t THE OMAHA SUNDAY T.KH: XOVKMRKR- r,, 1007 MEWS 'LUMBER PRICES NOT RISING 3)ealer Say Stories Afloat Are Not Warranted by Facts. W IDEAS IN HOME FINISHING Vyo BaJcoa- for tKe Katerlor and EnkwHl Leather for laterlor Decoration Among; Latest Omaha Notloaa. ' "Statement to the effect that lumber prices are rising or are about to rise are knerely cries of alarmists and pessimists." raid D. P. Benedict of the firm of Uul lard, Hoagland at Benedict. "Some people aUwaya sea things fining. They are not I the. people that build up a city. There eetns to be a general Impression abroad that lumber has risen. There has been wlda advertisement of the fact that the forests of tha country are giving out- and that wa ara via In g up each year much Mora timber than matures. . ma la a fact, but still we have not reached the point whera there Is a dearth sufficient to flrlva tha prices skyward. There Is still plenty of timber and there are plenty of jawmllla at work turning It Into lumber. ' "Tha only difficulty is In getting cars to transport It to the consumer. Tills Is a, real difficulty that we have felt and M feeling. But it has lint resulted In driving the prices up. The figures bear this statement out. The lumbers whim are most used In houae building are. In . fact, slightly cheaper now than they were J a year ago. Of course, prices vary slightly I from time to time, and some woods have tone up a little. Hut In general thrv fire woods that are not In general demand. Take yellow pine, for example. Sev enty per cent of the lumber that goes Into the average frame structure Is yellow pine. It Is used for the siding, for the Joists, the studding. It forms the back-' tone of the building. This Is a little hit Cheaper than It was a year ago. Shingles are about the same. Other .roods have (rona up or down very slightly and the in crease In one is balanced by the decrease In the price of another. ' "On the whole the lumber situation Is very encouraging to the man who Is think Ing of building a home or erecting a house an Investment He need not draw bade at all because of a high price in lumber. And the supply In Omaha at the present time Is good. A good supply of yearly every kind of wood on hand and can be delivered where It Is wanted at nee." i i . The atone balcony which adds so much to the architectural attractiveness of many European bouses and is especially in evi dence In Germany and France, is beginning to appear In Omaha. It has the double virtue of beauty and utility. It forms a aurprtalngly beautiful and stately setoff -wf tha plain walls of a building that la far superior to a mere atone trimming aet Into the face of the wall. In addition to this it gives a balcony where the tenants of thoee parts of the apartment to which the balcony is attached may sit and enjoy the summer evenings. It is usually on apartment houses that this type of stone balcony is used in this country, though In Europe It is in evidence on the great majority of houses in the heart of the cltTea. The new apartment house being erected by Hamilton Bros, at Twenty fourth and Farnam streets .is being equipped with balconies of this kind and the affect la very pretty. The librtry and den of a new home being built by a cltlxen of taste on the west aide has the 'walls finished in embossed leather. The effect Is extremely pretty and decidedly desirable for a room of this sort. The dark color of the leather and Its rich ness Is restful to the eye and to the lenses. The leather blends well in its color and embossing with the bindings of the books upon the shelves and the soft light hed over it from the shaded electric lamps makes the whole room an ideal one In which to rest after the day's exhaus tion and in which to fix the mind upon study or to shut out the world when one baa a book to read for enjoyment. The leather has the added virtue of being dur able and of not showing dirt readily. Judging by the real estate transactions, Rata are becoming more and more desirable J M investments in imana. ine numijer i these buildings erected near the center of the city In the last year or two Is sur prising. An inspection of the flats within H radius of a mile from the postofflce hows nearly all of them of tha most modern construction and they are growing In number at a surprising rate. They are all erected with considerable attention to beauty and sightliness, having ample porch amd yard space. One building of this kind which la Just being finished on Twenty fourth street and Bt. Mary's avenue by A. Hansen la unique In Ita style of archi tecture. It la built of vitrified