TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MAT 12, 1907.
TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK
Ealo of Tax Titlt Lard Held Up Waitlnr
Jid c!r1 Dexres.
HOMES FOR C.TlZiNS THE GREAT C8JECT
Jlew Sections Bring Opened (bat
the Wirk ef Bnllrilnc Ip m
t.reat City Mar (im
Ahrid.
Two New Buildings Thai Are Attracting Much Attention Just Now
ACTIVITT AT SOUTH OMAHA
Bral Eitat Psalsrt Tied Their Fnsineu it
Unusually Brisk,
DEMAND FOR RESIDENCES IS STRONG
Many Dales for Homes Reported and
Mark Rnlldlnar I tndrr Way
or Projected for Rammer
Season.
A summary of the movement of Sout'i
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.n abortive attempt wiv made at the
last meet ng fit the Omaha Heal Estate ex
change to have the exchange commit Itwif
aa to It stand on the senvenjrer tax law,
a to whether endorsement of thli widely
advertised measure should be given. The
question waa sidetracked, however, for the
time being, but It Mill rnmalns a crucial
question to le determined by many real es
tata broker and others with reference to
tha future sale of land acquired under th
unovlslons of the scavenger law. Suit was
filed In the district court last week to make
a test case of one provision of the law, and
other aults will be filed In order to obtain
final abdication of the points under dis
pute by the highest tribunal.
Opinion of lawyers versed In the scaven
ger law have been most conflicting- In many
cases as to whether property acquired un
der the law can be sold within five years
with any dgree of safety to tha purchaser.
Soma lawyers are of the opinion that a
food title Is secured by ta deed from the
county treasurer, providing the proceed-
Inge to that point have been entirely regu
lar and In full compllanca with the terms
of the scavenger law, while other attorneys
to whom tax deeds hare been submitted
for examination have refused to pass
tha title of the property. anrfJ thua caused
' contemplated sales to fall through. Bec
tlon 43 of the law negatively provides that
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scavenger law can bring suit within five
years from the date of Its sale and recover
possession after paying all taxea and ac
crued costs. This provlKlon has given an
Impression that tax titles are practically
valueless as to merchantability until after
tha expiration of the five-year period, and
peculators in property of this class regard
tha outcome of the ten suits to be brought
with much apprehension.
Tha result of the recent agitation has
been to make tax title speculators wonder
where they are at and If their money In
Vested In tax sale property la not tied up
for at lest five years. Buyers of property
secured In this manner are uniformly re
quiring that a quit-claim deed be secured
from the original owner of the property
before accepting the tax title thereto, but
tha queatlon la still open where a quit-claim
deed oannot be secured, which Is In the
majority of cases, as the consent of few
owners can be obtained to transfer their
title to their property confiscated under the
scavenger law and bought by some specu
lator at a low price. Members of the Real
Estate exohange have been chary atxsut
giving an witimwu lv' w"
merits of the soavenger law. but the ques-
tlon will probably be squarely met In the
luiuro.
The pre-eminence of Omaha aa essentially
a city of homes Is being materially tn
banced every week by the grading, plat
ting and placing on the market of new resi
dence subdivisions In' every part of the city
and real estate brokers are meeting with
unusual success In the sale of the new
Int. Ijirn tracts of land, which were
owned for many years past by pioneer cltl
.gana of Omaha, hava been bought up by
progressiva and optlmlstlo cltlxena and
' placed on tha market after material im
provements, such aa sewers, permanent
walks and water pipes have been laid and
tha streets paved. Thla movement of ex
pansion la patent In all parts of the city,
from tha outskirts of Dundee, Benson and
Florence to the South Omaha city line.
Tha new subdivisions have, apparently, met
with ready sale as Is evidenced by tha
tnany new homes being built this spring.
Home building appears to be more active
a.t present in the north part of tho city,
but a peculiar phase of the real estate
Situation la that the demariif for all kinds
Of residence property, outside and Inside,
appears to be greater thla spring than In
previous years. The densely populated sec
tions of tha city are attracting the atten
tion of Investors and home buysrs aa much
as tha more remote residence localities.
