that Mr. Jerome was to blame. Th grand Jury Itself said that It would not have Indicted had he not so strenuously Insisted upon It. ' Th charges upon which the indictment was based would have been outlawed by the statute of limitations In another five days. As it is. 1907 promises additional trouble for the Insurance magnate, whoa life for tne P1 two yr has bean ft strenuous 1 "' I Religion la All Lana-aa. Th rapid change in the character of th population of New York ha led the author- ltles of the Episcopal church in this diocese to adopt a significant departure ln enlarg ing th scope f ita work. Th new plan is j on that haa been carefully studied by 1 Blariep Potter for some time, and provides for conducting th services of the church ln every language spoken by any consid erable number of people In th city. It la pointed out that New York has th most polyglot population of any great city of the world, not excepting Cairo, Including 400,000 Italians. 700,000 Jews, 30,000 Armenians, to mention only three of the many nationali ties, and that the church a present makes no adequate provision for reaching theae elements of the population. Th work among the foreUrn-speaklng population Is Intended to be not so distinctively mission ary work ss to provide means of bringing religious services within th reach of those who do not speak English and who other wise would be dtprlved of the facilities of the church. Bishop Potter announces that he has recently licensed a man to preach In the Yiddish dialect, and that he has In view ths appointment of others to conduct lervtces In varloua other languages. Among ethtf aexVurB h auagssuj Utat Qsruiaa - 'W"V STREET. services be hold in Old Trinity church. If necessary, and points out the appropriate ness of this step on the part of the church us symbolized by the Chapel of the Seven Tongues In connection with the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, which Is so planned as to be tributary to tho great Central hall in which services are held ln English. Adamless Kdens Fall. New York has two Adamless EMena, and each by analogy ha proved the other t be a dismal failure. One Is th Hotel Mar tha Washington and the other is what Is known as the "Widows' Settlement" In the upper arm of the lake ln Central park. For a long time rumors of discord, if not actual war,, have reached tho outside world from the sacred precincts of the 'hotel who?e threshold few mere men dare to cross. The trouble reached a climax one day last week when a stockholders' meet ing was called to consider the fact that, whatever it may have been .as a theory, the hotel had so far proved a profitless venture. Then arose diver guests who are stockholders to the extent of not less than one whole share of stock, and de clared that It was no wonder. Such man agement would ruin anything, they com plained. To say nothing of the absurdity of refusing to serve wine Jelly with the Christmas dinner, Just because It Is a tem perance hotel. It was a positive aham to charge for rolls when that Is all one really needs for breakfast, and the head waitress was altogether too fat to be artistic, even If she was efficient. Then, too. It was simply Impossible to get well, certain in teresting novels from the hotel library. But when it came to the women bellhops, they were the limit! There was no such thing as Inducing one of them to do a little thing like tightening a few strings or buttoning a waist up the back without a tip. Up ln his Institution ln Central park Director Smith last summer had a colony of 178 domestic ducks and only a dozen drakes. To be sure, the ducks don't wear waists that button up the back, and their creature comforts are looked after by a mere man. But since they wer put Into limited winter quarters a short tlmo ago, there have been single combats and battles royal which the, old keeper declared to be nothing more nor less than a fight for a husband. 60 a couple of dozen more drakes were transferred to the lake and the trouble has entirely disappeared. Blonde Types Disappearing. Of all the weighty subjects discussed by the savants of th American Association for the Advancement of Science, who for a week have been holding forth at Co lumbia university, none attracted greater attention than the talk of Major C. E. Woodruff on the "Dlsappearano of th Blonde Types In America," Even th grey haired members sat up and took notloe. Not an eye closed to the end of th dis cussion. According to the major, who has made a close study of blondes (under what circumstances he did not state) ther is to be a slow disappearance of the type, which Is to vanish entirely in about 600 years. It was also argued, a fact which even a non-sclentlst can recognize, that blonde women will be more and more sought as they become scarcer. Major Woodruff holds out only scant hope that science may yet discover some means of transplanting pig ment Into the skin, which controls the color of the hair and the complexion; but It is bard for New Yorkers to believe that in only 600 years Lillian Ruaaell's golden locks will have disappeared forever or given place to tresses of dusky brown. STREET RAILWAY MAKES JUMP Doe Mneh Actual Work and Plans Mor for th Coming; fear. v To keep abreast with th great growth In population In Omaha the Omaha ft Council Bluffs Street Railway company has had to make giant strides during the year. Vice President Wattles announces the company intends to go Into the suburban business and construct two