brick with the red mortar cut back half an inch from the face 4f the wall. The gable front of ' the building does not slope In straight lines, but In graceful curves like the old Dutch houses of two or three centuries aigo. On tha second floor aome of the windows are aet deep in the wall and have email panes. The whole gives the rough, rugged effect of solid strength and slm pllclty which is a dominant note In the ' architecture of the present time. The ; whole building with Its deep front porch ' with heavy roof supported by brick , columns corresponding to the rest of the iouse, la pleasing to the eye and has at ulldlty which wilt make repairs on it fewJ "The sale of hard woods In Omaha has Increased with leaps and bounds in the laat few years and indicates the greater ele gance with which Omaha home builders are finishing their houses now," said George "W. Douglass, of the Omaha Hardwood Lum ber company. "Take oak for example. Sales of this popular wood have increased more than 100 per cent In the last two years. "It la necessary to carry a stock of many kinds of wood in Omaha nowadays, whereas a few years ago there was cull only for a few civ, the commonest. This Indicates the fact that people are studying the home building question here as much as they atudlod it In the biggest cities a few years ago. People here get very advanced ideas from the magaaines published on the sub ject and they call for some of the very rarest woods. ; "W- carry In stock conalaully these woods for Omaha home builders: Oak, ash, hickory, maple, birch, basswood, poplar, cottonwood, elm, 'cypress, gum, cherry, but ternut, walnut, white holly, rosewood, eb ony, mahogany, lignum vitae and amaranth. Mahogany is about the iiiokI expensive of these and it la one of the most in demand, which Indicates that the homo builders have the money to pay for the bel there Is." "The asbestos shingle combines all de sirable Qualities contained In other roof cov. ertngs," said a representative of the Keas bey it Mattison company, 111! Harney street. "It U the greatest time resisting I substance that I know of. It requires no re- I pairing' au4 no v'dMjiK' Fit docs not I F THE BUSY HOROE BUILDERS hurt It. water has no effect on It, the sun aiid rata do not warp It. Moth and rust do not corrupt It aa tber do most earthly thingi." . "A laige Increase In the proportion of homes heated by hot water, hot air or steam has been made during the last sum nr." said John Hussle of the John liu'ssle Tin rd ware rompany. "If our business Is any criterion of this Increase, It Is something wonderful and shows to what extent the people of the city are putting permanent Im provements and the solid comforts Into their homes." F. 8. Knaip has awarded contract to J. C. Bixby & Son Co. for plumbing and heating plant in' his residence at ZM South Thirty-fifth street. The rapid advance made In reinforced concrete construction In the last few v has attracted universal attention, and a similar product, asbestos concrete shingles, lumber and corrugated sheeting, has rap idly come Into general use cy the largest builders and Is attracting equal attention. Uses for Decorative Tile in Modern The appearance of the floors and walls Is rn Impci'ant feature In the Interior deeor Htlon of the home. Costly carpets find iiKs, net wail paper, hard wood Inl lid rrmr'- Paneled oak. cherry and mahogany wl"B'o(i'ie;. arc some of the coverings mnka tne floors and walls at- tractive end ornamental. One of the most recent n'tnrlals to be employed In Ameri can domestic architecture an a floor cover ing and wall facing Is the baked clay tile. H has been used for Centuries in En;Wnd, France. Germany and other EVropcan countries, where Inorganic and fireproof materials are given preference over wood, and where the ordinary home Is built for generations rather than for years. Twenty-five years ago tile was virtually unknown In this country, where wood was the usual building material. With the advent of the modern bath room, the clay tile made Its first appearance In America as a covering for its floors and walls, which were being constantly splashed with water. The waterproof and germproof qualities of tiling, toother with the facility with which a tiled floor can be cleaned, made It espe cially appropriate as a sanitary floor cov ering. The tiled bath room, however, was for a long time regarded as an exrienslve luxury, to be enjoyed only by the wealthy, who were able to pay for its sanitary and decorative qualities. Today a tiled bath room Is looked upon as such a necessity as to be required by law In the