While Omaha Investors are showing their
faith In .the future of the city's real estate
by extending their Investments of this
character, one of the features of the busi
. neas thla spring has been the Influx of
tnuoh outside capital. Many capitalists of
t Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Iowa and
even more distant states hava made heavy
purchases of real estate after Inspection
pf real estate In other cities. Boms of
the outside buyers Intend to remove to
Omaha to make their permanent residence
(6 look after their Investments and to make
p there.
belated spring has delayed activity In
Omaha real estate, but the last ten days
pf warmer weather has caused much more
Interest to ba manifest In real estate circle a,
and Inquiries and sales have been of un
usually largs number. Many brokers hava
aomplatned that the backward and cold
spring has caused serious results to the,
roal estate business and for two weeks In
April business was almost stagnant. Pro
spective buyers have been retarded la in
specting property because of disagreeable
weather, as was expected, and tha market
was dull until the last two weeks, sine
When it has been very active. Many per
sons Interested In real eta.e took advantage
f the mild weather conditions prevailing
last Sunday and were out In force on In
' ipsotlon trips all over the city, with the
result that many sales have been reported
during tha lust week.
As in many other large cities, Sunday Is
the day of the week when people have
leisure to Inspect property with a view to
possible purchase and the habit of Sunday
. real estate Inspection Is growing. The teal
- estate brokers are reupondlng to changed
cundltiona by having a number of their
employee stationed at sites under their con
trol to show visitors over th property
This is particularly true of suburban sub
divisions, where several real estate dealer
have provided for tha entertainment of
their guests and rapid view of the property
by placing automobiles or carriages at the
disposal of their visitors.
' There has been strong demand for rest
dance property tr.U spring In the s"ulh
western section ot th city and numerous
sales of nouses end lots In that section
were made during the last week. K. W
Cahow, a member of a large commission
firm at Bouth Omaha, bought th two-story
frame residence ot II. N. Way on Thirty-
second street, between Poppleton and Wool
worth svenues. tot M.OOO after selling his
home at Thirty-first and Vinton strrets to
it. C. Cullerton. J. O. Johnson sold Ms
home, a large two-story frsma house at
the northwest corner of Twenty-fifth snd
Marry atreets, to Ellen Pearson, who will
occupy tha residence for a home. Another
important sale of residence property In
this sectlou for which deeds have been
recorded was that of the new Bt. Louis
brick Aa of William Redgwlck at
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RBAi, ESTATE EXCHANGE) BUILDING AT EIGHTEENTH AND
Woolworth avenue for I5.S00 to Frederick
W. Smith. Mr. Smith Is a retired merchant
who has extensive real estate holdings In
Omaha and will occupy the flat, which was
built by Mr. Redgwlck. Charles Blomberg
bought the large lot and home of Mrs.
Hattle L. Kuhn on Jones street, between
Twenty-fifth street and Twenty-fifth ave
nue, for W,, as an Investment, after sell
ing his small cottage near Thirty-first and
Davenport street for $5,000 to J. J. Flts-
gerald. The Byron Reed company sold a
lot on Twenty-sixth street, between Marcy
and Mason streets, for $1,100 to Mrs. Mary
Dunn, wife of Elijah Dunn, who Is a well
known foreman at the Union Pacific shops.
Plans have been drawn for the erection of
$3,000 residence on the lot.
Ftvo large tracts In various sections of
the city sre being Improved by Hastings &
Heyden for new residence subdivisions and
will form highly desirable additions to the
city, as several of the tracts have been
left unimproved for many years. A large
force of workmen have been employed for
some time putting the tracts In shapa by
grading to the street levels and several
thousands of dollars are being expended
by the real estate firm In the work. Grad
ing gangs are at work at Collier Place and
Monmouth park, which are located at Thir
tieth and Ames avenue, where tha dirt
Is being moved from high lots Into lower
onos and a mile of cement sidewalks Is be
ing constructed.
