THE 'OMAHA SUNDAY lW.Fr. JULY .1. 1010,
TIMELY REAL ESTATE GOSSIP
Iranifers Show a Good Gain for the
Month of June.
BUILDING ALL OVER THE CITY
FUrriirr, lleasaa and Ioadc re
Kalorlna KaKatKBtlal -Orowta,
aa Omaha.
Dealer have b"en complaining of '1 u 11
nees, hut the figures do not b ar thPtn out.
Total trimeters 1n Juns were tl,219,MiX, and
nearly all of this went through agencies'
bands, with the usual commission, ileie
and there buyer and aellrr mansKe to K t
together without aid, but on noarly nil
commission Is extrarted. ,
For the six months Just over, the total
of transfers Is W.fiTT.W, "which In tl.0".0"0
ahead of last year and more than twice hs
much as In a similar periud In VM. Tln-w
figures are Irrefutable In showing; the
growth and substantiality of the. real es
tate proposition In Omaha.
Tlulldlng operations all over th- city arc
another testimonial. The numbrr of ikw
residences everywhere Is largo. In luii'lee
forty-five now first-class homes have been
started' since the first of the year arid a
many more In the Field club district, where
a new dwelling seems to be completed imd
occupied every other day or so.
"On can new buildings everywhere
in tha city. In South Omaha, Duniloe. Flor
ence and Henson every where," said C E.
George, "I was amused tu see the amount
of new building In South Omaha when 1
rode through there the ' er day for the
first time In some weeks. urtment houses
are springing up In profu; on, but we have
not yet overbuilt them, for they are all
occupied as soon as completed. Neither has
there been overbuilding In the buslntSH dis
trict. ' A large number of new offices are
on tha market, but no fairly desirable quar
ters will be vacant six month hence." ,
Charles W. Martin of the firm of Morris
A. Mbtlln Is building hlnii-ilf a handsome
home on Florence boulevard In Norwood
addition. Just east of Miller park. Mr.
Martin, who has three acres of ground, Is
Constructing himself a country home, with
wtde projecting cornice, a large living
room, big fireplace of brick., A sun room,
or solarium, and a screened sleeping porch
are notable features. The house Is to be
of pressed brick, with wide siding" and
Muted. Another handsome new residence
now building la that for E. C. Crowell in
Dundee. It will cost 12,X o $16,(W0.
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Although the western part of the city
has a little "edge" on other sections for
fashionable repute, the northern1 sections
and suburbs are doln well. Recently there
has been sonKjthing of a movement toward
home Buying In Uenson, and several of a
group 6f ten new dwellings put on the mar
ket were taken at once. Likewise Flor
ence ' Is doing quite passably.
Charles Gruenmg, If be keeps II up, will
become one of the largest property owners
In tha city. Ha has added slice after slice
to already eilenslve .holdings. Last week
ha further testified, .to his- belief In real
estate as an Investment by buying a brick
block at Twenty-fourth and Lake streets.
Prospective tenants of the City National
building were notified yesterday that their
off Ices -will be ready for them August 1.
It Is likely that the first two floors may
be held up a little because they hare? been
used 4 work rooms by- the voptractqr
and much material stored there that
work, oould not possibly go on.
Samson Pulls
for Tckamah
Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben Will Spend
Fourth at Burt County
Bacei.
(Samson Invite every resident of omaha
who cs,n possibly do Jto to become a mom
her of the Ak-Sur-Ben excursion to Tek
amah on Monday, the Fourth of July.
Horse races, fireworks and a beautiful
spot for a picnic are offered to those who
go.. Two sixiclal MuKeen motor cars will
leave the Webster street station at : a.
tn.. with a special round trip rate of $150.
Twenty-five or thirty automobiles sre ex
pected to bo offered by as many true
knlichts of Ak-Nar-Ben.