building ordinances relating to hotels, tenement houses and other structures of a seml publlo character in many of our largest cities. It is a strange coincidence that the most decorative of all floor and wall coverings should have made Its first appearance In this country In a room where, decoration Is not at all essential. Yet, however unin tentional It may have been, the modern bath room, with .Its bright open plumbing fixtures, Its porcelain tub and Its tiled flloor and wall, has become one of the most attractive rooms In the house. The bath room tiling was at first unusually white, but as the colored glazed and decorative tile Is Just as sanitary, Just as waterproof and Just as durable as the plain white. It was not long before, the American archi tect followed the example of his European confrere and took advantage of the orna mental qualities of tiling. The walla of the bath room are today often covered with sea-green and other colored glazed tiling and the floors are laid In ornamental de signs executed Jn ceramic mosaic The colored tile emphasises and shows off to advantage the extreme wlhteness of the bath tub and other plumbing fixtures and by a Judicious use of wall paneling and floor design the clever architect can cor rect, wherever necessary, the faulty ap pearance or lack of symmetry in a bath room which is too small, too narrow or otherwise out of proportion with the rest of the house. The durable, sanitary and artistic prop erties of the baked clay product were each made evident in the bath room tiling, and each in turn led to the adoption of this permanent floor and wall covering for other parte, of the house. The durability, beauty arl(j uhstantlal appearance of tiling . naturallv mreted it to Dm reiitief r f 7 nome uuilder as an appropriate covering for the floors and walnscottlng of the vestl bule. The clay, out of which the tiles are made, can be baked so hard that the steel nails of the shoe, so destructive of less permanent flooring materials, cannot scratch It any more than the steel knife scratches the ordinary dinner plate. The knocks and blows incident to concentrated traffic through the vestibule and to the carrying in and out of baggage and fur niture, which soon scratch and mar a vestl- i : fciTCHJEN Willi BAJS'.TAAX ZOD FLOOR. TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK Dr. Shepherd Proposes to Erect Flats on New Basis. i REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE ELECTS Officers for Oraanlsatlun to He ( bolts nrln the Week and Soralnaea Already Mantle for the eedert Votes. Dr. C. S. Shepherd hits returned frojn Chicago and Minneapolis, where he got some new Ideas for cottages and flu's, which he will iifp In the future hi'llding which lie Intends to do. Pnr years, there has been a shortage of small flats and cottages close In and Dr. Shepherd may solve the problem of real estate men and rental agencies. The flats which Dr. Shep herd will build on his lots near Twenty seventh and Capitol avenue will be thor By Charles James Tox, Ph. D. bule covered with less durahle material leave no trace upon the floor and wains coting covered with the hard baked clay tile. The street dirt ihni t. oa,-t,. i. the vestibule tin the shoes can be easiy removed by simply flushing off the floor with a pail of water. The tiled vestibule is therefore cay to keep clean, and unless It is entirely n.pleeted, It nlimild always have that neat, tidy appearance which Is" so essential to that part of the house which first meets the eye of the visitor, and upon the appearance of which the stranger may base his entire judgment of the character of the Interior of the house and or Its In mates. The plastic clay material can he pressed In dies of almost any shape, and by a se lection of different clays and by the addi tion of metallic oxides, tiles can be baked in almost every color, shade or tint. With the consequent unlimited range of form and color of the Individual pieces, the decorative pofslbilitles of the tile floor and wall are limited only by tho artistic con ceptions of the architect or decorator. Many tiled floors of the present day present startling examples of bad taste, both In color sehemo and design; but this Is the fault of the decorator or home builder and not of the material Itself. The success of tiling on the floor of the vestibule naturally suggested Its use as a coverlng for the porch. In suburban rest- r- -. BANTTAJtT BATH ROOM COTPLETELT TILED. I the cracks between tfie boards of the i I I oughly modern and have four rooms and a small kitchen. Each apartment will have two rooms