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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1909)
0 OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, OUTOHEK 24, 1009. TIMELY REAL ESTATE TALK ! sSBBseSe.al ' - Pronotlncfd Drift of Good Homei to the Suburban Ililli. COMBINE HEALTH AND PLEASURE ntrinl to Pat Real F.etate slas Ineae o Higher rian by Ajr. lasr Vpn m Col of Kthlcs . ton Trip Proposed. When Omaha people first began to look to thi htlls and bluff that surround the eltjr on every aide, for their residence, scoffers said It was only a tad and would not last "Just wait," they safa to the pioneers In the simple Ufa of the suburbs, "you will Boon find what It means to come two or three or five miles to business every morn ing." The announcement that next spring a new tract will be opened Just this side of Happy Hollow rlub to be sold to people of means who want to go out beyond the con- fines of the aristocratic West Farnam dis trict. Is one of several evidences that the movement toward the edge of the city was not a fad, but a movement that would last. Real estate men point to several recent developments In Omaha as the cause for this outward exodus. Ten or fifteen years ago when street car service was not as good as It Is now It behooved a busy man to keep his habitation as close to his place of business as possible. The conviction grew that the only desirable residence property was that close in and near the best street car lines. This feeling . became so strong that it took several years to get It out of people's minds even after the street care began running with regularity and close together. New business men are beginning to reallca that a mile or two of additional distance from town means only an add! tlonal ten minutes on the car and that this can profitably be consumed In reading the newspaper, both morning and evening. Plenty of Hlghtly Places. S "Omaha Is surrounded on all sides by admirable building sites that are high, teal! hf ul and sightly," said a real estate vt- "and Omaha people have not yet be gun to realize the possibilities that lie in these hills for homes. Those who have been cooped up In town all their Uvea do not realise the desirability of having a lit tle garden and be master of a real subur ban 'farm.' Dosena of men and women run down by 'the rush of city life, have kullt up their health by simply living out in the quiet suburbs. Some day all these hills will be dotted with homes." One of the Important factors In inducing people to move out Is the boulevard. These beautiful driveways ramifying out In the rightly parts of the city have served greatly to rail people's attention to de sirable building sites. As the boulevard system Increases In length, realty dealers ptedlct the movement to the suburbs will Increase more and more. ' The movement to place the real estate business on a higher plane than that of mere bargaining between men Is being given hearty support by local dealers. This movement has culminated In the national organisation, of which the Omaha Real Es tate exchange is a member. This organisa tion, besides being educative, is ethical. One of its purposes Is to secure the estab lishment or the recognition of a code of ethics which shall govern real estate men in their relations to one another and to their clients. Borne real estate men see In the success of the national organization an indication of progress from the soidldness of mere trade te the Ideals of a semi- profession. They say It meana a long step toward the era when the real estate busi ness will be conducted on a high plane of ethic. Another example of the new feeling In the business la the proposed trip of the Omaiia real estato men to Kansas City next month to ba the guests of the real estate men of that city. The visit is made for the purpose of eti dying the conditions In Omaha's big sister city to the south. The live real estate man can pick up Ideas wherever he goes," said one dealer. "and he grows by coming In contact with other men who are selling real estate In other cities. No class of men need to know the conditions under which other cities have developed more than the man who Is dealing with the development of his own city every day. Kansaa City has many things of unusual Interest to a real estate man, one of them being its boulevard sys tem, which surpasses anything else in the west." It is hoped to make up a party of twenty or twenty-five. An unusual sale of fots In Crelghton's First addition, south ana west of Hanscom park, la reported by D. V. Sholes tc Co. The addition oontalns about 240 lota, and of these nearly all are gone, and It Is be lieved they will all be sold by the end of winter. Six of the lota were disposed of this week to prospective builders, - A week from next Wednesday the Real Estate exchange will hold Its annual elec tion of officers. The nominations were made last Wednesday. F. D. Wead was named for president and most of the other officers were renominated for their present positions. MEWS OF TIE BUSY HOME BIHOS IN EVERY CITY i FROM COOO UP A FINE BUSINESS CHANGE With Small Capital you can Establish