Another addition to which extensive Im
provements are being made is Horns Place,
which Is a larga tract of ground extending
from Sixteenth to Eighteenth street west
of the Sherman apartments. This property
Is adjacent to the city and haa been vacant
for several years. Kountze Place Reserve,
which extends from Spencer to Emmet
street and from Nineteenth street to the
boulcvkrd, has been Improved and fifty lota
have been sold by Hastings & Heydon this
spring. Another addition soon to be placed
on the market Is Curtis & Stone's addition,
which Is situated on the Florence car line.
Just west of Miller park.
The double brick flats near Thirty-second
street snd Poppleton avenue and the new
brick flats at Twenty-eighth and California
streets have been sold for W. B. Homan
by Robinson & Wolf to Henry Vangrowlch
for $14300. Mr. Vangrowlch has made ex
tensive investments In Omaha real estate
and bought the flats for investment Mr.
Homan bought the large vacant lot at the
southwest corner of Twenty-first and How
ard streets for 17,000 snd will erect a row
of modern brick houses this spring.
Owing to the great demand for small
homes A. P. Tukey St Son bought nine cot
tages on Twenty-seoond street, comprising
the entire block from Pierce to Pacific
street, from Russell & MoKltrlck for aoout
$12,000 and placed them on the market
for Immediate sale, with the result that
one of the houses wss sold Immediately
following Its advertisement In The Bee. The
cottages contain about five rooms each and
will no doubt meet with ready sale, as the
dsmand for this class of dwellings has been
unprecedented this spring.
Excavntlng for tha new brick flats to
bo erected at Thirty-third and Ifamey
streets by Ernest Sweet was begun, last
week snd the work of construction will
bs pushed as rapidly as possible, as con
tracts have been let for th construction
work. Th new flats being erected by
Mr. Sweet at Twenty-fourth avenue and
Harney streets are progressing rapidly snd
will be finished and ready for occupancy
witnin a short time.
As tha official representative of tho
Omaha Real Estate exchange. President
8. P. Boat wick and Secretary Harry Tukey
will go on the "Great Northwest" trade
extension excursion to the Pactflo coast
next June with the members of the Com
mercial club and assist In "boosting" the
"market town." The excursion project has
received tha formal Indorsement of th
exchange and th expenses of the repre
sentatives will be paid, even though no
direct returns to the real estate Interests
of the city are anticipated. A representa
tive of the R. C. Peters company will go on
the excursion and It Is probable that other
Individual real estate firms will partici
pate, aa It Is conceded that the excursion
will be an extensive advertisement to th
city.
With the Intention of establishing a larg
lumber yard In the north part of tha city,
George V. Planner of tho H. F. Cudy
Lumber company haa bought sixteen lots
fronting on the Belt line at Twenty-fourth
and Boyd areeta for approximately $10,000,
The tract has trackage on t.'ie Belt llrie
from Twenty-fourth to Twenty-sixth street.
opposite the large lumber yards of the
Sunderland Co., and will b completely
enclosed, as an ordinance his been passed
by the city council eluding all streets and
alleys terminating In the site. Tha lot
have been quietly accumulated by Mr.
Plattner from time to time during the last
ysur. and wilt form an extensive addition
to the present yards of the Cady company
on lower Douglas street. It is th Inten
tion ot tho lumber company to establish
th new yards this fall or iy xt spring to
sav tb expense ot hauling lumber from
the present ysrds to th northwest, where
three-fourth of the company's business Is
done.
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farojj land adjacent to Omaha Is
rapidly Incraualng In value was evidenced
last week i an Important sale of the
farm of Jerutw II. McShane to Dr. B. B.
pttvla. Tb frui 1 north ot tha Dodg
street road, about one mile northwest of
McArdle's mill, and contains about XX
jaurea. Pr Davis bought t!W tract for 2S,G00,
giving a mortgage for $10,009 of the pur
chase money, which Is about $113 per acre.
The farm is In the center of a number of
farms under a high state of cultivation
along the Btg Papplo creek and Is a short
distance from the fine dairy farm of the
Alttmlto Sanitary Dairy company.