Three hundred copies of the following let
ter have been sent out to automoblllsts of
OmHha:
1 o you know of a more delightful way
to spend the Fourth than to Like a run
in your machine, with your family or
friendB through Nebraska's beautiful
. fields? This Is what we urgently Invite
you to do. The cltixens of Tekamah have
Invlfd the citizens of Omaha to visit them
on that day and view the horse race
which we understand are very high-class
and entirely worthy of the .trip on their
own account.
A further and most cogent reason for a
large attendance from Omaha Is the feeling
on the partAif the good people of Tekamah
that Omaha has neglected previous Invita
tions from them. This feeding, we learn.
Is very strong indeed, and has affected
their attitude towards us even to the ex
tent of deflecting business that proximity
and former relations should have made
ours legitimately. We should spare no
pains to show our neighbors that there are
no grounds for this feeling, and this oppor
tunity from Its very nature. Is particularly
adapted to enable us to do this.
There are doubtless delightful spots about
Tekamah In the groves and fields for a
picnic with your motor party after the run,
and. with the races to view as your In
clination lends, we believe you can con
bine a most pleasant little excursion with
a most diplomatic move for Omaha's busi
ness interests. Think this over favorably
and decide to make the run. Yours from
Omaha. SAMSON.
The Entrance; Its Design
Arthnr C. Olawsea, Architect.
UK front door problem Is always j
difficult of solution to every
hoTnebulMer. The main trouble
seems to lh in tlie fact that
the average hnmebullder innt j
see why a Uorhlc entrance does
not lock as well on a colonial house as ,
on a Oothlo house or vice versa! An j
entrance may bo very attractive In Itself
perfect In Its delana and proportion, but If j
It Is In a style entirely out of harmony .
with Its sutf.'unrlinas. the effect will not '
be gttod and tha entrance will lose much
of Its hesttty through Its Inliarmony.
If the home being built la a cottax" the ,
entrance should be modest, simple and neat,
but suggest none of the classical proportion '
or details 'of an entrance on a well defined j
colonial home. Hfferrlng to the uccompany-
Illustrations, designs number six and '
eleven would be apropiiate for cottage I
entrance doors. If the house Is sumewhiit
gothlc in Its detail, design number two
would also be appropriate. For a side
entrance or for a front entrance where
there Is no porch design No. 5 would be
appropriate for a cottage. A few trailing
rose vines runnhig up one of the. columns
and through the pediment of design No. 6
would make it unpsually appropriate as the
entrance for a cottage home where there
Is no porch.
A full length panel of beveled plate glass
always looks neHt no matter where lo
cated, but has no special attraction, being
merely a plain door. It Is to be preferred,
however, to many of the cheap looking
mill products with their poorly designed
carved ornaments. It Is hard for some
people to realize that elaboration does not
necessarily mean ornamentation. Wreathe
and festoons are entirely appropriate for
heurse ornaments, but are out of place on
a front door. Th'y are duat collectors and
usually bear evidence of the fact. Their
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a typical Colonial entrance. Keveral ex
amples of It are to be found nvrtong the
ancient colonUl mansions of New Eng
land. The narrow - row of Utthts at the
top of tha door suggest ftxcluslveness, but
this some people prefer,- There Is no
doubt but what It Is a littln awkward to
stand In full view of the occupants of a
homo in front of a long glass In a door
and not be able to speak audibly to any
one .until the door la open requiring a
sort of deaf and dumb welcome to be
carried on through the door while the
host or hostess is approaching It. Ie
sign . No. 8. the former the Wyatt style of
entrance and the latter the Venetian or
Fish Astounds
Angler at Carter
Jumps Into the Boat of a Truthful
, Doctor While He ii
Angling. '
A lot of persons declare this adventure
never banoened. They argue that a fish
cannot Jump out of the water into a boat,
and wouldn't do ao foolish a thing If It
oould. , ,
In all good faith br. K. K. Marble tried
to narrate the experlenoe Friday evening,
and, as. a result, his reputation for honesty
is being ruthlessly Impugned. Several to
whom he told the story, responded by tell
ing him perfectly ridiculous stories of
what Jiad happened to them.