or Invest in a Sub stantial Business, Paying $3000 to $5000 Vacuum Classing i established ee the cheapest, best sad only sanitary cleaning method and you can sup ply il to your city with Aero Vacuus! LUaalnf Cower wagoa at big profit. No matter what has beea your pre vious business experience or training, you can establish this tprofltable busi ness and put 11 oa a paylagibaeisifrom the (tart. Robert Wagner, Fort Scott. Kan sas, writes i Coeuneaoed to earn money a lw days after wagoa ar rived; haven't Mopped a asy since. A venae profit Is tii.H a day." He is only one ol hundreds el other mra successfully operating Aero fewer wagons. Business Is easy to ret Year a round work la assured, cleaning scale enure bee, stores, halls, etc Running expenses are small shoot SS.ft a day-profits from Ili.W to iW.M a dsy. As an opportunity to eases sctively in business, or to invest, Iees ief lo an operator or employing oae on salary or percental e basis, this, mora than any other staple liae, is a splendid proposition. A a opportunity offering JWOe fo fVXM) g year oa an investment of from to tttVS. acrordina to the type of eppar- atus needed, is worthy of your serious investigation. U vou are ready to get ia buaiaeee fo yourself, or want lo put email capital lo work where It will pay good, sale prof its, then Investigate this proposition at once while good territory is still open. ( Singularly Without ' Elements of Risk Mora than say other Aapla business, vacuum denning with, the Aero power wins Is without the elemeata pi evea sciiinary business risks. Mr. Warner farther writes t ."Is this business a maa doesn't seed to lay awake nlxhts worrying about how to gal rid of old Mock, or about collection and a hua dred and one thins which trouble s mer chant. I have beea encased for thirty years la different kinds ot business, and kaow what I am talking about." Beyond all doubt, compared to other Steele Uses, vacuum cleaning with the Aero power wagoa offera exceptional, eecarity and safety Our power wagon are not to be confused with the low-power portable. We make aone except higb-powei appa ratus with which you can give geaula service, aad build a permanent business. W grant yon exclusive territory practi cally freeing you from competition- your Investment is represented by tangible prop erty ia the shape of valuable machinery ana appliance, and 1 further protected by the nssured ataplay aoa-fiuctatlag, contin ual demand. For profit on money le vested for post five stability and security vou will look long for an opportunity equal to this. You may never find aaother business so profit able and sefe which can be established and coadncied oa such small capital Writ us today sad let us show you posi tive evidence of the safety, nrofll sad Quick success of this business, or com to Milwaukee ana make a personal in vestigation. We will allow aU ex- tense moaey li we establish coay necUoas. Leading Manufacturer of Vicuum Cleaning Apparatus Because of our sole ownership ol basic patents, essential to vacuum cleaning apparatus of s4uel utility, because of our established success aad our assured permaoeac acy, we an in ike vacuum Cleaning ne We are nloaeers fe thm me chanical cleaning field aad largest builders of powerful veeuum ouiilta la the world. making Ma type ot vacuum. s iwo tysee oi comet esses air apparatus, all fully protected by cat eats. Ws de sot build low power, laeiiective epperstu of say type. Cfl t!-inrv Qvttpm Wa lead the world la the Installation of sta. OldUUUIliy OySlCUlS tionary plants. Aero Systems are installed ia toverpment building, hospitsl. public building's, etc., all over the Helled Slates. I yets ere interested ia Stationary plants, write tor Booklet "C slating character and sixe el building. American Air Ckanrnj Co. Enterprise Rldg. Milwaukee.Wis. occupy . dUliniitiv poetu 7 4i -S A L E- WE ARE SELLING OUT at about one-tenth of former prices tU flneat stock of Wall Paper That ever came to this city. Coiue in and look them over 1 2008 Farnam better C0M. nderTand YELL-0 VAG0N5 1 1 . . ' - ...... I., . . :.. -. , - i r l il r -.' t. a v , l!!HI!l!ir- . ' ; h evueUV v - - L . ,V - , .".- . m-XU M i mi ru Stoves Range A 'Dn Ga Rcutgcs Heater kkiS 8 A Tons of Iron a Day Malta! to Mafcp "GARLANDS" "The World's Best." For 3T years the most extensively sold. May as well have the "CARLAND." You ray Just a much for Inferior makes. An Ranges are supplied with 'OASJIAND" Oven Heat Indicator. Bold by the Feat Dealers Freryehere. 17 p(fs fur Kaetrared rrss . The Michigan Stove Company Larftt Uaktrt os end Rnntrl In lr World Detroit, Mich. Chleayo, 111. ' i OCSiNe0 Sl fir If t -o i v I a is 1 rSV oaTH 9 r3 I ! I Cut Down Your Goal Bills 1 ARTHUR C C tA W SCN. AOCHltLT. t. MINNCAPOL.IS, MINN. Di Ntfsja Poo M 1 1'-0 X IS -o- II II i! II PoriCH to' wtoc LIVING oo r-t IT I i 51 .