Official Investigation of the alleged recent
order to employes of the Union Faclflo
railroad to meet their trains In Counoll
Bluffy Instead of in Omaha, as has been
the practice, will bo made by the Omaha
Real Eatato exchange as materially affect
ing the real estate intererts of Omaha. A
committee was appointed at tha last weekly
meeting of the exchange to make a
thorough Investigation as to the facts In
the case and If the alleged order will re
dound to the detriment of the city's inter
ests. It has been asserted that the new
order will cause the removal of a number
of railroad employes to Council Bluffs w.h
their families and, if such is the case. It
Is probable that steps will he taken leading
toward the revocation of tha order by the
railroad company.
Several sales of property In the north
ern port of the city were reported by real
estate dealers during the last week and
this residence section appears to be attract
ing much attention from prospective home
buyers. E. T. Lydn bought the large lot
and new modern residence near Twentieth ,
and Miami streets from the C. N. Diets
Lumber company for $3,800 and will occupy
the residence for a home. A. A. IJnstrom
sold his two cottages and full lot at tho
northwest corner of Nineteenth and Charles
streets to Sophia Bterle for $3,000 as an in
vestment and Louise Salmon bought the
home of Mr Nellie P. Monroe near Twenty-second
and Spencer streets for $3,280,
The lot at 2221 Burdette street was sold
by the Byron Reed company to John Mullln,
a well known engineer for the Union Fa-
clflc, and ground has been broken for a
modern seven-room residence, which, with
the lot, . will represent an Investment by
Mr. Mullln of about V.OOO.
Tom F. Lee, the former cltyjrosecutor.
has sold his brick flat on Chicago street.
between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets,
for $8,000 to C. C. Kendall, who bought the
property as an Investment. The flat Is
situated In a choice residence section and
Is near the site where a row of new brick
flats will soon be erected by John A. Mc
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Citizens of Kountse Place and Boulevard
park are making vigorous plans for a
concerted campaign toward the successful
termination of tho movement for a park
at Cut-Off lake. Several Informal meet-
Ings have been held 'and co-operation will
be had with members of the park board,
who are attempting to secure the good
offices of the mayor and city council. A
plat of the new pork has been filed by tha
park commission with the city clerk, show
ing the proposed park, which extends
around the north end of the lake, begin
ning at Locust street, to Avenu F. The
main entrance of the park would be at
Ames avenue, running oft from Sherman
avenue, and It Is hoped that bonds will be
voted upon and carried for the new park,
which Is one of the most extensive projects
now before the park commission for con
sideration. Keystone park, the new suburban resi
dence subdivision about one mile west of
Benson, which was formerly the fancy
stock farm of W. A. Paxton, was formally
opened yesterday afternoon by the pro
moters, the D. V. Sholes company and the
Payne Investment company. The new
acreage tract has attracted much atten
tion and many Investors were present at
th opening to make their selections or
to Inspect th property. They were shown
over th subdivision In the automobile re
cently bought by the D. V. Sholes com
pany for th purpose and It la expected
that many sales will result. The tract has
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been improved by the expenditure of sev
era! thousands of dollars in planting trees,
grading and laying out drives and boule
vards. It has a commanding view over a
wide expanse of the surrounding country
and has been platted Into tracts of from
three to twenty-five acres.
BIG HORN BASIN'S BEAUTIES
Manifold Attractions of Country
Where Irrigation Brings
Wealth to Farmers.
One of tho most eiemplary places for a
clear demonstration of the wonderful pos
sibilities In the great achievement of farm
ing by Irrigation is found In the beautiful
and picturesque valley of the Big Horn
river In Wyoming, known as the Big Horn
basin. The real agricultural lands com
prise about one and a half to two millions
of acres of as rich soli and sa perfect
topogrsphy as the eye ever beheld, the
balance being a profusion of timbered
hills, pastures and coal and mlnernl de
posits, furnishing every necessary element
to make life and Industry a success, and a
comfort a perfect combination for a great
and prosperous community.. It Is the
prevailing opportunity of the present de
cade, both for the man of wealth and the
one of moderate means, to establish him
self In a wholesome legacy, and the next
few years will no doubt see this "Gem of
the West" become a veritable hive of in
dustry and unparalleled thrift.