Dr. Marble makes the plain statement of
fact puts It In bald language that while
he was rowing around on Carter lake, near
his cottage at the Young Men's Christian
association camp, a fish leaped out of the
water. Into his boat He adds thu flat
statement that ho now has the fibh at his
boms, and will keep It there Intact in the
loe box, until about i.K o'clock this even
ing. .
The fish in Question has been Inspected
by unprejudiced persons without the phy
sician's knowledge, and Is said to be a Ine
looking' four-pound black bass. ' Investiga
tion of the various butcher shops in Vy.
Marble' neighborhood reveals the fact thai
he baa hot bought any fish from any of
them for some time, and that they haven't
had any black bass to sell. , '; (
When pushed for details, "r. Warble says'
he had been doing a lot of fishing .With
the conventional rod, hook and fly this
summer, and up to the experience1 of Fri
day had not caught a single fish all sea
son. He had quit angling in disgust, he
aays, when the fish discarded Its aloofness
and Jumped Into the boat. The physlchin
aaya he became furious when 'the finny
Intruder Jumped Into view first aiid flipped
water all over him. ,
Lemons Come High
in Hot Summer
Thirst Sends the Price Up and Short
age of Supply Holds it
There.
"Handed him a lemon," was an oft
repeated slang phrase a year or so ago,
which meant In clear English that some
body had wrought some unpleasant turn
upon somebody else. The lemon fruit In
that case was held up as symbolical of all
that la undesirable.
But time has brought a change. Lentous
today are selling at retail for 40 cents a
dosen, with perhaps one or two exceptions;
the highest figure they have ever reached
In the United States, and now If you
"hand a man a lemon" It la taken for
granted that you have more than passing
regard for him. Obviously, when twelve
lemons coat 40 cents nearly 4 cenU each
they are to be thrown about recklessly.
Asked for an explanation of the present
high pries of lemons, an Omaha commis
sion man, who has long beeu in. the bsi
ness, saick "First of all, there is a short
age In the crop and the supply Is there
fore abridged. Then, It must be taken Into
consideration that the whole country has
for, the past two weeks been tn the throes
of a heat wave and heat always calls for
lemons.
"Taken in the aggregate, this country is
tight now In a bad way for lemons, and
the price Is likely to go still higher. Thus
far the drug store fountains have not
raised the price of lemonade, but there is
a suspicion that more water 'than formerly
enters 'into the combination and it Is pre
dicted that within a short while an extra
nickel will be added to the price of each
lemonade."
DES MOINES BOOSTERS
WEAR THEIR GUM SHOES
Haw Dlffereat from the Omaha
Booster When They tio
Forth.
lies Moines can take ought to take -a
few lessons from Omaha In the gentle art
of boosting. If you do hot believe this
read the last Issue of Fred Colvln'a Cor
rectlonvllle News, published at Correctlon
vllle, la.
. Concerning relative merits, dolvln has
this to say: ......
"Des Moines business men made a gum
shoe trip into the ruralltlea last -week. They
slipped Into a town, rushed up street for a
whispered conference with the merchants,
tiptoed back, to their traia and as their
two engines whistled for the crossings the
law requires thin the busy people iu the
small towns looked tip from their work
and resumed It to wonder what train was
passing through.;
Ask .'anybody In Correction vllle, old or
young,- what ounon or - boosters louder
BOOSTERS came here last summer and
the response will come promptly; "Omaha.' "
RAIN SAVES THE HAY CROP
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Heavy Downpour In .Nebraska North
from spencer to tha Hoae
bad lleglon.
NORFOLK, Neb., July 1 The second
heavy rain within a week fell last night
over all of northern .Nebraska west of
Inman, and north from Spencer. Neb.r to
Dallas, (A. U., In the Kosebud reservation
region. ' it Is estimated over ao Inch of
rain fell.' The western Nebraska hay crop
has been saved by this rain and other crops
greatly benefited.
