THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 26, 1309.
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JAPAN'S WARSHIP MYSTERY
Ths Kikai on. Duty Jljain, but Iti
Story Untold.
COVEBNMENT SEALS THE BOOK
Secret of laklnsj of Togo's FUhl
(111 II idd Relief tkat It .-
Was Blows t'm '
MtlBjr
Ths Japanese g-overnmeht haa written at
last the final chapter Jn aa typical a atory
of oriental mystery aa the world will ever
riii rile over. Thla la the announcement
that the battleship Mlkasa haa been rained
from, the . mud of Sasebo harbor and re
stored to the Hot f the Imperial navy.
The laat chapter la typically Japanese.
It telle no more than the first and perhaps
there will never be more than a few hun
dred close-mouthed Japanese who will
know the real Atory of the sinkjng- of Ad
miral Toko's flagship.
The Mlkasa blew up and aunk at Its
moorings or September 11. 1305.' That waa
Just at the end of the three (lays- rioting
in Tpklo occasioned by the protest of the
Japanese people against the term of the
treaty of Portsmouth closing; the Russo
Japanese war.
For three daya men had been cut down
by . the . awords of the gendarmes. In the
streets of the capital and the rioting had
apread to Kobe, Tokohama, Nagoya and
other Important Japanese towns. In Kobe
.the atatue of Marquis (now Prince) Ito,
whlcH stood in a jnibllo market place, had
been dragged from Its pedestal by an angry
mob only the night before the clnktng- of
tha Mlkasa and set up In derision In the
midst of the Toshlwara, the district of the
painted castaways.
' ' Story Jold at Time.
When the Mlkasa sank the Japanese pa
pers throughout the whole empire pub
lished only about three paragraphs about
It, telling the bare facta of the disaster,
the number of men killed and the details
of the suicide of the Captain. That waa
11. Although the flagship of the victorious
fleet had been lost and half Its comple
ment of sailors had" gone down with it, the
big dallies' of Toklo and Osaka dismissed
the matter with the briefest mention, rem
iniscent of the paragraphs detailing the
movements of troops In the field during the
campaigns against Kouropatkln, Btoessel
It was said that shortly after nightfall,
while Admiral Togo and the captain of the
Mlkasa were on another ship entertaining
Prince Arlsugawa, one of the princes of
the blood, fire was discovered near the
powder magailnea of the Mikac and, al
though ld was hurried from neighboring
battleshl. the flames reached' the maga
Bines. Nearly 800 men lost their Uvea, the
dispatches added. When the captain of the
Mlkasa heard of the destruction of his
vessel h threw himself out of a second
story window of a hotel In Sasebo and
Sled of a broken neck.
That was the Japanese version, grudg
ingly printed In the newspapers. That was
the atory sent. out to the world through
the carefully censored government tele
graph offices. It waa not until two weeks
after the sinking of the Mlkasa that there
appeared In the Shanghai Times a story
contradiotlng the Japanese version and
seeming to bear the earmarks of truth.
Something; Dlffereat.
This account waa to the effect that a
Japanese naval officer, who waa a guest
of an American at a geisha dinner In Toklo
and who felt his sake, prematurely allowed
himself to narrate the real atory of the
Inking of Togo's flagship. The riot Infec
tion In Toklo and other large cities of
Japan had apread to the victorious fleet
Under Admiral Togo, he was quoted as
having said.
Most. of the fighting men on the fleet
believed with the indignant citizens ashore
that the war had been fought In vain and
that through the Influence of President
F.ootevelt. coupled with the cleverness of
the Russian peace envoya, Japan had been
cheated out of the merited fruita of Its
victory. The sailors on the Mlkasa di
vided Into partisan groups, one party sup
porting the government and another con
demning It for accepting terms humiliating
to Japan.
The dispute between the factions finally
became so hot that they had a pitched
battle tfa the night of September 11. whea
Admiral Togo and the captain of the ship
were off duty. The noise of the firing
was heard in the city of East-bo, and this
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fact waa afterward attested-to by . aome
missionaries living there.