Through the thoughtfulness of congress,
the seal of the state of Wyoming, and the
energy and perseverance of the Burlington
railroad and Its progressive officials, this
country has been made accessible to the
homeseeker and Investor, making possible
the great development which Is taking
place there. All through tha open seasons
the Burlington rout makaa a very at
tractive rats to settlers, and. Uis tush Of
eastern land seekers with every announced
excursion la truly marvelous. . An Irrigated
farm In this Big Horn River valley, say
of eighty or 160 . acres, Is all any man
would noed to malt , himself Independent1
In the course of a very few years. Bought
at the nominal prlcea of from $30 to $40
per acre, (Including perpetual and Inex
haustible water right), this land will pro
duce miraculously. Wheat, the cereal sta
ple, grows from fifty to sixty bushels to
the acre, always overweighs, and no such
word as fall. Alfalfa, the feed of all feeds,
comes on with three or more crops, ag
gregating from six to ten tons per acre.
This wealth producing species of clover
finds Its natural habitat In these regions of
the west. Oats, another staple grain, lav
ishes Its prodigious product upon the
threshing floor. Potatoes computes Its
yield per acre by hundreds of bushels.
Sugar beets, the modern vegetable bul
lion of wealth and on of the strongholds
of western financial prosperity, furnishes
Immense profits to th producer. Fruit,
melons, garden vegetables and, In fact, al
most every known product ot the soil,
flourishes.
In many ways this land far excels east
ern agricultural lands. Deeper In soil,
caused by the successive alluvial deposits
of centuries; level and smooth, every pert
being accessible by machinery or vehicle;
firm In Its constituency, which addds to Its
durability. No ten years In the past has
ever given so much to the farming world
as has the last ten years In perfecting the
system of Irrigating fertile dry lands. With
great cltlos like Omaha, Denver and Salt
Lake City surrounding these newly revolu
tionised centers of stock and agricultural
wealth, furnishing markets for their out
put and contributing through their com
mercial Intercourse to the wants end wares
of the growing-papulation, it will ulti
mately mak for the common good and
build up one ot the most enterprising com
munities In the commonwealth.
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COUNCIL BLUFFS IS BUST
Great Activity in Real Ettate and Building;
Over 1 here,
PFESENT YEAR BEST IN TOWN'S HISTORY
Bnlldtng Iteeord for Koir Months ot
ltX)T Almost Equals Entire Year
of 11MMI and no Sign ot
Blackening I p.
City property In Council Bluffs and farm
land In Pottawattamlo county are in ac
tive demand and In somo respects. It might
be said with truth, the demand exceeds the
supply. Real estate dealers say that never
In the history of Council Bluffs, with the
exception of the boom In the early 80 s,
which had Its disastrous reaction, hus real
estate been selling at so near its proper
value as Is now the case. Sine the re
action following th boom with Its in
flated prices, real estate until within the
last two or three years has been to a great
extent a drug on the market. This refers
to city lots and especially those In the
outlying districts. Tha last twelve months,
however, haa seen a marked change and
the demand tor city, more particularly resi
dence property. Is exceedingly brisk. With
the increased domand there has naturally
come an Increase In prices. These prices
are not Inflated, but the result of good,
consistent growth of the city.
Improvements In various sections of the
city have started the selling prices upward
snd the property Is moving rapidly at these
prices. Vacant lots in th mor thickly
settled parts of tha city are higher than
ever for the reason that they are becom
ing scarcer. They are all being taken up
for building purposes. It has been gener
ally conceded that property values have
been lower In Council Bluffs than In any
other city of its slse and character, and
even lower than In many smaller towns,
but they are now coming up to what they
ought to be. Owners of city property who
have held onto their holdings with grim
determination through the years of depres
sion in the real estate market with the
hope of some day being able to realise the
proper value of their property now smile
with complacent satisfaction. They are
reaping the reward ot their faith in Coun
cil Bluffs realty.