-.i-. jnggga CM TRY X I 0 'V 'PinaT. vuoonPuAi4i Selection of Building Materials Arthur 0. Clausen, Architect, w HILE there are a great many things necessary to make a home complete and satisfactory they oan all collectively be placed under three heads, good plana, good labor and good ma terials. ( It cannot be said that any one of these three la more Important than any one of the others, all must properly perform the parte consigned them In the construc tion of a home and each reflects greatly on the other. If the plan is that of an attractive and convenient home, If the contractor la honest and therefore employs competent labor, and buys good material, both contractor and architect are given more credit by the owner, his family and friends, than if the contractor were to shirk his duties toward the proper con struction of the home and not use suffi cient care In selecting his employes, even though the materials they use, be good. Or, If the contractor ahould deliberately skin the Job" or "pick the bones", to speak with familiar trade expressions and purchase Inferior maerials, even though he employes competent help. The contrac tor receives more credit for building an attractive home than he would for building an unattractive one, no matter how com petent his help or bow good his materials, and In any case the owner profits or loses according to his selection of architect and contractor. Slnue the materials that go into the con struction of a home play a very Important part in the final results, their selection should be made with the utmost care. Take the materials In the exterior. For resldenoe work the walls are usually stone. brick, cement, siding or shingles. The above list being given in the order of pref erence as to warmth and durability and ar tistic effeots. If placed in the order of cost the Items of aiding and shingles should change places. Due allowance should, of course, be made for the artistic effect desired. It might be desirable to use a certain material for one design that should not be used for another, regardless of their comparative prominence or cost For example. It would not look well to make a three story liouee with a shingled exterior, although this material would be very appropriate for a bungalow. Building materials come and go by fads and fancies the same as every thing else In this world that Is Important enough to engage human attention. Some twenty years ago, all first class houses were made of stone, then brick exteriors came Into favor and now we are living In what Is destined to be the cement age. A great many comparisons are being mads between the advisability and cost of ceroeut used In various ways on exter iors of homes as compared with other materials. Comparatively speaking a cement dash on metal lath, two coat work. coata about the asms as brick veneer. A solid cement wall with a dash on the exterior costs lets than stone, less than brick and about 10 per cent more than frame construction. While it seems as though we had handled cement long enougn to know Us limitations as well as Its advantages, many people are using cement in the construction of their homes In ways which they will live to regret. Cement struck on metal lath has alwaya been more or less of an experiment for no one could state definitely Just how long the metal lath would withstand corrosion. Every pre caution has been taken to galvanize It or coat it In other ways In order to make It frost proof, but in many Instances where concrete has been removed from the wall, from eight to ten years later. It has been found that only the nails with which the metal lath was secured to the studing were holding the concrete stuck In place, red streaks through the cement being the only visible evidence ot the metal lath. Experiment are being made with Inter woven wood lath, following out the idea of crls-croea lath that has been used for so many years In England; and while this does not at first sight appear to be very substantial form of construction, it is really the most practical of the method known, sxoept to apply a cement dash directly onto a masonry wall of brick tile or hollow concrete blocks. Whatever ma terials are used for an exterior ef a home. none but the beat of their reapecUvs kinds should be used. There Is no economy what ever in materials of a cheap grade, when they ua plaosKt where they will have to THE BEE'S PLAN BOOK Through an arrangement with Ar thur C. Clausen, architect, the read ers of The Omaha Bee can obtain a oopy of his beautiful book, TKX AST, gOlUHOJB A3TS SSXT TZKXHT or HOsCSBUIXD. XsTO," for Oas Dollar. This book contains forty-six chap ters and Sou illustrations, printed on heavy enameled paper, with cover stamped in gold. It deals with the practical side of homebuilding, giv ing complete Information on the planning and designing of every kind of home. There is nothing more practical than making the home ar tistic, building it on scientific lines and to insure sanitary conditions and warmth. The author of the book alms to give the intending home builder advice on subjects such as' buying the lot, planning the home, letting the contract, choosing the materials, ntc. Problems about front doors, windows, stairways, fire places, exteriors, Intertor finish, etc., are taken up In detail and treated with good common sense. Nearly all questions that could be anticipated are answered and the book should prove a great help to those who