Admiral Togo and even Prlnoe Arlsugawa
hlmcelf were putting oft from the ship
upon which they were Raving their even
ing's entertainment when a fanatical mem
ber of the insurgent party on the M:ka&
fired the magaslnes with his own hand and
sent half of the crew, friends and enemies
alike, down to death with the hulk.
After the appearance of this story. In the
Shanghai paper the Japanese government
came out with a .prompt denial of tha al
leged facts, reiterating briefly the circum
stances formerly allowed to be published
in Japan. All the Japanese papers repro
duced this official statement without com
ment. Oar Correspondents' Ksperleace
. An Interesting circumstance In connec
tion with the effort of one newspaper cor
respondent to aend out this unofficial ver
sion of the Mikasa Incident served to con
vtnee those who heard of It that, the real
atory of the battleship's destructions
had not been published.. There was an
Englishman In Toklo, the correspondent of
a big London dally, who had won the dis
pleasure ,of the Japanese government by
sending to his paper newa which he did
not receive at the official Information bu
reau established by the war department.
Immediately after the blowing up of the
Mlkaaa this Englishman realised that he
waa being kept under strict survelllence.
Knowing that It would be Impossible for
him to cable from any Japanese telegraph
office the facts that he had learned about
tha disaster, he prepared to send bis story
by the purser of an English steamer to
Shanghai In order that It might be cabled
from that port according to arrangements
he had previously . made and utilised In
the sending out of Information which
would not pass the censor's pencil.
II wrote his story 'n his room at the
Imperial hotel In Toklo and went down
to Tokohama the night before the steamer
was scheduled to sail. He waa followed
to Yokohama. Once there he Jumped
Into a rickshaw and waa driven to the
Oriental Palace hotel.
Another rickshaw followed hard upon
his heels. The Englishman jumped out of
his conveyance, hurried through the hotel
from the back entrance to the front and
took another rickshaw to the Chabota, or
government pier. There he engaged a
sendo to row him in a sampan out to Iho
ateamer. '
Just as he came down the gangplank of
the steamer after delivering his cable
message into the hands of the purser, to
be forwarded from Shanghai, he met his
shadow, being rowed at top speed out to
the ship. Somehow or other the cable
message miscarried and the Shanghai
paper waa the only one to print what many
foreigners believed to be the real story of
the sinking of the Mlkaaa.
Problem for Engine-era.
After their pet battleship had aunk the
Japanese naval engineers Immediately be
gan elaborate plana for raising It. Because
of the tremendous damage that had been
done In the hull of the ahlp by the explo
sion of its magazine all ordinary means
for getting it up from the bottom were of
no avail.
Consequently the engineers had to build
a coffer dam all about the Mlkasa where It
lay In the mud and after pumping out the
water repairs were made in the hull suffi
cient to give buovancy to the boat. After
being floated the battleship was completely
overhauled and refitted at the Sasebo navel
yards.
Early in March the ceremonies of rees
tablishing the flagship In the service were
conducted on board the ship. Captain Mat-
sumura, who had directed the refitting
operations, read an address of condolence
for the souls of the men who bad perished
In tha sinking and a Shinto prleat conducted
a service in honor of the members of the
crew who had perished then.
Every reference made was to the "re
grettable fire" that had caused the tem
porary disabling of the proud ahlp which
had been in the van of all the flghta before
Port, Arthur and foremost In the work of
slnkjng the Russian Baltlo fleet at Tou
shlma Straits.
THE COWBOY OF TODAY
N Longer an Animated Battery, bat
Can Ride Anything? on
Fear Legs.
It Is qulle true that the cowboy of to
day Is not a college man, nor one at all
familiar with the manners and customs
of polite society. Neither does he go
about hla dally task with a brace of six
shooters slung at his hips and a repeat
ing rlfla held in the crook of hla arm.
Barbed wire fences, steam railroads.
police courts and penitentiaries have ren
dered such appurtenances superfluous.