Demand for Homes.
While there has been more or less prop
erty purchased for speculation, the principal
demand today In Council Bluffs la for resi
dence lots. Council Bluffs has always been
essentially a city of homes, and if any
thing, this is tru today more than ever.
Most of the property bought within th laBt
twelve months has been acquired by per
sons to erect homes on and In every seo
tlon of the city new houses can be seen
in th course of erection.
The western part of the city that lying
Immediately south and north of the motor
line between this city and Omaha has wit
nessed a phenomenal growth during the
last year. Hundreds of new homes hav
been erected and new ones In course of
construction are to be seen on every side.
While the residences in this section of th
city are of mor moderate six and cost
than is the case In other residence parts ot
th city, they are the homes of the work
ing class and as such are a striking Index
of the prosperity of the people of Council
Bluffs. But few residences, comparatively,
hav been or ar being erected for rental
purposes, by far the greater riumber of
the houses built within the last twelve
months or now being built being put up by
the persons who have bought the site and
are building for a home.
What Betiding Records Show.
While ths record of building permits
Issued by ths city clerk Is far from an
accurate criterion, It Is at least fairly good
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evidence ot th activity in this line. Th
record for th first four months of 1907
shown by the building permit register
quals that for th entire twelve months
of 1908. In 1908 the value of the buildings
represented by the permits amounted to
$274,664, while for the first four months of
this year tho value Is 341,730. During April
alon tha value of th buildings according
to th permits was $212,0.
With th large amount of building now
In progress but few business structures
ar being erected, residences holding sway.
One of the largest business buildings In
course of erection Is th six-story ware
house of the Bloomer Artificial Ice and Cold
Storage company at Fourth street and
Twelfth avenue. The cost of this building
will exceed $60,000. City Treasurer True is
building a handsome double store building
with living apartments overhead on his
property at the corner of Broadway and
Eighth street. The Grape Growers' Ship
ping association is erecting another ware
house on Ninth avenue at a cost exceeding
$25,000, while on th Christian home prop
erty a $25,000 boys' dormitory building Is
ueartng completion. Manager Lemen, as
soon aa this is finished. Is planning for an
other building to cost about the same
amount and which he hopes to erect this
year.
Handsome New Homes.
While the cottage homes In tha western
part of the city range In cost from $1,000 to
$2,500, many handsome and costly residences
are being erected In other portions of the
city. One of ths handsomest homes Just
completed Is that of Adolph Beno on Beno
street, erected at a cost close upon $20,000.
Oscar Keellne Is building a $15,000 residence
on Pierce street Just east of the new Jen
nie Edmundson Memorial hospital, which
was completed a few months ago at a cost
of about $00,000. M. B. Grout Is completing
a $5,000 residence on Oakland avenue, and
among th many fine new homes on this
street mention may be mad of th artistic
residence of J. C. Jensen, Just completed.
Another fine new residence on Oakland ave
nue Is that of Fl H. Lougee, erected at a
cost of about $10,000. L. F. Hubs Is erecting
a $12,000 residence at th corner of Fair
view avenue and Third street, while In tha
hill residence sections, on Park avenue,
Glen avenue, Turley avenue and In the sec
tion adjacent to the new high school build
ing may be seen many handsome residences
costing from $2,500 to $4,500, In course of con
struction. That 1907 promises to be a record-breaker
in the building line Is generally conceded.
Speaking of the building activity, ofle of
the leading contractors of the city said:
"W have mor work on hand now than
w hav had at this time of year since ws
have been In business. Prospects for the
entire year could not be better. The entire
hill residence section of the city Is going to
b built up more this year than It has been
In any year past. People are putting up a
better class of houses than before."
A real estate agent who haa handled
recently a great deal of property In th
western part of th city, where lota ar
being bought up rapidly for homes, said:
"More building has been planned already
for this year than was don all last year
In Council Bluffs. This Is an indication of
stability In real estate values, which hav
been on the upward tendency for th last
fw years. This Is not a boom, but a steady
and natural growth."