are about to plan a borne. It In pro fusely Illustrated. ESend all orders to Arthur C. Clausen, 113(5-37-88 Lumber Exchange, Minneapolis. withstand the varying Influences of cli matic conditions. The possibility of concrete blocks Is not yet fully determined. There Is no doubt but what It Is a very desirable building material, If properly made and used, but this point is clear, a so-called rock face block Is too suggestive of imitation to be considered at all for an artistic home. A perfectly plain block or a block with light grooves In It In Imitation of tooth chisel stone work looks very well in some places, but the rock face block or panelled block should not be used where the best appear ance Is at all considered. This is no re flection upon the concrete block industry, but simply a warning that there is a limit to the use of concrete blocks, and It will be best to keep thair use within their limitations In order to keep them on the market as a permanently used building material and save undue criticism. There Is nothing that will Imitate cor rectly native stone work. Try as hard as we please, we cannot make a perfect Iml tatlon of anything In nature, whether it be a leaf or a stone. Cut glass Is a high art, but the most adept glass cutter has never been able to per fectly imitate ' a dlanumd. Materials should be used where they best apply In a manner that will set off 1 their good qualities and not expose their shortcom ings. If satisfactory results are to be ob talned. Biding and shingles as building materials are so. well known that little comment Is necesisry. There are, how ever, new ways for applying them being thought of each building season. One of the common objections to a shingled wall la the monotonous appearance caused by the regular rows of shingles being placed four and one-half or five Inches to the weather. A pleasing variation to this ia to double the shingles on the walls on every second or third row. It relieves the mon otony and gives a pleasing appearance that has to ba seen to be appreciated. The only possible objection to it Is that It requires more shingles. Another plcaxlnfg variation, not requiring more shlngleB, it to place them in alternate rows of two lncches and eight inches. It can be seen that the sum of two rows being ten inches, the same as if they were placed' five India, no extra shingles are required. Narrow siding placed two and one-half Inches to the weather la more commonly used now-a-days than six-Inch siding placed four and one-half inches to th weather, which used to be so popular. A variation In siding Is to use alternate rows of narrow and wide siding obtaining somewhat th same effect as placing the rhinglea In this manner. Anotber effect In siding which is very popular In the summer homes of ths west is to use wide boards, rough on th out side and stained. These boards are usually from eight to ten Inches wkU. If the latter is used they should be featured down with screws instead of nails. To go back to cement walls. There are several ways In which the finish coat can be applied. One is what is called a carpet float or almost smooth finish. Another Is a pebble dash made by throwing small pebbles and gravel onto ths fresh cement wall where it adheres. The common way of treating a cement wall Is what la known as a dash or overcast, made by mixing cement and sand or cement and finely crushed rock and dashing it on the wall, Borne masons make this mixture in a pall with plenty of water and use a bunch of switches with which to spatter It. More rugged effects are obtained, however, by using a small trowel with a little less water in the mixture and throwing It with a swinging movement against the wall, It takes a man who uses his head as well as his hands to do this class of work In the best manner. If the dash Is not evenly distributed, leaving great mounds of ce ment In one place and a bare wall In an other, the effect Is very poor. When prop erly applied, especially when some coloring plgmant is placed In the mortar, the effect la very pleasing and will, no doubt, be permanently popular. Just a word in conclusion about roofs. Roofs are of tile, slate, shingles or com position roofing. The list Is made according to both durability and price. For a fine home a tile roof is without a doubt the most appropriate, provided that the ex terior walls of the home are of masonry To place a tile roof on a frame house never looks well. A slate roof makes a very satisfactory roofing material provided that the right kind and thickness Is obtained, for slate when used In a cold climate crackeu easily under the Influences of frost and slides off. The use of shingles as1 a roofing material ia too well known to re quire a description further than to say that It Is extensively used and for a mod erate tiled home, the most practical roof ing material. It Is beet to dip th shingles instead of brushing them. If shingles are dipped there full lengtn in coal tar oil, a very penetrating oil, used to a large extent as a protective on posts that go Into the ground, they become an almost permanent roofing material, the oil giving tho shingles