RHODES SCHOLARS HONORED
gaveral Americana Hernre Places
( oveted Mat at ' I alvereltr
of Oxford.
OXFORD, Kngiaud, ;July 1 Several
American Rhodes scholars have been
awarded honors for the last collegiate year,
F. D. Metsger of Washington takes first-
class honors In school of Jurisprudence.
F. D. Orlfflths of California, T. K. Hohe
rn of Utah and W. T. Stockton of Flurl4a
take aeoond-claas and- K. E. Itlake of
Tennessee and a. II. Ulalook -of Washing
ton, third-class. R. W. Burgess of Rhode
island took third-class la school mathe
matics.'
Persistent Advertising is the-lioad to big
Persistent Advertising is the Road to Big
Returns.
SAFE FIREPROOF STORAGE
We take great pride la saying what
we know to be au absolute fact, ana
that Is thai we have tbe riKSST
AND 8AFBT K09ISX T1M.U
PHOOr storage house In the west.
Whan you storage anything with us
yoar worry and responsibility in re
gards to Its safety ends. You are
sure of earefol handling, safe from
rial or burglars and moderate In
oost for your Insurance.
ROW about your piano when you
are gone, or any other valuable piece
of furniture. We have private rooms,
special rooms for household roods.
OU WAOOSt WIU, OA.X.S, AWT
CIMS, AXYWXSBB.
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BUT DO XT MOW. Moving and fire
proof storage Is our business. - WB
fcwOW HOW let us do It.
Boat wait until you Inour
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YOU ARE INVITED
We cordially lnvtte yeu to la
speot our new, beautiful, ftre proof
warehouse. An attendant will glad
ly show you every part of the
building. - .
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A.BX.BS ABB lATEaUAKDZD. -
Call Douglas 1759; lad. A-1 335 '
Omaha Fire Proof Storage Co.
804,eit South 16th St,
location makes them subject to constant
Injury and defacement which is seldom re
paired. As a whole hand carved ornaments
for a front entrance door have proven
neither artistic or practical.
While colonial architecture is not ' the
American renaissance as many people be
lieve, being merely an American concep
tion of the Oeorglan style of England,
Jt has become so well Identified with
American Ideals of home building that
Is entirely - appropriate to look upon
tt as the national style. Design No. 3 Is
i?f fill
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Palladiau style, are specially appropriate
as colonial entrances, mora especially the
latter. The Venetian style of opening Is
often used on large 'stairway landing win
dows, a large center window being sub
stituted for the door. While to be dis
tinctly colonial a conventional design should
be used In tho leaded glass, similar to
that shown, the modernization of colonial
work, now permits something more ornate
in the way of carefully designed colored art
glass for side lights and transoms, when
It Is desired and the pocket book permits.
MR. CLAUSEN'S BOOK.
"The Art, Bclsnoe and Sentiment
of Homebuilding."
M chapUrs, 310 Illustration and
u thousand facts on the planning
and designing of every kind of homo,
it covers a wide runife of subjects,
Inoludlng the planning of bungalows,
suburban anc" city homes, letting
contracts, choosing materials, proper
design of entrances, windows, fire
places, etc. Price, postpaid, J1.00.
A monthly supplement, "Practical
Homebuilding." sent gratis for
twelve months following the sale of
the book.
Address, Arthur O. Clausen, Archi
tect, 113S-37-38 Lnmbtr Bxohange,
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Design No. 8 la not a front entrance, but
Is proper between a Uvingroom and a
porch or between a Uvingroom and a sun
room. No. 10 Is a very broad door ap
propriate for colonial work and suggests
the hand carved welcome over an old
castle door in England. "My door Is wide,
my heart Is wider." A good generous si sod
door always suggests hospitality. Deslun
No. 7 Is a simple, but appropriate door for
a home of English domestic style.