The paving on lower Broadway la ex
pected to mean much for that portion of
the city west of Thirteenth street to the
river. With railroad trackage on First
avenue, It Is believed a number of Indus
tries In the next few years will be located
In this section of th city. With this
prospect lots, especially north of Broad
way, have been In active demand for the
last few months. Bom ar being bought
for speculation, but the majority are being
purchased for residence purposes by people
of moderate means. The establishment of
the proposed suburban lines nut Bennett
and Mcpherson svenuea, It Is believed, will
do much to develop this section of the
city. Already there ar quite a m-mber
of suburban homes in this part of tha
city, but street car facilities would un
doubtedly tend to build It up faster than
anything else.
Speaking of the condition of the real
estate market at this time, a well known
dealer had this to say; "Prices are firm
and advancing stesdtly. There are many
calls for farm land, as well as city prop
erty. While In soma districts It Is com
paratively easy to supply the demand for
city lots, there Is mor or less troubls In
finding suitable farm lands for sale. Good
land In Pottawattamie county has reached
ths $100 an acre mark, and In many In
stances over, and even at these prices
owners are not anxious to sell. Real estate
has been very active for the lstt few
months snd tha outlook for th remainder
of the year, and. in fact, for several years
to come. Is good."
GRAIN MEN SURVEY FIELD
Dealers ef Omaha, Chit-ago and lews
Make Trip ef Winter
Wheat Belt.
About forty members and officers of th
Omaha Grain exchange, together with
many grain dealer from Chicago and Iowa
and Nebraska cities, left Omaha at 1 p. m.
Saturday for a trip through the winter
wheat belts of Nebraska, Kansas and
northern Oklahoma for personal Inspection
f ths sctual crop conditions.
Ths excursion was promoted by th l'p
dlke Grain company and two special cars
were required for th grain men, who will
spend Sunday In Kansas and Oklahoma,
returning to Omaha Monday morning.
Many conflicting reports bava been re
ceived as to th damage wrought to the
growing wheat crop In th southern states
by green bugs snd dry weather, -and It Is
desired to clarify ths market situation by
personal Inspection oa th excursion.
Omaha real estat during the present sen -son
should show steady activity and a dis
tinct advance In nrlres In the northern sec
tion of th city. There la a sreat scarcity
The demand for such properties Is keen.
Severs! new additions hsr been made to
the city. Among these nr Christie Place,
on the west, and St. Mary's addition, at
Thirty-second and S streets. Th movement
during the season has been steady and
most of the Incomers have been soott real-
dents. Fully M0 real estate transfers havs
wen ninde since January 1. 1907. There
have been no very lanre deals, but tho ma
jority ranges from $1,000 to $5,000. The pros-
pecis rnr the rest of the season are good.
As to proactive buildings and Improve
ments, Fuller & Warner of rhlr-n-n m
said to be on the point of erecting a whole
sale arug store at Twenty-sixth and O
streets. Mclean A Tr,ii,rM. -r. i.tnA
the foundation of a modern laundry on
property recently purchased from Isaao
Levy. J. B. Watklns contemplates building
a modern $50,000 hotel at Twenty-fifth and
O streets as soon as a suitable tenant can
be secured. J. F. Coad of the Packers'
National bank recently purchased lot 9,
block SO, at Twonty-fourth and O, for
$5,000. It la promised thst a building will
be erected on the site. Shaw & Gullck of
Des Moines havs promised a building for
Twenty-fourth street, ths sit of which has
been purchased. It Is said to bs a four
story brick building.
Balldlnar Under Way.
Claud Combe of Bellevue has become a
member of th firm which has l&t4iv iri
corpora ted and known as the Combe-Ward
i ransicr ana Hlora company. He expects
to move his property purchased of Melcholr
Wlrthscliafter, Nineteenth and Harney,
to this point. An addition 50xt feet la to
be built to tho barn at Twenty-fourth aud
J atreets.