a pleasing dark-brown color, There are a great many kinds of roofing composition made of a mixture of tar and felt, asbestos and tar, burlap and tar and fine sand, eta They are easily applied and each will last many years. When it comes to looks they are not to be considered for an arllutic home with the possible excep tion of an asbestos slate that la generally coming into general favor. CELLAR OF FIRST IMPORTANCE With Danspneaa Uanlahed It is Foundation of a Happy Horn.' the A warm, dry cellar Is literally and ac tually the foundation of a warm, dry, well ventilated house. The evolution of the cellar Is an Interesting study In the slow development of human intelligence. It was devlred originally simply as a subterranean frost-proof pit or cave, under the house, In which could be stored first wines, and later apples, potatoes, cabbage and other perishable fruits, together with milk, but ter and cheee. Next it waa utilised, when the aburd insufficiency of stoves and fire places for heating purposes was recognized, as a convenient place to put the furnaoe. Then it was raised above ground to make the furnace draw better, and lighted and ventilated, until now It has become one of the most Important sections of ths house from a sanitary point of view. It should be cleaned, lighted, heated and ventilated, winter and summer, as carefully and scrupulously as any other part of the house. When this Is done,, we are rid at one stroke of dampness, with all its well known rheumatic tuberculous and other disease breeding tendencies, of bad smell from decaying vegetables, accumulation of dirt In dark corners, leakage of sewer and other pipes, which are now in plain sight Instead of burled In th earth, of cold floors and all the Injurious efects which come from dampness and moist decay all through tho house. Ths complaint that heating ths cellar has spoiled Its use for storage purposes ts simply a proof of Its advantages. Nothln 1 could b more utterly, unsanitary la this Cut out your doctor's bills and promote your family's lioslth and comfort by installing a HOWARD THERMOSTAT Willi Clock Atlachment Easily applied to all heating plants. Automatically keeps your home at an even, healthful temperature all winter long. If you prefer to have your house cooler at night than during the day, the Clock Attachment eaves you tho trouble of "getting up early to turn on the drafts." Upon retiring, wind the clock and alarm springs, set the alarm hand about one hour In advance ot rising time, and turn the pointer to the temperature desired for the night. At tha hour set, the pointer silently moves up to the temperature desired for the day. The motor then makes the correct adjustment of draft and check, and when you arise the house will be at tho desired temperature. Guaranteed for 10 Years. Thousands In Vae More Than 25 Years Coal saved pays for It; therefore It costs you nothing. The most reliable and most perfect heat-controlling device ever placed on the market. Omaha Stove Repair Works Iloth 'Phones 1200-8 Douglas St. Robert t'hllg, Pres. Geo. A. Wilcox, Treas. Hugo Schmidt, V. P. C. M. Eaton, Secy. Exclusive agent for Howard Thermostat and Kees' fuel saver Carey Flexible Cemenl Roofincj FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS the STANDARD ROOFING Will Positively Resist the Elements On Flat or Steep Roofs WE ARE REMOVING ROOFS and APPLYING CAREY'S WHY? V7;,;T; v ALLOW US TO ANSWER Sunderland Roofing and Supply Co. SnnEKn8X2 We IVIaKe Them In Omaha and can duplicate any s 2) K manufactured In the world also Save You lVIoncy Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. , 330 Bee Building. Let us show you samples. , II M TlMTTTTTr , ! 1 ' ;weotleth centurjil than to permit vege tables, cheese, fruits ana muic to do yueu together in dark bins and adjoining com partments, nibbled at and raced over by mice, rats sand cockroaches. Imparting the odors of decay from cabbages and rotting apples to milk, cream and cheese and send ing their combined aroma streaming con stantly upward through the house on th natural automatic ventilation currtnt of which we have spoken.-Dr. woods nuicn lson In Outing. Analysts. There was once a young man who was paying court to three beautiful damiwlfl. Each was fair, each was sweet, each waa charming so much of a triplicate simil arity did they have that he did not knew how to choose between them. So he w?nt to a wie old man and laid his trouble before htm. "Is there a clock at each house?" apked (he wise old man. "There Is." "And what does Esmeralda say when the Clock strikes 117" "Hhe says the clock Is slow." "What does Eulalie say?" "She says the clock Is just right." "And what does Evangeline say?" "She always says the clock Is fast." "My son, there Is no need for further evidence. Evangeline is the one that really loves you." Judge. D METAL PLASTERING LATH B is the fire-proof substitute for the inflammable wood lath. It Prevents Crocking and Falling cf Piaster on Valls and Ceiling. Adopted by the U. S. Govern ment and used everywhere in all good buildings. Write for circular. n03TK7STEEr1 EXPAXCED METAL CD. 84 Van Bura Strt, CHICAGO Q4