And Immediately after pay day' he does
not swoop down upon the nearest town,
shoot out the lights and take part in a
gun fight or two.
For the $30 or HO a month which he re
ceives a strict attention to the duties of
his Job is expected, and in these days of
strenuous competition a Job is a precious
thing. The life of the modern cowboy
Is as full of hard and monotonous work as
that of an eastern farm hand, and there
la very little difference In the intellectual
and social standing of the two.
Though thousands of cattle are grazed
on the plains of the southwest, very few
are shipped direct from the .ange to the
market The places . of individual cattle
kings have been taken by great stock
companies which own numerous tracts of
range land in varloua parts of tha west.
A few yeera ago a dry seaaon in south'
ern Arizona meant the death of many cat
tle and very frequently the financial ruin
of their owners. The old timers still tell
stories of having walked tor Incredible dla
tancea on the carcasses of dead steers.
But all that la past they do things dif
ferent now. Let a dry year coma upon the
southwestern ranges and tha catle are
hustled on board a train and transported
to the cattle companies' rangea In Colo.
rado or Montana or Dakota, where the
seaaon is good and the feed abundant.
No long drives of hundreds of miles In
search of new range as in the old daya
Simply a day or two of rounding up, then
a few hours' drive to the nearest ship
ping point on the railroad. Then perhaps
a day in town for the' cowboy a and back
again to the home ranch and the regular
grind.
Though the cowboy is not a college
graduate he la by no means an Ignoramus
Usually he Is American born and fairly
well read, taking the aama active Interest
In current topics and politics that other
American citizens do. As a general rule
he lias been raiad In the auction In which
he is employed and Is of youthful appear
ance. lie differs very little from the aver
age American working youth, weatern
dialect stories to the contrary notwith
standing.
In all cowboy bunkhouses there is a pile
of current jnagaglnes, the contents of which
are devoured with avidity. And one is not
Infrequently treated to the amusing spec
tacle of a youthful cowboy becoming so
enamored of the kind of punchers pic
tured In modern fiction that he purchases
a pair of utterly useless lxshooters, com
mences to walk with a swagger and to
Imitate the dialect of Red Saunders.
But If mamamananip is no longer a
qualification of the cowpuncher horseman
ship la The modern cattleman Is as proud
of his ability to ride anything on four
legs as was aver the broncho buster of
bygone days, and this is the first fact im
pressed upon a tendorfoot. Out West
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DUAL OBJECT IN BUILDING
One ii for Good Home, Another for
, . Safe Investment
MIGHT BE CALLED SPECULATION
Experience Has Taught tkat Opnor
tnnltles Are Namerosm Where
Money Can Bo Meltlplled la
z Erecting- Dwelling-.
"Ws are building our home now both for
a home and for an investment, and almost
for what some people would call a specula
tlon," waa what one astute young business
man said to a certain Omaha architect
whom he was consulting on the plans for
a home he is building. "We hsve studied
out the whole thing," continued the man,
and I think we know exactly where we
atand and what we are doing. In the rapid
growth and development of Omaha there
have been many opportunities for the pur
chase of real estate and the erection of de
sirable dwellings which. If taken advantage
of, would, in many cases, have resulted in
the doubling and trebling of a man's money
beside giving him a home rent free for
years."
According to men who keep In touch with
the home building situation this is a very
common thing, though some people, strange
to say, talk of this as "speculation." And
because they themsolves brand It as specu
lation, they timorously edge away from the
bugaboo which they themselves have set up.
While buying a piece of property with a
view to its sale again in ai short time at
a better figure "buying for rise," as the
expression la can not be called legitimately
and strictly Investment, it is, nevertheless,
making money in about as strslght a man
ner as it is possible to make it. The man
who questions It must be Ignorant or cyn
ical. Buying property in this way, of which
there Is much done in Omaha, ahould not,
even in a man's mind, be confused with
the opprobrious Idea of gambling In real
estate. There is all the difference between
the two that exists between legitimate
banking and transactions In a bucket shop.