down stairs and two up stairs. The rooms will be quite large, and a bath room In planned upstairs which will bo accessible to both sleeping rooms. Tha large living room will occupy the largest amount of space downstairs. The neat little dining room and kitchen will be back end to the side of the living room, giving good lights. The cellars will have furnaces and laundries. Dr. Shepherd figures that such apartments will rent for $jf, plus light and water bills. If the Idea takes In Omaha, as It has In Chicago and Minne apolis, Dr. Sliepoerd will erect other fluts In various parts of the city. Drake's addition owes a number of Im provements to Dr. 8heplierd. During the lust year he has erected live houses near Twenty-seventh and Cauitol avenue, and sold the last one last week to George C. Mill Jen for 2,Vi. Sir Horace 1'lunkett. u Urge owner of Omaha property, who Is also Interested In several other American cities, will ri turn to Omaha the first uf the week, and has promised to address the members of the Real Estate exchange Wednesday. Sir Horace has been spending a week In Wyo ming, wliere he has holdings. Election of officers will he held by tho Home Building dences. especially where outdoor living Is an Important feature, the porch Is a much used and also a much abused part of the house. Its floor is subjected to the most Irving exposure to the elements. Part of the time it Is covered with rain or snow; again, it In exposed to the baking rays of the sun; and at all times when' the house is occupied it is covered with more or less street dirt. I'nlens It is slanted so that the rain or snow wttr run oft It and unless It is pro tected by paint and other covering, wood cannot withstand tills treatment without soon showing signs of wear. Consequently about the first part of a new house which betrays evidences of age and decay Is the wooden porch floor. And yet, like the vesti bule, the appearance of the porch Is all the I more Important because it is seen from the street, and is unconsciously scrutinized by i every visitor, while waiting for the door bell to be answered. A tiled porch Is about the only one which Is at once decorativo ! and durable. If properly laid in hard : Portland cement. It will outlast the build ing in which it is placed. It Is very easy to clean and with the most superficial at tention It -can always be kept attractive I ft appearance. Owing to the danger of shutting off too much light from the rooms on the first floor It is often necessary to make the porch rather narrow. This nar- Jrowneas in appearance is emphasized by if. '.a n-t :: - wooden floor, but can be easily remedied by the selection of a suitably design border or panel, worked out In tile or ceramic mosaics. In European countries, tile la used very extensively In the reception hall. This custom Is now being Imitated in American domestic architecture, and today many of our finest residences have a tiled or ceramic mosaic floor and wainscoting In the reception hall In place of the hard wood polished floors and carved wooden wainscot ing or wall paper. A tile hallway can be made substantial, rich and decorative. Til I ing does not have to be oiled or polished, 'and It has not that disagreeable and dan gerous sllpperlness so characteristic of tile polished hard wood floor. Europeans Justly Jcondem the American Idea of polishing the floor to such an extent that even the rugs will slide upon It. Many serious accidents, especially to children, have resulted from the slippery polished floors In the hallways of many of our finest . residences. Tiled wainscoting in t lie hallway and on the stairs cannot he Injured by soiled hands. , baggage, furniture or other things, which I so often deface most expensive panelled or paper waln.-i-otli.g. The sanitary conditions which led originally to tiie adoption of tiling a an , Ideal tloor and wall covering for the bath 1 room apply with equal, if not greater I force, to the kitchen. In the most careful culinary operations, much grease and other organic matter Is inevitably sit- C. B. HAVENS & COMPANY BUILDING MATERIALS OF ALL KINDS LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, CUT SHED ROCK, BAND, BRICK AND SEW EH fWK. Get Our Quotations Befor Placing Order Elaewher Phone DougUi 317 1805 Farnam St Real Estate exchange at the meeting Wednesday noon. A number of nomina tions have been made for each office and an interesting election Is anticipated. As most of the offices Involve some work, without compensation, every nominee is doing a atrong line of electioneering. Kountze Place still attracts the