No matter what tha design of the out
side door, the inside vestibule door should
be rather, plain. If It contains glass, It
should be one panel undivided. When
both vestlbulo and outside door contain
divided glass It is confusing tu look through
them. The exact dimensions of a front
entrance can not be limited, depending as
It does upon so many conditions. The
entrance must not be narrow or of a
stingy proportion, for that would be the
first Impression one would receive of the
owner. It should be broad and generous
In Its aspect, even to a fault. Over the
front entrance there should be always
some kind of shelter to protect one while
awaiting the opening of the door, for this
of Itself expresses congeniality. Make that
shelter or porch appear for utility rather
than n, means for expressing- one's fas
tidiousness by excessive ornament, bearing
In mind the charm of simple beauty. Do
not seek the notoriety of novelty.
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MTISTIC BMCIC
Tile Floors, Marble Work.
We contract tor large and email Insallations. Beau
tiful designs, expert workmen, reasonable prices Se
cure our figure.
METAL WINDOW WEATHER STRIPS
Keep out dust, wind, cold, beat, rain, snow. W In
stall weather strip lu old and new buildings Bee us.
Use Brick for Smallest House
Select appropriate exterior brick ami
make the smallest house attractive, durable
comfortable and economical Extra cost ovei
frame Is 'small; increased selling value h
great A good investment Face brick o.
every kind may be seen in our exhibit
Prices low.
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UNDERLAND
IBIH- HARM ELY ST.
I FROM THE CHICAGO DAILY NKWS.)
Cement Covered Houses
Take n small pli co of plank, nail a piece of iiielsl
tilth to It. tlien i over the lath hull an Inch tlilrk with
pi n tar roniiKiae I of 1'orlliit d teuient ami sand In
ili'Ut the proportion' usul In ninkitfu WIulkM.
Kffp this In a ilxnip place for n few weeks mi ',
(i'i will llml lhat to .-ii i tin- nun lur from the lilau..
;. on will haw to ue u colli i tiiel.
The cement iii'I't i at loti I'.us lu'i'imip mi aitlflr.r
Mime, lull mui li tonlii'i anil more durable tlian nn;.
.uonn tluit nature liii.i er turned nut.
Thl Mr.iipln llhiKt ration murk the completion of
ait evolutli ti oitlrieil In ihe near .future to revolu
tionize luililliii( In thu t nltcvl States.
The in ri xmii-v steps In this evolution were clieM
ii-inent. anil ilieir.i metal lath.
Tliey are holli here nntl a I raiisforti.ii I loo has l-e-t
in whic h wilt In a IViv year. IkIim illii'iil a lunrvel
iiu cliaiivc In the nphenianie of town ami country.
'l'lic uti'iMfsl lii'liclilM to I'omo I'l-oin tills; sys
tem be in I lu- lovt'liiiK of ull franu' ttouscs
mill oiiilitiiltlliiKs wliich iiiv in every coutlitlon
nf ilelatiltlatlon nlfeinl (lie sIrIiI.
A few tl 1 1 -f- work of some plasterer marks the
ilh-niippn ranee of the old house mid in ell'm-t the
iteiitloli of ii new out-Stone stiueture. up-to-date in
appearance, pructically everliisllnir, and renily rnlnhle
In in h uy cases, ut lUmlile the previous market value.
Write for freo literature.
Northwestern Expanded Metal Go,
84 VAN BUREN ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
1TI. Portable Screen Houses
For Town or Camping
Porch Screens, Window and
Door Screens
Hrn'th'. Wind ftt Qnrann Pn .Telephone
WIIIUIIH VifflllUUiff UWICCII UUl
SECTION i. SECTION j
3 BbmrnJi
Doug. 4692
A SURETY BOND
in my company guarantees the completion of the building accordins; to the
plans and specifications, within the time, free of Ileus and incumbrances.