Ttnvlnff nrnnertv for a rise, to be success
ful, requires more than the happy coinci
dence of a rialna- market. Tbe process In
volves keen foresight as to the probable
growth, of a given locality wnerever tne
property in question may be located, a put
ting together of the various twos and twos
which exist In that locality and a careful
adding of the same according to the best
known ruins In real estate affairs and see
ing that they make the four which spells
desirability, success and prosperity, ins
question to be decided Is, will the surround.
Ing real estate be built up with the class
of homes which will give to the property
In niiestlnn an augmented valueT Are gen
eral building operations progressing toward
the property in question! is Jt uxeiy tnai
a huver can be found who will want me
holding a few months or years hence for a
price that will represent a good proiiti
Tn a s-rowina- city like Omaha, with Its
future all before it and with every hand
pointing In that direction, property bought
almost an vw here and improved is practi
cally sure to show a handsome advance in
a short time. -
"Tfurirca are becoming more and more a
part of the yards sround the fine homes of
Omaha." says a gardener and nursery
man. "Hedges are moat appropriate for a
nrettv lawn, serving, as they ao, zne
double purpose of protection and privacy
and of ornament. Moreover, the hedge
costs nothing and does not deteriorate wltb
time. There are a dozen different vari
eties of hedge plants which can be sc
oured In the Omaha markets and half a
hundred more which can be purchased in
nurseries farther north, occlimated to the
most rigorous winters. Among the vari
eties of deciduous hedge are the buck
thorn, berberry, red twigged dogwood.
honey locuat, English hawthorn, upright
honeysuckle, Russian olive and BlDerian
sandthorn. These are said to give the
best satisfaction for city lawns, though
iwh' eversrreen hedges as the nernioc
sptuce, Norway spruce, white spruce and
American arbor vltae also can be made to
flourish with proper care.
A new form of lnveatment in Omaha la
the co-operative flat dwelling. This is
nothlnr more nor less than a row of flats
or arj&rtment houses, which are built by the
people who Intend t to occupy them as
homes, the cost of erecting the whole oeing
enuallv or eaultably divided among them.
Thus, If there are five apartments In the
row and the row costs I15.UU0, eacn oi tne
five pays $3,000, though, perhaps, the one
on the corner might pay something of a
bonus for his superiorly desirable part ot
the house. - The beetle plant Is installed
for heatin all five apartments and this Is
shared in equally also. The plan may be
carried out on the communlatlc plan by
tha five, if thev are congenial and able to
get along, paying in equal amounts the
coal bills, furnace repairs and wages of
the man to tend the furrjace.
lao of llnlldlaa-s.
Some of the architectural Journala and
the New York dallies in commenting upon
the great poatofftce building Just planned
for that city, and awarded in competition
to Architect McKira. Meade A White, aver
that It will be the biggest postofflce build
ing in the world, as It will contain 111,375
square feet of floor area, and add that Lon
don comes next, with a postofflce having
101,00 square feet of floor area. These
editors must either be misinformed ss to
the exact size of the proposed new building
or they have forgotten Chicago's mammoth
structure, supposed the largest building of
that character In the world, which belief
la further atrengthened if the figurea given
for the New York building are correct, The
following interesting data about tjiat great
monument has been given out by its de
signer and deputy architect, F. W. Fitzpat
rlck. now of Washington. The Chicago
postofflce proper contains J44.106 square
feet of working apace plus 26,000 feet of
public corridors, but serving the postofflce
divisions. The total floor area of that
building, including all the courts and other
offices of the government, as well ss the
poetofflce. equals 6u0.000 square feet, of
which 660.000 is working space. There are
11,SOS,000 cubic feet of space and the build
ing coat 40 cents per cubio foot. The old
building it replaced had coat nearly 0 cents
per cubic foot. The Library of Congress
cost 63 cents and moat of the other great
monumental buildings have cost over W
cents, so that Chicago's Is not only . the
biggest, but the most economically built
structure of Its kind in the country, in spite
of its having paased through many vicis
situdes. Incidentally 4C0.000 cubio feet of
granite were used la Its construction and
over 18,000,000 pounds of steel.