A few of the buildings already under
construction are: Owen Corcoran. 12.M0 run.
idonoe at ThJrty-elghth and W; six cot-
tiiges or Paul Scmlnlskl. Thirty-fourth and
W; Anton W. Bexar's home at Thirty-sixth,
and V; William Newmelster's residence at
Thlrty-alxth and 8; Mike Sacxjak's $1,600
cottage at Thirty-fourth and X; Anton
Olewlskl's home, $1,800, at Thirty-sixth and
R: William Ward, Twenty-third and D; the
liannon building, next tha s. iuth Omohft
poetofBce, Is neorlng completion. The roof
is oeing aaaea to th city hall. The build
ing wilt be completed June 15, the limit of
the contract.
Some Reeent "ales.
The following are representative sales by
a number of South Omaha firms:
P. C. Caldwell, eight lot-s In Maiionny ft
Minnehan's addition, with cottages, and)
several other West Side properties, where) !
there Is considerable demand.
B. E. Wilcox reports the sale of the ,
laundry at Twenty-sixth and N, Iota near .
the city limits on Twenty-second street,
and several acre properties In Bnrpy
county.
fhHattA T3i- Vamp Ih, TSm 4-Jl . V
nooy coai ana lumner yard location set-
vmpu. i nvy itwve mum uva or ix iou souul i
sales soon on West L,
T. J. O'Nall's agency bos made sixty-one
transfers of property during the year,
among which are twenty lots In Bt Mary's
addition. They have sold to James Me
Clennaghan property In Spring Lake Park
addition, $3,700; lot 9, block 10, Drown Park,
$1,000; seven acres In Boulevard Terrace!
lot 14 In McGaverick & O'Keefe's addition;
lots S, 4 and t in Kent's addition; five acres
on South Thirty-sixth; three lots In Lin-
wood Park, $3,000.
L. C. Gibson reports the recent sale of lot
8, block 60, Benson's addition a hotel; U t
16, block 14, Jettofs addition, $2,000; lot 14,
block 2, Jetter's, $1,400.
Hows dr. Burdlck report the sale of four
teen valuable properties In the city this
season, amounting to $77,XO. They have
Induced the Blair Business college to locale
In South Omaha and have th promise of a
gents' furnishing store within ninety days.
It Is a branch of one of the larger houses
of Omaha.
HAYES COUNTY IN GOOD SHAPE
Southwestern Fnrt ot State is Re
ported to Be in Excellent
Condition.
County Clerk John S. Wise of Hayes
county Is In Omaha attending to matters
before the United States courts.
'Th southwestern part of ths state Is In
splendid condition," says he. "I think ws
have had mora moisture out there than you
have had In tha eastern part of the stats.
This Is particularly true of snow. Th
ranges are In the best condition out there.
Wheat Is also In good ahap. Our farmers
are already plowing for corr and are about
beginning planting. Hayes county is com
ing right to the front Many of th people
who left ther years sgo during the hard
times are coming back, and Immigration Is
pouring Into tb county In great shape.
Lands ar 1 nor easing In value rapidly.
Quarters that a few years ago went beg
ging at $500 cannot be bought for tnrloe
that money now. Hayes Is becoming a
great live stock county. The county Is
somewhat broken and the canons afford
the beet of winter shelter for stock, and the
little canon valleys ore luxuriant with the
best of gross; Including blue stem, gramma
and aom buffalo grass. The ground seems
to be well filled with water. Wells that
ran dry with but little pumping a few years
ago, now furnish Inexhauetabls supplies of
water. We are looking for th extension of
the Burlington road from Imperial to
Holyok in the near future and w are In
the best of shape out thre."
A
DENTISTRY
TOOTH TllK KO. US
Tb aba If th eoascleatieus den
tist Is, so far as he Is able, to giv
a natural appearance to th tsetn
and month.. Artificial teeth and
erowss should possess that ung tar
ing attractiveness which only th
Uaitatloa of tha natural can give,
I do this work tolte painlessly.
OIL FICKES, 011
'Pbons Doug. 617. S3t Bee Bldg.