Request It of your contractor .and thereby protect yourself from an
xiety and loss. $14,000 paid in losses by this agency last year.
J. H MITHEN 202-03 First National Bank Bid..
SM ' I" . Telephone Douglas 127
The LCONOMY WINDOW SCREEN
WILL SAVE YOU ONE-HALF
T. H. WEIRICH FIXTURE CO., SSt
1317 NORTH 3-tth ITaEIT.
VKoarn wzbitbb sb77
MANTELS AISID TILE
Fireplace Grates and Fixtures, Tile Floors for all purposes.
Furnaces and all kinds of Hardware.
KVlilton Rogers & Sons Co.,
. Fourteenth and Farnam Streets
vmumwmmu. CAMPING OUTFITS
k( tiAn mi vi- nwiaiin
2: rUl dALL Or HtlMl
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UTII AND HARNEY STS. Ind. Phone A1883, OMAHA;
ANCHOR FENCE CO,
Phone Red 814.
-T-i.--W- 1 - "' ----; -Hi
205-207 North 17th St.
The Time and Place to Buy Fencing 3c Per Foot and Up.
Electric Blue Printing, day or night
r&in or thine. Nothing too large or
too small.
MODERATE PRICES
7th Floor Bee Bid. 17th tod Ftrnim Strteli
Scott Tent and Awning Co.
314-316 South 12th Street.
A. C. SOOTT, President and Manager. .
Do you need anything for the camp or, lnfact, anything made of
canvas. See our line of Tents, Awnings and Porch Curtains, Anything
Special Made of Canvas, All employes thoroughly experienced In their
line., Pay our factory a visit and see where the finest line of canvas
made goods are made We will be pleased to malo estimates.
Bell Phone Douglas 338.
Not ' 'Watch Us Grow". Uut "Help Us Grow"
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Roof, Fence and Barn Paint
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are more items in tne bnerwinwiinamB j-ami buu.vbiimhu imo,
H-plnt Family Paint 6oi 1 found Color Oround in Oil ISs
i-sallon can Outside Paint, covera l ""
111 IS
mi Furnace
BJU.lMllnnwai,i,iii .,.s.w.. .Lmi.ui u,.xim
S Tin 'Co.
" The furnace is a very im
portant part of your home
and when you are building,
or putting in a furnace be
sure you get a -
1012 Farnam Gtreot
FRONT RANK
It is recognized as the
beet made. Estimates cheer
fully given. Phone and ask
us more about it. Douglas
2087. '
Consult The Bee Land Columns When in Doubt
X.
S8.50
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.84.35
. .350
. .460
.11.15
auuara feet
- pint Bicycle Enamel
6 gallons Klch Red Barn Faint
1 pint Good Varnish
1 quart Inside Floor Paint ....
1 gallon good Root Paint
SHERMAN & McCONNELL DRUS CO
Oornf ixUnUi nft Dodg Strt
A SruulJU V uiui tiiuuini i ti v
1 KBllun OutHlde and 1 tin Me J'alnt (cover
ci v aijwu i a met , -wv n siiwf vv vuuusq
from, at 1.88
1 quart Mur-Not Uurabls Floor Varnlph.
at a&a
".-pint W'hlti) llatti Tub Knamel too
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4-plnt Can Aluminum Paint ...8&o
OWL DRUG CO., Corner 16th and Harney
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Qf THE OMAHA LOAN AND BUILDING ASSOCIA
jO TI0N has paid its members Six Per Cent per annum
for the past 27 years, and today is better prepared
than ever to protect and foster the interest of its
members.
Try a saving account with it, $1 to $25 accepted in monthly
payments or lump sum not over $5,000. Ask for Booklet A" and
other information.
ASSETS, $3,600,000. RESERVE FUND, $64,000. '
' Address; 16th 'and Dodge Streets, Omaha Neb. ' -
Returns. .'' . ' '.' J .