Heating the Rsral Homo.
A summer guest vltilting a farm home
up among tbe Berkshire In New Eng
land waa very much Impressed with the
THE siM mm wassm
grand big fireplace and its swinging
crane. As he earefully looked over the
great, broad chimney breaat and Its tlle
paved hearth Ma Imagination portrayed
the pleasure that the owner must take
from this massive heating cavern when
It was In operation. Bo the visitor vouch
safed to his hoat a few remarks of ad
miration and asked him If he did not
'take lots of comfort In winter from that
great fireplace." The countryman, whose
practical views of affairs did not permit
much latltuds for tradition or romance,
quickly replied: "Wal, you see, we don't
hev much time; I'm busy chopping wood
for It most of the time, and Johnnie, he's
busy lugging It In, an' ma, she's busy
putting It on the fire." Surely there was
not a great deal of opportunity in that
farmer' family for romantic, visionary
comfort before the fireplace. About the
only member of the family who could get
much comfort out of such a heating waa
the old pussy cat, who slumbers on the
hearth while the entire family turn in
to Veep the fire a-golng.
Farmers are discovering more and more
that fireplaces and stoves mean too much
labor, carrying In coal and lugging out
tha ashes with all of the necessary work
of cleaning up the dust and dirt thrown
out by these methods, not to mention tbe
scant comfort they get. They are learn
ing that the .best Investment for their
money Is a steam or water heating ar
rangement by which one fire in the cellar
will heat the whole house and save ao
much labor for pa, Johnnie and ma. By
adding a very small amount to the cost
of two br three stoves they can buy a
compact little outfit which will make the
whole house so evenly and healthfully
warm that winter becomes a welcome time
of resting up, reading and improvement.
Old-faahloned heating may be all very
nice as an ornament to give an impression
of homelike beauty, but when it comes to
solid home comfort, clean housekeeping,
low fuel costs, absolute safety, lowest In
surance rates, the radiator method of warm
ing la the only one which the modern
farmer can really afford to Invest his
money In,
LIVE IN ACHICKEN COOP
Wealthy Broker and Family Ooenpr
a Strange Domicile In
Chlcaaro.
Diogenes lived in a tub, and Thur Batch,
stock broker and wealthy member of the
Stock exchange. Uvea in a chicken coop.
Diogenes was so Independent that he told
the great Alexander to get out of hla sun
shine. Mr. Balch la so Independent that he
keepa right on residing in a chicken coop
and all Highland Park can't coax him out
of it. The chicken coop is a handsome and
well constructed hennery, but Highland
Park objects to It Just the' same.
In other words, Highland Park wants
Mr. Balch to fly the coop, and Mr. Balch
doesn't see it that way.
Some years ago Mr. Balch purchased a
fine tract of ground at Highland Park, 129
by 339 feet, within two blocks of Ravlnia
Park station. Tbe people living In the
handsome houses welcomed him heartily
and waited for him to put up a mansion
of stunning style. He, however, promptly
built a chicken coop. It was a pretty coop,
and Mr. Balch shingled the roof himself.
A little later, to the intense surprise ot
Highland Park, Mr. Balch, wife and
daughter moved into the coop and settled
down. There they have lived ever since,
both summer .and winter. Mr. Balch has
built an annex to the coop and dug a com
bination cellar and refrigerator.
Within the coop, which is about 26 feet
long and ten deep, the . family lives in
great comfort, while a host of hens and
roosters scratch gravel- round the door.
The coop Is divided into three rooms, and
no fault can be found with the furnishings.
Various neighbors have from time to
time asked Mr. Balch when he Intended
to build on hla property. He has always
answered, with a pleasant smile, that he
had a splendid chicken coop; that chicken
coops of such style snd beauty were to be
found In but few localities and that it
should be considered a treat to look at
such a structure.