additional lines to the adjoining cities, one of which is to be twenty-five miles In length. From six to ten extensions in Omaha will also be built. Last year two principal new lines were built, on to Fort Crook and one to For est Lawn oemetery. In addition to these new lines the company has had a large force ef men at work at all times rebuild ing lines already down and double-tracking soma. Missouri avenue has been r laid, as well as West Leavenworth. The Harney street line was rebuilt for a part of the wav. About fifty new cars were reoelTe4 iuring u,, year and still ther. is I nef1 fop mora. The needed Improvement also has been decided upon In th doubling of the alze of th power plant. At ft coat of $250,000 new turbine engines will be placed In the power plant on th river front and th electricity carried at 17,000 voltage to four substations which will be built during the coming aumrner. While th new material Is not guaranteed to arriv Inside of five months, still the dlreotsrs belts re th new power will be ln working ordr for th Ak-Sar-Ben rush next falL OMAHA GETS ANOTHER FACTORY International OH Tank Canstir Establishes a Small Plant on Carnlng Street. Every few days Omaha gets another boost toward the 300.000 mark by the acquisition of soma small factory. Th latest manu facturing concern to local ln the city is th International Oil Tank company, which has established a factory at Cuming street. It chose Omaha after investigating several other cities. The company makes a tank with a gauge which closes itself when the required amount of oil ha run out and which also registers th amount of oil In th tank. Actlv operation has not yet been begun, but already tanks to the amount eX ROW bay ba gold. Among other Import"" sewer project being planned by City Engineer Rosewatjr ; for 1907 the plans for a change of the lnrge storm sewer running east from Sixteenth and Isard streets are being formulated and are well under way. , This lnrge storm sewer la eight and a half feet at Sixteenth and Izard and diverge some distance east into two branches of t six feet and three Inches east. Tho lack of fall in this sewer has been th source of j much trouble In times of heavy rains for years. Mr. Rosewater's plans are to take t, the sewer at Sixteenth and Isard streets 1 and build to a creek near the smelter in the vicinity of Eighth and California ? streets, following a bluff, which would glv t the sewer a good fall and prevent the fre quent flooding of land north of the Union . Pacific shops, as has been the case for long time. At a point to be decided on, th eewe would be twelve feet In diameter to enabl a Junction to be made with a storm aewag from the West Burt street district. This new sewer will cost about $l,00o. Engineer Rosewater is negotiating wltli , the Union Pacific general engineer with ft view to having that company stand half ' of the expense, as with the new sewer th Union Pacific shop yards would be tminun " from back water and overflows. Th Union Paclno engineer looked favorably; on th idea that the railroad company; .' stand half of th expense. - '-: MAJOR CLARKSON MARRIED Former Omaha and Mrs. Lillian, Jt' Miller Are lotted In Oregon. . t Word has been received ln Omaha of th marriage of Major T. S. Clarkson, formerly S of this city, to Mr. Lillian J. Miller, ft I daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Berrymaa Jennings of Oregon City, Ore. The mar- !, rlage was solemnized Christmas day at th S home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Spooner In Portland. Major and Mrs. Clarkson left lm- mediately after the wedding for Beattle, ? where they will make their home. 3 Major Clarkson is well known in Omaha, having lived here many year and serving as postmaster under President Harrison j administration. He has been in publlo llf i fnr mnnv venra. havlna served a COm- mander ln chief of the Grand Army of th Republlo ln 1897 and has Just completed ft visit to the capital of every state and ter ritory in the union In the Interest of th Alaska, Yukon Pacific exposition to be held at Seattle ln 1909. His service has been SO) satisfactory that be probably will be sent to Washington, D. C. to represent th ex posltion before congress. STILL IN THE ORANGE BELT Nebraska Sklna All Summer Hott When It Comes to Fin Weather. Charles W. Pcarsall returned Saturday morning from ft two weeks business visit ln Arizona. -"Give me Nebraska to live in every tlm, said Mr. Pearsall. "We do not know what, a magnificent climate we have up her until we go away for a few days. Why, down at Preacott, Ariz., the snow wast nearly knee deep when I left. Snow waft on the ground all through northern Arlsonst and New Mexico and it wasn't until w got Into God's land of Nebraska that w saw any country worth living ln at thi season of the year and every season for s , matter of that." Vt ttrfMf lnsnanssssftJl.aiiJs1 Figure out how your moneys will prow at the rate of Q in terest and how much less are y our chances of spending it when it is in our safe coffers. "Why not start a Savings Account today; with the Omaha Loan & Build ing Association. A dollar will put the first rung in the ladder , of success. A monthly payment , of a given amount will show how the most people obtain wealth; through persistent continuous saving. Full information fur nished at the new location at the S. E. Corner 16th and Dodge Sts. Omaha Loan & Building Ass'n. C. W. Lals, Fre. 6. 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