home buyers, as well as the Twentieth street boulevsrd section about the old Trans mlssinslppl exposition grounds. The fol lowing sales were made last week by Hastings A. Heyden on the north side Two soufhi front lots on Spencer street. Just west of 8hrrman avenue, to W. H. Crary, two lots on the southeast corner of Eighteenth and Emmet streets to Charles W. Martin and the northwest corner of Nineteenth and Lothrop to A. L. Benson. Emanuel Johnson lias purchased the five new houses erected this year by Hastings & Heyden at the corner of Twenty-fifth and Franklin streets. Mr. Johnson bought the houses as an Investment, having a firm faith in Omaha real estate. As an evidence-'Of the reasonable prices being made on Omaha real estate, sure to be worth more. President Bout wick of the Real Estato exchange offers the following wliicltf were sold bv the firm of Payne & Kostwick the last week. South front lot nt ii27 Burdett street for $376, five-room Icottuge at 189 . Lravenworth street to ! Charles M. Clark for ll.lmi, uniL2Sol Doug las street and JlU South Twenty-eighth street, with cottages, for $1,960 to D. F. Neff. These properties were all purchased for I Investment and are a fair sample of the "stuff" being offered by Omaha real estate men, who are conscious of the fact that an advuncc Is the only possible direction the market can take. Building increased almost 4o per cent in Omaha during the month of October, as compared with the same month last year. The number of permits wan 131 and the estimated cost $."X,500. ' Charles H. Morse has announced that he will build a six-story warehouse at tho corner of Ninth and Harney streets, which will cost V&Sm. This building will be ex cellently located, as the new Deere Plow company building will be erected on one corner and the new Carpenter Paper com ,,any building stands cpposlte the site owned uv Mr Morse ' J,,8t what th effect of the bank" makln rule whlch Prev"lted ,h" depositors from wnnarawing an tneir actual money me last week will be is a matter of conjecture by the real estate men. Another situation will have an Influence on those who have money to Invest, which tho real estate men count on. Securities are constantly reported as "shrinking" and referred to as "watered" In one way or another. It Is the belief of leading real estate men that money will be withdrawn from the banks after the clear ing house rule Is suspended and Invested in real estate. The same view of the situa tion Is taken by real estate men of other , cities. A number were In Omaha from Cin- j , coin during the week and they predict big! things In the real estate world after the! banks clear up their difficulty. A. B. Bcall of Sioux City, president of the Dumbarton Realty company, holders of a large amount of city property In Iowa, was In Omaha dur ing the week looking after his Council lilulls interests. Mr. Beall said: "I must be at my desk all .next month, aS there will be plenty of business In the real estate offices. People are not goiny to put their money In the sugar bowls. They will not leave it In , the banks. Though the situation does not Justify drawing It out in fear of loss, the investors will buy real estate when it la all over." Proposals of various real estate ex changes throughout the country to organise a national exchange or association, met with approval from the Omaha Real Ea- I tate exchange at its last meeting, and this , city will be one of the first to send a dele ' gatlon to any city In the United States for the purpose of effecting the organization. 1 In the opinion of President Bostwlck the I time Is coming when the real estate men of all the cltidi will be more closely bonded together than they have been. Omaha Real estate dealers who are large I holders of South Omaha property, or who represent the owners of real estate In that city, are unanimous in expressing the be lief that all South Omaha real estate will be increased in value by annexing South I Omaha to Omaha. Harry Tukey. secretary I of the Real Estate exchange, said: "I have talked with a . number of our members. I They all favor annexing South Omaha, ' and some of them are large property 'holders in that city. The cutting down of ! city expenses and the better public service . which would be rendered would make property there worth much more. tered upon the floor and walla. From the surface of the baked clay tile this can be removed as easily and as thoroughly as from an ordinary dinner platter. Con sequently It is a small matter to keep a tiled kitchen In as sanitary a condition 4s a modern hospital. If, however, the