Miss Ruth Balch, daughter of the stock
broker, who graduates from the Highland
Park High school this summer and Is go
ing to Germany to complete her eduoation,
lives with her parents In the coop and ap
pears to be as proud of the odd habitation
as her parents.
Bayard Taylor, president of a book MnS
cry at 370 Wabash avenue, , has two acres
adjoining Mr. Balch'a property end has
for years been improving his grounds with
bridges, orchards and lawns. Finding Mr.
Balch deaf to all arguments concerning the
chicken coop, Mr. Taylor has been growing
a hedge. When the hedge is full grown,
Mr. Taylor thinks, it will completely hide
Mr. Belch's' coop from view.
Mr. Balch, baron of tbe coop, la about
CO years of age and was a member of the
Board of Trade until a few years ago,
when he sold his seat and Joined the Stock
exchange. Chicago Journal.
SNOWY PEAKS NEAR HOME
North America's Stock of Natural
Skyscrapers Blanketed with
Snow.
The fact is not generally known that
some of the moat imposing snow mountains
in the world He within the limits of the
United States. I refer to the great peaka
of Alaska, at leaat one of which, Mt. Mc
Klnley, la over ,000 feet high, while Mt.
St, Ellas Is over 18,000 feet and. being situ
ated within twenty-five mllea of the coast,
can be seen In Its entire height from the
deck of a vessel. Other magnificent peaka,
aa Mt. Falrweather and Mt. Crlllon. lie very
close to the shore, and aince the line of per
petual snow in these northerly latitudes is
at 8, COO feet or even less (In the caee ot Mt.
St. Ellas It is virtually at tba water's edge,
for the base of this mountain Is surrounded
by vast gaclers which fow down to the
sea), continuous snow and ice surfaces may
there be seen rising from 15,000 to 18,000
feet above the spectator, I think I am not
mistaken in saying that few. If any, such
sights can be wltnesserd In any other part
of the world. Mountaineering expeditions
to these Alaaka peaks are very Interesting
but at the same time very laboiloua, not
because of unusually stiff rock or snow
work neither is probably as difficult as
that encountered In the Alps but largely
because they are situated In a wild, unex
plored country at great distances from any
proper base of supplies, so that before their
ascent caa be even attempted much time
and effort must be expended In the solution
of various perplexing problems not pertain
ing to climbing proper.. And this I under
stand to be also true in a general way of
mountaineering In the Himalayas, the
Andea and the Caucaaus. ' All of these great
rangea still offer what the Alps no longer
can; new fields to conquer. These have
unquestionably a fascination peculiar to
themselves, and every one fond of climbing
who Is In a position to do so should go In
search of them. To a certain extent the
absence of such new fields may be said to
detract from the pleaaure of mountaineer
ing in the Alps. Scrtbner's Magazine.
Announceruanta, wedding stationery and
tailing cards, blank book and magaslae
bindlug. f ho tie Doug. UOi, A. I. Boot. Xac
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Money Condition! Are Favorable for
the Building Season.
PLENTY FOB LOANS AT LOW BATES
Prtves on Property Hold Firm and
Dealers Decline to fthade Flg
nres or to Let Go at a
Sacrifice.
Conditions have righted themselves In
the mortgage money market of Omaha.
Only a few weeks ago It waa difficult to
secure money from the loan and aavlnga
associations, as they had contracted to fur
nish considerable money and all deposits
were quickly used to meet the loana al
ready made. But the situation has been
reversed during the month of April. The
savings and loan associations have more
money than they can loan and complain
that applications are few. During the last
week the loans have been practically email.
Many days ths mortgages filed by the
building and loan applications have not
averaged $2,000. The prediction la made
that the companies will pile up an enor
mous amount of money during the summer
and that there will not now be a call for as
many loana
Insurance money has helped ths farm loan
situation. All the money which the farm
ers want can now be had In Omaha or
through agents In the country. The vaults
of such Insurance companies as the Pru
dential, National of Vermont, Travelers of
Hartford and the Penn Mutual are seeking
western farm loana and increasing their
agencies In order to secure them.
One hundred and seventy-one lots have
been sold by Shlmer A Chase In the new
Industrial suburb of Ralston, and the tract
la not supposed to be opened until the
middls of May. The company has a num
ber of propositions now for factories and
the scheme has all the appearance of suc
cess. Mr. Ralston visited the site Friday
and expressed himself as greatly pleased
with the work Shlmer Chase have been
doing.
"I looked the city over and I do not know
of anything which offers the Inducements
or the advantages of Seymour park," aald
Mr. Ralston. "I could not find a site that
would do for car works, as there is not a
ten-acre tract available. The size of our
plant will have nothing . to do with the
size of our company, aa freight cars can bs
built out of doors and very little of the re
pairing need be done Inside. Still we will
have a big plant and we expect to get a
good class of workmen to move to Rals
ton." W. J. Burgess, who Is building the "Eng
lish Inn flats" at Thirty-eighth and Far
naro. streets, has bought a lot on Harney
street between Thirty-eighth avenue and
Thirty-eighth street of J. W. Thomas.
Mr. Burgess announces that he will build
a re'aldence on the lot for his own home.
Reports from all parts of the United
States show that real estate Is more active
In the Missouri river cities than in any
other cities of the country. New York
financial papers report the condition in
New England aa "well under April of last
year," and sales being made at a sacrifice.
From cities along the Ohio river and in
land the reports say: "The business reces
sion Is being felt quite keenly and tha num
ber of real estate sales have been reduced.
Mortgage money ta tight except on very
good security and then at high rates."
In the south, where conditions have been
about normal all winter, the bUBlness is
not as good. An Atlanta paper says: "Real
estate prices arelowei than laat year, with
fewer sales and mortgage money Is scarce.
The only redeeming feature in the business
situation la the good prices realized from
the tobacco crop.
Out on the Pacific slope mortgage money
Is scarce and the Van Norden Magazine,
a Journal for Investors, says: "The Pacific
slope was hit especially hard by the panic
and does not seem to have recovered to
any extent. Conditions have not Improved
over laat month."
With thla lot of gloomy reports from all
parts of the United States, the real estate
dealers of Omaha have good cause to be
feeling good. So far as can be learned no
one has sold a single piece of property at a
sacrifice. On the other hand, in buying
property the prices are found to be fully as
high as last year and quite uniform all
over the city. It is not a matter of price
which causes home builders to decide
where to buy. It is simply a choice of lo
cation. The prices are about the same In
whatever part of the city a buyer chooses
to buy desirable property, whether it be
In the extreme north part of the city or
over south of Hanscom park. As usual,
the highest priced property is In the west
part of the city and there is no tendency
of sgents to sscriflce it because of the
talk of hard times In the eaat.
Ground was broken Friday for the new
$40,000 home of Mrs. Will Millard at Thirty-ninth
and Davenport streets. Walter
Peterson has the contract for building this
new home. v '
H. N. Dickinson has sold an eighty-acre
farm on the Plat'te river, near the Sarpy
county line, to J. U Clark, the price being
$6,000.
A deed filed Friday shews the comple
tion of the deal by which A. C. Foster se
cured the brlrk flats on the southeast cor
ner of Thirty-fifth and Harney atreets. the
price being H,000. Mr. Flnley aecured
three lota and a large house on Thirty
third street, between Martha and Francis
streets, on the deal, the consideration for
these being $10,000.
Degattlon.
Architect A man who makes you bellve
you can't build even a henhouse without
him.
Broker A man who aeparates you from
your money.
Banker A man who refuses your request
for a loan ao smoothly that you conclude
you don't need the money.
Doctor A man who makes you believe
you are stck.
Dentist A man who makes you forget
sll your other troubles.
Dressmaker A woman who makes other
women look pretty, whether they ore or
not.
I-awyer A man who would make the
d . 11 a saint for a fx.