floor Is covered with wood, much of the organic matter that falls upon It Is absorbed by the boards or passes Into the cracks be tween them. Here It decomposes and breeds germs of all kinds from the simple "anaerobic" germ of decay, so offensive to the sense of smell by Its peculiar musty odor, to other disease germs positively dangerous to human life. By covering the wooden floors with a superficial and semi water proof material the work of keeping the kitchen looking clean la much lessened, but much dirt and moisture finds Its way under the covering, where It 'remains for months or years until the covering Is re placed because It has vorn out. By merely secreting oi covering up this dirt, these superficial water-proof coverings really add to the unsanitary condition of the kitchen. The tile floor la water-proof, germ-proof and Insect-proof. Huts or mice cannot make any Imprfctxion upon It. By using rounded "cove base" tile in the corners and at the union of the floor and walls, all .I1Kies and coiners which become the re. ceptacles of dirt or organic matter are abollithed. The tiled kitchen can be quite easlly and safely rinsed out with a few buckets of water. In comparison with the laborious scrubbing of wooden floors, this is a great saving of domestic labor. The tiled kitchen has the further advantage of Inducing the domestic servants uncon sciously to live up to the cleanliness of their surroundings. E3E3K2 The Name Makes an Impression is! Shingles Sustain It! Dritlsh Columbia Cloar Rod Cedars $3.75 cash. Those Canadian shingles are packed FULL COUNT se It takes fewer to lay a roof, that of Itself Is a groat saving; then the price Is 75o cut. Hero's another bargain: "Grit Top," tho very best pre pared roof en the market, $1.90 a square com plete. And an Immense steck of dry lumber at a discount of 20 off for cash. C. II. DIETZ LUMPER CO. KIITanam. Tel. D 35 I I M " ' ' S ' H H . m jf ' I " x': ' ' MARVEL WROUGHT IRON FURNACE. ought to be. Come in and let us talk your contract. OMAHA STOVE Tel. Doug. 860. mm f'Hl'il Missw.rjisssjsjsi i a ipisjjJ I. V raaWsBaaaaa. ft t 1 I We'll sell you a Victor Acorn Steel Range, 4sfJ J fl hole, with highvwarming shelf, for &y2mJJ Or we will sell you the 6-hole size Victor Acorn, with wann ing closet, for $35.00 Xow is there any reason for your buying a cheap imita tion? Don't forget that we are agents for the wonderful Royal Acorn Base Burner and Cole's Hot Blast Heaters. Sold for Cash or Payments and Your Check Is Good With Us. JOHN IIUSSIE HARDWARE CO. 2407 CUMING STREET "If Z&il,mim m-Am-'!-.m-mirtm, ,,, SJj 1 1 1 1 j T'll I I I 308 New Customers in October Larger volume of business with smaller profits is exactly what we looked for after reducing bur rate for electric light. Don't fail to have your house wired. INVESTIGATE Omaha Electric Light S Power Co. Tel. Doug. 10G2 sBSsaswsBeam or Asbestos ' -century Shingles Extremely Pleasing in Appearance Superior to Slat or Til Absolutely Waterproof , No Repairing No Painting Kcasbey & MaUison Co.jiiii: II it's maid ot ASBESTOS w'v. got it IP E IR. S In time of proi-qwrity place a part of your balance with the OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIATION, in weekly or monthly payments. Some day this fund may cary you over a rough and rocky road. Six per cent per annum ia paid on savings accounts. S. E. COR. 16TH AND DODGE STS. O. W. LOOMM, . M. aTATTIOB. Ssc'r. W. . AOAXK, Asst. Uto'f. Gold and Silver Plating Tabla Wars, Oa rutnraa. Brass Bsoa aad jswalrr BtiatA aa aaw OMASA riTZsTO CO. Baliaals Oola ajul bUItsi matar Bstabllsaa 18M laao Haraay St. Does not consist in seeing how cheap yon caa buy a fur naee. If you are a man of 2 ordinary business ability, you will enquire into the foU lowing features before buy ing a furnace: First CoHt of Furnace. Second Cost of maintain- ance. - Third Cost of fuel to heat a given space. . h Fourth Durability. 2 Fift-'i n is absolutely 2 gas tight? " Sixth The ease with " which repairs can be made H If they are ever needed. it 5 No one furnace man can answer everyone of these questions absolutely satlsfac- lory to every person, and for sj 'that very reason we solicit an interview with you if you 5 contemplate purchasing a H furnace. Our MARVKL WKONOHT IRON FI RNACK is our idli of what a perfect furnace as furnace with you before you close REPAIR WORKS i 1206-8 DOUGLAS STREETS' AT CUT PRICES THIS WEEK We're going to give you a great snap for one week only. You Buy It of HuasU, It's) Right Y. M. C. A. Dldg. M AIL. ABOatOB nsci comyaut uf wu vva bv osmum tiwa-ciuiTtay 1 ) f 1 1 r.