An Honest Man Rarely met with In these
days. The phrase la now used mainly as a
Joke. New York Press. .
Oar Own Minstrels.
Tambo Mistah, kin yo' tell me de
d'ft'unce 'tween de late Lyddy E. Pinkum
an' a couple o' Ice lillrhaha in a hospital T
Interlocutor No, Sam; I shall have to
fa as that up. What la the difference be
ween the late Lydia E. Pinkhaiu and a
couple of Ice pitchers In a hospital?
Ximtxi Lw one am yours for health an'
d uddah am ewers for sickness.
Interlocutor Ladies and gentlemen, while
the usher Is gathering up the remains of
the ill fated man who got that olf. the re
nowned ballactut, Mr. Ii.uL.ck O'Llinburg.
will favor you witn the celebrated ui,
"I Loved IIr Fondly; But Phe Handed Me
a Loaded Ci-ar." Chicago Tribune.
Ilie Cheapest
Walking distance Omaha High School,
Creightori University, downtown busi
ness districts, Union Pacific shops, the
principal churches of the cityv
ALL NICELY TERRACED
The lots already sold will be Improved
this season with nice modern houses.
Where can you match them for any
such price?
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Five splendid offices
There are five offices and only five which
are not occupied at the present time. If you
want an office in the best building in Omaha
now is the time to make your selection, because"
among these aire several choice rooms and one '
ortwo exceptional opportunities. ,
ROOM 214 This room is 14x27 feet, a total of almost 400 square
feet In this room, and for anyone desiring large floor space at
low rental, this Is an exceptional opportunity. The price per
month is .$27.50
SUITE 820 This Is a very handsome suite ot two rooms consist
ing of one large room. 20x20 feet, with a north light, and a smaller
room, 8x20 feet. In connection with the large room is a burglar
proof vault This is a corner office and corner offices are always
eagerly Bought for. The price per month is $52.00
ROOM 04 This is ths only vacant room on the sixth floor. The
room is 12x20 feet and faces the east It is a decidedly pleasant
room and Is just the thing for some one who desires a medium
sized office. The price per month is $20.00 V
SUITE 306 This is a fine located office on the third floor close to
elevator. It is facing on Farnam St., and has a fire proof vault
It Is subdivided to furnish two private offices and a reception
room at, per month
ROOM 520 Is a small room on the
has good light. This can be let at,
Room 105. R. W. RAKER. Supt Bee Building.
BARRET'S SPECIFICATION ROOFS
Pitch and graved roofs put on according to this
specification have weathered storms for twenty years
without any cost of repairs. We use this specifica
tion in applying this character of roofing.
SUNDERLAND ROOFING AND SUPPLY CO.
1006-8-10 Douglas St. Phones: Bell. D. 871; Ind. A1225.
WITH ELECTRIC POWER
Over-work is economically handled.
The convenient service is ready twenty
four hours every day. Investigate.
OMAHA ELECTRIC LIGHT
AND POWER CO.
Tslsphonss Song-las 1062. Ind. A1278
T, U. a A. Bid.
Gold Silver andNickle
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Articles
"should not be thrown away even
if they are old. By the Electro
plating process they can be made
good as new.
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Tel. Douglas 5108
BEAUTIFY YOUR LAWN
with onr'Xron and Wire fence. Trellises and Arbors for
vines, flower guards, chairs, settees, vases, tree gourds,
bitching posts, window guards, bara fixtures and oaicksa
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CIIA.M PION FENCE COMPANY
617-ls Booth 16-th Street. Telephones Dong. 1890.
Bend for Catalogue. Znd. A1B90.
, i... $50.00
west side of the building and
per month $15.00
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IRON WIRE
Cheaper than wosd
ANCHOR FENCE MFG. CO
K0? HOSTS 1TTX TB.
Floss Ssd 814,
TRUNK KEYS
nd Lot-ks. All kinds of Keys
at cut prices this week. Loc
repaired-
1324 FARNAM STREET
Tel. Douglas 2974
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